13 Apr 2003
Sophos rises on Sunday Times PricewaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100
Sophos has
been named one of Britain's top 100 unquoted companies for the
second year running in the annual Sunday Times
PricewaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100 league table.
Sophos was applauded for driving up profits by 50% a year from
£2.9m in 1999 to £9.7m in 2002. Sophos's position on the league
table rose to 48th position from 56th the previous year.
About the league table
The PricewaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100 is independently
compiled by research company Fast Track, and published in The
Sunday Times. In addition to title sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers,
the survey is co-sponsored by Bank of Scotland Corporate Banking,
Oracle and UBS Private Banking.
League table criteria
Companies are ranked according to their annual growth rate in
profits over the three years to their latest financial year (either
1998-2001 or 1999-2002). Profits are defined as operating profits
with directors' remuneration added back in.
Companies had to be registered in the UK, unquoted and ultimate
holding companies, not subsidiaries. Pure property developers and
financial trading companies were excluded because of their
irregular trading patterns.
About Sophos
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.