Here's our monthly ranking of the companies in the BusinessWeek Info Tech 100 -- our list of the top 100 global technology outfits -- on a price-performance basis, year-to-date through Aug. 31, 2004. (For more, see BW's annual IT 100 Special Report, including a complete list of 2004's member companies.)

IT 100

RANK

Stock

Ticker

IT100 Rank (5/30/04)

% Change for Aug.

% Change YTD

1

Autodesk

ADSK

38

10.5

80.7

2

Apple Computer

AAPL

74

6.6

61.4

3

Mobile Telesystems

MBT

7

10.5

56.2

4

NII Holdings

NIHD

26

-3.6

47.3

5

Yahoo! Japan

31

18.8

45.8

6

Softbank

67

19.4

42.7

7

Qualcomm

QCOM

60

10.0

41.1

8

Rogers Wireless Communications

RCN

75

2.3

40.0

9

Symantec

SYMC

61

2.6

39.0

10

Alliance Data Systems

ADS

99

-3.8

38.0

11

Chi Mei Optoelectronics

36

4.6

36.7

12

eBay

EBAY

44

10.5

33.9

13

VimpelCom

VIP

18

12.2

33.5

14

University of Phoenix Online

UOPX

22

2.0

27.5

15

Harris

HRS

98

1.4

26.9

16

Yahoo!

YHOO

63

-7.4

26.6

17

Casio Computer

68

-5.3

26.0

18

America Movil

AMX

2

-4.1

25.3

19

TPV Technology

14

-2.9

23.9

20

STET Hellas Telecommunications

STHLY

51

-2.3

23.0

21

L-3 Communications Holdings

LLL

66

2.4

22.0

22

Synnex Technology International

70

7.9

20.8

23

CSK

CSKKY

83

5.3

20.4

24

Cognizant Technology Solutions

CTSH

37

-0.5

20.2

25

mmO2

OOM

48

-0.5

18.2

26

Adobe Systems

ADBE

84

8.7

17.4

27

Motorola

MOT

29

1.4

15.4

28

Lexmark International

LXK

47

-0.1

12.5

29

Asustek Computer

16

11.5

11.5

30

Telesystem International Wireless

TIWI

95

-13.1

10.4

31

Telenor

TELN

41

3.5

10.3

32

Infosys Technologies

INFY

27

3.9

9.3

33

AU Optronics

AUO

17

5.4

9.2

34

Wipro

WIT

62

11.2

7.3

35

Hoya

89

-7.9

7.2

36

Computer Sciences

CSC

30

-1.9

4.8

37

Fujitsu

FJTSY

50

-0.5

4.4

38

Electronic Arts

ERTS

52

-0.7

4.4

39

First Data

FDC

81

-5.3

2.8

40

Novatek Microelectronics

20

10.2

2.7

41

Dell

DELL

6

-1.8

2.5

42

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri

TKC

97

-9.1

2.0

43

SK Telecom

SKM

23

7.0

1.3

44

CDW

CDWC

42

-9.0

1.3

45

Canon

CAJ

45

-2.1

0.7

46

Automatic Data Processing

ADP

80

-5.3

0.4

47

Samsung Electronics

11

8.2

0.0

48

Scientific-Atlanta

SFA

100

-11.4

-0.2

49

Affiliated Computer Services

ACS

86

4.7

-0.2

50

Microsoft

MSFT

49

-4.2

-0.3

51

Accenture

ACN

9

6.0

-0.8

52

Telefonica Moviles

TEM

8

1.9

-1.7

53

Lite-On Technology

21

6.6

-2.8

54

Telefonica

TEF

46

-1.7

-2.9

55

Hon Hai Precision Ind.

4

4.7

-4.0

56

ATI Technologies

ATYT

79

-10.2

-4.4

57

Tech Data

TECD

43

0.5

-5.1

58

Acer

25

3.9

-5.8

59

TeliaSonera

32

3.5

-5.9

60

China Mobile (Hong Kong)

CHL

12

0.7

-5.9

61

Amphenol

APH

72

-4.4

-6.0

62

LG Electronics

1

12.9

-6.1

63

Arrow Electronics

ARW

54

-8.5

-6.5

64

BenQ

77

-4.9

-6.6

65

International Business Machines

IBM

10

-2.7

-8.6

66

Anteon International

ANT

87

5.5

-8.9

67

SAGEM

90

-5.4

-9.4

68

Sharp

59

-4.9

-9.5

69

MediaTek

35

22.4

-11.1

70

KDDI

65

-7.6

-14.3

71

NEC

NIPNY

53

1.9

-14.4

72

Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg.

TSM

55

6.0

-15.9

73

SunGard Data Systems

SDS

92

-1.3

-17.0

74

United Microelectronics

UMC

96

2.7

-17.0

75

Nextel Communications

NXTL

5

1.7

-17.4

76

NTT DoCoMo

DCM

33

8.7

-18.3

77

Ameritrade Holding

AMTD

64

2.7

-19.3

78

Advantest

ATE

76

8.6

-19.9

79

China Telecom

CHA

28

-3.2

-21.0

80

China Unicom

CHU

19

-1.7

-21.4

81

Hewlett-Packard

HPQ

71

-11.2

-22.1

82

Cisco Systems

CSCO

24

-10.3

-22.6

83

Brightpoint

CELL

56

-0.4

-23.2

84

Advanced Micro Devices

AMD

40

-8.5

-23.3

85

Konami

KNM

88

3.0

-23.5

86

Quanta Computer

3

5.5

-23.6

87

SanDisk

SNDK

78

-4.0

-23.7

88

Analog Devices

ADI

91

-12.5

-23.9

89

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering

ASX

85

15.3

-24.3

90

Oracle

34

-5.1

-24.6

91

Compal Electronic

15

1.8

-25.8

92

Jabil Circuit

JBL

69

-5.1

-27.1

93

Tele2

TLTOB

93

-3.8

-27.5

94

Unisys

UIS

82

-2.0

-32.4

95

Texas Instruments

TXN

39

-8.4

-33.5

96

Intel

INTC

13

-12.7

-33.6

97

Western Digital

WDC

73

6.4

-36.7

98

UTStarcom

UTSI

58

-15.2

-58.3

99

Lexar Media

LEXR

57

6.5

-67.0

Note: Wanadoo, ranked No. 94 in the May 30 compilation of the IT 100, is not included on the above list because of a lack of trading data.