Publicly Traded Fast Fifty Companies

Notes: The Initial Price for each stock listed is the closing price on Sept. 30th of the year it made the Fast Fifty list or when the stock first traded publicly if it was after that date. The High and Low are the High and Low for the period or, in the case of stocks just making the list this year, the High and Low for the past year. Current price is the closing price on Oct. 4, 2000. Click link after table for additional data.

Company Ranking Symbol Initial High Low Current
  2000 1999 1998   Sept.30     Oct. 4
Genesis Microchip Inc. 4 4 24 GNSS-Q $9.44 $35.00 $9.44 $18.06
COGNICASE Inc. 5 3 19 COG-T
COGI-Q
$18.65 $66.00 $15.00 $19.50
Research in Motion Limited 13 24 25 RIM-T
RIMM-Q
$5.80 $260.00 $5.80 $158.00
BCE Emergis Inc. 17 46 41 IFM-T $8.15 $189.50 $8.15 $70.50
MédiSolution Ltée 22 17 11 MSH-T $0.85 $3.35 $0.71 $2.53
Janna Systems Inc. 30 16 37 JAN-T $1.80 $85.70 $1.80 $74.50
A.L.I. Technologies Inc. 34 18 14 ALT-T $15.00 $16.50 $3.20 $4.85
MDSI Mobile Data Solutions 40 11 4 MMD-T
MDSI-Q
$15.00 $130.00 $15.00 $16.40
Applied Terravision Systems, Inc. 42 30 42 TER-X $0.65 $4.75 $0.50 $2.50
Pivotal Corporation 1 14 n/a PVT-T
PVTL-Q
$17.94* $75.88 $17.94 $51.13
Open Text Corporation 8 10 n/a OTC-T
OTEX-Q
$29.00 $88.00 $15.00 $28.60
Descartes Systems Group 11 21 n/a DSG-T
DSGX-Q
$6.50 $134.95 $4.60 $65.55
FinTech Services Ltd. 12 36 n/a FSL.A-X $0.60 $3.80 $0.35 $0.70
Aastra Technologies Ltd. 14 26 n/a AAH-T $5.25 $17.50 $4.81 $8.25
Royal Laser Tech Corporation 26 35 n/a RLT-T $6.35 $8.00 $3.26 $3.80
Innova LifeSciences Corporation 31 6 n/a IVO-T $0.49 $1.20 $0.35 $0.70
Cangene Corporation 44 48 n/a CNJ-T $4.75 $12.00 $4.40 $8.00
Stratos Global Corp. 2 n/a n/a SGB-T $30.75 $32.00 $3.15 $31.00
01 Communique Laboratory Inc. 7 n/a n/a ONE-T $6.70 $16.50 $0.56 $7.65
Bridges.com Inc. 9 n/a n/a BIT-T $4.25 $9.00 $2.75 $4.50
DataMirror Corporation 10 n/a n/a DMC-T $24.20 $29.00 $6.00 $23.75
Intrinsyc Software Inc. 15 n/a n/a ICS-X $5.30 $9.70 $0.82 $5.65
DiscoverWare Inc. 18 n/a n/a DWI-X $0.14 $0.98 $0.03 $0.16
DataWave Systems Inc. 21 n/a n/a DTV-X $0.52 $2.20 $0.14 $0.51
Image Processing Systems Inc. 24 n/a n/a IPV-T $2.16 $2.50 $0.66 $1.57
AimGlobal Technologies Company Inc. 28 n/a n/a AGT-T $11.20 $28.35 $5.00 $12.00
Ad Opt Technologies Inc. 43 n/a n/a AOP-T $4.50 $11.50 $3.25 $4.55
NTS Computer Systems Ltd. n/a 7 16 NTS-T $6.45 $7.60 $0.35 $0.55
Virtek Vision International Inc. n/a 9 6 VRK-T $2.15^ $7.65 $1.50 $6.85
Entrust Technologies Inc. n/a 19 2 ENTU-Q $14.81 $150.00 $14.81 $29.13
CrossKeys Systems Corporation n/a 23 1 CKY-T
CKEY-Q
$8.50 $22.00 $5.10 $12.40
Architel Systems Corp. n/a 25 21 ASY-T
ASYC-Q
$9.70 $43.00 $9.70 $40.00
Sierra Wireless, Inc. n/a 1 n/a SW-T
SWIR-Q
$16.00 $232.00 $15.85 $93.50
SLMsoft.com Inc. n/a 32 n/a ESP.A-T $7.90 $11.95 $3.71 $4.60
PMC - Sierra, Inc. n/a 43 n/a PMCS-Q $46.25 $255.50 $38.38 $209.94
Microsolve Computer Capital Inc. n/a 50 n/a YVV-X $2.20# $2.35 $0.45 $0.63
SunBlush Technologies Corp. n/a n/a 5 SBT-X $4.00 $4.20 $0.55 $0.55
IDS Intelligent Detection Sys., Inc. n/a n/a 12 ISD-T $2.15 $11.00 $0.55 $0.68
JetForm Corp. n/a n/a 30 JFM-T
FORM-Q
$27.35 $27.35 $4.65 $5.75
Strategic Technologies, Inc. n/a n/a 36 STI-X $0.75 $1.30 $0.25 $0.49

* Pivotal initial and subsequent prices are NASDAQ prices.
^ Virtek Initial Price dated June 14, 1999.
# Microsolve Computer Price at Sept. 30, 1999 estimated.

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