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A 2026 ranking of cash and short-term investments puts the seven major technology companies at $597 billion collectively, far below $20 trillion; it measures liquid assets rather than total market capitalization or all financing capacity. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Ranked: The Companies Holding the Most Cash in the World · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:4fe47773732cd7110258a0811ec8346768bf6dc0c637fa75dfdc1b87c8aedaeb

The Magnificent Seven: Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia and Tesla collectively hold $597 billion—enough to buy most S&P 500 companies. ... This metric captures a company's most liquid assets: cash plus short-term securities like T-bills that typically mature within a year.