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Big Tech Assets Rise, Apple Reaches Record $163 Billion

Published 09/24/2012, 12:53 AM
Updated 07/09/2023, 06:31 AM
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This is the technology sector reported financial position going into the October earnings season.

Total Assets

The Largest USA Tech Companies have reported all-time high aggregate total assets of $940 billion. This is a net increase of +$14 billion and +1.6% from the prior quarter. Apple (AAPL) (led the way, and continues pulling away, with another incredible +$11.9 billion quarterly increase, followed by Google (GOOG) (+$8.9 billion), and Microsoft (MSFT) (+$3.3 billion). A huge decrease was reported by HP (HPQ) (-$10.1 billion), followed by Oracle (ORCL) (-$1.8 billion), and IBM (IBM) (-$1.5 billion).

The $100 Billion Club: For the latest quarter reported, Apple continues #1 and largest at $162.9 billion. Microsoft moved up to #2 at $121.3 billion while HP slipped to third at $117.6 billion. IBM continues at #4 with $113.8 billion. Cisco (CSCO) is #5 at $91.8 billion.

The next group is #6 Google at $86.1 billion, #7 Oracle ($76.6 billion), and #8 Intel (INTC) ($72.4 billion). Qualcomm (QCOM) and EMC (EMC) are a more distance #9 and #10 at $42.4 billion and $35.0 billion, respectively. Amazon (AMZN) is last and #11 at $21.0 billion. I have included Amazon because of the Kindle Fire, streaming, cloud services, and the resulting competition with others listed.
Largest USA Tech Companies By Total Assets
Capital Ratio

The Largest USA Tech Companies have reported an average capital to assets ratio of 54.53%, a slight decrease of -0.85% from the prior quarter. Six of the eleven companies reviewed reported increases, led by Intel (+2.3%) and followed by EMC (+0.85%) and Oracle (+0.84%). Google and Microsoft reported the largest decreases at -4.79% and -3.46%, respectively.

For the latest quarters reported, Qualcomm (77%) continues leading Google (75%) to have the strongest capital position. Apple is #3 at 69%, followed closely by Intel at 67%. Next are EMC, Cisco, Oracle, and Microsoft at 63%, 57%, 56%, and 55%, respectively. Amazon is 9th at 36%, followed by HP (27%) and finally IBM (18%) is last and #11.
Largest USA Tech Companies By Capital Ratio
Status
Updated through Oracle quarterly financial results reported 9-20-12
Next reports: October earnings season

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