IBM, Fanuc and Cisco are the leading companies in the Industrial Internet theme, according to the latest Thematic Scorecard for the industrial automation sector from GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

The three companies all gained the highest Thematic score (5 out of 5) in GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard for the industrial automation sector. A Thematic score of 5 out of 5 indicates that this theme will significantly improve their future performance.

Also identified as dominant players in this theme are SAP, Japan’s Nippon Ceramic, China’s HollySys Automation and Omron.

GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard ranks companies within a sector on the basis of overall leadership in the 10 themes that matter most to their industry, generating a leading indicator of future earnings growth.