Business Week named the world's best and worst performance of 10 IT companies 2004-08-05 18:13 Author: Wilderness compile editor: NEW YORK NEW YORK August 5 news BusinessWeek IT 100 companies so far in which What is the most prominent? Here is the TOP 10 selected from the most prominent IT companies in IT companies, and its sorting approach is based on the full-year stock price of July 30, and there are also 10 IT companies with the worst performance. (The first rankings were announced in the "Business Week" annual IT 100 Special Report. At that time, the data was used as of May 30, 2004.) Overall, this summer is a season for the technology investor. If you see in June is an anxiety and uneasy of investors, then the most nervous manufacturer in July. In July, several major science and technology indices have fallen, the Nasdaq Composite Index fell by 7.8%, and the Philly Sox index fell 14.2%, and the S & P 1500 IT average index slipped from 8.0%. What does it cause the IT stock market to go all the way? Summer overall economic slowdown is a fundamental background, but there are also some negative factors inside the IT industry. A large number of software companies have nothing to say is of important factors, including Veritas (VRTS), Siebel Systems (SEBL), BMC Software (BMC), and Emulex (ELX). Intel in Intel in the second half of the year is also disappointed with investors in the second half of the year. There are also concerns that have declined declines and expenditure of options. The above series of factors have led to the standard Poole on July 13, the entire IT industry is lowered, from "Outperform" to "MarketWeight). The best IT company is of course, "Business Week" IT 100 companies are selected in the context of the entire IT industry. As of July 30, 47 companies on the list showed a profit and contrast with 71 forms of June 30. But from the perspective of the year, the stock of most companies has risen sharply. The following is the most prominent 10 companies that are about July 30: From the above rankings, you can see a few familiar names, Autodesk (ADSK) is still in the list, although this month, the decline in the year is caused by annual income. It must be affected. Apple Computer is still in the forefront. At the same time, some new faces have also appeared in the rankings of the outstanding people, such as Nii Holdings (NIHD), the next 12.9% profit increase, the next leap to become NO. 2, the company selectively provides wireless communication in the Latin American market. service. Although its revenue has an increase in 35%, Nii's second quarter's profit is not ideal. The company has increased by 40% in 2004, reaching 400,000, and its expected operation income before the depreciation and amortization reached $ 33 billion. Network Security Symantec (SYMC) has increased by 6.8% in July and successfully squeezed into the top 10. In the first quarter of the fiscal year, the company's profit is almost doubled, and the total revenue has increased by 48%, so its revenue and profitability of the 2005 fiscal year also increased significantly. 10% of the 10 companies with the worst performance IT company performance, more than 10 companies in 10 companies have been deducted, only one CASIO computer company is left. But Tokyo's S & P stock analyst John Yang is very important to the purchasing power in the Japanese market. He believes that consumer electronics, digital cameras, flat panel displays (liquid crystal and plasma), and DVD burner will continue to drive some Asian revenues. From the above table, some storage device manufacturers such as Lexar Media (LEXR) and Western Digital (WDC) are still struggling at the low valley.
