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 Oct. 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

IT 100 RANK (5/30/04)

% CHG. FOR OCT.

% CHG. YTD (10-31-04)

1

Apple Computer

AAPL

74

35.2

145.2

2

Autodesk

ADSK

38

8.5

114.6

3

NII Holdings

NIHD

26

7.4

78.0

4

Mobile Telesystems

MBT

7

0.1

75.3

5

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri

TKC

97

36.5

70.0

6

Rogers Wireless Communications

RCN

75

14.7

68.4

7

Symantec

SYMC

61

3.8

65.0

8

Harris

HRS

98

12.0

62.1

9

America Movil

AMX

2

12.7

60.9

10

Yahoo!

YHOO

63

6.7

60.7

11

VimpelCom

VIP

18

4.8

55.1

12

Qualcomm

QCOM

60

6.6

54.3

13

Alliance Data Systems

ADS

99

4.2

52.7

14

eBay

EBAY

44

6.2

51.1

15

Cognizant Technology Solutions

CTSH

37

11.4

49.0

16

Softbank

67

-6.1

46.3

17

Adobe Systems

ADBE

84

13.3

43.4

18

mmO2

OOM

48

8.4

40.8

19

Infosys Technologies

INFY

27

17.4

39.3

20

Yahoo! Japan

31

-2.2

33.1

21

Wipro

WIT

62

12.9

32.7

22

Telesystem International Wireless

TIWI

95

15.8

31.0

23

L-3 Communications Holdings

LLL

66

-1.6

28.4

24

University of Phoenix Online

UOPX

22

0.0

27.5

25

STET Hellas Telecommunications

STHLY

51

0.1

26.9

26

Telenor

TELN

41

6.7

23.9

27

Motorola

MOT

29

-4.3

23.3

28

ATI Technologies

ATYT

79

17.7

19.4

29

TPV Technology

14

-5.1

14.7

30

Synnex Technology International

70

-1.2

14.5

31

Advanced Micro Devices

AMD

40

29.4

12.9

32

CSK

CSKKY

83

5.2

12.8

33

Telefonica

TEF

46

10.8

12.8

34

Computer Sciences

CSC

30

5.5

12.3

35

Casio Computer

68

-3.1

11.0

36

Chi Mei Optoelectronics

36

-18.2

11.0

37

Hoya

89

-5.8

10.6

38

Automatic Data Processing

ADP

80

5.0

9.5

39

Anteon International

ANT

87

7.2

9.0

40

Asustek Computer

16

-0.7

8.5

41

LG Electronics

1

-4.5

7.8

42

CDW

CDWC

42

6.9

7.4

43

Amphenol

APH

72

0.2

7.4

44

Telefonica Moviles

TEM

8

7.6

7.2

45

Hon Hai Precision Ind.

4

5.1

6.0

46

SK Telecom

SKM

23

1.4

5.8

47

Lexmark International

LXK

47

-1.1

5.7

48

Canon

CAJ

45

5.0

3.9

49

Arrow Electronics

ARW

54

6.1

3.5

50

Dell

DELL

6

-1.5

3.2

51

Microsoft

MSFT

49

1.2

2.2

52

Tech Data

TECD

43

4.8

1.8

53

Acer

25

6.3

1.7

54

TeliaSonera

32

7.3

1.1

55

Fujitsu

FJTSY

50

1.9

0.5

56

First Data

FDC

81

-5.1

0.5

57

Scientific-Atlanta

SFA

100

5.7

0.3

58

Affiliated Computer Services

ACS

86

-2.0

0.2

59

Samsung Electronics

11

-4.0

-2.5

60

International Business Machines

IBM

10

4.7

-3.2

61

Novatek Microelectronics

20

-9.4

-3.2

62

Oracle

ORCL

34

12.2

-4.3

63

SunGard Data Systems

SDS

92

11.4

-4.4

64

Nextel Communications

NXTL

5

11.1

-5.6

65

Electronic Arts

ERTS

52

-2.3

-5.8

66

China Mobile (Hong Kong)

CHL

12

-4.9

-6.3

67

AU Optronics

AUO

17

-16.1

-7.5

68

Ameritrade Holding

AMTD

64

8.4

-7.7

69

Accenture

ACN

9

-10.5

-8.0

70

Lite-On Technology

21

-6.0

-8.9

71

Analog Devices

ADI

91

3.8

-11.8

72

Brightpoint

CELL

56

-11.7

-11.9

73

Advantest

ATE

76

17.1

-12.2

74

Sharp

59

-3.4

-13.4

75

Jabil Circuit

JBL

69

5.7

-14.1

76

Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg.

TSM

55

6.0

-15.7

77

BenQ

77

-10.8

-15.7

78

SAGEM

90

-7.4

-16.0

79

Texas Instruments

TXN

39

14.9

-16.8

80

KDDI

65

-4.7

-16.9

81

MediaTek

35

-1.8

-17.1

82

Hewlett-Packard

HPQ

71

-0.5

-18.8

83

Cisco Systems

CSCO

24

6.1

-20.7

84

China Telecom

CHA

28

-0.8

-21.5

85

NTT DoCoMo

DCM

33

3.8

-22.9

86

China Unicom

CHU

19

-8.3

-23.4

87

United Microelectronics

UMC

96

3.6

-23.6

88

Konami

KNM

88

0.9

-24.0

89

NEC

NIPNY

53

-8.2

-26.8

90

Unisys

82

2.9

-28.5

91

Quanta Computer

3

-7.7

-28.9

92

Western Digital

WDC

73

-5.2

-29.3

93

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering

ASX

85

0.3

-29.5

94

Intel

INTC

13

11.0

-30.5

95

Compal Electronic

15

-11.0

-30.9

96

SanDisk

SNDK

78

-28.3

-31.8

97

Tele2

TLTOB

93

-10.4

-35.8

98

UTStarcom

UTSI

58

6.3

-53.8

99

Lexar Media

LEXR

57

-19.4

-61.2

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.