Facebook跻身2000亿美元科技俱乐部

    本周一，社交媒体巨头Facebook的市值一度越过2000亿美元，跻身高端科技企业行列。但截至周二收盘，该公司股价小幅下跌，总市值稍低于该俱乐部的入门标准。

    尽管如此，据Money报道，Facebook公司自IPO（即首次公开发行股票）以来，仅用两年时间就越过了2000亿美元门槛，速度快于谷歌、微软和苹果，公司的价值也超过了IBM、英特尔和甲骨文等传统高科技企业。

    就市值而言，Facebook公司目前在美国企业中排名第18位，在高科技企业中排名第5位。

    但Money指出，值得注意的是，Facebook公司在启动IPO之时，估值也远远超过了竞争对手。例如，Facebook在2012年上市后估值达到1000亿美元，而微软在1986年的IPO估值还不到10亿美元。

    苹果公司名列榜首，市值为5870亿美元，但他们历时多年才达到这一水平。据MacRumors报道，2010年3月苹果市值首次超过2000亿美元，此时距离该公司IPO已近30年，同时也恰逢iPad面世之际。

    紧随苹果之后的美国科技公司是谷歌（实际上，谷歌的整体排名为第三，前一位是埃克森美孚公司）。自2004年上市以来，谷歌用了近七年时间才达到2000亿美元，现在其市值约为4060亿美元。

    下一家市值超过2000亿美元的科技巨头是哪家公司呢？根据CNN的报道，微软在1998年达到2000亿美元市值，距其上市近11年时间。

    另外还有两家高科技企业排在Facebook之前：市值2630亿美元的中国移动和2050亿美元的威瑞森，分别位列第9位和第17位。Facebook目前排在第18位。

    截至9月8日Facebook市值首次突破2000亿美元时，排名前20位的科技企业的完整名单如下：*

    1. 苹果

    市值：5890亿美元

    3. 谷歌

    市值：4060亿美元

    4. 微软

    市值：3820亿美元

    9. 中国移动

    市值：2630亿美元

    17. 威瑞森

    市值：2050亿美元

    18. Facebook

    市值：2020亿美元 （财富中文网）

    *上述信息根据道指狗股（Dogs of the Dow）的市值排名而编撰。

    Facebook’s value briefly passed the $200 billion mark on Monday, placing the social media giant in a rarefied club. By Tuesday’s close, however, it shares fell slightly, and the company’s market capitalization dipped just below the threshold.

    Still, Facebook reached the $200 billion mark in just two years since its initial public offering, faster than Google, Microsoft and Apple, according to Money.It’s also surpassed the value of legacy tech companies like IBM, Intel and Oracle.

    Facebook is now No. 18 on the list of U.S. companies by value. For tech companies, it’s No. 5.

    But interesting to note: Facebook was also worth much more at the time of its initial public offering than some of its rivals, notes Money. For example, Facebook was valued at $100 million just after its IPO in 2012, while Microsoft was below $1 billion for its IPO in 1986.

    Apple tops the charts with a market cap of $587 billion. But it took a while to get there. It first passed $200 billion on March 2010, according to MacRumors, nearly 30 years after its IPO – and around the time it introduced the iPad.

    Trailing behind Apple among U.S. tech companies is Google (it’s actually third overall behind ExxonMobil). Google, which took nearly seven years to hit the $200 billion mark after going public in 2004, has a market cap of about $406 billion.

    The next tech company to go well beyond the $200 billion mark? Microsoft, which did so in 1998, a little under 11 years after its IPO, according to CNN.

    Only two more tech companies rank above Facebook on the list: China Mobile at $263 billion and Verizon at $205 billion, which rank at the No. 9 and No. 17 spots. Facebook rounds out the list at No. 18 currently.

    Here’s a full list of the top 20 tech companies as of September 8 when Facebook first surpassed the $200 billion mark.*

    1. Apple

    Market cap: $589 billion

    3. Google

    Market cap: $406 billion

    4. Microsoft

    Market cap: $382 billion

    9. China Mobile

    Market cap: $263 billion

    17. Verizon

    Market cap: $205 billion

    18. Facebook

    Market cap: $202 billion

    * Information compiled from Dogs of the Dow which charts companies by market cap.