Technology
Companies engaged in the design, development, and support of computer operating systems and applications. This sector also includes companies that make computer equipment, data storage products, networking products, semiconductors, and components. Companies in this sector include Apple, Microsoft, and IBM.
Technology S&P 500 ^GSPC
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| Industry | Market Weight | YTD Return | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Industries | 100.00% | 8.33% | |
| Semiconductors | 39.28% | 25.30% | |
| Software - Infrastructure | 20.53% | -9.53% | |
| Consumer Electronics | 16.24% | 1.96% | |
| Software - Application | 6.96% | -24.33% | |
| Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | 4.17% | 51.21% | |
| Computer Hardware | 3.64% | 78.00% | |
| Communication Equipment | 2.98% | 32.69% | |
| Information Technology Services | 2.36% | -23.23% | |
| Electronic Components | 2.33% | 26.46% | |
| Scientific & Technical Instruments | 1.14% | 35.47% | |
| Solar | 0.22% | -6.42% | |
| Electronics & Computer Distribution | 0.15% | 43.56% | |
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Analyst Report: Micron Technology, Inc.
Micron is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, specializing in memory and storage chips. Its primary revenue stream comes from dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, and it also has minority exposure to not-and or NAND, flash chips. Micron serves a global customer base, selling chips into data centers, mobile phones, consumer electronics, and industrial and automotive applications. The firm is vertically integrated.
Analyst Report: Western Digital Corporation
Western Digital is a leading vertically integrated supplier of hard disk drives. The HDD market is a practical duopoly, with Western Digital and Seagate being the two largest players. Western Digital designs and manufactures its HDDs, with much of the manufacturing and workforce located in Asia. The primary consumers of HDDs are data centers.
Analyst Report: Five9, Inc.
Five9 offers cloud-native contact center software enabling digital customer service, sales, and marketing engagement. The company’s Intelligent CX platform combines core telephony functionality, omnichannel engagement, and modules into a cloud contact-center-as-a-service, or CCaaS, platform. Five9’s modules include digital self-service, agent assist technology, workflow automation, and optimization solutions, as well as artificial intelligence-driven automation solutions that optimize customer service efficiency and manage interaction quality and agent performance.
Analyst Report: Viavi Solutions Inc
Viavi Solutions is a provider of both hardware-based and software-based network services. Viavi's core business is network and service enablement, which includes test & measurement, network visibility, service assurance, and related capabilities. Viavi also contains Optical Specialty Products, which after several asset dispositions focuses mainly on currency-authentication solutions. In August 2015, Viavi began trading under the VIAV ticker after spinning off JDSU's former CCOP business into Lumentum Inc.