About the data

Timing: Financial data as of June 24, 2013; market capitalization and total return data is as of May 15, 2013.
 

Growth rates: Restated data was used in the revenue and earnings-per-share growth rates. If either the current year or the first year of the data used in the growth rate calculation was negative, then a growth rate could not be calculated and an “NC” (Not calculable) is presented.
 

Older data: Information for this project is current 2012 fiscal-year data reported by the company, with these exceptions:

          Long Island: Nathan's Famous Inc., latest executive pay data March 2012; Veeco Instruments Inc., latest financial data December 2011 and no recent compensation data.

          Hudson Valley: Command Security Corp., latest financial data and compensation data as of March 2012; Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., latest executive pay data March 2012; Vision-Sciences Inc., latest compensation data March 2012; no compensation data for Fifth Street Finance Corp., Full Circle Capital Corp., and MVC Capital Inc.

          New York City: Chimura Investment Corp., latest financial data December 2011 and no compensation data; Forest Laboratories Inc., latest compensation data March 2012; Ralph Lauren Corp., latest compensation data March 2012; Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., latest compensation data March 2012.