Research · refreshed nightly · August 17, 2026

Fast Growers With Fortress Balance Sheets (October 2026)

Fast growers with fortress balance sheets.

Growth usually needs feeding through raises, debt or dilution; fast growers with fortress balance sheets are the exception. These 50 companies grow on a full tank. NVIDIA heads the list with a financials score of 92 while compounding revenue 60 percent a year at a $5.0T cap; Arista Networks and Veeva sit just behind at 91. The median financials score across the fifty is 83.

Fortress balance sheets mostly correlate with size here, from TSMC at $1.8T to Visa at $570B, but not exclusively: innoscripta, a $782M German listing, posts an 87 while growing 43 percent a year. Self-funded growth answers to no lender and no market window. Click any name for the full citation-backed analysis.

50companies qualify
84median financials
64median MGI
4joined this week

The ranking

Sorted by financials
1
NVIDIA CorporationNVDA🇺🇸
financials 92 · revenue +60%/yr · asset light
G 38V 47O 36Cap $5.25T
2
AppLovin CorporationAPP🇺🇸
financials 91 · revenue +20%/yr · asset light
G 72V 65O 79Cap $106.0B
3
Veeva Systems Inc.VEEV🇺🇸
financials 91 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 75V 60O 83Cap $39.6B
4
Airbnb, Inc.ABNB🇺🇸
financials 90 · revenue +17%/yr · asset light
G 61V 59O 66Cap $98.2B
5
Arista Networks, Inc.ANET🇺🇸
financials 89 · revenue +29%/yr · asset light
G 68V 53O 70Cap $232.5B
6
Texas Pacific Land CorporationTPL🇺🇸
financials 88 · revenue +15%/yr · asset light
G 70V 47O 69Cap $27.5B
7
RATIONAL AGRAA.DE🇩🇪
financials 88 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 62V 51O 63Cap $8.3B
8
Adobe Inc.ADBE🇺🇸
financials 87 · revenue +10%/yr · asset light
G 64V 70O 76Cap $104.2B
9
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.FIX🇺🇸
financials 87 · revenue +30%/yr · scale economics
G 68V 56O 72Cap $66.1B
10
Adyen N.V.ADYEN.NL🇳🇱
financials 87 · revenue +21%/yr · asset light
G 69V 60O 73Cap $34.4B
11
innoscripta SE1INN.DE🇩🇪
financials 87 · revenue +43%/yr · asset light
G 66V 70O 73Cap $867.5M
12
Mastercard IncorporatedMA🇺🇸
financials 87 · revenue +13%/yr · asset light
G 63V 59O 67Cap $474.8B
13
Visa Inc.V🇺🇸
financials 87 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 62V 53O 64Cap $660.4B
14
KANZHUN LIMITEDBZ🇨🇳
financials 87 · revenue +15%/yr · asset light
G 68V 61O 73Cap $6.9B
15
KLA CorporationKLAC🇺🇸
financials 87 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 67V 39O 58Cap $266.2B
16
Garmin Ltd.GRMN🇺🇸
financials 86 · revenue +9%/yr · asset light
G 60V 49O 59Cap $52.3B
17
ASML Holding N.V.ASML🇳🇱
financials 85 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 64V 42O 59Cap $794.8B
18
Franco-Nevada CorporationFNV🇨🇦
financials 85 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 59V 49O 59Cap $51.2B
19
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LimitedTSM🇹🇼
financials 85 · revenue +23%/yr · asset light
G 50V 45O 47Cap $2.22T
20
Microsoft CorporationMSFT🇺🇸
financials 85 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 39V 50O 39Cap $3.22T
21
ChemoMetec A/SCHEMM.DK🇩🇰
financials 85 · revenue +15%/yr · asset light
G 66V 39O 62Cap $1.9B
22
Medistim ASAMEDI.NO🇳🇴
financials 84 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 58V 58O 60Cap $463.2M
23
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.LMAT🇺🇸
financials 84 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 61V 58O 65Cap $2.0B
24
Yuanbao Inc.YB🇨🇳
financials 84 · revenue +65%/yr · asset light
G 69V 62O 73Cap $620.7M
25
Credo Technology Group Holding LtdCRDO🇺🇸
financials 84 · revenue +80%/yr · asset light
G 75V 46O 73Cap $48.5B
26
Ferrari N.V.RACE🇮🇹
financials 84 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 63V 52O 64Cap $71.0B
27
The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO🇺🇸
financials 84 · revenue +13%/yr · scale economics
G 63V 55O 65Cap $3.8B
28
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.ISRG🇺🇸
financials 84 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 66V 50O 66Cap $141.0B
29
Sectra ABSECT.B.SE🇸🇪
financials 83 · revenue +15%/yr · asset light
G 71V 52O 71Cap $5.0B
30
Tatton Asset Management plcTAM.GB🇬🇧
financials 83 · revenue +14%/yr · scale economics
G 69V 65O 74Cap $527.6M
31
Tradeweb Markets Inc.TW🇺🇸
financials 83 · revenue +15%/yr · asset light
G 71V 57O 74Cap $22.1B
32
Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedVRTX🇺🇸
financials 83 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 62V 49O 61Cap $127.0B
33
NIOX Group plcNIOX.GB🇬🇧
financials 83 · revenue +15%/yr · asset light
G 61V 59O 64Cap $381M
34
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.HRMY🇺🇸
financials 83 · revenue +26%/yr · asset light
G 57V 65O 62Cap $2.2B
35
Rambus Inc.RMBS🇺🇸
financials 83 · revenue +18%/yr · asset light
G 64V 52O 65Cap $12.7B
36
Monster Beverage CorporationMNST🇺🇸
financials 83 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 66V 50O 66Cap $92.9B
37
Goodwin PLCGDWN.GB🇬🇧
financials 83 · revenue +13%/yr · scale economics
G 76V 58O 79Cap $2.1B
38
Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc.IDR🇺🇸
financials 83 · revenue +46%/yr · asset light
G 56V 49O 56Cap $511.1M
39
Clear Secure, Inc.YOU🇺🇸
financials 83 · revenue +32%/yr · asset light
G 66V 67O 73Cap $5.9B
40
Gaztransport et Technigaz S.A.GTT.FR🇫🇷
financials 83 · revenue +21%/yr · asset light
G 62V 59O 67Cap $8.4B
41
Duolingo, Inc.DUOL🇺🇸
financials 82 · revenue +35%/yr · asset light
G 68V 63O 73Cap $5.8B
42
Friedrich Vorwerk Group SEVH2.DE🇩🇪
financials 82 · revenue +22%/yr · asset light
G 65V 69O 73Cap $1.6B
43
Argan, Inc.AGX🇺🇸
financials 82 · revenue +16%/yr · scale economics
G 59V 56O 62Cap $8.7B
44
Powell Industries, Inc.POWL🇺🇸
financials 82 · revenue +20%/yr · scale economics
G 59V 51O 59Cap $9.1B
45
ResMed Inc.RMD🇺🇸
financials 82 · revenue +10%/yr · asset light
G 67V 62O 75Cap $30.3B
46
Astera Labs, Inc.ALAB🇺🇸
financials 82 · revenue +118%/yr · asset light
G 73V 39O 68Cap $55.8B
47
Dar Global PLCDAR.AE🇦🇪
financials 82 · revenue +89%/yr · scale economics
G 64V 66O 69Cap $1.4B
48
Booking Holdings Inc.BKNG🇺🇸
financials 82 · revenue +21%/yr · asset light
G 60V 62O 67Cap $147.2B
49
AvePoint, Inc.AVPT🇺🇸
financials 82 · revenue +19%/yr · asset light
G 68V 67O 74Cap $2.6B
50
BioGaia ABBIOG.B.SE🇸🇪
financials 82 · revenue +15%/yr · asset light
G 59V 55O 61Cap $1.2B

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