Google, Continental, and Aptiv are the leading companies in the autonomous vehicles theme, according to the latest Thematic Scorecard for the industrial automation sector from GlobalData.

The three companies gained a Thematic score of 5 out of 5 for the autonomous vehicles theme in GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard for the industrial automation sector. A Thematic score of 5 out of 5 indicates that the company’s competitive position in this theme will significantly improve its future performance.

On their tail, with scores of 4 out of 5 in the autonomous vehicles theme, are Harmonic Drive, Omron, Nabtesco, Alibaba, Keyence, Tesla, Cognex, Baidu, Bosch, and Valeo.

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 performance.