Wild Oats' buyout offset by notable newcomers.Wild Oats' acceptance of 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 by Whole Foods and Western Union's spinoff Spinoff 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. from First Data were the biggest newsmakers among Colorado's publicly traded companies publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. in the past year. But there were others. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Among them, two companies with combined 2006 revenues of more than $1 billion joined the state's public-company roster. Denver-based energy firm Veneco Inc. went public in November November: see month. , and Woodward Governor Co., relocated re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. to Fort Collins from Rockford Rockford, industrial city (1990 pop. 139,426), seat of Winnebago co., N Ill., on the Rock River near the Wis. line; inc. 1839 with the merger of two settlements on opposite sides of the river. , Ill., early this year. Veneco, an acquirer and developer of oil and gas interests, employs 250 and last year posted revenues of $280 million. Woodward Governor, a market leader in fuel-control systems for jet engines and other industrial electric equipment, generated sales of $855 million last year. The company employs 3,700 total and about 1,100 in Fort Collins and Loveland Loveland, city (1990 pop. 37,352), Larimer co., N Colo.; inc. 1881. Loveland lies in a fertile farm area, irrigated by the Colorado–Big Thompson project. It is a processing and shipping center for sugar beets, grains, fruits and vegetables, beans, and livestock. .
TOP 100 COLORADO-BASED PUBLIC COMPANIES
List compiled by Sara Williams
Ranked by revenues
2007 '06 '06 Sales '05 Sales
Rank Company Ticker Rank (000's) (000's)
1 Qwest Communications Q 1 $13,923,000 $13,903,000
International Inc.
2 Echostar DISH 4 9,818,486 8,425,501
Communications Corp.
3 Liberty Media Corp. LCAPA 5 8,613,000 7,646,000
4 First Data Corp. FDC 2 7,076,400 10,568,200
5 Ball Corp. BLL 6 6,621,500 5,751,200
6 Liberty Global Inc. LBTYA 8 6,487,500 5,151,332
7 Molson Coors Brewing TAP 7 5,845,000 5,506,906
Co.
8 Newmont Mining Corp. NEM 10 4,987,000 4,406,000
9 MDC Holdings Inc. MDC 9 4,801,742 4,884,100
10 Western Union Co. WU 4,470,200 3,987,900
11 Level 3 Communications LVLT 12 3,378,000 3,613,000
Inc.
12 UAP Holding Corp. UAPH 16 2,727,789 2,506,730
13 Prologis Trust PLD 17 2,463,909 1,954,000
14 Emergency Medical EMS 1,934,200 1,655,500
Services Corp
15 Apartment Investment & AIV 19 1,690,994 1,408,500
Management Co.
16 Cimarex Energy Co. XEC 21 1,267,144 1,118,622
17 Teletech Holdings Inc. TTEC 22 1,211,297 1,086,673
18 Wild Oats Markets Inc. OATS 20 1,183,022 1,123,957
19 Archstone-Smith Trust ASN 25 1,133,586 946,902
20 Janus Capital Group JNS 24 1,026,700 999,500
21 Ciber Inc. CBR 26 995,837 956,009
22 Frontier Airlines FRNT 28 994,273 833,600
Holdings Inc.
23 Samsonite Corp. SAMC.OB 27 966,886 902,896
24 Woodward Governor Co. WGOV 854,515 827,726
25 Vail Resorts Inc. MTN 29 838,852 810,987
26 Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG 35 822,930 627,695
Inc.
27 Forest Oil Corp. FST 23 819,992 1,072,045
28 MacDermid Inc. MRD 32 817,600 738,000
29 Time Warner Telecom TWTC 34 812,400 708,700
Inc.
30 DPM Midstream Partners DPM 795,800 784,500
LP
31 St. Mary Land & SM 31 787,700 739,600
Exploration Co.
32 Whiting Petroleum WLL 37 786,328 540,448
Corp.
33 Markwest Hydrocarbon MWP 33 785,722 714,177
Inc.
34 UDR Inc. UDR 698,100 701,200
35 Discovery Holding Co. DISCA 688,087 694,509
36 Red Robin Gourmet RRGB 40 618,721 486,023
Burgers Inc.
37 MarkWest Energy MWE 38 575,952 499,024
Partners LP
38 IHS Inc. IHS 41 550,770 476,117
39 Westmoreland Coal Co. WLB 43 449,100 362,000
40 Advanced Energy AEIS 45 410,742 325,482
Industries Inc.
41 CSG Systems CSGS 42 383,106 377,317
International Inc.
42 Bill Barrett Corp. BBG 47 $375,329 $288,759
43 Crocs Inc. CROX 58 354,728 108,581
44 Air Methods Corp. AIRM 44 319,504 336,970
45 Penford Corp. PENX 46 318,419 296,763
46 Venoco Inc. VQ 280,283 137,953
47 Affordable Residential ARC 48 244,111 254,513
Communities Inc.
48 Pharmion Corp. PHRM 49 238,646 221,244
49 StarTek Inc. SRT 51 237,612 216,371
50 Gaiam Inc. GAIA 55 219,480 142,492
51 DCT Industrial Trust DCT 219,137 123,228
52 Champps Entertainment CMPP 50 209,646 218,356
Inc.
53 Crown Media Holdings CRWN 52 201,179 197,384
Inc.
54 Centennial Bank CBHI 59 186,502 150,688
Holdings Inc.*
55 Delta Petroleum DPTR 70 181,361 67,774
56 CoBiz Inc.* COBZ 56 166,409 128,609
57 SpectraLink Corp. SLNK 60 144,800 97,800
58 United Western Bancorp UWBK 144,315 128,173
Inc.
59 Sirenza Microdevices SMDI 71 136,578 64,178
Inc.
60 Golden Star Resources GSS 61 128,700 93,800
Ltd.
61 Metretek Technologies MEK 74 120,447 47,253
Inc.
62 Dynamic Materials BOOM 65 113,472 79,291
Corp.
63 Quovadx QVDX 64 84,120 83,103
64 Allied Motion AMOT 68 82,768 74,302
Technologies Inc.
65 Carrier Access Corp. CACS 66 75,416 75,628
66 Heska Corp. HSKA 69 75,060 69,437
67 First Financial Fund FF 69,606 120,486
68 Incentra Solutions ICNS.OB 66,632 5,083
Inc.
69 Spectranetics Corp. SPNC 80 63,490 43,200
70 San Holdings Inc. SANZ.OB 58,745 59,115
71 Transmontaigne TLP 56,785 21,502
Partners LP
72 Century Casinos Inc. CNTY 83 56,285 37,445
73 ARC Wireless Solutions ARCW 81 55,798 39,656
Inc.
74 ACT Teleconferencing ACTT.OB 73 53,621 50,964
Inc.
75 New Frontier Media NOOF 77 49,851 4,627
Inc.
76 Array Biopharma Inc. ARRY 78 45,003 45,506
77 Ramtron International RMTR 86 40,481 32,700
Corp.
78 Birner Dental BDMS 84 39,387 36,716
Management Services
Inc. (Perfect Teeth)
79 Evergreen Energy Inc. EEE 36,710 984
80 CapSource Financial CPSO.OB 36,300 20,609
Inc.
81 Evolving Systems Inc. EVOL 82 33,833 39,452
82 Simtek Corp. SMTK 30,600 10,400
83 Royal Gold Inc. RGLD 88 28,380 25,302
84 Rocky Mountain RMCF 89 28,074 24,524
Chocolate Factory Inc.
85 Health Grades Inc. HGRD 93 27,770 20,800
86 Gasco Energy GSX 96 25,675 16,863
87 Isonics Corp. ISON 23,716 10,105
88 Sport-Haley Inc. SPOR 92 20,962 22,041
89 Good Times Restaurants GTIM 95 20,935 16,961
Inc.
90 CREDO Petroleum Corp. CRED 98 16,491 13,957
91 QualMark Corp. QMRK.OB 97 16,427 14,845
92 Scott's Liquid Gold SLGD.OB 90 16,144 24,039
93 Replidyne Inc. RDYN 15,988 441
94 ADA-ES Inc. ADES 15,488 11,028
95 Global Med GLOB.OB 100 12,362 11,204
Technologies Inc.
96 Infinity Energy IFNY 87 12,292 30,775
Resources Inc.
97 Mesa Laboratories Inc. MLAB 11,583 10,041
98 PYR Energy Corp. PYR 10,319 6,102
99 Apollo Gold Corp. AGT 79 10,200 43,254
100 Encision Inc. ECI 9,127 8,054
(formerly
Electroscope)
2007 '05 Net
Rank Company % Growth Income (000's)
1 Qwest Communications 0.14% $593,000
International Inc.
2 Echostar 16.53% 608,272
Communications Corp.
3 Liberty Media Corp. 12.65% 840,000
4 First Data Corp. -33.04% 1,513,400
5 Ball Corp. 15.13% 329,600
6 Liberty Global Inc. 25.94% 706,200
7 Molson Coors Brewing 6.14% 361,000
Co.
8 Newmont Mining Corp. 13.19% 791,000
9 MDC Holdings Inc. -1.69% 214,253
10 Western Union Co. 12.09% 914,000
11 Level 3 Communications
Inc. -6.50% (744,000)
12 UAP Holding Corp. 8.82% 66,377
13 Prologis Trust 26.10% 874,951
14 Emergency Medical 16.83% 39,100
Services Corp
15 Apartment Investment & 20.06% 17,687
Management Co.
16 Cimarex Energy Co. 13.28% 345,719
17 Teletech Holdings Inc. 11.47% 51,842
18 Wild Oats Markets Inc. 5.26% (16,588)
19 Archstone-Smith Trust 19.72% 727,400
20 Janus Capital Group 2.72% 133,600
21 Ciber Inc. 4.17% 24,735
22 Frontier Airlines 19.27% (13,971)
Holdings Inc.
23 Samsonite Corp. 7.09% 13,321
24 Woodward Governor Co. 3.24% 69,900
25 Vail Resorts Inc. 3.44% 45,756
26 Chipotle Mexican Grill 31.10% 41,400
Inc.
27 Forest Oil Corp. -23.51% 168,502
28 MacDermid Inc. 10.79% 51,850
29 Time Warner Telecom 14.63% (98,800)
Inc.
30 DPM Midstream Partners 1.44% 33,000
LP
31 St. Mary Land & 6.50% 190,000
Exploration Co.
32 Whiting Petroleum 45.50% 156,364
Corp.
33 Markwest Hydrocarbon 10.02% 9,537
Inc.
34 UDR Inc. -0.44% 128,600
35 Discovery Holding Co. -0.92% (46,010)
36 Red Robin Gourmet 27.30% 29,362
Burgers Inc.
37 MarkWest Energy 15.42% 70,084
Partners LP
38 IHS Inc. 15.68% 56,345
39 Westmoreland Coal Co. 24.06% 7,600
40 Advanced Energy 26.19% 88,322
Industries Inc.
41 CSG Systems 1.53% 59,770
International Inc.
42 Bill Barrett Corp. 29.98% $62,011
43 Crocs Inc. 226.69% 64,384
44 Air Methods Corp. -5.18% 17,200
45 Penford Corp. 7.30% 4,228
46 Venoco Inc. 103.17% 23,951
47 Affordable Residential -4.09% (17,418)
Communities Inc.
48 Pharmion Corp. 7.87% (91,012)
49 StarTek Inc. 9.82% 5,764
50 Gaiam Inc. 54.03% 5,644
51 DCT Industrial Trust 77.83% (158,043)
52 Champps Entertainment -3.99% (1,558)
Inc.
53 Crown Media Holdings 1.92% (389,468)
Inc.
54 Centennial Bank 23.77% 24,418
Holdings Inc.*
55 Delta Petroleum 167.60% 435
56 CoBiz Inc.* 29.39% 22,826
57 SpectraLink Corp. 48.06% (39)
58 United Western Bancorp 12.59% 11,656
Inc.
59 Sirenza Microdevices 112.81% 7,595
Inc.
60 Golden Star Resources 37.21% 57,900
Ltd.
61 Metretek Technologies 154.90% 11,705
Inc.
62 Dynamic Materials 43.11% 20,764
Corp.
63 Quovadx 1.22% (13,155)
64 Allied Motion 11.39% 1,931
Technologies Inc.
65 Carrier Access Corp. -0.28% (14,836)
66 Heska Corp. 8.10% 1,828
67 First Financial Fund -42.23% 61,924
68 Incentra Solutions 1210.88% (2,833)
Inc.
69 Spectranetics Corp. 46.97% (1,400)
70 San Holdings Inc. -0.63% (37,836)
71 Transmontaigne 164.09% 5,122
Partners LP
72 Century Casinos Inc. 50.31% 7,629
73 ARC Wireless Solutions 40.71% (742)
Inc.
74 ACT Teleconferencing 5.21% 1,797
Inc.
75 New Frontier Media 977.39% 11,283
Inc.
76 Array Biopharma Inc. -1.11% (39,614)
77 Ramtron International 23.80% 457
Corp.
78 Birner Dental 7.27% 2,323
Management Services
Inc. (Perfect Teeth)
79 Evergreen Energy Inc. (51,527)
80 CapSource Financial 76.14% (1,829)
Inc.
81 Evolving Systems Inc. -14.24% (19,783)
82 Simtek Corp. 194.23% (2,000)
83 Royal Gold Inc. 12.17% 11,350
84 Rocky Mountain 14.48% 4,065
Chocolate Factory Inc.
85 Health Grades Inc. 33.51% 3,200
86 Gasco Energy 52.26% (55,819)
87 Isonics Corp. 134.70% (32,300)
88 Sport-Haley Inc. -4.90% (415)
89 Good Times Restaurants 23.43% 17
Inc.
90 CREDO Petroleum Corp. 18.16% 5,880
91 QualMark Corp. 10.66% 1,151
92 Scott's Liquid Gold -32.84% (3,587)
93 Replidyne Inc. 3525.40% (29,249)
94 ADA-ES Inc. 40.44% 377
95 Global Med 10.34% 1,381
Technologies Inc.
96 Infinity Energy -60.06% (12,687)
Resources Inc.
97 Mesa Laboratories Inc. 15.36% 2,805
98 PYR Energy Corp. 69.11% 2,300
99 Apollo Gold Corp. -76.42% (15,600)
100 Encision Inc. 13.32% (338)
(formerly
Electroscope)
2007
Rank Company Employees Business Description
1 Qwest Communications 38,000 Telecommunications
International Inc.
2 Echostar 21,000 Cable and pay television
Communications Corp.
3 Liberty Media Corp. 14,765 International media and
entertainment
4 First Data Corp. 29,000 Financial services
5 Ball Corp. 15,500 Aerospace, metal cans
6 Liberty Global Inc. 20,500 Broadband distribution and
video programming for foreign
markets
7 Molson Coors Brewing 9,550 Brewery, beverages
Co.
8 Newmont Mining Corp. 15,000 Mining
9 MDC Holdings Inc. 3,200 Home builder
10 Western Union Co. 5900 Financial services
11 Level 3 Communications
Inc. 7,400 Fiber-optic network
12 UAP Holding Corp. 3,025 Distributor of agricultural
chemicals, seeds
13 Prologis Trust 1270 Real estate trust
14 Emergency Medical 12,848 Medical Services
Services Corp
15 Apartment Investment & 6,000 Real estate trust
Management Co.
16 Cimarex Energy Co. 734 Oil and gas exploration/
production
17 Teletech Holdings Inc. 47,000 Business services
18 Wild Oats Markets Inc. 8,617 Grocery stores
19 Archstone-Smith Trust 2,666 Real estate trust
20 Janus Capital Group 1,105 Investment management
21 Ciber Inc. 8,300 Computer services
22 Frontier Airlines 4,770 Airline
Holdings Inc.
23 Samsonite Corp. 5,000 Luggage
24 Woodward Governor Co. 3700 Industrial electrical
equipment
25 Vail Resorts Inc. 15,000 Resort operator
26 Chipotle Mexican Grill 15,000 Restaurants
Inc.
27 Forest Oil Corp. 585 Oil and natural gas
production
28 MacDermid Inc. 2,900 Chemical manufacturer
29 Time Warner Telecom 2,784 Telecommunications
Inc.
30 DPM Midstream Partners 109 Oil and gas pipeline
LP
31 St. Mary Land & 359 Oil and natural gas
Exploration Co. production
32 Whiting Petroleum 359 Oil and gas operations
Corp.
33 Markwest Hydrocarbon 318 Oil-field services
Inc.
34 UDR Inc. 1,809 Real estate trust
35 Discovery Holding Co. 4,000 Network services
36 Red Robin Gourmet 21,535 Restaurant chain
Burgers Inc.
37 MarkWest Energy 0 Natural gas processor
Partners LP
38 IHS Inc. 2,500 Technical information,
support tools for
engineering and energy fields
39 Westmoreland Coal Co. 1176 Coal mining
40 Advanced Energy 1,583 Manufacturing
Industries Inc.
41 CSG Systems 1,685 Software
International Inc.
42 Bill Barrett Corp. 216 Oil and gas exploration,
production
43 Crocs Inc. 2,900 Designer, manufacturer of
footwear
44 Air Methods Corp. 1,833 Air transport
45 Penford Corp. 571 Grain mill products
46 Venoco Inc. 250 Oil and gas exploration/
production
47 Affordable Residential 901 Real estate investment trust
Communities Inc.
48 Pharmion Corp. 417 Pharmaceutical development
49 StarTek Inc. 8,300 Business services
50 Gaiam Inc. 363 Natural products
51 DCT Industrial Trust 64 Financial services
52 Champps Entertainment 5,123 Restaurants
Inc.
53 Crown Media Holdings 158 Owner and operator of pay-TV
Inc. channels
54 Centennial Bank 518 Bank holding company
Holdings Inc.*
55 Delta Petroleum 122 Oil and gas development/
prodution
56 CoBiz Inc.* 485 Bank holding company
57 SpectraLink Corp. 422 Wireless systems
58 United Western Bancorp 282 Financial services
Inc.
59 Sirenza Microdevices 839 Radio frequency components
Inc.
60 Golden Star Resources 1,800 Mining
Ltd.
61 Metretek Technologies 335 Energy measurement
Inc.
62 Dynamic Materials 210 Metal heat-treating
Corp.
63 Quovadx 365 Business integration software
64 Allied Motion 517 Motion control products
Technologies Inc.
65 Carrier Access Corp. 304 Telecommunications
66 Heska Corp. 299 Pharmaceutical preparations
67 First Financial Fund Financial services
68 Incentra Solutions 195 Data storage devices
Inc.
69 Spectranetics Corp. 78 Electro medical equipment
70 San Holdings Inc. 133 Data storage devices
71 Transmontaigne 729 Oil and gas pipeline
Partners LP
72 Century Casinos Inc. 1,000 Casino developer, operator
73 ARC Wireless Solutions 40 Communication services
Inc.
74 ACT Teleconferencing 333 Telecommunications
Inc.
75 New Frontier Media 143 Adult entertainment
Inc. distribution
76 Array Biopharma Inc. 276 Biotechnology and drugs
77 Ramtron International 111 Semiconductors
Corp.
78 Birner Dental 566 Dental services
Management Services
Inc. (Perfect Teeth)
79 Evergreen Energy Inc. 216 Electric utilities
80 CapSource Financial Trucking
Inc.
81 Evolving Systems Inc. 227 Computer services
82 Simtek Corp. 57 Semi-conductor memory chips
83 Royal Gold Inc. 13 Mining and metals
84 Rocky Mountain 235 Candy franchiser
Chocolate Factory Inc.
85 Health Grades Inc. 123 Health-care assessor,
consultancy
86 Gasco Energy 21 Exploration and production of
oil and gas
87 Isonics Corp. Specialty chemicals
88 Sport-Haley Inc. 67 Golf apparel manufacturer
89 Good Times Restaurants 475 Restaurant franchisor
Inc.
90 CREDO Petroleum Corp. 12 Energy trading
91 QualMark Corp. Product quality
92 Scott's Liquid Gold 88 Household products, cosmetics
93 Replidyne Inc. 85 Biotechnology and drugs
94 ADA-ES Inc. 42 Development of environmental
technologies
95 Global Med 83 Software for blood banks
Technologies Inc.
96 Infinity Energy 16 Exploration and production of
Resources Inc. oil and natural gas,
acquistion of related
properties
97 Mesa Laboratories Inc. 51 Medical instruments and
supplies
98 PYR Energy Corp. 7 Oil and gas exploration/
production
99 Apollo Gold Corp. 160 Gold/precious metal mining
100 Encision Inc. 35 Medical instruments and
(formerly supplies
Electroscope)
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