What does SAP have in common with Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google? In terms of corporate value, it is rather low, 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’s price is now $ 333.68 per share. Compared to the price in February 2020, this is an increase of 59.25 percent. At the all-time high on June 7, 2021, the difference is 0.33 percent. It remains to be seen whether the significant cost of fighting fake news will affect performance.
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 $ 126.74. If you compare with the all-time high of January 25, 2021, this is a change of minus 12.95 percent and compared to the price of February 2020 an increase of 58.39 percent.
Former online bookseller Amazon (founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos) had sales of around $ 280 billion in 2019. A share of Amazon currently costs $ 3,264.11. That is a price increase of 74.49 percent since February 2020.
Home office times are also rather good times for TV streamers: a paper from Netflix is currently charged at $ 492.39, in February 2020 it was $ 347.74 (compared to today: plus 41.60 percent). Despite debts running into billions, Netflix is in high demand. Incidentally, the stock’s high prior to February 2020 was $ 415.44 (16.88 less than today).
Alphabet’s main source of income (Google) is the business of placing advertisements on the Google homepage and on partner sites. Alphabet is very successful with the “Android” operating system, which is geared towards smartphones, netbooks and tablets, and the market share for smartphones is over 80 percent. In addition to Internet advertising, Alphabet earns its money with “Google Play” (apps, music, films), smartphones (“Pixel”) and increasingly with cloud products. The alphabet company YouTube already has more than 1.9 billion monthly active users with considerable monetization potential. Every day, these people watch around five billion videos on the Internet. A share of Alphabet currently costs $ 2,482.85. If one compares the current share price with that of before February 2020, one can see that the share today is 70,
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In terms of size, SAP cannot play in the Amazon and Apple leagues, but at least SAP is a very big number in the field of business software worldwide. Today the market price is 116.00 euros, in February 2020 it was 114.57 euros and the highest price ever reached for a share was 140.96 euros on April 27, 2021.
The Microsoft Corporation is an international hardware and software developers and technology company headquartered in Redmond, a suburb of Seattle in Washington State. With approximately 148,000 employees and sales of 125.8 billion US dollars, the company is the largest software manufacturer in the world and one of the largest companies in the world. Those who want to acquire shares in Microsoft currently pay 252.57 dollars per share. A security from Microsoft has gained 1.25 percent in value since February 2020.
Whether underground transport tubes at excessive speed, space rockets or e-cars: Tesla definitely has a lot of imagination to offer. Buyers of a share currently pay $ 603.59 for this, in February 2020 it was $ 128.16 (compared to today: plus 370.96 percent). And the highest prior share price ever measured was $ 113.91 (currently plus 408.94).
