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Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks April 11th To April 17th And Year-to-Date

Louis Columbus
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The six highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date in the Cloud Computing Index are F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), VMWare (NYSE:VMW), Juniper Networks  (NYSE:JNPR), EMC (NYSE:EMC), and Fusion-IO (NYSE: FIO).  A $10K investment in F5 Networks shares made on January 2nd of this year is worth $12,195 as of market close yesterday.

IBM , Microsoft, Oracle and SAP share prices and YTD values of a $10K investment made on January 2nd of this year are also shown.

Juniper Networks’ New CEO Sets A Fast Pace For Growth

Shaygan Kheradpir became CEO of Juniper Networks on January 1 of this year and hasn’t wasted any time getting the company moving.  In February, he launched his integrated operating plan to focus the company on the highest-growth opportunities, proposed $160M in operating expense cuts by March 2015, and accelerated efforts to return cash to shareholders. Plan supporters include key Juniper Networks institutional investors.  In 2013, enterprise customers generated 35% of revenues and service providers, 65%.  Juniper Networks plans to invest heavily in mobile-device security in 2014. The comparison of the best performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date are shown below:

Who’s Delivering The Best Returns

The following graphic compares how $10,000 invested on January 2nd of this year in the highest performing cloud computing stocks, in addition to IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP are valued today.

Please see the full Cloud Computing Index for market caps, average volumes, 52-week high and low share prices, Earnings per Share, Price/Earnings Ratio, and Beta.  I am using the Google Finance Portfolio option to track the performance of these stocks.  For information on how this index was created, see the description at the end of this post.  I do not hold equity positions or work for any of the companies mentioned in this blog post or included in the and this post is not meant to provide investment advice.  It is simply a glimpse into the performance of these company’s stock prices over time.  Please click on the graphic to expand for easier reading.

Best Performing Cloud Computing Stocks, April 11th to 17th, 2014

Worst Performing Cloud Computing Stocks, April 11th to 17th, 2014

Best Performing Cloud Computing Stocks In 2014

Worst Performing Cloud Computing Stocks In 2014

Comparing Cumulative Stock Performance

Performance of the  Cloud Computing Index over the last year is compared to NetSuite, Salesforce, IBM, Oracle and SAP is below. This index has been up 23.60% over the last year, with NetSuite (NYSE:N) up 4.95%, Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) up 39.14%, IBM (NYSE:IBM) up 1.15%, Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) up 23.26% and SAP (NYSE:SAP) up 6.79%. Please click on the graphic to expand for easier reading.

Specifics on the Cloud Computing Stock Index I used The Cloud Times 100 as the basis of the index, selecting twenty companies all of which are publically traded.  The latest edition of the Cloud Computing Index is shown here.  The filter applied to these companies is that 50% or more of their revenues are generated from cloud-based applications, infrastructure and services

Louis Columbus
Louis Columbus