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Public Dashboard: Forbes/MI Best Small (2016)

Using traditional Forbes criteria ... our own list of 50 BEST SMALL companies for 2015. $100 invested on 11/3/2015

06/16/2025
Company Symbol Shares Price Value % of Total Growth Proj P/E Proj Yield Fin Str EPS Stab Qlty PAR
CMN 1.62
EGOV 5.26
FRAN 6.97
GPX 3.87
HF 2.75
JCOM 1.28
LXFT 1.45
PLKI 1.76
PLT 1.88
RPXC 6.96
SYNT 3.23
TARO 0.69
Tumi Holdings, Inc. TUMI 5.89 $26.74 $157.39 1.8%
TYPE 3.71
UBNT 3.36
Averages $8,537.31 12.4% 28.3 0.3% 70% 55 74.6 8.0%
Argan* AGX 2.69 $218.17 $587.43 6.9% 12.1% 20.8 2.5% 73% 71 79 -0.3%
Align Technology ALGN 1.50 $177.85 $266.12 3.1% 7.3% 20.7 0.0% 77% 69 83 12.5%
ANSYS Inc ANSS 1.03 $338.01 $346.84 4.1% 9.4% 30.4 0.0% 91% 97 98 8.7%
AeroVironment AVAV 4.24 $195.10 $827.05 9.7% 16.7% 43.1 0.0% 51% 21 64 2.3%
AZZ AZZ 1.75 $89.59 $156.60 1.8% 9.7% 18.7 0.5% 29% 60 55 11.1%
Balchem BCPC 1.51 $161.53 $244.71 2.9% 5.6% 40.0 0.5% 80% 86 93 8.1%
BJ's Restaurants BJRI 2.21 $43.24 $95.73 1.1% 7.8% 9.7 0.3% 8% 44 33 8.4%
Credit Acceptance CACC 0.54 $484.71 $263.16 3.1% 7.5% 17.4 0.0% 28% 21 27 11.2%
Cognex CGNX 2.94 $30.15 $88.57 1.0% 5.5% 22.1 0.8% 91% 69 89 6.6%
CoStar Group CSGP 0.50 $81.16 $40.27 0.5% 10.5% 28.5 0.0% 92% 67 98 -0.5%
Calavo Growers CVGW 1.96 $27.66 $54.21 0.6% -2.8% 26.0 1.5% 35% 38 8 3.9%
Dorman Products DORM 2.09 $124.55 $259.72 3.0% 9.6% 18.3 0.0% 75% 85 96 15.7%
EPAM Systems EPAM 1.27 $170.75 $216.63 2.5% 6.0% 22.8 0.0% 95% 90 89 13.2%
EXLService EXLS 2.19 $47.25 $103.30 1.2% 13.0% 28.3 0.0% 83% 73 89 9.1%
Five Below FIVE 2.87 $121.83 $349.17 4.1% 10.3% 21.9 0.0% 59% 53 65 2.2%
Forward Air FWRD 2.21 $20.21 $44.66 0.5% 4.0% 20.0 2.1% 4% 11 9 17.5%
IMAX IMAX 2.58 $28.88 $74.61 0.9% 13.4% 20.0 0.0% 25% 21 70 11.0%
IPG Photonics IPGP 1.16 $65.91 $76.73 0.9% 4.4% 29.0 0.0% 74% 23 33 6.5%
iRobot Corporation IRBT 3.23 $3.21 $10.37 0.1% 9.0% 11.1 0.0% 0% 3 11 12.2%
Grand Canyon Education LOPE 2.41 $184.86 $446.31 5.2% 5.4% 21.4 0.0% 86% 68 90 4.6%
Mercadolibre MELI 0.96 $2,371.98 $2,281.41 26.7% 20.9% 32.0 0.0% 83% 35 81 10.4%
MarketAxess MKTX 1.02 $225.25 $229.30 2.7% 7.3% 27.6 1.0% 98% 85 86 6.9%
Mesa Labs* MLAB 0.89 $97.10 $86.12 1.0% 7.0% 18.0 0.3% 29% 41 39 13.3%
Monro MNRO 1.37 $14.61 $20.07 0.2% 0.4% 10.4 2.9% 11% 52 19 11.8%
Neogen NEOG 1.79 $5.53 $9.91 0.1% 3.7% 11.2 0.0% 13% 48 26 7.8%
NetScout Systems NTCT 2.81 $23.25 $65.44 0.8% 0.2% 24.1 0.0% 36% 23 15 1.7%
Proto Labs PRLB 1.54 $37.61 $57.83 0.7% 3.0% 32.6 0.0% 62% 27 37 7.3%
Boston Beer SAM 0.46 $208.51 $95.79 1.1% 4.6% 37.7 0.0% 52% 22 29 8.8%
Synchronoss Tech SNCR 2.77 $6.62 $18.31 0.2% 5.6% 5.7 0.0% 28% 35 25 22.4%
SS&C Technologies SSNC 2.72 $79.16 $215.63 2.5% 5.6% 16.4 1.2% 51% 97 79 11.5%
Bio-Techne TECH 1.13 $50.52 $57.29 0.7% 7.5% 22.1 0.4% 96% 70 73 5.4%
Gentherm THRM 2.04 $27.44 $55.95 0.7% 4.3% 16.4 0.0% 49% 74 54 15.4%
Tyler Technologies TYL 0.58 $579.72 $336.67 3.9% 11.0% 45.3 0.0% 98% 96 95 7.9%
US Physical Therapy* USPH 1.96 $77.00 $150.74 1.8% 9.0% 33.0 1.0% 60% 71 70 13.7%
WEX Inc. WEX 1.07 $137.65 $147.25 1.7% 5.0% 8.7 0.0% 37% 90 64 9.2%


MIPAR 9.8%  
Sweet Spot 14.8% - 19.8%  
Portfolio Averages
PAR 8.0%
Quality 74.6
Growth 12.4%
P/E Ratio 28.3
Yield 0.3%
Fin Strength 70%
EPS Stability 55

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Legend
Quality Legend:
Blue Excellent with quality greater than 80.
Green Good with quality between 60 and 80.
Neutral Average or below average with quality between 20 and 60.
Red Poor with quality less than 20.
Companies with less than 10 years of history are penalized by 5 points per year.
PAR Legend:
Green PAR is within the target range of MIPAR +5-10%, currently 5.1%-10.1%
Yellow PAR is above the target range of MIPAR +10%, currently 10.1%
PAR Projected Annual Return
MIPAR The Manifest Investing Median PAR of all stocks in the database.
Company Name Legend:
* Not covered by Value Line Standard Edition.
b Uses price-to-book value for valuation purposes.
P/CF Uses price-to-cash flow for valuation.