Ag Companies Make Forbes’ Best 200 Small Companies List

Forbes magazine presents its annual list of the “Best 200 Small Companies.” Among them are seven companies involved in the agricultural market including:

(sales…net income in millions…%-sales growth-five year average)

Forbes ranking:
45. Raven Industries………..62…14…28%
54. Art’s Way Mfg……………….29….3…19
91. Lindsay……………………….401…32…13
117. Neogen………………………108…13…16
136. American Vanguard…..225…19…17
167. KMG Chemical…………..128….7…23
197. Alamo Group…………….538…16…15

To qualify, Forbes said that companies must have sales between $5 million and $750 mil. and a stock price above $5 as of Sept. 29. The ranking is based on return on equity, sales growth and profit growth over the past 12 months and also over 5 years. ❖