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SV150 2009
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SALES CHANGES
Combined sales for the SV150 grew 5.2 percent in 2008 compared with the year before, less than half the gain of the year before. It was the smallest gain since 2001 when sales dropped in the wake of the dot-com bust. In 2008, sales dropped at 54 companies, or 36 percent, of the SV150.
WORK FORCE CHANGES SALES PER EMPLOYEE
The number of workers employed by the SV150 jumped 20 percent in 2008, the biggest gain ever. The rise was largely due to a 149,000 increase in workers at Hewlett-Packard, which last year acquired Electronic Data Systems. These numbers do not reflect widespread layoffs announced since the beginning of 2009. Sales per employee among the SV150 as a group fell in 2008 by $60,463, or 12.5 percent, compared with the year before. Companies can improve that number by selling more or employing fewer workers. Ninety-six companies increased sales in 2008, while 99 companies hired more workers.
Biggest percentage gains
SV150 Rank rank Company 2008 Sales (in millions) 1-Yr. Chg.
Biggest percentage gains
SV150 Rank rank Company 2008 employees 1-Yr. Chg.
Biggest percentage gains
Rank SV150 rank Company Sales per employee 1-Yr. Chg.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
83 95 72 105 130 44 122 145 62 144
Macrovision Solutions Data Domain Infinera CyberSource CV Therapeutics SunPower 3Par SuccessFactors Equinix Exar
$366.2 $274.1 $519.2 $229.0 $154.5 $1,434.9 $171.7 $111.9 $704.7 $119.5
135% 122% 111% 96% 87% 85% 83% 77% 68% 55%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
83 148 1 95 144 44 114 4 78 131
Macrovision Solutions Mips Technologies Hewlett-Packard Data Domain Exar SunPower Sigma Designs Apple Blue Coat Systems NetSuite
1,186 512 321,000 777 404 5,400 326 32,000 1,033 971
164% 161% 87% 79% 73% 53% 49% 48% 46% 44%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
83 95 72 105 130 44 122 145 62 144
Macrovision Solutions Data Domain Infinera CyberSource CV Therapeutics SunPower 3Par SuccessFactors Equinix Exar
$366.2 274.1 519.2 229.0 154.5 1,434.9 171.7 111.9 704.7 119.5
135% 122% 111% 96% 87% 85% 83% 77% 68% 55%
Biggest percentage drops
SV150 rank Rank Company 2008 Sales (in millions) 1-Yr. Chg.
Biggest percentage drops
SV150 rank Rank Company 2008 employees 1-Yr. Chg.
Biggest percentage drops
Rank SV150 rank Company Sales per employee 1-Yr. Chg.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
137 132 147 14 143 52 121 55 51 101
Mattson Technology Trident Microsystems Intevac Sanmina-SCI Aviza Technology Novellus Systems Openwave Palm Cadence Design Rackable Systems
$133.6 148.8 110.3 6,088.7 124.4 1,011.0 173.8 945.3 1,076.5 248.0
-50% -49% -49% -40% -39% -36% -34% -34% -33% -30%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
121 140 57 143 138 104 133 50 145 147
Openwave Adaptec Quantum Aviza Technology Coast Distribution Sirf Technology Rambus VeriSign SuccessFactors Intevac
657 391 2,050 491 300 571 330 3,297 596 394
-48% -35% -29% -27% -26% -24% -23% -22% -19% -18%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
137 132 147 14 143 52 121 55 51 101
Mattson Technology Trident Microsystems Intevac Sanmina-SCI Aviza Technology Novellus Systems Openwave Palm Cadence Design Rackable Systems
$133.6 148.8 110.3 6,088.7 124.4 1,011.0 173.8 945.3 1,076.5 248.0
-50% -49% -49% -40% -39% -36% -34% -34% -33% -30%
Biggest dollar gains
SV150 rank Rank Company 2008 Sales (in millions) 1-Yr. Chg.
Biggest total gains
SV150 rank Rank Company 2008 employees 1-Yr. Chg.
Biggest dollar gains
Rank SV150 rank Company Sales per employee 1-Yr. Chg.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 4 6 5 8 2 21 18 9 23
Hewlett-Packard Apple Google Oracle Calpine Cisco Systems Electronic Arts Gilead Sciences eBay Juniper Networks
$118,697.0 33,038.0 21,795.6 23,630.0 9,937.0 39,575.0 4,479.0 5,335.8 8,541.3 3,572.4
$11,026 6,539 5,202 2,556 1,967 1,89 1,328 1,106 869 736
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 4 5 2 6 44 37 40 23 21
Hewlett-Packard Apple Oracle Cisco Systems Google SunPower VMware McAfee Juniper Networks Electronic Arts
321,000 32,000 84,233 66,129 20,222 5,400 6,700 5,600 7,014 9,000
149,000 10,400 9,559 4,594 3,417 1,870 1,700 1,350 1,135 1,100
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 4 6 5 8 2 21 18 9 23
Hewlett-Packard Apple Google Oracle Calpine Cisco Systems Electronic Arts Gilead Sciences eBay Juniper Networks
$118,697.0 33,038.0 21,795.6 23,630.0 9,937.0 39,575.0 4,479.0 5,335.8 8,541.3 3,572.4
$11,026 6,539 5,202 2,556 1,967 1,891 1,328 1,106 869 736
Biggest dollar drops
SV150 rank Rank Company 2008 Sales (in millions) 1-Yr. Chg.
Biggest total drops
SV150 rank Rank Company 2008 employees 1-Yr. Chg.
Biggest dollar drops
Rank SV150 rank Company Sales per employee 1-Yr. Chg.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
14 11 17 3 35 7 26 32 52 27
Sanmina-SCI Applied Materials Franklin Resources Intel Lam Research Sun Microsystems Nvidia KLA-Tencor Novellus Systems SanDisk
$6,088.7 7,375.2 5,415.2 37,586.0 1,903.7 13,256.0 3,424.9 2,122.0 1,011.0 3,351.4
-$4,050 -2,170 -1,421 -748 -720 -696 -673 -659 -559 -545
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
14 3 20 15 30 58 41 50 57 63
Sanmina-SCI Intel Robert Half Int'l AMD Granite Construction Plantronics Atmel VeriSign Quantum West Marine
45,610 83,900 13,300 14,700 5,500 5,000 6,400 3,297 2,050 4,154
-6,997 -2,400 -2,000 -1,720 -1,200 -1,000 -1,000 -954 -850 -787
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
14 11 17 3 35 7 26 32 52 27
Sanmina-SCI Applied Materials Franklin Resources Intel Lam Research Sun Microsystems Nvidia KLA-Tencor Novellus Systems SanDisk
$6,088.7 7,375.2 5,415.2 37,586.0 1,903.7 13,256.0 3,424.9 2,122.0 1,011.0 3,351.4
-$4,050 -2,170 -1,421 -748 -720 -696 -673 -659 -559 -545
BIGGEST PROFITS
Net profit among the SV150 dropped by more than half in 2008 to $22.7 billion, down from a record $47.6 billion the year before. Eightyone companies, or about 54 percent, of the SV150 recorded a net profit in 2008, the smallest percentage since 2002 when fewer than half of the SV150 was profitable.
Rank SV150 rank Company 2008 profit (in millions) 1-Yr. Chg.
BIGGEST PROFIT MARGINS
Profit margin is expressed as a company's net profit divided by its sales. The SV150 had a combined profit margin of 4.8 percent, down from a record 10.6 in 2007 and the smallest profit margin since 2003. One-time events can skew results. TiVo's profit, for example, includes $87.8 million it recorded from a litigation award.
Rank SV150 rank Company 2008 profit 2008 (in millions) profit margin
BIGGEST LOSSES
More than a third of the SV150 reported net losses in 2008 as many companies wrote down the value of some of their assets, including things like “goodwill,” the amount of money paid for an acquisition above the value of its hard assets. Security software maker Symantec wrote off $7 billion worth of it during its quarter ended in December.
Rank SV150 rank Company Net loss in 2008 (in millions) 1-Yr. Chg.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 3 5 2 4 6 20 11 14 24
Hewlett-Packard Cisco Systems Oracle Intel Apple Google Gilead Sciences eBay Franklin Resources Adobe Systems
$8,050.0 7,492.0 5,739.0 5,292.0 4,858.0 4,226.9 2,011.2 1,779.5 1,190.8 808.9
3% -7% 13% -24% 19% 1% 25% 411% -36% 1%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
98 20 52 96 48 73 5 66 24 14
TiVo Gilead Sciences Linear Technology Align Technology Altera PMC-Sierra Oracle Intuitive Surgical Adobe Systems Franklin Resources
$103.6 2,011.2 405.2 80.0 359.7 133.9 5,739.0 204.3 808.9 1,190.8
42% 38% 35% 26% 26% 26% 24% 23% 23% 22%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
16 15 23 7 39 26 59 43 44 32
Symantec AMD SanDisk Sun Microsystems Cadence Design Electronic Arts Intersil JDS Uniphase Palm LSI
-$6,293.1 -3,098.0 -2,056.8 -1,832.0 -1,821.8 -1,140.0 -1,037.6 -757.7 -681.7 -622.3
-$6,643 281 -2,275 -2,577 -2,118 -755 -1,178 -740 -658 1,867
BIGGEST GAINS IN MARKET VALUE
The market capitalization, or value, of the SV150 fell 32 percent over the last year to $850 billion as of the end of the first quarter of 2009, wiping out $400 billion of value. It was the lowest valuation for the SV150 in six years. The value is derived by multiplying shares outstanding as of March 31, by the closing price that day.
Rank SV150 rank Company Market value (in millions) 1-Yr. Chg. Rank
MARKET-VALUETO-SALES RATIO
One way to see how investors value a company is by looking at what they are willing to pay for the company relative to the amount of sales it generates in a year.The ratio is calculated by dividing the company's market value by its annual sales. The highest ratio belongs to CV Therapeutics, which is being acquired by Gilead Sciences.
SV150 rank Company Market value (in millions) Value-tosales ratio Rank
MARKET-VALUETO-PROFIT RATIO
An alternate method of valuing a company is to focus on net profit and see how much investors are willing to pay for shares of a company compared to how much profit the company is generating. The ratio is calculated by dividing the company's market value by its annual net income.
SV150 rank Company Market value (in millions) Value-toprofit ratio
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
6 2 4 5 3 1 18 12 9 11
Google Cisco Systems Apple Oracle Intel Hewlett-Packard Gilead Sciences Yahoo eBay Applied Materials
$109,741.1 97,886.8 93,615.0 90,050.3 83,596.9 76,835.4 42,195.4 17,859.7 16,114.1 14,290.5
-20% -32% -26% -10% -32% -32% -12% -54% -59% -46%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
130 18 133 6 83 37 131 105 49 134
CV Therapeutics Gilead Sciences Rambus Google Macrovision Solutions VMware NetSuite CyberSource Linear Technology NetLogic Microsystems
$1,277.0 42,195.4 986.1 109,741.1 1,796.3 9,227.3 691.0 1,022.8 5,098.3 601.7
8.27 7.91 6.92 5.04 4.91 4.91 4.53 4.47 4.38 4.30
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 115 134 100 66 105 142 78 111 109
Calpine Power Integrations NetLogic Microsystems Tessera Technologies Coherent CyberSource ArcSight Blue Coat Systems Shutterfly SonicWall
$2,919.8 462.7 601.7 650.1 420.1 1,022.8 405.2 474.3 235.7 239.8
292.0 256.5 168.2 140.1 105.1 95.3 89.7 63.6 51.7 49.1