Close behind is computer services behemoth Alphabet which also owns the world’s preeminent search engine Google.
This analysis compares Apple and Alphabet against 8 other U.S. tech giants in terms of market capitalization, sales and profits. Also shown is the city where each global technology company has its headquarters.
Top 10 Largest American Global Technology Companies
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- Sales
- Profit
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Market Cap
Market capitalization refers the market value of a company’s outstanding shares at a certain point in time, typically used to classify companies by their size.
Below, you will find America’s largest technology companies by market capitalization at May 2017.
- Apple: US$752 billion (Up 28.3% from 2016)
- Alphabet (owns Google): $579.5 billion (Up 15.9%)
- Microsoft: $507.5 billion (Up 24.7%)
- Oracle: $182.2 billion (Up 7.9%)
- Intel: $170.3 billion (Up 14.1%)
- Cisco: $165.1 billion (Up 16.6%)
- IBM: $162.4 billion (Up 13.8%)
- Qualcomm: $83.2 billion (Up 7.6%)
- Hewlett-Packard: $29.4 billion (Down -2.1%)
- Dell Technologies: $13.5 billion (Down -74.0%)
The fastest-growing U.S. global tech firm from 2016 to May 2017 was Apple added by stock price appreciation. In second place was Microsoft followed by Cisco and Alphabet.
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Research Sources:
Data.World Forbes Global 2000 2016 , Spreadsheet for 2016 Global 2000 rankings. Accessed on January 29, 2018
Forbes 2017 Global 2000 individual company profiles, Example of top US technology company compiled for this study: Dell Technologies. Accessed on January 29, 2018
Forbes 2017 Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on January 29, 2018
Investopedia, Market Capitalization Defined. Accessed on January 29, 2018
Wikipedia, Dell Technologies. Accessed on January 29, 2018