TOP 100: Colorado-based public companies.First Data Corp, and Archstone-Smith Trust Archstone-Smith Trust (NYSE: ASN), formed from a 2001 merger, is the third largest United States Real Estate Investment Trust and a publicly-traded member of the S&P 500. were perennially per·en·ni·al adj. 1. Lasting or active through the year or through many years. 2. a. Lasting an indefinitely long time; enduring: perennial happiness. b. two of the top public companies in Colorado Colorado, state, United States Colorado (kŏlərăd`ə, –răd`ō, –rä`dō), state, W central United States, one of the Rocky Mt. states. . Then private equity firms swooped in and acquired the two companies in separate deals last year, which is why you won't won't Contraction of will not. won't will not won't will find either of them on this year's Top 100 Public Companies ranking that appears on the following pages. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] First Data Corp., which employs about 2,000 people in Colorado and was ranked No. 4 on the ColoradoBiz Public Companies list last year, was acquired by private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late-stage leveraged buyouts. It was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. & Co. for $26 billion. The deal for the Greenwood Greenwood. 1 City (1990 pop. 26,265), Johnson co., central Ind.; settled 1822, inc. as a city 1960. A residential suburb of Indianapolis, Greenwood is in a retail shopping area. Manufactures include motor vehicle parts and metal products. Village-based payment processing company was announced in April 2007 and completed five months later. Archstone-Smith, a real estate investment trust specializing in apartments, accepted a buyout Buyout The purchase of a company or a controlling interest of a corporation's shares. Notes: A leveraged buyout is accomplished with borrowed money or by issuing more stock. offer of $22.2 billion from Tishman Speyer-Lehman in May. The transaction was finalized See finalization. in October October: see month. 2007. Englewood-based Archstone ranked No. 19 on last year's ColoradoBiz public companies list. In another Colorado public-company development, EchoStar Communications Corp. changed its name to DISH Network See DBS. Corp. (DISH was already its ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors ) in January January: see month. and spun off EchoStar Corp. as a separate company with the ticker ticker An automated quotation system on which security transactions are reported after they occur on an exchange floor. Even though the newer systems are electronic and no longer actually tick, the name of the old mechanical device has stuck. SATS. EchoStar develops and distributes digital set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. , while DISH provides satellite TV services. The two Englewood Englewood (ĕng`gəlw  d).1 City (1990 pop. 29,387), Arapahoe co., N central Colo., on the South Platte River, a residential and industrial suburb of Denver; inc. 1903. companies operate independently, although Charlie Ergen Charles W. "Charlie" Ergen (born May 1, 1953) is the co-founder and CEO of EchoStar Communications Corporation, the parent company of Dish Network. Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Ergen's father William Ergen was a nuclear physicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and his is the chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of both. DISH ranks No. 2 on this year's list, trailing only Qwest Communications
A new, independent company created through selling or distributing new shares for an existing part of another company. Notes: Spinoffs may be done through a rights offering. , ranks 15th with sales in excess of $1.5 billion.
2005 COMPANY TICKER '07 '07 SALES '06 SALES %
RANK RANK (000'S) (000'S) GROWTH
1 Qwest Q 1 $13,778,000 $13,923,000 -1.04%
Communications
International
Inc.
2 Dish Network DISH 2 11,090,375 9,818,486 12.95%
Corp. (Formerly
Echostar
Communications
Corp.
3 Liberty Media LCAPA 3 9,423,000 8,613,000 9.40%
Corp.
4 Liberty Global LBTYA 6 9,003,300 6,487,500 38.78%
Inc.
5 Ball Corp. BLL 5 7,475,300 6,621,500 12.89%
6 Prologis Trust PLD 13 6,204,666 2,463,909 151.82%
7 Molson Coors TAP 7 6,190,592 5,845,000 5.91%
Brewing Co.
8 Newmont Mining NEM 8 5,526,000 4,987,000 10.81%
Corp.
9 Western Union WU 10 4,900,200 4,470,200 9.62%
Co.
10 Level 3 LVLT 11 4,269,000 3,378,000 26.38%
Communications
Inc.
11 UAP Holdings UAPH 12 3,411,416 2,727,789 25.06%
Corp.
12 MDC Holdings MDC 9 2,933,249 4,801,742 -38.91%
Inc.
13 Emergency EMS 14 2,106,993 1,934,205 8.93%
Medical
Services Corp
14 Apartment AIV 15 1,721,184 1,690,994 1.79%
Investment &
Management Co.
15 Echostar Corp. SATS 1,544,065 1,525,320 1.23%
16 Cimarex Energy XEC 16 1,431,166 1,267,144 12.94%
Co.
17 Teletech TTEC 1,211,297 1,086,673 11.47%
Holdings Inc.
18 Frontier FRNT 22 1,170,900 994,273 17.76%
Airlines
Holdings Inc.
19 Janus Capital JNS 20 1,117,000 1,026,700 8.80%
Group
20 Chipotle CMG 26 1,085,782 822,930 31.94%
Mexican Grill
Inc.
21 Forest Oil FST 27 1,083,892 819,992 32.18%
Corp.
22 Time Warner TWTC 29 1,083,679 812,400 33.39%
Telecom Inc.
23 Ciber Inc. CBR 21 1,081,975 995,837 8.65%
24 Woodward WGOV 24 1,042,337 854,515 21.98%
Governor Co.
25 St. Mary Land & SM 31 990,094 787,700 25.69%
Exploration
Co.
26 DCP Midstream DPM 30 960,900 795,800 20.75%
Partners LP
27 Vail Resorts MTN 25 940,536 838,852 12.12%
Inc.
28 Crocs Inc. CROX 43 847,350 354,728 138.87%
29 Whiting WLL 32 818,718 786,328 4.12%
Petroleum
Corp.
30 Red Robin RRGB 36 763,472 618,721 23.40%
Gourmet Burgers
Inc.
31 Discovery DISCA 35 707,214 688,087 2.78%
Holding Co.
32 IHS Inc. IHS 38 688,392 550,770 24.99%
33 MarkWest Energy MWE 37 602,879 629,911 -4.29%
Partners LP
34 Westmoreland WLB 39 504,217 449,100 12.27%
Coal Co.
35 UDR Inc. UDR 34 500,194 698,100 -28.35%
36 CSG Systems CSGS 41 419,216 383,106 9.43%
International
Inc.
37 Einstein Noah BAGL 402,902 389,962 3.32%
Retaurant
Group
38 Air Methods AIRM 44 396,349 319,504 24.05%
Corp.
39 Bill Barrett BBG 42 390,270 375,329 3.98%
Corp.
40 Advanced Energy AEIS 40 384,699 410,742 -6.34%
Industries
Inc.
41 Penford Corp. PENX 45 362,364 318,419 13.80%
42 National NCMI 331,900 N/A N/A
CineMedia
43 Pharmion Corp. PHRM 48 267,300 238,646 12.01%
44 Gaiam Inc. GAIA 50 262,943 219,480 19.80%
45 DCT Industrial DCT 51 260,223 219,137 18.75%
Trust
46 StarTek Inc. SRT 49 245,304 237,612 3.24%
47 Crown Media CRWN 53 234,364 201,179 16.50%
Holdings Inc.
48 Venoco Inc. VQ 46 233,860 280,283 -16.56%
49 Champps CMPP 52 198,069 209,646 -5.52%
Entertainment
Inc.
50 CoBiz Financial COBZ 56 182,799 * 166,409 * 9.85%
Inc.
51 Golden Star GSS 60 175,614 128,700 36.45%
Resources Ltd.
52 Centennial Bank CBHI 54 $174,385 * $186,502 * -6.50%
Holdings Inc.
53 Dynamic BOOM 62 165,175 113,472 45.56%
Materials
Corp.
54 Delta DPTR 55 164,190 181,361 -9,47%
Petroleum
55 Incentra ICNS.OB 68 145,775 66,632 118.78%
Solutions Inc.
56 United Western UWBK 58 142,542 144,315 -1.23%
Bancorp Inc.
57 Transmontaigne TLP 71 131,651 56,785 131.84%
Partners LP
58 Affordable ARC 47 131,283 244,111 46.22%
Residential
Communities
Inc.
59 Parent Company KIDS 106,454 35,550 199.45%
60 Century Casinos CNTY 72 91,654 56,285 62.84%
Inc.
61 Allied Motion AMOT 64 84,559 82,768 2.16%
Technologies
Inc.
62 Spectranetics SPNC 69 82,874 63,490 30.53%
Corp.
63 Heska Corp. HSKA 66 82,335 75,060 9.69%
64 New Frontier NOOF 75 63,271 49,851 26.92%
Media Inc.
65 Replidyne Inc. RDYN 93 58,571 15,988 266.34%
66 First Financial FF 67 57,039 69,606 -18.05%
Fund
67 Ramtron RMTR 77 51,094 40,481 26.22%
International
Corp.
68 Evergreen EEE 79 48,657 36,710 32.54%
Energy Inc.
69 Royal Gold RGLD 83 48.357 28,380 70.39%
Inc.
70 CapSource CPSO.OB 80 45,903 36,300 26.45%
Financial Inc.
71 Birner Dental BDMS 78 40,790 39,387 3.56%
Management
Services Inc.
72 Apollo Gold AGT 99 38,474 10,200 277.20%
Corp.
73 Array Biopharma ARRY 76 36,970 45,003 -17.85%
Inc.
74 Health Grades HGRD 85 36,167 27,770 30.24%
Inc.
75 Evolving EVOL 81 35,953 33,833 6.27%
Systems Inc.
76 Simtek Corp. SMTK 82 33,007 30,600 7.87%
77 Rocky Mountain RMCF 84 31,573 28,074 12.46%
Chocolate
Factory Inc.
78 Isonics Corp. ISON.OB 87 27,731 23,716 16.93%
79 Good Times GTIM 89 24,955 20,935 19.20%
Restaurants
Inc.
80 Teton Energy TEC 23,694 3,529 571.41%
Corp.
81 Gasco Energy GSX 86 22,198 25,675 -13.54%
82 ADA-ES Inc. ADES 94 19,248 15,488 24.28%
83 Sport-Haley SPOR 88 18,893 20,962 -9.87%
Inc.
84 Scott's Liquid SLGO.OB 92 17,919 16,144 10.99%
Gold
85 Mesa MLAB 97 17,242 11.583 48.86%
Laboratories
Inc.
86 CREDO Petroleum CRED 90 16,993 16,491 3.04%
Corp.
87 Storm Cat SCU 16,757 9,444 77.44%
Energy Corp.
88 Global Med GLOB.OB 95 16,079 12,362 30.07%
Technologies
Inc.
89 QualMark Corp. QMRK.0B 91 14,477 16,427 -11.87%
90 Encision Inc. ECI 100 11,010 9,127 20.63%
91 Infinity Energy IFNY 96 9,426 12,292 -23.32%
Resources Inc.
92 Kodiac Oil and KOG 9,320 4,965 87.71%
Gas Corp.
93 Eldorado ELDO.OB 8,248 7,910 4.27%
Artesian Spring
Inc.
94 ARC Wireless ARCW 73 8,048 55,798 -85.58%
Solutions Inc.
95 Cogenix Medical CONX.OB 7,368 6,636 11.03%
Corp.
96 UQM UQM 6,653 4,323 53.90%
Technologies
Inc.
97 Smart Move MVE 5,811 4,185 38.85%
Inc.
98 Lifevantage IFVN.OB 5,051 7,166 -29.51%
Corp.
99 Aspen ASPN.OB 4,418 5,979 -26.11%
Exploration
Corp.
100 Clancy Systems CLSI.OB 3,745 3.536 5.91%
International
Inc.
2005 COMPANY '06 NET EMPLOYEES BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
RANK INCOME
(000'S)
1 Qwest $2,917,000 36,843 Telecommunications
Communications
International
Inc.
2 Dish Network 756,054 23,000 Satellite digital
Corp. (Formerly television
Echostar
Communications
Corp.
3 Liberty Media 2,114,000 19,070 International media and
Corp. entertainment
4 Liberty Global -422,600 22,000 Broadband distribution and
Inc. video programming for
foreign markets
5 Ball Corp. 281,300 15,500 Aerospace, metal cans
6 Prologis Trust 1,074,340 1,535 Real estate trust
7 Molson Coors 497,192 9,700 Brewery, beverages
Brewing Co.
8 Newmont Mining -1,886,000 15,000 Mining
Corp.
9 Western Union 857,300 6,100 Financial services
Co.
10 Level 3 -1,114,000 6,680 Fiber-optic network
Communications
Inc.
11 UAP Holdings 81,555 3,025 Distributor of
Corp. agricultural chemicals and
seeds
12 MDC Holdings -636,940 2,170 Home builder
Inc.
13 Emergency 59,818 12,911 Medical Services
Medical
Services Corp
14 Apartment 29,911 5,900 Real estate trust
Investment &
Management Co.
15 Echostar Corp. -85,300 1,500 Satellite television
equipment
16 Cimarex Energy 346,469 760 Oil and gas
Co. exploration/production
17 Teletech 51,842 39,010 Business process
Holdings Inc. outsourcing
18 Frontier -20,400 5,265 Airline
Airlines
Holdings Inc.
19 Janus Capital 116,300 1,213 Investment management
Group
20 Chipotle 70,563 18,800 Restaurants
Mexican Grill
Inc.
21 Forest Oil 169,306 728 Oil and natural gas
Corp. production
22 Time Warner -40,269 2,859 Telecommunications
Telecom Inc.
23 Ciber Inc. 29,026 8,400 Computer services
24 Woodward 98,157 4,248 Industrial Electrical
Governor Co. Equipment
25 St. Mary Land & 189,712 438 Oil and natural gas
Exploration production
Co.
26 DCP Midstream -15,800 109 Oil and gas pipeline
Partners LP
27 Vail Resorts 61,397 3,900 Resort operator
Inc.
28 Crocs Inc. 168,228 5,300 Designer, manufacturer of
footwear
29 Whiting 130,600 412 Oil and gas operations
Petroleum
Corp.
30 Red Robin 30,651 25,285 Restaurant Chain
Gourmet Burgers
Inc.
31 Discovery -68,392 3,900 Network services
Holding Co.
32 IHS Inc. 83,775 3,000 Technical information,
support tools for
engineering and energy
fields
33 MarkWest Energy 17,199 0 Natural gas processor
Partners LP
34 Westmoreland -21,793 1140 Coal mining
Coal Co.
35 UDR Inc. 221,349 1,787 Real estate trust
36 CSG Systems 60,771 1,877 Software
International
Inc.
37 Einstein Noah 12,586 404 Restaurant chain
Retaurant
Group
38 Air Methods 27,537 2,739 Airtransport
Corp.
39 Bill Barrett 26,754 252 Oil and gas exploration
Corp. and production
40 Advanced Energy 34,361 1,611 Manufacturing
Industries
Inc.
41 Penford Corp. 13,517 596 Grain mill products
42 National 20,600 535 Cinema/pre-feature
CineMedia advertising
43 Pharmion Corp. -63,860 417 Pharmaceutical
development
44 Gaiam Inc. 8,524 454 Natural products
45 DCT Industrial 40,112 78 Financial services
Trust
46 StarTek Inc. -2,831 8,200 Business services
47 Crown Media -159,032 176 Owner and operator of
Holdings Inc. pay-TV channels
48 Venoco Inc. -73,372 313 Oil and gas
exploration/production
49 Champps -7,850 5,400 Restaurants
Entertainment
Inc.
50 CoBiz Financial 23,024 507 Bank holding company
Inc.
51 Golden Star -41,759 1,680 Mining
Resources Ltd.
52 Centennial Bank $-138,092 476 Bank holding company
Holdings Inc.
53 Dynamic 24,587 373 Metal heat-treating
Materials
Corp.
54 Delta -149,347 128 Oil and gas
Petroleum development/production
55 Incentra -9,293 265 Data Storage Devices
Solutions Inc.
56 United Western 10,141 328 Financial services
Bancorp Inc.
57 Transmontaigne 25.142 729 Oil and gas pipeline
Partners LP
58 Affordable 14,638 901 Real estate investment
Residential trust
Communities
Inc.
59 Parent Company -19,091 N/A Electronic commerce and
content for families
60 Century Casinos 4,933 1,030 Casino developer,
Inc. operator
61 Allied Motion 2,396 505 Motion Control Products
Technologies
Inc.
62 Spectranetics 7,229 374 Electro medical equipment
Corp.
63 Heska Corp. 34,808 311 Pharmaceutical
preparations
64 New Frontier 12,309 162 Adult entertainment
Media Inc. distribution
65 Replidyne Inc. 7,692 53 Biotechnology and drugs
66 First Financial 31,383 Financial services
Fund
67 Ramtron 9,891 115 Semiconductors
International
Corp.
68 Evergreen -204,676 207 Electric Utilities
Energy Inc.
69 Royal Gold 19,720 15 Mining and metals
Inc.
70 CapSource -1,766 Trucking
Financial Inc.
71 Birner Dental 2,437 565 Dental services (Perfect
Management Teeth)
Services Inc.
72 Apollo Gold -13,898 230 Gold/precious metal
Corp. mining
73 Array Biopharma -55,442 311 Biotechnology and drugs
Inc.
74 Health Grades 6,748 142 Healthcare assessor,
Inc. consultancy
75 Evolving 598 226 Computer services
Systems Inc.
76 Simtek Corp. -2,768 75 Semi-conductor memory
chips
77 Rocky Mountain 4,745 200 Candy franchiser
Chocolate
Factory Inc.
78 Isonics Corp. -13,165 n/a Specialty chemicals
79 Good Times 29 98 Restaurant franchiser
Restaurants
Inc.
80 Teton Energy 2,377 8 Development of oil and gas
Corp. properties
81 Gasco Energy -104,374 34 Exploration and production
of crude oil and natural
gas
82 ADA-ES Inc. 247 58 Development of
environmental
technologies
83 Sport-Haley -1,301 65 Golf apparel manufacturer
Inc.
84 Scott's Liquid -1.311 77 Household products,
Gold cosmetics
85 Mesa 3,958 108 Medical instruments and
Laboratories supplies
Inc.
86 CREDO Petroleum 6,091 12 Energy trading
Corp.
87 Storm Cat -40,955 25 Exploitation, development
Energy Corp. and production of crude
oil, natural gas
88 Global Med 1,978 90 Software for blood banks
Technologies
Inc.
89 QualMark Corp. -583 45 Product quality
90 Encision Inc. -90 46 Medical instruments and
supplies
91 Infinity Energy -30,842 11 Exploration and production
Resources Inc. of oil and natural gas,
acquisition of related
properties
92 Kodiac Oil and -38,183 15 Oil and gas drilling and
Gas Corp. exploration
93 Eldorado 88 69 Beverages
Artesian Spring
Inc.
94 ARC Wireless -703 41 Communication services
Solutions Inc.
95 Cogenix Medical -2,441 38 Healthcare
Corp.
96 UQM -3,431 53 Industrial electrical
Technologies equipment
Inc.
97 Smart Move -12,806 28 Moving services, asset
Inc. management
98 Lifevantage -3,694 12 Health and nutrition
Corp.
99 Aspen 925 2 Exploration of oil and gas
Exploration properties
Corp.
100 Clancy Systems 100 51 Application software
International
Inc.
* Net interest income
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