Published: August 19, 2010
FORTUNE Magazine Ranks Ebix as Third Fastest Growing Company in the World
NEW YORK - (BUSINESS WIRE) - FORTUNE announced Thursday that Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX), a leading
international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to
the insurance industry has been ranked 3RD on the 2010 "100
Fastest-Growing Companies" list. The full list and related stories
appear in the September 6, 2010 issue of FORTUNE, available on
newsstands on Monday, August 23, and now at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortunefastestgrowing/2010/index.html.
Today Ebix President and CEO, Robin Raina was interviewed by Mark Haines
and Erin Burnett live at 10:40 am EDT on the CNBC program "Squawk on the
Street" .
FORTUNE Managing Editor Andy Serwer writes in the September 6, 2010
issue, "The troubled economy is on all of our minds these days, but
sometimes we forget that even in the long slog we seem to be in,
entrepreneurs are hard at work creating the next Cisco or Amgen or
Starbucks."
This is the second consecutive year Ebix has been named in the top 5
fastest growing companies in the world, (4th 2009). To add to
the announcement of the company's position in the list, Ebix also
received the title of 3rd "Best Investment in the World" from
FORTUNE.
Ebix placed alongside Eldorado Gold (1st), Green Mountain
Coffee Roasters (2nd) and following behind Ebix was the
On-Demand CRM player Salesforce.com. Also notable is that Ebix is the
only Georgia based company in the list.
Ebix Chairman of the Board, President & CEO Robin Raina said," We are
pleased to be named amongst the Top five fastest growing Companies by
FORTUNE, two years in the running. We accept this ranking with humility
and a clear acceptance of the fact that we still have a long way to go,
before we can rest on our accolades. We see this ranking as another step
forward in our journey that started ten years back. We believe that this
recognition more than anything will help cement our name further in
front of large insurance carriers, who depend a lot on outside
endorsements of companies they want to do business with."
To qualify for 100 Fastest-Growing Companies, foreign or domestic
companies had to meet the following criteria: be trading on a major U.S.
stock exchange; file quarterly reports with the SEC; have a minimum
market capitalization of $250 million and a stock price of at least $5
on June 30, 2010; and have been trading continuously since June 30,
2007. The company must also have revenue and net income of at least $50
million and $10 million, respectively, for the four quarters ended on or
before April 30, 2010. Finally, the company must have posted an
annualized growth in revenue and earnings per share of at least 15%
annually over the three years ended on or before April 30, 2010.
Companies that meet the above criteria were ranked by revenue growth
rate; EPS growth rate; and three-year annualized total return for the
period ended June 30, 2010. (To compute the revenue and EPS growth
rates, FORTUNE uses a trailing four quarters log linear least square
regression fit.) The overall rank was based on the sum of the three
ranks. Once the 100 companies were identified, they were then re-ranked
within the 100, using the three equally weighted variables. If there is
a tie, the company with the larger four-quarter revenue receives the
higher rank.
About FORTUNE
FORTUNE magazine is a global leader in business journalism with a
domestic circulation of over 850,000 and a global readership of nearly 5
million, and major franchises including the FORTUNE 500 and the FORTUNE
100 Best Companies to Work For. FORTUNE Live Media extends the brand's
mission into live events, hosting a wide range of annual conferences,
including FORTUNE's Most Powerful Women and the FORTUNE Global Forum.
FORTUNE publishes English-language editions in Europe and Asia, and
local-language editions in China and South Korea. FORTUNE magazine's
online home is CNNMoney.com, which draws 5.7 million readers a month.
About Ebix, Inc.
A leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce
services to the insurance industry, Ebix, Inc., (NASDAQ: EBIX) provides
end-to-end solutions ranging from infrastructure exchanges, carrier
systems, agency systems and BPO services to custom software development
for all entities involved in the insurance industry.
With 30+ offices across Brazil, Singapore, Australia, the US, New
Zealand, India and Canada, Ebix powers multiple exchanges across the
world in the field of life, annuity, health and property & casualty
insurance while conducting in excess of $100 billion in insurance
premiums on its platforms. Through its various SaaS-based software
platforms, Ebix employs hundreds of insurance and technology
professionals to provide products, support and consultancy to thousands
of customers on six continents. Ebix's focus on quality has enabled it
to be awarded Level 5 status of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering
Institute's Capability Maturity Model (CMM). Ebix has also earned ISO
9001:2000 certifications for both its development and BPO units in
India. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.ebix.com.
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Ebix, Inc.
Neil Van Helden
678-242-2824
Neil.vanHelden@Ebix.com
or
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Tikkoo, IR
678 -281-2027
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