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Category: NASDAQ
Date: 12 August 2020 We take a look at the 10 biggest stocks listed on the NASDAQ in terms of the latest market capital. Of the top 10 NASDAQ stocks, a few of them are contained in the Dow 30 as well. The total market capital of the 10 biggest stocks on the NASDAQ amounts to $7.81 trillion (almost the same as the total market cap of all 30 firms contained in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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Its been a very good time for stockholders of the biggest stocks on the NASDAQ, with the 5 biggest stocks listed on the NASDAQ all returning over 100% over the last 5 years."
About the NASDAQ
The Nasdaq is short for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Nasdaq is a global electronic marketplace for buying and selling securities. Nasdaq was created by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) to enable investors to trade securities on a computerized, speedy and transparent system, and commenced operations on February 8, 1971. There are currently more than 4000 companies stock listed on the Nasdaq.
10 biggest stocks listed on the NASDAQ
Market Capital of the 10 largest Nasdaq listed firms (including Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (APPL), Cisco (CSCO) and Intel which is part of the Dow Jones), sorted from the biggest to the 10th biggest
So the top 10 stocks listed on the Nasdaq (including those included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average) total market capital amounts to $7.81 trillion, or about 97.8% of the total market capital of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (which is 30 stocks).
This just shows how the tech heavy Nasdaq is growing and becoming ever more important in the world of financial markets. Who knows, over time perhaps the Nasdaq will replace the Dow Jones as the most quoted and used major market index.
- Apple (APPL): $1.87 trillion
- Microsoft (MSFT): $1.54 trillion
- Amazon (AMZN): $1.54 trillion
- Alphabet (GOOGL): $1.01 trillion
- Facebook (FB): $729.7billion
- Nvidia (NVDA): $266.9 billion
- Paypal (PYPL): $221.8 billion
- Netflix (NFLX): $209.5billion
- Adobe (ADBE): $208.8 billion
- Intel (INTC): $204.9 billion
So the top 10 stocks listed on the Nasdaq (including those included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average) total market capital amounts to $7.81 trillion, or about 97.8% of the total market capital of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (which is 30 stocks).
This just shows how the tech heavy Nasdaq is growing and becoming ever more important in the world of financial markets. Who knows, over time perhaps the Nasdaq will replace the Dow Jones as the most quoted and used major market index.
Stock price performance of the 5 biggest stocks on the NASDAQ over last 5 years
The image below shows the stock price performance of the 5 biggest stocks listed on the NASDAQ. And as the image shows its been a very good time for stockholders of the biggest stocks on the NASDAQ, with the 5 biggest stocks listed on the NASDAQ all returning over 100% over the last 5 years.
The summary below shows the stock price performance over the last 5 years of the 5 biggest stocks listed on the NASDAQ, sorted from best to worst performer:
- Amazon: 495.2%
- Microsoft: 363.4%
- Apple: 289.6%
- Facebook: 186.1%
- Alphabet: 129.9%