Best (fastest) method for root finding of 6th degree polynomial

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Given a polynomial on the form:

$$0=x^{6}+k_1{1}x^{5}+k_2x^{4}+k_3x^{3}+k_4x^{2}+k_5x+k_6$$

Whats the best(read: fastest) numerical root finding algorithm ? And one which should include complex roots preferably. Assume a multiprocessor environment (for simplicity assume at least 4 processor cores) on the target machine.

Currently I have been using a companion matrix and finding eigenvalues (using the non-free intel mkl lib), but wondering if there could be better method ?

Update: Algorithm doesn't need to calculate complex if it makes any difference.

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A standard algorithm is the Jenkins–Traub algorithm, which is fast and globally convergent.