The 10 biggest tech companies
30 May, 2007 at 12:22 pm 5 comments
Which are the biggest tech companies? With that much hype, sometimes it’s hard to know. But there are ways to guess a list. I’ve decided to build one myself. Couldn’t be otherwise, I just let the market decide. I chose NASDAQ, and today for market capitalisation. I’ve linked all names with their websites. That’s the list. Some of the names might come as a surprise.
That’s what investors say they are worth:
| NASDAQ 100 | |||
| # | Company | Value | B$ |
| 1 | Microsoft CP | 291,6 | B$ |
| 2 | Cisco | 154,94 | B$ |
| 3 | Intel CP | 128,75 | B$ |
| 4 | 111,92 | B$ | |
| 5 | Oracle Corp | 98,91 | B$ |
| 6 | Apple Inc | 98,28 | B$ |
| 7 | Qualcomm Inc | 72,25 | B$ |
| 8 | Amgen Inc | 63,26 | B$ |
| 9 | Dell Inc | 59,04 | B$ |
| 10 | Comcast CP | 56,35 | B$ |
| 11 | Ebay Inc | 44,53 | B$ |
| 12 | Yahoo! | 38,41 | B$ |
| 13 | Gilead Sciences | 34,08 | B$ |
| 14 | Teva Pharm Industries | 31,92 | B$ |
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Alvin | 1 June, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Surprisingly, there are few companies which I’ve never heard of (from the perspective of a Malaysian) – Qualcomm, Amgen, Gilead, Teva.
Not surprised to see Microsoft on the top…jz a little surprised to see Cisco in the 2nd place and not Oracle.
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anon | 5 June, 2007 at 1:28 pm
what about IBM? Are you sure that M$ has 2.5 times market cap than Intel? any sources would be great.
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gabrielbcn | 5 June, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Yes, it’s interesting to know that Microsoft is more than twice Intel in market cap.
But remember that those caps are from NASDAQ while IBM is listed in NYSE. His market cap is $157.05B. That would put IBM #2 and very close to Cisco.
As a source you could just follow those links: Microsoft, Intel & IBM.
Best regards
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anon | 6 June, 2007 at 9:31 am
Thank you for the kind explanation and the links. I am really surprised that Google’s market cap is now 110.xx bill, where as during their IPO, they raised 130 bill +. It was poised to be the strongest tech. company in terms of cap and profit. We will wait and see.
Anyways, good site. Excellent writeups. All the best.
- Anon
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gabrielbcn | 6 June, 2007 at 9:35 am
You’re welcome Anon, and remember, there’s an empty spot on the blogosphere for you too
and you can still keep being anon if you wish.
I’ve always believed that sharing ideas enriches us all.
take care