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The Fast 50

To make it into the Inter@ctive Week Fast 50, a company needs four things: momentum in its market, as measured by its ability to increase...

Written by ZDNet Staff, Contributor July 28, 2000 at 12:44 p.m. PT

To make it into the Inter@ctive Week Fast 50, a company needs four things: momentum in its market, as measured by its ability to increase sales, both year over year and quarter over quarter; a real business, measured by its ability to increase profit from basic operations, again both on an annual and quarterly basis; satisfied shareholders, measured by the appreciating value of its shares and the payment of dividends; and a bright future, measured by the overall value investors place on all its outstanding shares. A selected universe of 200 companies is ranked six ways; the 50 companies with the lowest total scores - that is, the highest average ranking - become the Fast 50.

1999 2nd-Qtr Rank	1998 Fast 50 Rank	Company Name	Qtr. Comp. Score	Market Value Rank	Quarterly Rev. % Chg. Rank	Quarter Over Qtr. Quarterly Op. Inc. % Chg. Rank	Quarter Over Qtr. Quarterly Rev. % Chg. Rank	Year Over Yr. Quarterly Op. Inc. % Chg. Rank	Year Over Yr. 1 Year Return Rank
1	33	Excite@Home	151	44	1	23	5	33	45
2	NR	Sprint PCS Group	167	31	39	21	22	34	20
3	7	America Online	185	12	86	4	61	1	21
4	21	CNET	218	93	25	36	39	2	23
5	23	VeriSign	251	83	43	41	34	42	8
6	50	Oracle	256	22	11	17	90	70	46
7	16	Network Solutions	261	107	33	59	29	16	17
8	31	Siebel Systems	262	70	35	65	45	3	44
9	NR	Priceline.com	276	51	5	91	4	115	10
10	NR	Qualcomm	279	32	96	1	107	36	7
11	NR	Microsoft	282	1	20	56	69	52	84
12	NR	Exodus Communications	285	74	12	79	10	109	1
13	47	Texas Instruments	287	20	61	35	129	4	38
14	20	Nextel Communications	293	42	48	55	40	56	52
15	34	Sun Microsystems	294	23	47	37	91	65	31
16	6	Security First Technologies	300	125	24	68	16	41	26
17	5	RealNetworks	303	69	49	88	43	48	6
18	38	Xilinx	303	55	64	53	65	47	19
19	NR	International Business Machines	308	3	94	22	104	30	55
20	17	Verity	312	132	59	42	59	11	9
21	NR	Lucent Technologies	315	5	68	34	92	9	107
22	10	Tellabs	343	34	60	67	68	38	76
23	39	MCI WorldCom	351	7	159	73	15	12	85
24	NR	AT&T	353	6	80	45	96	6	120
25	44	Global Crossing	360	40	103	114	41	19	43
26	2	Cisco Systems	361	4	73	97	58	75	54
27	NR	DoubleClick	362	90	13	72	47	125	15
28	14	Inktomi	374	71	18	139	18	114	14
29	3	Qwest Communications International	382	36	158	31	33	24	100
30	30	Citrix Systems	384	77	81	84	51	14	77
31	NR	In Focus Systems	386	147	93	26	78	10	32
32	25	PSInet	388	87	52	111	30	80	28
33	18	TV Guide	388	75	9	116	37	93	58
34	NR	Northern Telecom	390	18	37	15	76	152	92
35	49	Electronic Data Systems	392	29	104	3	124	68	64
36	24	Dell Computer	392	11	83	77	64	64	93
37	NR	Net2Phone	400	121	42	99	19	58	61
38	42	LSI Logic	405	63	88	30	57	128	39
39	15	Novell	405	59	127	60	93	25	41
40	NR	Check Point Software Tech.	406	100	65	83	60	69	29
41	NR	Harbinger	407	141	57	8	102	13	86
42	NR	First Data	413	37	85	80	126	20	65
43	41	Interpublic Group of Cos.	415	50	36	9	125	86	109
44	4	Yahoo!	423	27	19	180	25	145	27
45	1	Broadcom	424	48	41	159	24	139	13
46	12	MetaCreations	425	170	50	24	46	29	106
47	45	USWeb	426	112	44	32	42	45	151
48	NR	Motorola	437	21	125	69	137	22	63
49	NR	Scientific-Atlanta	441	96	82	10	101	61	91
50	40	CMGI	448	57	77	152	27	131	4

The data in the Inter@ctive Week Fast 50 has been compiled by Nordby International (nordby.com) of Boulder, Colo. Data is based on sources believed to be reliable, and while extensive efforts have been made to assure accuracy, no guarantees can be made. Nordby and Inter@ctive Week assume no liability for any inaccuracies.

Notes:
One-year total return includes reinvestment of dividends; for issues not trading full year, change is from first trading date. If Operating Income was negative in either year, an absolute value formula was used to compute percent change.
Tie-breaker: One-Year Total Return
NR: Not ranked

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