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FAANG: The most important tech companies on today’s trading day

What does SAP have in common with Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google? As far as the company value is concerned, it is on the low side, but at least SAP is the only German company that plays a role in the world market with software. That’s why we’re not only looking at the stock exchange prices of the FAANG Group, but also at the price of SAP, which was founded in the 1970s. Because it is one of the most exciting companies at the interface between high-tech, digital and automotive, we also consider Tesla. The veteran of the digital world, Microsoft, can of course not be missing either.

The FAANG shares in detail

Facebook is by far the largest social network in the world. The Facebook group also owns the video and photo sharing app Instagram and the messenger service WhatsApp. The price of Facebook is currently at $ 336.51 per share. Compared to the price in February 2020, this is an increase of 60.60 percent. If you look at the all-time high of June 15, 2021, the difference is 2.60 percent.

Seldom have smartphones and laptops been used as heavily as in 2020: to work in the home office and to keep in touch with friends and relatives. One Apple share is currently valued at $ 131.79. If you compare with the all-time high of January 25, 2021, this is a change of minus 10.01 percent and compared to the price of February 2020 an increase of 64.70 percent.

The online retailer Amazon is currently the clear winner: never before has so much been bought online. Today the current price for the Amazon security is $ 3,489.24. To put it into perspective: the previous all-time high from before February 2020 was 2,039.51 euros on September 4, 2018 (currently minus 66.56 percent). In February 2020, an Amazon share had to be paid for $ 1,870.68, a change of 86.52 percent.

The current market value of Netflix is 498.34 per share, which is an increase of 43.31 percent compared to the high before February 2020. As of February 2020, the paper was then $ 347.74 (compared to today: plus 43.31 percent).

Today in New York, Alphabet shares (google, YouTube) are charged $ 2,527.42, a daily plus of 0.54 percent.