The Info Tech 100

BusinessWeek ranks the top performers in the tech industry

To compile the Information Technology 100, BusinessWeek began with financial data from Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies that has computerized information on 10,000 publicly traded corporations. We trimmed this universe to information technology companies and then added non-U.S. tech companies recommended by our network of foreign bureaus. To qualify, companies had to have revenues of at least $500 million. We divided this collection of about 500 companies into eight industry categories, such as software and semiconductors. Companies whose stock price has dropped more than 75%, whose sales shrank, or where other developments raised questions about future performance, were eliminated from contention. We also dropped some phone companies whose monopoly or near-monopoly power in their countries gives them an unfair advantage over competitors. The remaining group of companies was ranked on four criteria: return on equity, shareholder return and revenue growth (which were given equal weight), and total revenues (which was weighted). Then, the top 100 companies were reranked as a group. Click on company names for more information.

NOTE: Data compiled by Standard & Poor's from sources such as statistical services, registration statements, and company reports that S&P believes to be reliable but are not guaranteed by S&P or BusinessWeek as to correctness or completeness. This material is not an offer to buy or sell any security.

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2006 Rank	Name	Country	Industry	Revenues $Millions	Rank by Revenue	Revenue Growth %	Rank by Revenue Growth	Profits $Millions	Return On Equity	Rank by ROE	Shareholder Return	Shareholder Return Rank
1	América Móvil	Mexico	Telecommunications	$ 16,108	21	31%	38	$ 2,798	37.38	11	82.68	13
2	Hon Hai Precision Ind.	Taiwan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 28,440	14	68%	3	$ 1,272	22.46	47	51.52	30
3	High Tech Computer	Taiwan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 2,243	77	102%	1	$ 368	51.25	7	313.83	1
4	Apple Computer	USA	Computers & Peripherals	$ 17,306	20	56%	6	$ 1,725	19.86	60	50.33	32
5	Softbank	Japan	Internet Companies	$ 9,884	33	32%	36	$ 513	23.70	39	108.88	8
6	Telefonica Moviles	Spain	Telecommunications	$ 21,204	17	40%	23	$ 2,464	33.39	19	23.14	67
7	Telefónica	Spain	Telecommunications	$ 48,643	6	25%	49	$ 5,709	34.91	13	1.55	88
8	China Mobile	Hong Kong	Telecommunications	$ 30,282	13	26%	45	$ 6,672	19.62	62	45.76	38
9	Nokia	Finland	Communications Equipment	$ 43,903	7	16%	69	$ 4,643	29.74	26	25.22	64
10	Bharti Airtel	India	Communications Equipment	$ 2,520	69	46%	13	$ 488	24.57	37	63.33	21
11	Motorola	USA	Communications Equipment	$ 38,695	10	21%	61	$ 4,593	27.70	32	22.33	70
12	Telekomunikasi Indonesia	Indonesia	Telecommunications	$ 4,517	56	23%	54	$ 864	34.32	16	54.72	26
13	Google	USA	Internet Companies	$ 7,136	40	88%	2	$ 1,688	16.48	67	34.1	54
14	Accenture	USA	Services	$ 17,841	19	11%	86	$ 819	70.53	4	22.29	71
15	Dell	USA	Computers & Peripherals	$ 56,738	3	11%	85	$ 3,400	100.77	2	-36.43	100
16	TPV Technology	Hong Kong	Computers & Perpherals	$ 5,054	50	35%	30	$ 150	17.47	63	56.29	24
17	Inventec	Taiwan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 6,199	45	45%	15	$ 102	10.69	88	59.27	22
18	Wistron	Taiwan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 5,138	49	41%	21	$ 99	12.70	83	74.66	15
19	Seagate Technology	USA	Computers & Peripherals	$ 8,856	36	32%	37	$ 1,113	32.32	21	11.75	83
20	BT Group	UK	Telecommunications	$ 36,511	11	6%	97	$ 2,894	99.48	3	15.47	79
21	China Netcom Group (Hong Kong)	Hong Kong	Telecommunications	$ 10,869	30	34%	32	$ 1,730	22.04	50	21.00	73
22	TD AMERITRADE Holding	USA	Internet Companies	$ 1,500	90	53%	7	$ 437	30.15	25	48.31	35
23	Amazon.com	USA	Internet Companies	$ 8,867	35	22%	59	$ 332	102.46	1	-2.53	93
24	Novatek Microelectronics	Taiwan	Semiconductors	$ 809	97	48%	11	$ 175	46.90	10	45.52	39
25	Telenor	Norway	Telecommunications	$ 11,349	26	14%	75	$ 1,260	16.48	66	52.91	29
26	Toshiba	Japan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 56,555	4	9%	92	$ 697	7.80	94	70	18
27	Telefonos de Mexico	Mexico	Telecommunications	$ 14,410	23	17%	66	$ 2,492	27.78	31	14.47	80
28	E*Trade Financial	USA	Internet Companies	$ 2,848	66	36%	27	$ 487	13.46	77	96.51	9
29	Brightpoint	USA	Services	$ 2,240	78	23%	53	$ 36	24.01	38	206.89	4
30	NII Holdings	USA	Telecommunications	$ 1,904	83	40%	25	$ 195	21.83	53	82.75	12
31	Quanta Computer	Taiwan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 14,948	22	45%	14	$ 341	15.74	72	-7.43	96
32	Asustek Computer	Taiwan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 11,162	28	43%	16	$ 539	16.60	65	-1.94	92
33	Hutchison Telecommunications Intl.	Hong Kong	Telecommunications	$ 3,137	63	64%	4	$ -54	-2.57	100	72.10	17
34	Tata Consultancy Services	India	Services	$ 2,796	67	23%	55	$ 623	49.36	9	34.67	53
35	MediaTek	Taiwan	Semiconductors	$ 1,647	87	30%	39	$ 570	34.64	15	50.01	33
36	Sprint Nextel	USA	Telecommunications	$ 39,292	9	42%	17	$ 1,748	3.30	98	-0.17	91
37	Microsoft	USA	Software	$ 42,639	8	10%	90	$ 13,471	32.04	22	-11.05	97
38	Western Digital	USA	Computers & Peripherals	$ 4,196	58	22%	58	$ 317	30.85	24	35.57	52
39	SAP	Germany	Software	$ 10,930	29	13%	76	$ 1,921	25.87	36	23.74	66
40	Komag	USA	Computers & Peripherals	$ 754	98	59%	5	$ 133	28.94	27	43.95	43
41	Avaya	USA	Communications Equipment	$ 5,019	51	12%	79	$ 963	50.41	8	29.07	59
42	Infosys Technologies	India	Services	$ 2,057	80	34%	34	$ 531	35.28	12	31.58	57
43	Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri	Turkey	Telecommunications	$ 4,268	57	33%	35	$ 911	33.52	18	5.27	86
44	Hewlett-Packard	USA	Computers & Peripherals	$ 88,885	1	7%	95	$ 3,615	9.75	90	45.49	40
45	Netflix	USA	Internet Companies	$ 754	99	36%	28	$ 55	23.23	41	93.77	10
46	SanDisk	USA	Computers & Peripherals	$ 2,478	70	35%	31	$ 347	11.83	85	116.67	7
47	LM Ericsson	Sweden	Communications Equipment	$ 21,038	18	15%	72	$ 3,369	23.22	42	0.64	90
48	Satyam Computer Services	India	Services	$ 1,035	93	36%	29	$ 247	26.42	35	53.95	28
49	VimpelCom	Russia	Telecommunications	$ 3,211	62	52%	9	$ 615	22.44	48	12.14	82
50	Mobile Telesystems	Russia	Telecommunications	$ 5,011	52	29%	41	$ 1,126	34.19	17	-14.53	98
51	Oracle	USA	Software	$ 13,407	25	22%	57	$ 3,103	20.62	57	11.09	84
52	Nikon	Japan	Semiconductors	$ 6,517	43	14%	73	$ 258	11.90	84	79.48	14
53	AT&T	USA	Telecommunications	$ 49,449	5	21%	62	$ 5,346	9.70	91	17.39	76
54	Cisco Systems	USA	Communications Equipment	$ 27,081	16	12%	80	$ 5,576	22.65	45	1.44	89
55	L-3 Communications Holdings	USA	Communications Equipment	$ 10,386	31	42%	19	$ 545	11.62	86	3.91	87
56	Yahoo!	USA	Internet Companies	$ 5,651	47	42%	18	$ 1,852	21.92	51	-15.08	99
57	Wipro	India	Services	$ 2,291	75	30%	40	$ 449	31.40	23	26.35	63
58	Advanced Micro Devices	USA	Semiconductors	$ 5,953	46	19%	64	$ 367	7.80	95	88.35	11
59	Canon	Japan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 33,470	12	8%	93	$ 3,424	14.74	74	33.22	55
60	Xyratex	UK	Computers & Perpherals	$ 728	100	51%	10	$ 39	22.64	46	48.67	34
61	Agilent Technologies	USA	Computers & Peripherals	$ 5,416	48	5%	99	$ 1,147	28.15	29	45.31	41
62	KDDI	Japan	Communications Equipment	$ 27,289	15	5%	98	$ 1,699	14.71	75	42.57	47
63	Acer	Taiwan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 9,922	32	41%	20	$ 264	12.88	82	-2.55	94
64	LG TeleCom	Korea	Telecommunications	$ 3,702	60	9%	91	$ 262	19.85	61	232.91	2
65	Rogers Communications	Canada	Telecommunications	$ 6,796	42	34%	33	$ 14	0.45	99	37.96	50
66	SK Telecom	Korea	Telecommunications	$ 11,310	27	1%	100	$ 1,976	22.78	44	27.1	62
67	Hoya	Japan	Semiconductors	$ 3,069	64	12%	81	$ 674	27.05	33	46.08	37
68	Nextel Partners	USA	Telecommunications	$ 1,897	84	29%	42	$ 615	63.07	5	19.57	74
69	Qualcomm	USA	Communications Equipment	$ 6,493	44	25%	50	$ 2,311	17.24	64	22.38	69
70	Yahoo! Japan	Japan	Internet Companies	$ 1,549	88	47%	12	$ 420	33.05	20	8.23	85
71	MiTAC International	Taiwan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 2,600	68	41%	22	$ 154	21.64	54	22.14	72
72	Cap Gemini	France	Services	$ 8,929	34	12%	83	$ 181	4.71	97	67.19	20
73	NVIDIA	USA	Semiconductors	$ 2,474	71	17%	68	$ 329	20.44	58	69.59	19
74	Texas Instruments	USA	Semiconductors	$ 13,754	24	11%	84	$ 2,456	21.85	52	13.41	81
75	Verizon Communications	USA	Telecommunications	$ 79,676	2	10%	88	$ 7,314	16.33	68	-7.31	95
76	Amkor Technology	USA	Semiconductors	$ 2,328	72	26%	47	$ 17	6.47	96	167.13	5
77	Tellabs	USA	Communications Equipment	$ 1,963	82	40%	24	$ 228	8.01	93	73.75	16
78	VTech Holdings	Hong Kong	Communications Equipment	$ 1,022	94	12%	82	$ 57	27.98	30	212.72	3
79	Lite-On Technology	Taiwan	Computers & Perpherals	$ 7,096	41	6%	96	$ 272	14.57	76	57.92	23
80	COSMOTE MOBILE TELECOM.	Greece	Telecommunications	$ 2,308	73	13%	77	$ 436	52.17	6	25.13	65
81	Amphenol	USA	Semiconductors	$ 1,968	81	24%	51	$ 217	28.61	28	31.40	58
82	Jabil Circuit	USA	Computers & Peripherals	$ 8,694	37	28%	43	$ 276	11.44	87	19.36	75
83	Heartland Payment Systems	USA	Services	$ 902	96	38%	26	$ 21	21.12	55	47.66	36
84	Cognizant Technology Solutions	USA	Services	$ 990	95	53%	8	$ 181	22.87	43	22.91	68
85	Corning	USA	Communications Equipment	$ 4,791	54	18%	65	$ 592	9.80	89	54.65	27
86	TDC	Denmark	Telecommunications	$ 8,022	39	10%	89	$ 606	8.09	92	54.77	25
87	Broadcom	USA	Semiconductors	$ 3,021	65	27%	44	$ 477	13.01	81	42.65	46
88	Sega Sammy Holdings	Japan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 4,932	53	7%	94	$ 590	20.91	56	44.49	42
89	Palm	USA	Computers & Peripherals	$ 1,511	89	26%	46	$ 327	34.85	14	15.97	78
90	Anixter International	USA	Distributors	$ 4,041	59	19%	63	$ 101	13.41	80	42.78	44
91	Logitech International	Switzerland	Computers & Peripherals	$ 1,797	85	21%	60	$ 181	26.43	34	32.97	56
92	Siliconware Precision Industries	Taiwan	Semiconductors	$ 1,356	91	23%	52	$ 257	20.19	59	50.77	31
93	Millicom International Cellular	Luxembourg	Telecommunications	$ 1,138	92	17%	67	$ 55	16.12	70	152.51	6
94	Compal Electronics	Taiwan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 8,280	38	16%	70	$ 263	13.41	79	17.07	77
95	Harris	USA	Communications Equipment	$ 3,304	61	14%	74	$ 214	13.43	78	42.73	45
96	NIDEC	Japan	Computers & Peripherals	$ 4,786	55	10%	87	$ 365	15.53	73	42.43	48
97	Intuit	USA	Software	$ 2,301	74	15%	71	$ 374	22.33	49	27.77	61
98	Amdocs	UK	Software	$ 2,269	76	22%	56	$ 302	15.90	71	37.50	51
99	Alliance Data Systems	USA	Services	$ 1,654	86	25%	48	$ 158	16.26	69	40.69	49
100	National Semiconductor	USA	Semiconductors	$ 2,158	79	13%	78	$ 449	23.32	40	28.13	60