How TIME and Statista Determined America's Growth Leaders of 2027

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TIME Staff. (2026, October 22). How TIME and Statista Determined America's Growth Leaders of 2027. TIME. https://time.com/article/2026/10/22/americas-growth-leaders-2027-methodology/

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TIME and Statista have identified the top performing publicly listed U.S. companies for 2027 through a detailed analysis based on three dimensions: growth performance, financial stability, and stock performance. To qualify, companies needed to show strong revenue growth over five years, demonstrate good financial health using metrics like the Piotroski F-Score and Altman Z-Score, and exhibit favorable stock investment characteristics. The final ranking score, out of 100 points, equally weighs each dimension, with the top 500 scoring companies earning recognition as "America's Growth Leaders 2027."
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TIME and Statista have released their ranking of America's Growth Leaders 2027, identifying top-performing publicly listed US companies. The analysis is based on three dimensions: Growth Performance, Financial Stability, and Stock Performance. For the first dimension, Growth Performance, companies needed to show strong revenue growth over the last five years, with data sourced from Statista’s revenue database.

In the second dimension of Financial Stability, companies were evaluated using metrics like profitability, Piotroski F-Score, and Altman Z-Score, which indicate a company's overall financial health and bankruptcy risk. Industry-specific key performance indicators (KPIs) were also used for sectors such as banking, insurance, and real estate investment trusts (REIT).

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The second dimension, Financial Stability, was investigated by analyzing the companies’ profitability as well as using classic metrics such as the Piotroski F-Score and Altman Z-Score, which refer to a company’s overall financial health and the probability to file for bankruptcy.
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The ranking "America’s Growth Leaders 2027" is the result of a comprehensive analysis conducted to identify the top performing publicly listed companies in the US. asserted
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The analysis is based on three primary dimensions: Growth Performance, Financial Stability and Stock Performance. asserted
analysis → base → dimensions
Methodology The first dimension, Growth Performance, was assessed using data from Statista’s revenue database, which contains company growth data for the last five years. asserted
which → assess → years
To be considered for the evaluation the companies had to be headquartered in the USA, publicly traded and demonstrate strong revenue growth in the last five years. asserted
companies → consider → years
Relative growth and the number of years in which growth was achieved were considered in the evaluation. asserted
growth → achieve → evaluation
The second dimension, Financial Stability, was investigated by analyzing the companies’ profitability as well as using classic metrics such as the Piotroski F-Score and Altman Z-Score, which refer to a company’s overall financial health and the probability to file for bankruptcy. asserted
which → investigate → bankruptcy
Industry specific KPIs were utilized to portray financial stability of companies within the banking, insurance and REIT sector. asserted
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The third dimension, Stock Performance, was evaluated based on multiple KPIs, that underline the companies’ strengths as a stock investment. asserted
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The analysis process focused on the average annual growth rate, recent returns, a comparison to the overall market and the stocks’ volatility for the past 5 years. asserted
process → focus → years
Once the data was collected and evaluated, it was consolidated and weighted within a scoring model. asserted
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The scores of all three dimensions were added on an equal percentage basis to form the final ranking score of a maximum of 100 points. asserted
scores → add → points
The 500 companies with the highest score were awarded as “America’s Growth Leaders 2027” by TIME and Statista. asserted
companies → award → TIME
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