Below are the candidate companies in the information technology sector for the Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers survey. They were determined statistically, and represent a roll-call of the most transaction-intensive large companies in the sector. We screened for the companies in the sector that closed the highest number and dollar value of acquisitions and divestitures between January 1, 2005 and June 30, 2008. The selection formula also recognized companies for doing a high dollar volume of deals compared to their market capitalizations on the start date. To be included, companies had to have a market cap of $5 billion or more on the closing date of the study period. To see a list of the company's deals in the period, click on the company's name.
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| Information technology sector market caps |
Market cap |
($mill.) |
% change |
1/1/05 |
$1,664,656 |
1.1% |
6/30/08 |
1,683,415 |
Total aggregate Market Cap numbers reflect all U.S. based public IT companies trading on primary U.S. exchanges with Market Cap values on both 1/1/2005 AND 6/30/08 |
| |
Company |
No. buys |
Total value buys ($mill.) |
No. sells |
Total value sells ($mill.) |
Total no. deals |
Total value deals ($mill.) |
Market cap ($mill.) |
12/31/00 |
6/30/08 |
Total value deals as a % of market cap 1/1/05 |
% change in market cap |
| Oracle Corp. |
9 |
$19,327 |
|
|
9 |
$19,327 |
$71,685 |
$108,182 |
27.0% |
51% |
| IBM Corp. |
10 |
11,822 |
1 |
$725 |
11 |
12,547 |
164,106 |
162,798 |
7.8 |
-1 |
| Cisco Systems Inc. |
22 |
12,369 |
|
|
22 |
12,369 |
127,217 |
137,400 |
9.7 |
8 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. |
8 |
9,146 |
|
|
8 |
9,146 |
63,327 |
109,030 |
14.4 |
72 |
| Fiserv Inc. |
4 |
4,963 |
2 |
1,100 |
6 |
6,063 |
7,861 |
7,438 |
77.1 |
-5 |
| Sun Microsystems Inc. |
7 |
5,586 |
|
|
7 |
5,586 |
18,127 |
8,506 |
30.8 |
-53 |
| EMC Corp. |
10 |
3,735 |
|
|
10 |
3,735 |
35,633 |
30,368 |
10.5 |
-15 |
| Intuit Inc. |
6 |
1,754 |
2 |
301 |
8 |
2,055 |
8,249 |
8,850 |
24.9 |
7 |
| Symantec Corp. |
11 |
2,049 |
|
|
11 |
2,049 |
16,337 |
16,256 |
12.5 |
-0.5 |
| VeriSign Inc. |
15 |
1,001 |
2 |
420 |
17 |
1,421 |
8,559 |
7,360 |
16.6 |
-14 |
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