Five Colorado businesses were ranked among the FSB 100, Fortune magazine’s rating of the fastest-growing small public companies in the U.S.
Denver based Royal Gold was the highest-ranked Colorado company on the list at number 26. It is the leading publicly traded precious-metals royalty company and currently operates Nevada’s three largest mines.
Royal Gold took a dive in the rankings, dropping from fourth last year.
Credo Petroleum, an independent oil and gas exploration-development company based in Denver, improved eight spots to 39th.
Birner Dental Management ranked 71st. The Denver company serves a network of dental offices under the brand name Perfect Teeth.
Allied Motion Technologies in Englewood ranked 91st. Allied designs and manufactures specialized motor products, primarily for the commercial motor, industrial motion control, and aerospace and defense markets.
Rounding out the list at number 100 is Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Based in Durango, Rocky Mountain has 287 stores in the U.S.
Topping this year’s list is Taser International, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., which manufactures the Taser stun guns used by law-enforcement officers.
The list is based on publicly traded companies “with annual revenue of less than $200 million and a stock price of more than $1,” according to Fortune. Companies are ranked based on the past three years’ earnings growth, revenue growth and stock performance.
Staff writer Marcus W. Vanderberg can be reached at 303-820-1209 or mvanderberg@ denverpost.com.
