American Global Technology Companies

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.

1. Apple: US$752 billion (Up 28.3% from 2016)
2. Alphabet (owns Google): $579.5 billion (Up 15.9%)
3. Microsoft: $507.5 billion (Up 24.7%)
4. Oracle: $182.2 billion (Up 7.9%)
5. Intel: $170.3 billion (Up 14.1%)
6. Cisco: $165.1 billion (Up 16.6%)
7. IBM: $162.4 billion (Up 13.8%)
8. Qualcomm: $83.2 billion (Up 7.6%)
9. Hewlett-Packard: $29.4 billion (Down -2.1%)
10. 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.

Top 10 U.S. Tech Firms by Sales

Galvanized by the continued worldwide success of its search engine Google, Alphabet grew its sales at the fastest pace from 2016 to May 2017.

1. Apple: US$217.5 billion (Down -6.8% from 2016)
2. Alphabet: $89.9 billion (Up 16.4%)
3. Microsoft: $85.3 billion (Down -1.5%)
4. IBM: $79.9 billion (Down -1.1%)
5. Dell Technologies: $62.0 billion (Up 0.5%)
6. Intel: $59.4 billion (Up 5.5%)
7. Hewlett-Packard: $48.7 billion (Down -6.1%)
8. Cisco: $48.6 billion (Down -2.1%)
9. Oracle: $37.4 billion (Up 0.7%)
10. Qualcomm: $23.8 billion (Up 5.2%)

Five of these mammoth technology businesses experienced sales declines: Apple (down -6.8%), Hewlett-Packard (down -6.1%), Cisco (down -2.1%), Microsoft (down -1.5%) and IBM (down -1.1%).

Top 10 U.S. Tech Firms by Profit

Microsoft boosted its profits by the greatest percentage from 2016 to May 2017, followed by computer services behemoth Alphabet.

1. Apple: US$45.2 billion (Down -15.8% from 2016)
2. Alphabet: $19.5 billion (Up 14.4%)
3. Microsoft: $16.8 billion (Up 64.8%)
4. IBM: $11.9 billion (Down -7.9%)
5. Dell Technologies: -$3.7 billion (Reversing a $2 billion loss)
6. Intel: $10.3 billion (Down -10.1%)
7. Hewlett-Packard: $2.5 billion (Up 2.4%)
8. Cisco: $9.8 billion (Down -4.9%)
9. Oracle: $8.9 billion (Up 0.9%)
10. Qualcomm: $4.9 billion (Down -0.3%)

In contrast, Dell Technologies incurred almost four billion in red ink at May 2017 while Apple posted the largest percentage drop since 2016.

Headquarters for Top 10 U.S. Tech Firms

Seven of the top 10 biggest American technology businesses have their headquarters in California, the most populous American state.

1. Alphabet: Mountain View, California
2. Apple: Cupertino, California
3. Cisco: San Jose, California
4. Dell Technologies: Round Rock, Texas
5. Hewlett-Packard: Palo Alto, California
6. IBM: Armonk, New York
7. Intel: Santa Clara, California
8. Microsoft: Redmond, Washington
9. Oracle: Redwood City, California
10. Qualcomm: San Diego, California