IBD 50's Top 5 Big-Cap Techs Include Apple, Priceline

The IBD 50 list includes the very best stocks based on fundamental and technical factors. The elite list's top big-cap techs boast size, speed and sizzle. 7. Apple (

) No company embodies size, speed and sizzle better than Apple. It's now the world's largest company based on market capitalization, at $487 billion. Since reporting blowout fiscal Q1 earnings growth of 116% and sales growth of 73% to $46.33 billion on Jan. 24, shares have shot up 24%, setting a new closing high of 522.41 on Friday.