Tech Stocks In Focus: Here's The List Of The 25 Most Trusted Tech Companies

As the prominence of tech stocks grows, trusting private data to giant technology companies may not be easy for many consumers, particularly those who have fallen prey to hackers. But most companies still command some respect from a majority of people, as IBD and polling partner TechnoMetrica learned in a recent survey.

Each respondent rated seven randomly selected tech companies from a list of 24 companies chosen by IBD's editorial team. The Trust Index score reflects the difference between the percent of respondents with very high or high trust in a company's protection and use of consumers' personal information vs. the percent with low or very low trust, scaled so that above 50 indicates a positive level of trust and below 50 reflects negative trust.

The 12 companies and related tech stocks with the best scores are the Most Trusted Tech Companies (shaded in green).

Here's the full list, and for investors in tech stocks, data on their stock ratings and financial performance.

Read Our Full Analysis Of The Trusted Tech Companies Survey

Company	Ticker	Category	Trust Score	Comp Rtg	RS Rtg	EPS Rtg	SMR Rtg	3-Year EPS Growth	ROE	Last Qtr Sales Change	Last Qtr EPS Change
Amazon	AMZN	E-commerce	69.6	87	50	99	A	65%	27%	44%	215%
Netflix	NFLX	Internet content	69.2	75	28	99	A	63%	30%	19%	87%
PayPal/Venmo	PYPL	Fintech	69.2	96	82	98	A	27%	25%	31%	85%
Google	GOOGL1	Internet platform	64.6	99	85	95	A	11%	17%	34%	99%
Apple	AAPL	Consumer products	64.4	97	71	93	A	13%	74%	54%	119%
Microsoft	MSFT	Software	64.3	99	72	93	A	24%	40%	19%	39%
YouTube	GOOGL1	Internet content	61.7	99	85	95	A	11%	17%	34%	99%
Spotify	SPOT	Internet content	59.0	16	11	23	D	n.a.	n.a.	24%	n.a.
Pinterest	PINS	Social media	58.3	98	89	71	A	n.a.	13%	78%	210%
EBay	EBAY	E-commerce	57.6	92	72	90	A	20%	76%	42%	58%
Square	SQ	Fintech	57.1	98	83	96	A	47%	19%	266%	999%
Etsy	ETSY	E-commerce	57.1	92	74	99	A	94%	61%	141%	900%
Zoom	ZM	Software	55.7	82	35	99	A	606%	42%	191%	560%
Lyft	LYFT	App-based services	54.2	41	87	20	E	n.a.	n.a.	-36%	n.a.
Yahoo	APO2	Internet platform	54.0	92	69	70	A	n.a.	10%	n.a.	163%
Airbnb	ABNB	App-based services	53.2	10	12	10	E	n.a.	n.a.	5%	n.a.
Shopify	SHOP	E-commerce	52.9	96	88	99	A	178%	10%	110%	958%
Instagram	FB3	Social media	52.6	99	78	96	A	13%	25%	48%	93%
Uber	UBER	App-based services	51.6	26	43	46	E	n.a.	n.a.	-11%	n.a.
Yelp	YELP	Internet content	49.6	65	82	47	E	n.a.	n.a.	-7%	n.a.
Facebook	FB	Social media	46.2	99	78	96	A	13%	25%	48%	93%
Snapchat	SNAP	Social media	45.0	96	92	69	C	n.a.	n.a.	66%	113%
Twitter	TWTR	Social media	44.6	90	85	62	C	n.a.	n.a.	28%	45%
TikTok	N.A.	Social media	41.1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

¹Alphabet unit
²Apollo Global Management unit
³Facebook unit

Stock ratings and financial data are as of market close on July 21, 2021. Trust scores are based on an IBD/TIPP Poll of 4,029 respondents conducted April-June 2021.

The Most Trusted Tech Companies logo and accolades are available for licensing through IBD's partner, The YGS Group, at IBDlicensing@theygsgroup.com or 800-290-5460.

Sources: Investor's Business Daily, TechnoMetrica