The TecDAX
stock index
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tracks the performance of the 30 largest German companies from the technology sector. In terms of order book
turnover and
market capitalization
Market capitalization, sometimes referred to as market cap, is the total value of a publicly traded company's outstanding common shares owned by stockholders.
Market capitalization is equal to the market price per common share multiplied by ...
the companies rank below those included in the
DAX
The DAX (''Deutscher Aktienindex'' (German stock index); ) is a stock market index consisting of the 40 major German blue chip companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It is a total return index. Prices are taken from the Xetra t ...
.
The TecDax was introduced on 24 March 2003. It succeeded the
NEMAX50 (''Neuer Markt'' — new market) stock index of German
new economy
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companies that existed from 1997 to 2003 and was discontinued after extreme value loss due to the burst of the
dot-com bubble
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.
TecDAX is based on prices generated in
Xetra. The index is calculated on every trading day, between 9am and 5.30pm CET .
In 2018, the TecDAX had an average performance of 23,3 % in five years, outpacing even the
NASDAQ
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.
Companies
The following 30 companies make up the index as of the quarterly review effective February 2024.
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1&1 Drillisch
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Adtran
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Aixtron
Aixtron SE is a European multinational technology company, which specialises in manufacturing metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) equipment, for clients in the semiconductor industry. The company's shares are listed on the Frankfur ...
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Atoss Software AG
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Bechtle
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Cancom AG
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Carl Zeiss Meditec
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is a multinational medical technology company and subsidiary of Carl Zeiss AG. It manufactures tools for eye examinations and medical lasers as well as solutions for neurosurgery, dentistry, gynecology and oncology. Among i ...
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CompuGroup Medical SE
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Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom AG (, ; often just Telekom, DTAG or DT; stylised as ·T·) is a partially state-owned German telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn and the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue. It was formed in 199 ...
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Energiekontor
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Evotec
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Freenet
Hyphanet (until mid-2023: Freenet) is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant, Anonymity application, anonymous communication. It uses a decentralized distributed data store to keep and deliver information, and has a suite of free soft ...
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Hensoldt
Hensoldt AG ''(HENSOLDT)'' is a multinational corporation headquartered in Germany which focuses on sensor technologies for protection and surveillance missions in the Military, defence, security and aerospace sectors. The main product areas are r ...
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Infineon Technologies
Infineon Semiconductor solutions is the largest microcontroller manufacturer in the world, as well as Germany's largest semiconductor manufacturer. It is also the leading automotive semiconductor manufacturer globally. Infineon had roughly 58,0 ...
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Jenoptik
Jenoptik AG is a Jena, Germany-based integrated photonics company. The company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is included in the TecDAX stock index.
History
The group can trace its heritage back to the original Carl Zeiss AG c ...
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Kontron
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MorphoSys
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Nagarro SE
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Nemetschek
Nemetschek Group is a vendor of software for architects, engineers and the construction industry. The company develops and distributes software for planning, designing, building and managing buildings and real estate, as well as for media and ent ...
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Nordex
Nordex SE is a European company that designs, sells and manufactures wind turbines, founded in 1985 and headquartered in the German city of Rostock with production in Germany, Brazil, India, Mexico, Poland and Spain. According to the company, it ...
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PNE AG
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Qiagen
QIAGEN N.V. is a German-founded multinational provider of sample and assay technologies for molecular diagnostics, applied testing, academic research, and pharmaceutical research. The company operates in more than 35 offices in over 25 countries ...
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SAP
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Sap is distinct from latex, resin, or cell sap; it is a s ...
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Sartorius
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Siemens Healthineers
Siemens Healthineers is a German multinational company with specializing in medical technology. It was spun off from its parent company Siemens in 2017, which retains a 75% stake. Siemens Healthineers is the parent company for several medical te ...
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Siltronic
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SMA Solar Technology
SMA Solar Technology AG (meaning "System-, Mess- and Anlagentechnik") is a German solar energy equipment supplier founded in 1981 and headquartered in Niestetal, Northern Hesse, Germany. SMA is a producer and manufacturer of solar inverters for ...
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TeamViewer AG
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United Internet
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Verbio
See also
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DAX
The DAX (''Deutscher Aktienindex'' (German stock index); ) is a stock market index consisting of the 40 major German blue chip companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It is a total return index. Prices are taken from the Xetra t ...
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MDAX
The MDAX is a stock index which lists German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The index is calculated by .
It includes the 50 Prime Standard shares that rank in size immediately below the companies included in the DAX index. T ...
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SDAX
The SDAX (German abbreviation for ''Small-Cap-deutsche Aktienindex'') is a stock market index composed of 70 small and medium-sized companies in Germany. These so-called 'Small cap company, small caps' rank directly below the MDAX (mid-cap) shar ...
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ÖkoDAX
ÖkoDAX is a German stock market index which includes ten companies in the renewable energy sector. It was introduced, 4 June 2007. The constituting companies and their weightings are reviewed quarterly (March, June, September and December). The co ...
References
External links
TecDAX official information from Deutsche Börse
{{TecDAX companies
German stock market indices
Stock market indices by industry