2023-08-16 14:50:11
Microsoft an der Nasdaq in New York
Microsoft earned $72.7 billion in the past fiscal year.
(Photo: Microsoft news)
Düsseldorf The five largest technology groups in the world are worth almost nine and a half trillion dollars: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Nvidia. That is five times as much as all 40 Dax companies combined. The high market value is also reflected in the share valuations: None of the big five is currently really cheap. Despite high valuations, share prices have continued to rise for years.
“The technology sector enjoys our preference, because this is where earnings growth is delivered,” argue the strategists at the world’s largest asset manager Blackrock. However, the latest half-year figures say something different, at least for net profits. In some cases they are even falling – also with a view to the year as a whole.
But America’s big tech companies have other advantages that investors should be aware of. In addition to the absolute profits, the following five individual portraits focus on the cash flow, the net return on sales – and the many share buybacks with which the companies are reducing the supply of their own shares and improving their profit figures.
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