Impact 50
2002 Impact 50 -- Ranked by Return on Equity

S No. Company Name Symbol Revenue Net Income Total Assets Stockholders' Equity Return on Assets Return on Equity 2001 2000 1999
2001 2000 1999 %00-01 2001 2000 1999 %00-01 2001 2000 1999 %00-01 2,001 2,000 1,999 %00-01 2001 2000 1999 2001 2000 1999 PM TA TURNS Assets/equity PM TA TURNS Assets/equity PM TA TURNS Assets/equity
1 Journal Register Co. JRC 394,405,000 463,969,000 469,565,000 -14.99% 78,132,000 169,381,000 47,665,000 -53.87% 711,171,000 657,350,000 687,180,000 8.19% (36,198,000) (55,726,000) (207,383,000) 35.04% 10.99% 25.77% 6.94% 215.85% 303.95% 22.98% 19.8%                  0.55 -1964.67% 36.5% 0.71 -1179.61% 10.2% 0.68 -331.36%
2 Pfizer Inc PFE 32,259,000,000 29,355,000,000 27,166,000,000 9.89% 7,788,000,000 3,726,000,000 4,952,000,000 109.02% 39,153,000,000 33,510,000,000 20,574,000,000 16.84% 18,293,000,000 16,076,000,000 8,887,000,000 13.79% 19.89% 11.12% 24.07% 42.57% 23.18% 55.72% 24.1%                  0.82 214.03% 12.7% 0.88 208.45% 18.2% 1.32 231.51%
3 GTECH Holdings Corp. GTK 1,009,701,000 936,543,000 1,010,798,000 7.81% 68,026,000 43,148,000 93,585,000 57.66% 853,829,000 938,160,000 874,215,000 -8.99% 202,955,000 314,362,000 283,906,000 -35.44% 7.97% 4.60% 10.71% 33.52% 13.73% 32.96% 6.7%                  1.18 420.70% 4.6% 1.00 298.43% 9.3% 1.16 307.92%
4 DeWolfe Companies, Inc. DWL 214,499,000 194,435,000 178,829,000 10.32% 6,616,000 1,738,000 4,984,000 280.67% 117,278,000 67,012,000 65,281,000 75.01% 26,133,000 19,064,000 17,699,000 37.08% 5.64% 2.59% 7.63% 25.32% 9.12% 28.16% 3.1%                  1.83 448.77% 0.9% 2.90 351.51% 2.8% 2.74 368.84%
5 UnitedHealth Group UNH 23,454,000,000 21,122,000,000 19,562,000,000 11.04% 913,000,000 736,000,000 568,000,000 24.05% 12,486,000,000 11,053,000,000 10,273,000,000 12.96% 3,891,000,000 3,688,000,000 3,863,000,000 5.50% 7.31% 6.66% 5.53% 23.46% 19.96% 14.70% 3.9%                  1.88 320.89% 3.5% 1.91 299.70% 2.9% 1.90 265.93%
6 Stanley Works SWK 2,624,400,000 2,748,900,000 2,751,800,000 -4.53% 158,300,000 194,400,000 150,000,000 -18.57% 2,055,700,000 1,884,800,000 1,890,600,000 9.07% 832,300,000 736,500,000 735,400,000 13.01% 7.70% 10.31% 7.93% 19.02% 26.40% 20.40% 6.0%                  1.28 246.99% 7.1% 1.46 255.91% 5.5% 1.46 257.08%
7 Home Depot HD 53,553,000,000 45,738,000,000 38,434,000,000 17.09% 3,044,000,000 2,581,000,000 2,320,000,000 17.94% 26,394,000,000 21,385,000,000 17,081,000,000 23.42% 18,082,000,000 15,004,000,000 12,341,000,000 20.51% 11.53% 12.07% 13.58% 16.83% 17.20% 18.80% 5.7%                  2.03 145.97% 5.6% 2.14 142.53% 6.0% 2.25 138.41%
8 Lowe's Companies Inc. LOW 22,111,108,000 18,778,559,000 15,905,595,000 17.75% 1,023,262,000 809,871,000 672,795,000 26.35% 13,736,219,000 11,358,167,000 9,012,323,000 20.94% 6,674,442,000 5,494,885,000 4,695,471,000 21.47% 7.45% 7.13% 7.47% 15.33% 14.74% 14.33% 4.6%                  1.61 205.80% 4.3% 1.65 206.70% 4.2% 1.76 191.94%
9 Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. WASH 87,527,000 85,099,000 73,002,000 2.85% 13,108,000 13,209,000 12,511,000 -0.76% 1,362,229,000 1,218,067,000 1,104,664,000 11.84% 97,937,000 89,186,000 77,247,000 9.81% 0.96% 1.08% 1.13% 13.38% 14.81% 16.20% 15.0%                  0.06 1390.92% 15.5% 0.07 1365.76% 17.1% 0.07 1430.04%
10 Tyco International (US), Inc. TYC 36,388,500,000 30,691,900,000 22,496,500,000 18.56% 3,970,600,000 4,519,900,000 985,300,000 -12.15% 111,287,300,000 40,404,300,000 32,361,600,000 175.43% 31,737,400,000 17,033,200,000 12,332,600,000 86.33% 3.57% 11.19% 3.04% 12.51% 26.54% 7.99% 10.9%                  0.33 350.65% 14.7% 0.76 237.21% 4.4% 0.70 262.41%
11 BJ's Wholesale BJ 5,279,700,000 4,932,095,000 4,206,247,000 7.05% 82,348,000 131,501,000 111,149,000 -37.38% 1,421,884,000 1,233,734,000 1,073,448,000 15.25% 686,567,000 664,915,000 577,398,000 3.26% 5.79% 10.66% 10.35% 11.99% 19.78% 19.25% 1.6%                  3.71 207.10% 2.7% 4.00 185.55% 2.6% 3.92 185.91%
12 Bancorp Rhode Island BARI 55,903,000 50,035,000 41,651,000 11.73% 6,315,000 5,618,000 4,274,000 12.41% 862,250,000 739,420,000 631,977,000 16.61% 59,097,000 53,292,000 47,675,000 10.89% 0.73% 0.76% 0.68% 10.69% 10.54% 8.96% 11.3%                  0.06 1459.04% 11.2% 0.07 1387.49% 10.3% 0.07 1325.59%
13 Seacoast Financial Services Corp. SCFS 216,389,000 166,439,000 137,952,000 30.01% 30,967,000 23,929,000 24,526,000 29.41% 3,347,467,000 2,890,765,000 2,122,785,000 15.80% 305,724,000 288,188,000 274,021,000 6.08% 0.93% 0.83% 1.16% 10.13% 8.30% 8.95% 14.3%                  0.06 1094.93% 14.4% 0.06 1003.08% 17.8% 0.06 774.68%
14 Rogers Corp. ROG 216,037,000 248,215,000 247,839,000 -12.96% 15,734,000 26,720,000 18,631,000 -41.12% 223,809,000 221,514,000 183,406,000 1.04% 163,062,000 145,813,000 116,417,000 11.83% 7.03% 12.06% 10.16% 9.65% 18.32% 16.00% 7.3%                  0.97 137.25% 10.8% 1.12 151.92% 7.5% 1.35 157.54%
15 General Dynamics Corp. GD 12,163,000,000 10,356,000,000 8,959,000,000 17.45% 943,000,000 901,000,000 880,000,000 4.66% 11,069,000,000 7,987,000,000 7,774,000,000 38.59% 4,528,000,000 3,820,000,000 3,171,000,000 18.53% 8.52% 11.28% 11.32% 20.83% 23.59% 27.75% 7.8%                  1.10 244.46% 8.7% 1.30 209.08% 9.8% 1.15 245.16%
16 American Power Conversion Corp. APCC 1,433,312,000 1,483,563,000 1,337,265,000 -3.39% 113,365,000 165,651,000 206,224,000 -31.56% 1,420,772,000 1,317,105,000 1,106,938,000 7.87% 1,221,388,000 1,097,181,000 902,090,000 11.32% 7.98% 12.58% 18.63% 9.28% 15.10% 22.86% 7.9%                  1.01 116.32% 11.2% 1.13 120.04% 15.4% 1.21 122.71%
17 CVS Corp. (note B) CVS 22,241,400,000 20,087,500,000 18,098,300,000 10.72% 413,200,000 746,000,000 635,100,000 -44.61% 8,628,200,000 7,949,500,000 7,275,400,000 8.54% 4,566,900,000 4,304,600,000 3,679,700,000 6.09% 4.79% 9.38% 8.73% 9.05% 17.33% 17.26% 1.9%                  2.58 188.93% 3.7% 2.53 184.67% 3.5% 2.49 197.72%
18 Slade's Ferry Bancorp SFBC 27,323,670 28,186,346 25,552,901 -3.06% 3,210,253 4,074,439 3,856,488 -21.21% 394,760,563 388,619,356 358,120,577 1.58% 38,466,131 35,674,373 31,664,246 7.83% 0.81% 1.05% 1.08% 8.35% 11.42% 12.18% 11.7%                  0.07 1026.25% 14.5% 0.07 1089.35% 15.1% 0.07 1130.99%
19 Immunex IMNX 986,805,000 861,829,000 541,718,000 14.50% 169,963,000 154,352,000 44,324,000 10.11% 2,295,308,000 2,039,373,000 941,241,000 12.55% 2,063,680,000 1,838,136,000 355,330,000 12.27% 7.40% 7.57% 4.71% 8.24% 8.40% 12.47% 17.2%                  0.43 111.22% 17.9% 0.42 110.95% 8.2% 0.58 264.89%
20 FirstFed America Bancorp, Inc. FAB 114,075,000 93,821,000 86,777,000 21.59% 9,164,000 8,186,000 7,621,000 11.95% 1,671,065,000 1,579,995,000 1,393,237,000 5.76% 111,558,000 101,705,000 102,961,000 9.69% 0.55% 0.52% 0.55% 8.21% 8.05% 7.40% 8.0%                  0.07 1497.93% 8.7% 0.06 1553.51% 8.8% 0.06 1353.17%
21 Southern Union SUG 1,932,813,000 831,704,000 605,231,000 132.39% 57,285,000 9,845,000 10,445,000 481.87% 2,896,871,000 2,021,460,000 1,087,348,000 43.31% 721,857,000 734,647,000 301,058,000 -1.74% 1.98% 0.49% 0.96% 7.94% 1.34% 3.47% 3.0%                  0.67 401.31% 1.2% 0.41 275.16% 1.7% 0.56 361.18%
22 Cox Communications COX 4,066,969,000 3,506,931,000 2,318,135,000 15.97% 755,001,000 1,925,255,000 881,928,000 -60.78% 25,061,436,000 24,720,824,000 26,614,497,000 1.38% 9,675,791,000 9,216,273,000 11,535,584,000 4.99% 3.01% 7.79% 3.31% 7.80% 20.89% 7.65% 18.6%                  0.16 259.01% 54.9% 0.14 268.23% 38.0% 0.09 230.72%
23 Quaker Fabric Corp. QFAB 331,105,000 302,985,000 251,364,000 9.28% 9,548,000 10,945,000 2,073,000 -12.76% 273,684,000 246,036,000 237,482,000 11.24% 148,503,000 138,333,000 127,278,000 7.35% 3.49% 4.45% 0.87% 6.43% 7.91% 1.63% 2.9%                  1.21 184.30% 3.6% 1.23 177.86% 0.8% 1.06 186.59%
24 Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. SOV 2,222,475,000 2,269,735,000 1,607,329,000 -2.08% 116,821,000 (30,242,000) 179,299,000 486.29% 35,474,838,000 33,457,797,000 26,607,112,000 6.03% 2,202,481,000 1,948,884,000 1,821,495,000 13.01% 0.33% -0.09% 0.67% 5.30% -1.55% 9.84% 5.3%                  0.06 1610.68% -1.3% 0.07 1716.77% 11.2% 0.06 1460.73%
25 Fleet Boston Corp. FBF 13,793,000,000 16,402,000,000 15,423,000,000 -15.91% 931,000,000 3,910,000,000 2,476,000,000 -76.19% 203,638,000,000 219,085,000,000 190,692,000,000 -7.05% 17,608,000,000 19,361,000,000 15,307,000,000 -9.05% 0.46% 1.78% 1.30% 5.29% 20.20% 16.18% 6.7%                  0.07 1156.51% 23.8% 0.07 1131.58% 16.1% 0.08 1245.78%
26 Hasbro, Inc. HAS 2,856,339,000 3,787,215,000 4,232,263,000 -24.58% 59,732,000 (144,631,000) 188,953,000 141.30% 3,368,979,000 3,828,459,000 4,463,348,000 -12.00% 1,352,864,000 1,327,406,000 1,878,975,000 1.92% 1.77% -3.78% 4.23% 4.42% -10.90% 10.06% 2.1%                  0.85 249.03% -3.8% 0.99 288.42% 4.5% 0.95 237.54%
27 Textron, Inc. TXT 12,321,000,000 13,090,000,000 11,854,000,000 -5.87% 166,000,000 218,000,000 2,226,000,000 -23.85% 16,052,000,000 16,370,000,000 16,393,000,000 -1.94% 3,934,000,000 3,994,000,000 4,377,000,000 -1.50% 1.03% 1.33% 13.58% 4.22% 5.46% 50.86% 1.3%                  0.77 408.03% 1.7% 0.80 409.86% 18.8% 0.72 374.53%
28 Nortek, Inc. NTK 1,855,543,000 1,853,100,000 1,671,500,000 0.13% 8,000,000 41,600,000 49,300,000 -80.77% 1,829,904,000 1,836,812,000 1,809,684,000 -0.38% 271,313,000 282,211,000 259,817,000 -3.86% 0.44% 2.26% 2.72% 2.95% 14.74% 18.97% 0.4%                  1.01 674.46% 2.2% 1.01 650.86% 2.9% 0.92 696.52%
29 MetLife, Inc. MET 31,928,000,000 31,744,000,000 25,128,000,000 0.58% 473,000,000 953,000,000 617,000,000 -50.37% 256,898,000,000 254,134,000,000 225,232,000,000 1.09% 16,062,000,000 16,389,000,000 13,690,000,000 -2.00% 0.18% 0.37% 0.27% 2.94% 5.81% 4.51% 1.5%                  0.12 1599.41% 3.0% 0.12 1550.64% 2.5% 0.11 1645.23%
30 A. T. Cross Company ATX 123,515,908 130,548,401 126,993,510 -5.39% 979,848 (8,098,970) (20,113,250) 112.10% 111,233,488 127,840,715 136,722,077 -12.99% 74,575,359 77,285,732 86,420,695 -3.51% 0.88% -6.34% -14.71% 1.31% -10.48% -23.27% 0.8%                  1.11 149.16% -6.2% 1.02 165.41% -15.8% 0.93 158.21%
31 Providence & Worcester Railroad PWX 23,271,000 25,188,000 25,845,000 -7.61% 851,000 2,018,000 3,026,000 -57.83% 89,161,000 89,073,000 86,371,000 0.10% 69,073,000 68,483,000 66,683,000 0.86% 0.95% 2.27% 3.50% 1.23% 2.95% 4.54% 3.7%                  0.26 129.08% 8.0% 0.28 130.07% 11.7% 0.30 129.52%
32 Verizon Communications VZ 67,190,000,000 64,707,000,000 58,194,000,000 3.84% 389,000,000 11,797,000,000 8,260,000,000 -96.70% 170,795,000,000 164,735,000,000 62,614,000,000 3.68% 32,539,000,000 34,578,000,000 15,880,000,000 -5.90% 0.23% 7.16% 13.19% 1.20% 34.12% 52.02% 0.6%                  0.39 524.89% 18.2% 0.39 476.42% 14.2% 0.93 394.29%
33 Belo Corp BLC 1,348,415,000 1,588,812,000 1,433,982,000 -15.13% (2,686,000) 150,825,000 178,306,000 -101.78% 3,672,225,000 3,893,260,000 3,976,264,000 -5.68% 1,320,745,000 1,349,408,000 1,389,837,000 -2.12% -0.07% 3.87% 4.48% -0.20% 11.18% 12.83% -0.2%                  0.37 278.04% 9.5% 0.41 288.52% 12.4% 0.36 286.10%
34 Lin TV TVL 271,038,000 295,706,000 224,446,000 -8.34% (2,954,000) (1,288,000) (1,122,000) -129.35% 2,036,286,000 2,045,363,000 1,952,685,000 -0.44% 404,654,000 466,190,000 499,915,000 -13.20% -0.15% -0.06% -0.06% -0.73% -0.28% -0.22% -1.1%                  0.13 503.22% -0.4% 0.14 438.74% -0.5% 0.11 390.60%
35 Astro-Med, Inc. ALOT 49,390,937 51,687,763 45,568,746 -4.44% (233,101) 302,489 936,643 -177.06% 38,404,229 41,058,930 45,384,531 -6.47% 31,425,158 32,293,060 33,220,584 -2.69% -0.61% 0.74% 2.06% -0.74% 0.94% 2.82% -0.5%                  1.29 122.21% 0.6% 1.26 127.14% 2.1% 1.00 136.62%
36 Texas Instruments, Inc. TXN 8,201,000,000 11,875,000,000 9,759,000,000 -30.94% (201,000,000) 3,058,000,000 1,451,000,000 -106.57% 15,779,000,000 17,720,000,000 15,028,000,000 -10.95% 11,879,000,000 12,588,000,000 9,255,000,000 -5.63% -1.27% 17.26% 9.66% -1.69% 24.29% 15.68% -2.5%                  0.52 132.83% 25.8% 0.67 140.77% 14.9% 0.65 162.38%
37 StarGas SGU 1,085,973,000 744,664,000 224,020,000 45.83% (5,249,000) 1,353,000 (29,550,000) -487.95% 898,819,000 618,976,000 539,344,000 45.21% 198,264,000 139,178,000 150,176,000 42.45% -0.58% 0.22% -5.48% -2.65% 0.97% -19.68% -0.5%                  1.21 453.34% 0.2% 1.20 444.74% -13.2% 0.42 359.14%
38 Dow Chemical DOW 27,805,000,000 29,534,000,000 25,859,000,000 -5.85% (385,000,000) 1,675,000,000 1,617,000,000 -122.99% 35,515,000,000 35,991,000,000 25,499,000,000 -1.32% 9,993,000,000 11,840,900,000 8,323,000,000 -15.61% -1.08% 4.65% 6.34% -3.85% 14.15% 19.43% -1.4%                  0.78 355.40% 5.7% 0.82 303.95% 6.3% 1.01 306.37%
39 ClearChan CCU 7,970,003,000 5,345,306,000 2,678,160,000 49.10% (1,144,063,000) (66,370,000) 192,067,000 -1623.77% 47,603,142,000 50,056,461,000 16,821,512,000 -4.90% 29,736,063,000 30,347,173,000 10,084,037,000 -2.01% -2.40% -0.13% 1.14% -3.85% -0.22% 1.90% -14.4%                  0.17 160.09% -1.2% 0.11 164.95% 7.2% 0.16 166.81%
40 Capital Properties, Inc. CPI 4,811,000 3,919,000 9,588,000 22.76% (556,000) 174,000 3,858,000 -419.54% 17,721,000 18,905,000 20,946,000 -6.26% 13,309,000 14,225,000 15,911,000 -6.44% -3.14% 0.92% 18.42% -4.18% 1.22% 24.25% -11.6%                  0.27 133.15% 4.4% 0.21 132.90% 40.2% 0.46 131.64%
41 Raytheon Co. RTN 16,867,000,000 16,895,000,000 17,201,000,000 -0.17% (763,000,000) 141,000,000 404,000,000 -641.13% 26,636,000,000 26,777,000,000 28,110,000,000 -0.53% 11,290,000,000 10,823,000,000 10,959,000,000 4.31% -2.86% 0.53% 1.44% -6.76% 1.30% 3.69% -4.5%                  0.63 235.93% 0.8% 0.63 247.41% 2.3% 0.61 256.50%
42 Helix Technology Corp. HELX 112,994,000 253,085,000 139,389,000 -55.35% (5,940,000) 45,870,000 15,864,000 -112.95% 113,580,000 141,968,000 93,655,000 -20.00% 92,967,000 108,567,000 71,623,000 -14.37% -5.23% 32.31% 16.94% -6.39% 42.25% 22.15% -5.3%                  0.99 122.17% 18.1% 1.78 130.77% 11.4% 1.49 130.76%
43 EMC Corp. EMC 7,090,633,000 8,872,816,000 6,715,610,000 -20.09% (507,712,000) 1,782,075,000 1,010,570,000 -128.49% 9,889,635,000 10,537,799,000 7,173,288,000 -6.15% 7,600,820,000 8,177,209,000 4,951,786,000 -7.05% -5.13% 16.91% 14.09% -6.68% 21.79% 20.41% -7.2%                  0.72 130.11% 20.1% 0.84 128.87% 15.0% 0.94 144.86%
44 Nestor, Inc. NEST.OB 3,520,924 3,652,422 5,114,779 -3.60% (1,565,054) (2,994,574) (836,824) 47.74% 22,035,420 4,922,703 6,773,905 347.63% 16,392,497 167,564 2,303,758 9682.83% -7.10% -60.83% -12.35% -9.55% -1787.12% -36.32% -44.5%                  0.16 134.42% -82.0% 0.74 2937.80% -16.4% 0.76 294.04%
45 Covansys CVNS 443,541,000 419,641,000 404,734 5.70% (10,518,000) (31,937,000) 29,797,000 67.07% 297,623,000 330,901,000 277,388,000 -10.06% 87,805,000 117,106,000 236,417,000 -25.02% -3.53% -9.65% 10.74% -11.98% -27.27% 12.60% -2.4%                  1.49 338.96% -7.6% 1.27 282.57% 7362.1% 0.00 117.33%
46 Kopin Corp. KOPN 51,920,000 92,598,305 38,662,010 -43.93% (22,713,000) 6,293,384 775,269 -460.90% 203,649,000 184,490,670 145,073,729 10.38% 184,331,000 166,776,565 130,067,292 10.53% -11.15% 3.41% 0.53% -12.32% 3.77% 0.60% -43.7%                  0.25 110.48% 6.8% 0.50 110.62% 2.0% 0.27 111.54%
47 KVH Industries, Inc. KVHI 32,707,123 29,953,727 22,822,429 9.19% (6,261,393) (941,120) (2,697,255) -565.31% 33,162,502 26,494,836 19,834,710 25.17% 26,246,231 19,192,660 14,501,979 36.75% -18.88% -3.55% -13.60% -23.86% -4.90% -18.60% -19.1%                  0.99 126.35% -3.1% 1.13 138.05% -11.8% 1.15 136.77%
48 Infinite Group, Inc. IMCI 8,507,648 6,627,570 9,239,969 28.37% (3,056,327) (2,094,247) (560,190) -45.94% 10,938,003 11,373,334 11,307,490 -3.83% 2,140,635 1,887,116 1,878,156 13.43% -27.94% -18.41% -4.95% -142.78% -110.98% -29.83% -35.9%                  0.78 510.97% -31.6% 0.58 602.68% -6.1% 0.82 602.05%
49 On Semiconductor Corp ONNN 1,214,600,000 2,073,900,000 798,700,000 -41.43% (831,400,000) 71,100,000 29,800,000 -1269.34% 1,360,400,000 2,023,000,000 1,616,800,000 -32.75% (517,400,000) 337,700,000 (247,700,000) -253.21% -61.11% 3.51% 1.84% -160.69% 21.05% 12.03% -68.5%                  0.89 -262.93% 3.4% 1.03 599.05% 3.7% 0.49 -652.73%
50 LynchCp LGL 141,073,000 219,196,000 194,222,000 -35.64% (22,938,000) (3,438,000) (1,583,000) -567.19% 31,845,000 162,820,000 211,192,000 -80.44% (7,451,000) 15,432,000 15,991,000 -148.28% -72.03% -2.11% -0.75% -307.85% -22.28% -9.90% -16.3%                  4.43 -427.39% -1.6% 1.35 1055.08% -0.8% 0.92 1320.69%