Locked in an epic battle with Apple’s iPhone, Research in Motion has managed to grow bigger and more dominant than ever. But the competition is about to get tougher.
Research in Motion (RIMM) ranks No. 1 on Fortune’s 2009 list of Fastest-Growing Companies, with a three-year average earnings-per-share growth of 84% and revenue growth of 77%. Even after last year’s stock market meltdown, shares of RIM have a three-year annualized total return of 45%. Apple (AAPL), which is three times the size of RIM in both sales and market value, checks in at No. 39. Read the whole story on how the company does it, and how it plans to fend off the iPhone, here.