GlobalData Presents Top 25 Global Technology Companies By Market Capitalization In Q1 2019

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Eight of the top 10 companies remained unchanged in the GlobalData’s list of Top 25 publicly traded global technology companies by market capitalization (M Cap), with the exception of Facebook and Tencent swapping their places at fourth and fifth positions, during the first quarter (Q1) ended 31 March 2019.

Facebook’s M Cap increased by 26.3% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) as its share price increased from US$131.09 in Q4 2018 to US$193.4 in Q1 2019.

Akhila, Company Profiles Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “This was driven primarily by investors’ sentiments following an increase in mobile advertising revenue and daily active users in spite of affected profits resulting from an accrual of US$3bn in Q1 for an anticipated fine in the Federal Trade Commission inquiry of its platform and user data practices.

“Increase in M Cap has helped Facebook to leapfrog Tencent, which itself had a positive quarter following impressive annual revenue and net profit growth on the back of approvals for new games, which were banned since March 2018, from the State Administration of Radio and Television in December 2018.”

The quarter witnessed M Cap growth for all the top 25 technology companies, except for Qualcomm and Sony.
The overall list witnessed a 16.7% increase in the aggregate M Cap as on 31 March 2019, which stood at US$6.2 trillion, as compared to US$5.3 trillion as on 31 December 2018 (Q4 2018).

Major gainers were NVIDIA, VMware and Intuit, which recorded more than 30% QoQ increase in M Cap. Facebook, Accenture, Samsung, Automatic Data Processing, ASML Holding, Cisco Systems and IBM reported more than 20% increase in M Cap.

NVIDIA’s share prices received a fillip reaching US$181 by the end of Q1 2019 from US$133.5 in Q4 2018 because of growth in its gaming business, with shipments of about 100 new GeForce Max-Q laptops, and introduction of NVIDIA RTX, a computer graphics technology, which has gained broad industry acceptance.

Akhila continues: “The stock price of VMware grew from US$137.13 in Q4 2018 to US$204.3 in Q1 2019 because of its partnerships with Amazon Web Services, Dell and Microsoft to serve its expanding cloud customer base.”
Intuit Inc, which replaced KDDI Corporation at 24th position, is the new entrant in the top 25 list. Its share price grew from US$196.85 to US$251.06, following surge in revenue and profits, fueled by growth in the online ecosystem and lower effective tax rate in Q1 2019.

Sony suffered a 12.8% decline in M Cap on the back of sluggish growth in profit owing to earnings risk in its PlayStation gaming business, which impacted investors’ confidence.―CT Bureau