The Star Tribune 100 is a measure of the largest publicly held companies with headquarters in Minnesota ranked by revenue. Data presented also include each company's total profits from continuing operations, assets and market capitalization (taken on March 30). The research excludes closely held companies, which usually do not disclose financial data; cooperatives and fraternal benefits organizations, and local over-the-counter stocks.

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Revenue

Profits

Assets

Market capitalization

Employees

Company

Ticker Symbol

2009 Rank

2009 Profits
(in mil.)

2008 Rank

2008 Profits
(in mil.)

1-year rank change

1-year percent change

Piper Jaffray Companies

PJC

116

-183.5

45.0

-75

EV3 Inc.

EVVV

118

-335.6

127

-165.7

Analysts International Corp.

ANLY

101

-10.1

122

-16.2

+21

Caribou Coffee Co. Inc.

CBOU

104

-16.3

127

-30.7

+23

Dolan Media Co.

15.2

127

-54.0

+79

Entegris Inc.

ENTG

119

-516.5

61.8

-82

ValueVision Media Inc.

VVTV

115

-93.7

22.5

-66

Gander Mountain Co.

GMTN

107

-22.7

124

-22.4

+17

Clearfield Inc.

CLFD

1.3

-1.2

+29

Arctic Cat Inc.

ACAT

7.7

107

-5.2

+50

Zareba Systems Inc.

ZRBA

-6.9

-0.1

-5

Hutchinson Technology Inc.

HTCH

117

-184.2

3.7

-44

Winland Electronics Inc.

WEX

-1.0

-0.3

SoftBrands Inc.

SBN

3.8

103

-2.5

+39

Angeion Corp.

ANGN

-0.7

1.1

-1

XATA Corp.

XATA

-3.0

109

-7.3

+14

CyberOptics Corp.

CYBE

-6.7

5.0

-28

Multiband Corp.

MBND

0.9

111

-8.5

+35

Insignia Systems Inc.

ISIG

-2.3

2.3

-13

ATS Medical Inc.

ATSI

102

-11.8

125

-23.0

+23

FSI International Inc.

FSII

105

-16.8

123

-18.6

+18

Compellent Technologies Inc.

CML

-0.4

110

-7.8

+26

Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.

GCFB

103

-15.8

112

-9.6

HMN Financial Inc.

HMNF

100

-10.1

11.3

-42

Plato Learning Inc.

TUTR

114

-87.7

118

-14.3

Vital Images Inc.

VTAL

-2.8

1.4

-10

ADC Telecommunications Inc.

ADCT

111

-44.4

75.4

-77

Select Comfort Corp.

SCSS

112

-70.2

27.6

-66

Imation Corp.

IMN

108

-33.3

127

-50.4

+19

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

AMP

110

-38.0

968.0

-101

Image Sensing Systems Inc.

ISNS

5.0

0.9

+28

469.3

Mosaic Co.

MOS

3,527.8

944.3

273.6

American Medical Systems Holdings Inc.

AMMD

42.6

13.6

+20

213.1

Health Fitness Corp.

FIT

2.7

0.9

199.1

Vascular Solutions Inc.

VASC

4.5

1.5

+21

198.3

Hawkins Inc.

HWKN

20.4

9.2

+15

122.1

Synovis Life Technologies Inc.

SYNO

6.2

3.8

+12

61.8

SurModics Inc.

SRDX

29.6

18.5

+10

59.5

Medtronic Inc.

MDT

3,250.0

2,230.0

45.7

Apogee Enterprises Inc.

APOG

54.3

38.8

+10

40.2

Datalink Corp.

DTLK

3.4

2.6

+12

32.6

Capella Education Company

CPLA

28.8

22.8

26.4

MTS Systems Corp.

MTSC

50.6

40.2

25.7

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.

BWLD

24.4

19.7

24.3

Pentair Inc.

PNR

256.4

210.5

21.8

Fastenal Co.

FAST

279.7

232.6

+77

20.2

WSI Industries Inc.

WSCI

1.2

1.0

+15

19.6

Alliant Techsystems

ATK

252.2

216.0

16.8

General Mills Inc.

GIS

1,369.0

1,172.0

16.8

Techne Corp.

TECH

109.1

93.5

16.6

Xcel Energy Inc.

XEL

645.7

575.9

12.1

Nortech Systems Inc.

NSYS

1.8

1.6

+13

11.1

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

CHRW

359.2

324.3

10.8

Life Time Fitness Inc.

LTM

74.8

68.0

10.0

PepsiAmericas Inc.

PAS

235.6

214.2

10.0

Donaldson Co. Inc.

DCI

176.3

160.8

9.6

Mocon Inc.

MOCO

4.1

3.8

6.7

Ecolab Inc.

ECL

448.1

427.2

4.9

Lawson Software Inc.

LWSN

56.7

54.3

4.4

Polaris Industries Inc.

PII

117.4

112.6

4.3

Supervalu Inc.

SVU

618.0

627.0

-1.4

Stratasys Inc.

SSYS

13.6

14.3

-4.9

Patterson Companies Inc.

PDCO

208.9

221.6

-1

-5.7

Allete Inc.

ALE

82.5

87.6

-5.8

Nash Finch Co.

NAFC

36.2

38.8

-6.8

HickoryTech Corp.

HTCO

8.0

8.6

-7.0

Digital River Inc.

DRIV

63.6

70.8

-10.2

Hormel Foods Corp.

HRL

278.7

314.7

-11.5

Communications Systems Inc.

JCS

6.6

7.5

-12.0

3M Co.

MMM

3,460.0

4,096.0

-15.5

Medtox Scientific Inc.

MTOX

5.6

6.7

-16.7

Virtual Radiologic Corp.

VRAD

8.5

10.2

-16.9

G&K Services Inc.

GKSR

40.1

49.2

-18.4

Best Buy Co. Inc.

BBY

1,170.0

1,433.0

-2

-18.4

Valspar Corp.

VAL

140.9

172.9

-18.5

Graco Inc.

GGG

120.9

152.8

-20.9

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

UNH

3,660.0

4,654.0

-21.4

Target Corp.

TGT

2,214.0

2,849.0

-2

-22.3

Fair Isaac Corp.

FIC

72.5

93.6

-2

-22.6

The Toro Co.

TTC

107.8

142.6

-24.4

Deluxe Corp.

DLX

105.9

143.5

-2

-26.2

St. Jude Medical Inc.

STJ

384.3

559.0

-31.3

U.S. Bancorp

USB

2,946.0

4,324.0

-2

-31.9

Otter Tail Corp.

OTTR

35.1

54.0

-1

-34.9

Travelers Companies Inc.

TRV

2,924.0

4,601.0

-4

-36.4

Rimage Corp.

RIMG

9.4

15.8

-40.2

IntriCon Corp.

IIN

1.0

1.9

-44.4

Regis Corp.

RGS

34.0

68.8

-8

-50.5

Digi International Inc.

DGII

9.7

19.6

-1

-50.6

TCF Financial Corp.

TCB

129.0

266.8

-5

-51.7

Navarre Corp.

NAVR

3.1

6.7

-2

-53.4

Christopher & Banks Corp.

CBK

12.5

27.2

-3

-54.0

Winmark Corp.

WINA

1.1

3.0

-62.6

MoneyGram International Inc.

MGI

74.5

127

203.9

+96

-63.5

Tennant Co.

TNC

10.6

39.9

-8

-73.4

H.B. Fuller Co.

FUL

19.3

101.1

-17

-80.9

Canterbury Park Holding Corp.

CPHC

0.4

2.6

-5

-83.3

Appliance Recycling Centers of America

ARCI

0.4

2.5

-5

-85.8

Rochester Medical Corp.

ROCM

0.5

4.0

-9

-86.3

Famous Dave's of America Inc.

DAVE

0.4

6.1

-15

-93.6