NASDAQ 100 Ranked in Order by Market Cap For Analysis

I am going to do an analysis on the top 20 tech stocks in the NASDAQ 100. I will be analyzing these stocks with the buy/write option strategy and will see which one yields the best protection and biggest return for the August option expiration. Below is a list of the NASDAQ 100 stocks ranked in order from greatest to least market cap. To download an excel spreadsheet that will refresh this data on a daily basis click here. Refresh sheet 1 and flip to sheet 1, there you'll be able to sort the companies alphabetically by both company name and ticker, and you'll also be able to rank them in order by their market cap by the minute with the click of a button. Use this blog post as a start to see which companies have moved up and down the list of NASDAQ 100.

Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	205,863,885,437
Apple Inc.	AAPL	143,420,275,148
Google Inc.	GOOG	140,812,200,296
Cisco Systems, Inc.	CSCO	125,970,500,080
Oracle Corporation	ORCL	110,058,913,108
Intel Corporation	INTC	108,739,946,165
QUALCOMM Incorporated	QCOM	77,264,168,039
Amgen Inc.	AMGN	61,521,846,903
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited	TEVA	45,427,898,643
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	GILD	44,368,065,312
Research in Motion Limited	RIMM	43,942,779,213
Comcast Corporation	CMCSA	42,933,469,630
Amazon.com, Inc.	AMZN	36,391,679,077
eBay Inc.	EBAY	28,009,108,429
Dell Inc.	DELL	26,789,148,135
News Corporation	NWSA	26,662,371,101
The DIRECTV Group, Inc.	DTV	26,267,723,722
Celgene Corporation	CELG	25,311,265,388
Infosys Technologies Limited	INFY	24,326,363,477
Yahoo! Inc.	YHOO	23,726,101,000
Costco Wholesale Corporation	COST	21,169,958,533
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	ADP	18,540,695,253
Applied Materials, Inc.	AMAT	17,742,696,409
Express Scripts, Inc.	ESRX	17,573,555,298
Adobe Systems Incorporated	ADBE	17,120,185,100
Staples, Inc.	SPLS	15,315,300,831
Genzyme Corporation	GENZ	14,494,424,970
First Solar, Inc.	FSLR	14,485,968,735
Activision Blizzard, Inc	ATVI	14,473,710,000
Biogen Idec Inc	BIIB	14,214,598,575
Symantec Corporation	SYMC	14,099,407,977
Juniper Networks, Inc.	JNPR	13,937,008,721
Broadcom Corporation	BRCM	13,604,097,262
PACCAR Inc.	PCAR	12,816,643,707
Starbucks Corporation	SBUX	12,731,069,439
Baidu, Inc.	BIDU	12,350,905,152
CA Inc.	CA	10,734,729,531
Apollo Group, Inc.	APOL	10,209,626,747
Paychex, Inc.	PAYX	9,572,628,533
Intuit Inc.	INTU	9,478,709,545
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.	CHRW	9,126,984,470
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.	BBBY	9,095,540,297
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation	CTSH	8,976,856,685
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.	MRVL	8,485,925,172
Ryanair Holdings plc	RYAAY	8,461,106,604
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	ISRG	8,296,310,026
Sears Holdings Corporation	SHLD	8,051,524,880
Millicom International Cellular S.A.	MICC	7,996,691,685
NetApp, Inc.	NTAP	7,727,567,035
Fiserv, Inc.	FISV	7,660,035,316
DISH Network Corporation	DISH	7,612,054,681
Life Technologies Corporation	LIFE	7,510,939,000
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.	EXPD	7,211,252,986
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	7,111,524,250
Electronic Arts Inc.	ERTS	6,696,745,505
Citrix Systems, Inc.	CTXS	6,351,958,974
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	VRTX	6,220,384,896
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation	SIAL	6,080,255,777
Seagate Technology	STX	6,005,537,461
Linear Technology Corporation	LLTC	5,990,039,225
Xilinx, Inc.	XLNX	5,910,142,305
Wynn Resorts, Limited	WYNN	5,876,296,450
Liberty Global, Inc.	LBTYA	5,783,808,703
Altera Corporation	ALTR	5,586,565,487
Ross Stores, Inc.	ROST	5,580,146,302
Garmin Ltd.	GRMN	5,491,984,719
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.	ORLY	5,435,775,949
KLA-Tencor Corporation	KLAC	5,421,059,043
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.	MXIM	5,388,984,317
Fastenal Company	FAST	5,293,634,057
Expedia, Inc.	EXPE	5,262,977,610
Cerner Corporation	CERN	5,234,592,082
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.	CHKP	5,217,450,764
Autodesk, Inc.	ADSK	5,002,157,013
Microchip Technology Incorporated	MCHP	4,950,061,348
Henry Schein, Inc.	HSIC	4,546,563,839
DENTSPLY International Inc.	XRAY	4,543,489,897
Stericycle, Inc.	SRCL	4,500,400,733
Illumina, Inc.	ILMN	4,429,069,200
Flextronics International Ltd.	FLEX	4,334,441,523
Cephalon, Inc.	CEPH	4,257,144,460
Lam Research Corporation	LRCX	4,157,115,028
Joy Global Inc.	JOYG	3,991,242,782
VeriSign, Inc.	VRSN	3,885,938,755
NII Holdings, Inc.	NIHD	3,803,039,169
Warner Chilcott Limited	WCRX	3,802,267,374
Hologic, Inc.	HOLX	3,771,199,691
Urban Outfitters, Inc.	URBN	3,736,259,555
Cintas Corporation	CTAS	3,729,608,759
Liberty Media Corporation	LINTA	3,719,832,968
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.	JBHT	3,599,860,994
Akamai Technologies, Inc.	AKAM	3,513,501,742
FLIR Systems, Inc.	FLIR	3,228,790,804
Steel Dynamics, Inc.	STLD	2,991,518,764
Foster Wheeler AG.	FWLT	2,988,504,895
Patterson Companies Inc.	PDCO	2,978,057,969
Logitech International S.A.	LOGI	2,878,399,990
IAC/InterActiveCorp	IACI	2,724,030,075
Hansen Natural Corporation	HANS	2,654,723,305
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.	PPDI	2,387,649,150

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