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 Revenue
(in mil.)

2008 Rank

2008 Revenue
(in mil.)

1-year rank change

1-year percent change

2009 percent return on revenue

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

UNH

81,186.0

75,431.0

7.6

4.5

Target Corp.

TGT

64,948.0

63,367.0

2.5

3.4

Supervalu Inc.

SVU

44,130.0

43,962.0

0.4

1.4

Best Buy Co. Inc.

BBY

43,709.0

39,504.0

10.6

2.7

3M Co.

MMM

25,269.0

24,462.0

3.3

13.7

Travelers Companies Inc.

TRV

24,477.0

26,017.0

-1

-5.9

11.9

U.S. Bancorp

USB

14,677.0

13,936.0

5.3

20.1

Medtronic Inc.

MDT

14,630.0

12,935.0

13.1

22.2

General Mills Inc.

GIS

14,385.0

12,890.0

11.6

9.5

Mosaic Co.

MOS

12,942.9

7,161.8

80.7

27.3

Xcel Energy Inc.

XEL

11,203.2

10,034.2

11.7

5.8

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

CHRW

8,578.6

7,316.2

17.3

4.2

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

AMP

7,149.0

8,654.0

-1

-17.4

-0.5

Hormel Foods Corp.

HRL

6,822.8

6,310.1

8.1

4.1

Ecolab Inc.

ECL

6,137.5

5,469.6

12.2

7.3

PepsiAmericas Inc.

PAS

4,937.2

4,479.5

10.2

4.8

Nash Finch Co.

NAFC

4,703.7

4,532.6

3.8

0.8

Alliant Techsystems

ATK

4,455.4

4,051.9

10.0

5.7

St. Jude Medical Inc.

STJ

4,363.3

3,779.3

15.5

8.8

Valspar Corp.

VAL

3,356.8

3,303.0

1.6

4.2

Pentair Inc.

PNR

3,352.0

3,398.7

-1.4

7.6

Patterson Companies Inc.

PDCO

3,092.7

2,959.5

4.5

6.8

Regis Corp.

RGS

2,460.4

2,437.0

1.0

1.4

Fastenal Co.

FAST

2,340.4

2,061.8

13.5

12.0

Donaldson Co. Inc.

DCI

2,229.0

2,046.0

8.9

7.9

Imation Corp.

IMN

2,154.6

2,062.0

-1

4.5

-1.5

Polaris Industries Inc.

PII

1,948.3

1,780.0

9.5

6.0

The Toro Co.

TTC

1,812.6

1,903.6

-4.8

5.9

Deluxe Corp.

DLX

1,468.7

1,606.4

-8.6

7.2

TCF Financial Corp.

TCB

1,462.8

1,509.5

-3.1

8.8

ADC Telecommunications Inc.

ADCT

1,456.4

1,363.5

6.8

-3.0

H.B. Fuller Co.

FUL

1,391.6

1,400.3

-0.6

1.4

Otter Tail Corp.

OTTR

1,311.2

1,238.9

5.8

2.7

MoneyGram International Inc.

MGI

1,257.4

1,347.3

+34

-6.7

5.9

Gander Mountain Co.

GMTN

1,048.1

978.7

7.1

-2.2

G&K Services Inc.

GKSR

990.3

974.7

1.6

4.1

Apogee Enterprises Inc.

APOG

967.1

823.8

17.4

5.6

Lawson Software Inc.

LWSN

843.2

810.1

4.1

6.7

Graco Inc.

GGG

817.3

841.3

-1

-2.9

14.8

Allete Inc.

ALE

801.0

841.7

-3

-4.8

10.3

Life Time Fitness Inc.

LTM

769.6

655.8

17.4

9.7

Fair Isaac Corp.

FIC

718.2

813.4

-2

-11.7

10.1

Tennant Co.

TNC

701.4

664.2

5.6

1.5

Navarre Corp.

NAVR

644.1

663.3

-2.9

0.5

Arctic Cat Inc.

ACAT

641.8

625.2

2.6

1.2

Select Comfort Corp.

SCSS

608.5

799.2

-4

-23.9

-11.5

Hutchinson Technology Inc.

HTCH

578.2

700.3

-3

-17.4

-31.9

ValueVision Media Inc.

VVTV

565.0

781.6

-5

-27.7

-16.6

Entegris Inc.

ENTG

554.7

626.2

-1

-11.4

-93.1

Christopher & Banks Corp.

CBK

552.2

584.4

-5.5

2.3

American Medical Systems Holdings Inc.

AMMD

501.6

463.9

8.1

8.5

MTS Systems Corp.

MTSC

467.1

431.5

8.2

10.8

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.

BWLD

422.4

329.7

28.1

5.8

EV3 Inc.

EVVV

422.1

284.2

48.5

-79.5

Digital River Inc.

DRIV

394.2

349.3

12.9

16.1

Piper Jaffray Companies

PJC

345.1

522.6

-4

-34.0

-53.2

Analysts International Corp.

ANLY

284.2

359.7

-1

-21.0

-3.6

Hawkins Inc.

HWKN

274.1

184.9

48.2

7.4

Capella Education Company

CPLA

272.3

226.2

20.4

10.6

Techne Corp.

TECH

268.5

238.8

12.5

40.6

Caribou Coffee Co. Inc.

CBOU

253.9

256.8

-1.1

-6.4

Datalink Corp.

DTLK

195.6

178.4

9.6

1.7

Dolan Media Co.

189.9

152.0

25.0

8.0

Digi International Inc.

DGII

181.8

176.0

3.3

5.3

HickoryTech Corp.

HTCO

153.2

156.6

-2.2

5.2

Famous Dave's of America Inc.

DAVE

140.4

125.9

11.5

0.3

SurModics Inc.

SRDX

136.4

80.3

+16

70.0

21.7

Stratasys Inc.

SSYS

124.5

112.2

10.9

Communications Systems Inc.

JCS

122.7

121.2

1.2

5.4

Nortech Systems Inc.

NSYS

121.9

118.1

3.2

1.4

Appliance Recycling Centers of America

ARCI

111.0

100.8

10.1

0.3

Virtual Radiologic Corp.

VRAD

106.6

86.2

23.6

7.9

SoftBrands Inc.

SBN

102.0

90.6

12.5

3.7

Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.

GCFB

96.3

75.9

+10

26.8

-16.4

Rimage Corp.

RIMG

91.4

108.9

-16.1

10.3

Compellent Technologies Inc.

CML

90.9

51.2

+18

77.5

-0.5

Medtox Scientific Inc.

MTOX

85.8

80.3

6.9

6.5

Health Fitness Corp.

FIT

77.7

70.0

11.0

3.5

HMN Financial Inc.

HMNF

73.5

85.1

-13.7

-13.8

Plato Learning Inc.

TUTR

68.3

68.7

-0.6

-128.4

Vital Images Inc.

VTAL

68.1

70.2

-2.9

-4.1

FSI International Inc.

FSII

68.1

101.0

-6

-32.6

-24.7

ATS Medical Inc.

ATSI

65.8

49.6

+12

32.7

-18.0

IntriCon Corp.

IIN

65.6

69.0

-5.0

1.6

Vascular Solutions Inc.

VASC

61.2

52.9

15.8

7.3

XATA Corp.

XATA

60.7

104

30.6

+18

98.4

-5.0

Synovis Life Technologies Inc.

SYNO

49.8

67.9

-26.6

12.4

Canterbury Park Holding Corp.

CPHC

46.0

52.9

-13.0

1.0

CyberOptics Corp.

CYBE

45.5

58.8

-22.7

-14.7

Multiband Corp.

MBND

43.0

115

16.6

+25

159.3

2.2

Winmark Corp.

WINA

35.4

103

31.2

+12

13.7

3.2

Rochester Medical Corp.

ROCM

35.4

101

33.4

6.1

1.5

Zareba Systems Inc.

ZRBA

33.0

35.8

-7.7

-20.8

Insignia Systems Inc.

ISIG

31.4

108

24.4

+14

28.5

-7.2

Angeion Corp.

ANGN

30.0

38.6

-22.2

-2.3

Mocon Inc.

MOCO

29.7

107

27.4

+11

8.4

13.7

Winland Electronics Inc.

WEX

28.7

100

34.7

-17.5

-3.6

Image Sensing Systems Inc.

ISNS

26.5

118

15.1

+20

75.5

18.8

WSI Industries Inc.

WSCI

25.9

109

20.7

+10

25.6

4.6

Clearfield Inc.

CLFD

100

24.7

111

18.9

+11

30.9

5.4