At the end of January 2010 the capitalization of the American company IBM outstripped Google and it has become the third place company of market capitalization in the world’s hi-tech sector. In follow-up of deals on January 25 the IBM capitalization totaled to 200,57 bln.dollars, Google – 198,23 bln.dollars. Amid this, both companies’ shares were rising on January 25.
Google shares were one of the most popular “blue chips” in the USA during the last years. For the past year the search engine shares ticked up by more than 12%, for 5 years – by 55%, and from the trading beginning in 2004 – by 472%. Meanwhile, IBM shares are performed on the market from the end of 1970-es. A sharp uptrend of the company’s securities fell on late 90-es. For the last decade IBM security papers have gained just 45%, but now they have been trading around the historical high.
The most expensive hi-tech company of the world with shares on the stock exchange is Apple: capitalization of this company is estimated by the market at the rate of 314 bln.dollars. For the last 5 years Apple shares have advanced by 348%.
The second line in the approximate rating of the most expensive hi-tech companies is occupied by Microsoft with capitalization amounting to 243 bln.dollars. For 5 years the company’s cost has inflated just by 7%.