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

Health Fitness Corp.

FIT

2.7

0.9

199.1

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

UNH

3,660.0

4,654.0

-21.4

Travelers Companies Inc.

TRV

2,924.0

4,601.0

-4

-36.4

U.S. Bancorp

USB

2,946.0

4,324.0

-2

-31.9

3M Co.

MMM

3,460.0

4,096.0

-15.5

Target Corp.

TGT

2,214.0

2,849.0

-2

-22.3

Medtronic Inc.

MDT

3,250.0

2,230.0

45.7

Best Buy Co. Inc.

BBY

1,170.0

1,433.0

-2

-18.4

General Mills Inc.

GIS

1,369.0

1,172.0

16.8

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

AMP

110

-38.0

968.0

-101

Mosaic Co.

MOS

3,527.8

944.3

273.6

Supervalu Inc.

SVU

618.0

627.0

-1.4

Xcel Energy Inc.

XEL

645.7

575.9

12.1

St. Jude Medical Inc.

STJ

384.3

559.0

-31.3

Ecolab Inc.

ECL

448.1

427.2

4.9

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

CHRW

359.2

324.3

10.8

Hormel Foods Corp.

HRL

278.7

314.7

-11.5

TCF Financial Corp.

TCB

129.0

266.8

-5

-51.7

Patterson Companies Inc.

PDCO

208.9

221.6

-1

-5.7

Alliant Techsystems

ATK

252.2

216.0

16.8

PepsiAmericas Inc.

PAS

235.6

214.2

10.0

Pentair Inc.

PNR

256.4

210.5

21.8

Valspar Corp.

VAL

140.9

172.9

-18.5

Donaldson Co. Inc.

DCI

176.3

160.8

9.6

Graco Inc.

GGG

120.9

152.8

-20.9

Deluxe Corp.

DLX

105.9

143.5

-2

-26.2

The Toro Co.

TTC

107.8

142.6

-24.4

Polaris Industries Inc.

PII

117.4

112.6

4.3

H.B. Fuller Co.

FUL

19.3

101.1

-17

-80.9

Fair Isaac Corp.

FIC

72.5

93.6

-2

-22.6

Techne Corp.

TECH

109.1

93.5

16.6

Allete Inc.

ALE

82.5

87.6

-5.8

Regis Corp.

RGS

34.0

68.8

-8

-50.5

ADC Telecommunications Inc.

ADCT

111

-44.4

75.4

-77

Digital River Inc.

DRIV

63.6

70.8

-10.2

Life Time Fitness Inc.

LTM

74.8

68.0

10.0

Entegris Inc.

ENTG

119

-516.5

61.8

-82

Lawson Software Inc.

LWSN

56.7

54.3

4.4

Otter Tail Corp.

OTTR

35.1

54.0

-1

-34.9

G&K Services Inc.

GKSR

40.1

49.2

-18.4

Piper Jaffray Companies

PJC

116

-183.5

45.0

-75

MTS Systems Corp.

MTSC

50.6

40.2

25.7

Tennant Co.

TNC

10.6

39.9

-8

-73.4

Nash Finch Co.

NAFC

36.2

38.8

-6.8

Apogee Enterprises Inc.

APOG

54.3

38.8

+10

40.2

Select Comfort Corp.

SCSS

112

-70.2

27.6

-66

Christopher & Banks Corp.

CBK

12.5

27.2

-3

-54.0

Capella Education Company

CPLA

28.8

22.8

26.4

ValueVision Media Inc.

VVTV

115

-93.7

22.5

-66

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.

BWLD

24.4

19.7

24.3

Digi International Inc.

DGII

9.7

19.6

-1

-50.6

SurModics Inc.

SRDX

29.6

18.5

+10

59.5

Rimage Corp.

RIMG

9.4

15.8

-40.2

Stratasys Inc.

SSYS

13.6

14.3

-4.9

American Medical Systems Holdings Inc.

AMMD

42.6

13.6

+20

213.1

HMN Financial Inc.

HMNF

100

-10.1

11.3

-42

Virtual Radiologic Corp.

VRAD

8.5

10.2

-16.9

Hawkins Inc.

HWKN

20.4

9.2

+15

122.1

HickoryTech Corp.

HTCO

8.0

8.6

-7.0

Communications Systems Inc.

JCS

6.6

7.5

-12.0

Navarre Corp.

NAVR

3.1

6.7

-2

-53.4

Medtox Scientific Inc.

MTOX

5.6

6.7

-16.7

Famous Dave's of America Inc.

DAVE

0.4

6.1

-15

-93.6

CyberOptics Corp.

CYBE

-6.7

5.0

-28

Rochester Medical Corp.

ROCM

0.5

4.0

-9

-86.3

Synovis Life Technologies Inc.

SYNO

6.2

3.8

+12

61.8

Mocon Inc.

MOCO

4.1

3.8

6.7

Hutchinson Technology Inc.

HTCH

117

-184.2

3.7

-44

Winmark Corp.

WINA

1.1

3.0

-62.6

Canterbury Park Holding Corp.

CPHC

0.4

2.6

-5

-83.3

Datalink Corp.

DTLK

3.4

2.6

+12

32.6

Appliance Recycling Centers of America

ARCI

0.4

2.5

-5

-85.8

Insignia Systems Inc.

ISIG

-2.3

2.3

-13

IntriCon Corp.

IIN

1.0

1.9

-44.4

Nortech Systems Inc.

NSYS

1.8

1.6

+13

11.1

Vascular Solutions Inc.

VASC

4.5

1.5

+21

198.3

Vital Images Inc.

VTAL

-2.8

1.4

-10

Angeion Corp.

ANGN

-0.7

1.1

-1

WSI Industries Inc.

WSCI

1.2

1.0

+15

19.6

Image Sensing Systems Inc.

ISNS

5.0

0.9

+28

469.3

Fastenal Co.

FAST

279.7

232.6

+77

20.2

Zareba Systems Inc.

ZRBA

-6.9

-0.1

-5

Winland Electronics Inc.

WEX

-1.0

-0.3

Clearfield Inc.

CLFD

1.3

-1.2

+29

SoftBrands Inc.

SBN

3.8

103

-2.5

+39

Arctic Cat Inc.

ACAT

7.7

107

-5.2

+50

XATA Corp.

XATA

-3.0

109

-7.3

+14

Compellent Technologies Inc.

CML

-0.4

110

-7.8

+26

Multiband Corp.

MBND

0.9

111

-8.5

+35

Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.

GCFB

103

-15.8

112

-9.6

Plato Learning Inc.

TUTR

114

-87.7

118

-14.3

Analysts International Corp.

ANLY

101

-10.1

122

-16.2

+21

FSI International Inc.

FSII

105

-16.8

123

-18.6

+18

Gander Mountain Co.

GMTN

107

-22.7

124

-22.4

+17

ATS Medical Inc.

ATSI

102

-11.8

125

-23.0

+23

EV3 Inc.

EVVV

118

-335.6

127

-165.7

MoneyGram International Inc.

MGI

74.5

127

203.9

+96

-63.5

Caribou Coffee Co. Inc.

CBOU

104

-16.3

127

-30.7

+23

Dolan Media Co.

15.2

127

-54.0

+79

Imation Corp.

IMN

108

-33.3

127

-50.4

+19