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• Position: Top public companies - Statistical data

TOP 75 PUBLIC COMPANIES

Net margin (latest fiscal year) 1 Hatteras Financial 69.0% 2 Triangle Capital 66.5 3 BB&T 18.4 4 Lorillard 16.6 5 Reynolds American 15.3 6 Tanger Factory Outlet Centers 14.9 7 Red Hat 11.3 8 First Citizens BancShares 11.2 9 Piedmont Natural Gas 10.7 10 Laboratory Corp. of America 10.3 TOP 75 MEDIAN: 39% Earnings per share (trailing 12 months) 1 First Citizens BancShares $15.44 2 VF 10.13 3 Laboratory Corp. of America 6.55 4 Investors Title 5.98 5 Duke Energy 4.21 6 Carlisle 4.02 7 Family Dollar Stores 3.71 8 SPX 3.66 9 Hatteras Financial 3.38 10 Hanesbrands 3.36 TOP 75 MEDIAN: $1.18 Net income growth (latest fiscal year) 1 Pike Electric 676.8% 2 Campus Crest Communities 191.9 3 Bank of America 189.6 4 Investors Title 60.9 5 Snyder's-Lance 54.3 6 BB&T 53.3 7 BNC Bancorp 52.2 8 Carlisle 46.9 9 Culp 37.6 10 Babcock & Wilcox 34.1 TOP 75 MEDIAN: 5.8% Dividend yield (expected 12-month dividend to 6/30/13 price) 1 Hatteras Financial 11.4% 2 Triangle Capital 7.9 3 Campus Crest Communities 5.7 4 Reynolds American 5.2 5 Lorillard 5.0 6 Highwoods Properties 4.8 7 Duke Energy 4.6 8 Piedmont Natural Gas 3.7 9 Nucor 3.4 10 Speedway Motorsports 3.4 T0P 75 MEDIAN: 1.8% Total one-year return 1 Revolution Lighting Technologies 1,329.0% 2 Xerium Technologies 251.0 3 PowerSecure International 201.8 4 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts 173.1 5 Cree 148.7 6 Chiquita Brands International 120.6 7 Hanesbrands 86.2 8 Unifi 82.4 9 Yadkin Financial 76.6 10 Culp 75.8 TOP 75 MEDIAN: 21.5% Revenue growth (latest fiscal year) 1 BioDelivery Sciences International 1,551.5% 2 Furiex Pharmaceuticals 800.0 3 Park Sterling 155.5 4 SciQuest 56.5 5 Campus Crest Communities 44.9 6 Triangle Capital 42.6 7 Tree.com 41.8 8 Salix Pharmaceuticals 36.1 9 Pike Electric 35.9 10 Duke Energy 35.1 TOP 75 MEDIAN: 6.6% Return on equity (latest fiscal year) 1 Xerium Technologies 61.9% 2 FairPoint...