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Research · refreshed nightly · August 17, 2026

Profitable Companies Still Growing Like Startups (October 2026)

In the black and still growing fast.

The old trade-off says profitability comes at the cost of growth. These 50 profitable companies, still growing like startups, did not sign it. Palantir tops the list with a growth score of 90; Applovin, Credo and NVIDIA cluster at 88, with Credo compounding revenue 80 percent a year and NVIDIA 60 percent, both in the black.

The median growth score here is 80, remarkable for a list where every member is already profitable. Size runs from NVIDIA's $5.0T to FOPE at $244M, an Italian listing growing 27 percent a year. Profitable growth is the profile with the fewest excuses, which is exactly why it earns scrutiny. Click any name for the full citation-backed analysis.

50companies qualify
80median growth
68median MGI
8joined this week

The ranking

Sorted by growth
1
AppLovin CorporationAPP🇺🇸
growth 90 · revenue +20%/yr · asset light
G 72V 65O 79Cap $106.0B
2
Credo Technology Group Holding LtdCRDO🇺🇸
growth 88 · revenue +80%/yr · asset light
G 75V 46O 73Cap $48.5B
3
NVIDIA CorporationNVDA🇺🇸
growth 88 · revenue +60%/yr · asset light
G 38V 47O 36Cap $5.25T
4
Palantir Technologies Inc.PLTR🇺🇸
growth 86 · revenue +32%/yr · asset light
G 61V 40O 56Cap $418.2B
5
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.FIX🇺🇸
growth 85 · revenue +30%/yr · scale economics
G 68V 56O 72Cap $66.1B
6
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LimitedTSM🇹🇼
growth 84 · revenue +23%/yr · asset light
G 50V 45O 47Cap $2.22T
7
Arista Networks, Inc.ANET🇺🇸
growth 84 · revenue +29%/yr · asset light
G 68V 53O 70Cap $232.5B
8
Arm Holdings plcARM🇬🇧
growth 84 · revenue +21%/yr · asset light
G 74V 33O 65Cap $338.6B
9
Eli Lilly and CompanyLLY🇺🇸
growth 84 · revenue +23%/yr · asset light
G 50V 42O 46Cap $1.09T
10
Amphenol CorporationAPH🇺🇸
growth 84 · revenue +22%/yr · scale economics
G 74V 50O 74Cap $211.7B
11
Astera Labs, Inc.ALAB🇺🇸
growth 84 · revenue +118%/yr · asset light
G 73V 39O 68Cap $55.8B
12
argenx SEARGX🇳🇱
growth 83 · revenue +58%/yr · asset light
G 71V 57O 74Cap $55.6B
13
Atour Lifestyle Holdings LtdATAT🇨🇳
growth 83 · revenue +38%/yr · scale economics
G 72V 66O 79Cap $4.7B
14
Axon Enterprise, Inc.AXON🇺🇸
growth 83 · revenue +30%/yr · asset light
G 58V 44O 55Cap $47.7B
15
FOPE S.p.A.FPE.IT🇮🇹
growth 83 · revenue +27%/yr · asset light
G 70V 62O 74Cap $247.5M
16
Reddit, Inc.RDDT🇺🇸
growth 83 · revenue +42%/yr · asset light
G 74V 62O 77Cap $33.8B
17
BillionToOne, Inc.BLLN🇺🇸
growth 82 · revenue +77%/yr · asset light
G 77V 58O 81Cap $5.0B
18
Shopify Inc.SHOP🇨🇦
growth 82 · revenue +24%/yr · scale economics
G 73V 49O 72Cap $173.9B
19
Microsoft CorporationMSFT🇺🇸
growth 82 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 39V 50O 39Cap $3.22T
20
Dave Inc.DAVE🇺🇸
growth 82 · revenue +33%/yr · asset light
G 61V 66O 66Cap $4.5B
21
Insulet CorporationPODD🇺🇸
growth 81 · revenue +23%/yr · asset light
G 72V 68O 80Cap $10.2B
22
Goodwin PLCGDWN.GB🇬🇧
growth 81 · revenue +13%/yr · scale economics
G 76V 58O 79Cap $2.1B
23
Bloom Energy CorporationBE🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +26%/yr · scale economics
G 66V 39O 60Cap $78.3B
24
Liquidia CorporationLQDA🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +104%/yr · asset light
G 47V 48O 46Cap $6.9B
25
Plejd ABPLEJD.SE🇸🇪
growth 80 · revenue +28%/yr · asset light
G 75V 68O 81Cap $858.6M
26
Veeva Systems Inc.VEEV🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 75V 60O 83Cap $39.6B
27
Mastercard IncorporatedMA🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +13%/yr · asset light
G 63V 59O 67Cap $474.8B
28
KLA CorporationKLAC🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 67V 39O 58Cap $266.2B
29
Kuros Biosciences LtdKURN.CH🇨🇭
growth 80 · revenue +63%/yr · asset light
G 70V 58O 73Cap $1.1B
30
Synektik S.A.SNT.PL🇵🇱
growth 80 · revenue +48%/yr · scale economics
G 73V 60O 76Cap $764M
31
Broadcom Inc.AVGO🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +22%/yr · asset light
G 49V 49O 49Cap $1.94T
32
Rush Street Interactive, Inc.RSI🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +23%/yr · scale economics
G 68V 61O 73Cap $6.2B
33
Aritzia Inc.ATZ.CA🇨🇦
growth 79 · revenue +25%/yr · scale economics
G 63V 58O 65Cap $12.1B
34
Sezzle Inc.SEZL🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +36%/yr · asset light
G 62V 56O 64Cap $5.1B
35
Next Geosolutions Europe SpANXT.IT🇮🇹
growth 79 · revenue +47%/yr · scale economics
G 56V 63O 61Cap $686.1M
36
ASML Holding N.V.ASML🇳🇱
growth 79 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 64V 42O 59Cap $794.8B
37
Ascendis Pharma A/SASND🇩🇰
growth 79 · revenue +167%/yr · asset light
G 75V 55O 77Cap $18.3B
38
Marvell Technology, Inc.MRVL🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +17%/yr · asset light
G 65V 46O 63Cap $173.6B
39
Vertiv Holdings CoVRT🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +18%/yr · scale economics
G 67V 57O 71Cap $121.0B
40
Visa Inc.V🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 62V 53O 64Cap $660.4B
41
Datadog, Inc.DDOG🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +31%/yr · asset light
G 68V 49O 67Cap $92.6B
42
Yuanbao Inc.YB🇨🇳
growth 78 · revenue +65%/yr · asset light
G 69V 62O 73Cap $620.7M
43
IES Holdings, Inc.IESC🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +19%/yr · scale economics
G 64V 53O 65Cap $14.9B
44
LIMES Schlosskliniken AGLIK.DE🇩🇪
growth 78 · revenue +37%/yr · asset light
G 65V 64O 70Cap $202.3M
45
innoscripta SE1INN.DE🇩🇪
growth 78 · revenue +43%/yr · asset light
G 66V 70O 73Cap $867.5M
46
Applied Nutrition plcAPN.GB🇬🇧
growth 78 · revenue +44%/yr · scale economics
G 62V 57O 64Cap $1.1B
47
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.ALNY🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +42%/yr · asset light
G 73V 59O 77Cap $35.4B
48
Caris Life Sciences, Inc.CAI🇺🇸
growth 77 · revenue +48%/yr · asset light
G 72V 58O 75Cap $5.6B
49
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.MPWR🇺🇸
growth 77 · revenue +22%/yr · asset light
G 58V 51O 59Cap $68.4B
50
nVent Electric plcNVT🇺🇸
growth 76 · revenue +14%/yr · scale economics
G 70V 51O 70Cap $27.6B

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