Clear leader
5 companies value 4.4 tn revenue 403 bn margin 38.3% free cash flow 39 bn avg. score 5.0
MSFT holds 90.5% of the group's value, 10.1x the runner-up
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSFT | Microsoft United States · score 6.5 | 91% | 4.0 tn | 332 bn | 40.3% | 67 bn | 1.7% | 0.7% | Windows, Office, Azure cloud and artificial intelligence · World's largest software company; Azure is the 2nd largest cloud; stakeholder in OpenAI | |
| 2 | ORCL | Oracle United States · score 2.1 | 9% | 392 bn | 67 bn | 28.1% | -29 bn | -7.3% | 1.5% | Databases, enterprise software and cloud · Historic leader in enterprise databases; the largest backlog of AI cloud contracts | |
| 3 | NTNX | Nutanix United States · score 6.2 | 0% | 18 bn | 2.9 bn | 52.8% | 0.8 bn | 4.6% | — | Hyperconverged infrastructure and hybrid cloud · Leader in hyperconverged infrastructure; the main alternative to VMware | |
| 4 | BB | BLACKBERRY Ltd Canada · score 5.1 | 0% | 4.8 bn | 0.6 bn | 13.1% | 0.1 bn | 1.9% | — | QNX embedded software and cybersecurity · Canada — revenue of $614m | |
| 5 | PD | PagerDuty, Inc. United States · score 5.1 | 0% | 1.3 bn | 0.5 bn | 37.2% | 0.1 bn | 9.6% | — | Incident management and digital operations resilience · California — revenue of $495m |
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- Sector overview
- AI semiconductors and processors 9 companies
- Hardware and devices 18 companies
- Semiconductor foundries 4 companies
- Memory 4 companies
- Semiconductor equipment 13 companies
- Networking equipment 30 companies
- Enterprise software (SaaS) 38 companies
- Cybersecurity 20 companies
- Data and analytics 25 companies
- Analog and industrial semiconductors 19 companies
- IT services and consulting 46 companies
- Data storage 6 companies
and 31 industries more
- Electronic components and connectors 27 companies
- Connectivity and networking chips 6 companies
- Semiconductor IP 7 companies
- Design and engineering software 7 companies
- E-commerce platforms 9 companies
- RF and mobile chips 8 companies
- Chip testing and packaging 13 companies
- Measurement and test instruments 30 companies
- Internet infrastructure and CDN 9 companies
- Vertical software 36 companies
- Optics and photonics 14 companies
- Creative and document software 9 companies
- Electronics contract manufacturing 10 companies
- Digital advertising (adtech) 37 companies
- AI servers 5 companies
- Power semiconductors 8 companies
- Government and finance software 18 companies
- GPU cloud (neoclouds) 20 companies
- Communication and collaboration 14 companies
- HR and finance software 12 companies
- Identity and access management 10 companies
- Databases and developer tools 4 companies
- Quantum computing 9 companies
- Backup and data protection 3 companies
- Marketing software 13 companies
- Logistics software 8 companies
- Programmable chips 3 companies
- Game engines and tools 2 companies
- ATMs and retail automation 9 companies
- Printing and office equipment 7 companies
- Industrial robotics 1 company
What this is. A catalogue, not a guide. Every industry with stocks listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, the companies contending for its leadership, what each one does according to its own annual report, and the balance sheet it filed with the SEC.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.