By Associated Press
Birmingham, AL – Forbes magazines new list of the nation's 200 Best Small Companies features three Alabama companies. The top Alabama company, at Number 62, was Mobile-based Computer Programs and Systems Incorporated. The company specializes in technology for health care providers. It ranked Number 31 last year. Hibbett Sporting Goods, a Birmingham company, came in at Number 77, down from Number 74 in 2005. Adtran Incorporated of Huntsville was Number 134. The company, which makes equipment for telecommunications companies, was not ranked last year. The list appears on the magazine's Web site and is compiled based on a series of financial milestones. The top-ranked company was NutriSystem, of Horsham, Pennsylvania, a marketer of weight-management programs.