It isn't easy for companies to boost revenue both quickly and profitably, especially with the economy stuck in a slow-growth mode. But our annual Barron's 500 ranking once again identified corporations succeeding on both counts.
Landing at the top of the 2014 list is a name carried in countless wallets: Visa. The financial-transactions specialist enjoyed 13% revenue growth in fiscal 2013, and generated market-leading cash-flow returns on invested capital, according to data compiled and analyzed by HOLT, the Credit Suisse unit that prepares the Barron's 500.