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That wiki doesn't justify your statement. It's leveraging a list from 2017, but using Alphabet's market cap from 2019? And regardless, the actual market caps on
by dastbe 7y ago
That wiki doesn't justify your statement. It's leveraging a list from 2017, but using Alphabet's market cap from 2019? And regardless, the actual market caps on that page would say Microsoft is the biggest software company in the world.
I have no idea what Forbes is using for its ranking but it is obviously not by valuation.
EDIT: And it should arguably be Apple, but for some reason neither Apple nor Amazon are software companies?
- paulddraper 7y agoThe Wikipedia article sorts by sales. Not sure why the years are like that, but the relative values are similar in 2019. [1] [2] > for some reason neither Apple nor Amazon are software companies? Because they aren't software companies? Or at least principally software companies. Amazon is categorized as an retail company. [3] Apple is categorized as a computer hardware company. [4] Nitpicking aside, I think my point stands about a $800B+ company. [1] https://www.forbes.com/companies/alphabet/?list=global2000#50408eaa540e https://www.forbes.com/companies/alphabet/?list=global2000#5... [2] https://www.forbes.com/companies/microsoft/?list=global2000#6ea1826773f7 https://www.forbes.com/companies/microsoft/?list=global2000#... [3] https://www.forbes.com/companies/amazon/?list=global2000#2c45161e6fb8 https://www.forbes.com/companies/amazon/?list=global2000#2c4... [3] https://www.forbes.com/companies/apple/?list=global2000#3d047b735355 https://www.forbes.com/companies/apple/?list=global2000#3d04...
- scarface74 7y agoAnd market cap while it measures investor sentiment, doesn’t measure fundamentals. If it did, Uber wouldn’t be worth anything.