Market capitalization is a key indicator of a company's size and overall value. In this blog post, we will be exploring the largest companies by market capitalization and examining what factors contribute to their success. From technology giants like Apple and Microsoft, to multinational conglomerates like Saudi Aramco and Walmart, these companies dominate the global economy and play a significant role in shaping market trends. Join us as we delve into the world of corporate giants and analyze how these powerhouse companies continue to thrive in today's competitive business landscape.
| Symbol | Exchange | Name | MCAP | Price | Change | PE Ratio | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUFG | NYSE | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. Common Stock | 140.95B | 12.25 | 1.41 | 11.02 | 0.02 |
| PFE | NYSE | Pfizer Inc | 131.01B | 23.10 | 0.77 | 17.69 | 0.07 |
| SONY | NYSE | Sony Group Corporation American Depositary Shares | 149.97B | 24.92 | 0.10 | 19.88 | 0.00 |
| T | NYSE | AT&T Inc | 189.89B | 26.39 | -1.64 | 16.75 | 0.04 |
| IBN | NYSE | ICICI Bank Limited Common Stock | 111.83B | 31.38 | 0.23 | 20.27 | 0.01 |
| CMCSA | NASDAQ | Comcast Corp | 126.72B | 33.94 | 0.51 | 8.42 | 0.04 |
| BAC | NYSE | Bank of America Corp | 282.82B | 37.41 | 0.22 | 11.90 | 0.03 |
| VZ | NYSE | Verizon Communications Inc | 180.50B | 42.81 | 0.26 | 10.23 | 0.06 |
| BHP | NYSE | BHP Group Limited American Depositary Shares (Each representing two Ordinary Shares) | 123.57B | 48.70 | 0.58 | 10.61 | 0.05 |
| BMY | NYSE | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 101.31B | 49.78 | 1.13 | 18.73 | 0.05 |
| HSBC | NYSE | HSBC Holdings, plc. Common Stock | 185.19B | 52.42 | 2.70 | 10.29 | 0.06 |
| SNY | NASDAQ | Sanofi - American Depositary Shares | 135.50B | 55.48 | -0.82 | 18.98 | 0.04 |
| CSCO | NASDAQ | Cisco Systems Inc | 225.17B | 56.60 | -0.20 | 25.32 | 0.03 |
| TTE | NYSE | TotalEnergies SE | 131.12B | 59.28 | 0.99 | 8.74 | 0.06 |
| NVO | NYSE | Novo Nordisk A/S Common Stock | 275.49B | 62.06 | -0.91 | 19.21 | 0.02 |
| TD | NYSE | Toronto Dominion Bank (The) Common Stock | 110.38B | 63.01 | 0.43 | 18.69 | 0.05 |
| UL | NYSE | Unilever PLC Common Stock | 156.80B | 63.84 | 2.03 | 24.31 | 0.03 |
| BUD | NYSE | Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA Sponsored ADR (Belgium) | 126.67B | 65.08 | 0.11 | 23.01 | 0.01 |
| SHEL | NYSE | Shell PLC American Depositary Shares (each representing two (2) Ordinary Shares) | 194.15B | 65.27 | 1.93 | 12.95 | 0.04 |
| HDB | NYSE | HDFC Bank Limited Common Stock | 167.71B | 65.72 | -0.27 | 22.33 | 0.01 |
| AZN | NASDAQ | AstraZeneca PLC - American Depositary Shares | 206.98B | 66.76 | 2.87 | 28.89 | 0.02 |
| NEE | NYSE | NextEra Energy Inc | 140.15B | 68.08 | 0.58 | 25.05 | 0.03 |
| KO | NYSE | Coca-Cola Co | 296.16B | 68.81 | -0.21 | 29.41 | 0.03 |
| C | NYSE | Citigroup Inc | 128.65B | 68.88 | 0.88 | 10.80 | 0.03 |
| WFC | NYSE | Wells Fargo & Co | 226.13B | 69.49 | -0.11 | 12.79 | 0.02 |
| UBER | NYSE | Uber Technologies Inc | 162.39B | 77.65 | -0.14 | 17.77 | 0.00 |
| SCHW | NYSE | Charles Schwab Corp | 145.22B | 79.97 | -0.97 | 24.67 | 0.01 |
| MRK | NYSE | Merck & Co Inc | 205.61B | 81.71 | 2.35 | 12.38 | 0.04 |
| MDT | NYSE | Medtronic PLC | 107.81B | 84.06 | -0.64 | 25.84 | 0.03 |
| COP | NYSE | ConocoPhillips | 116.08B | 91.82 | 0.03 | 11.41 | 0.04 |
| WMT | NYSE | Walmart Inc | 745.84B | 93.22 | 2.23 | 39.85 | 0.01 |
| AMD | NASDAQ | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 152.39B | 93.80 | -8.90 | 97.35 | 0.00 |
| SBUX | NASDAQ | Starbucks Corp | 111.37B | 98.04 | 2.26 | 29.11 | 0.03 |
| GILD | NASDAQ | Gilead Sciences Inc | 126.24B | 101.40 | -3.66 | 21.89 | 0.03 |
| BSX | NYSE | Boston Scientific Corp | 150.21B | 101.56 | 0.41 | 75.09 | 0.00 |
| PDD | NASDAQ | Pinduoduo Inc | 147.20B | 103.69 | -0.45 | 9.99 | 0.00 |
| XOM | NYSE | Exxon Mobil Corp | 451.39B | 104.36 | 0.94 | 13.47 | 0.04 |
| FMX | NYSE | Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. Common Stock | 183.57B | 105.82 | 1.96 | 30.38 | 0.03 |
| NVDA | NASDAQ | NVIDIA Corp | 2.66T | 108.92 | -0.10 | 37.05 | 0.00 |
| SHOP | NYSE | Shopify Inc | 141.67B | 109.41 | 0.12 | 63.82 | 0.00 |
| NVS | NYSE | Novartis AG Common Stock | 224.07B | 113.45 | 0.73 | 17.79 | 0.04 |
| ARM | NASDAQ | Arm Holdings plc - American Depositary Shares | 121.09B | 114.89 | -7.56 | 146.91 | 0.00 |
| MS | NYSE | Morgan Stanley | 185.48B | 115.42 | -0.36 | 13.53 | 0.03 |
| RY | NYSE | Royal Bank Of Canada Common Stock | 164.19B | 116.24 | 0.54 | 13.54 | 0.03 |
| KKR | NYSE | KKR & Co Inc | 105.73B | 119.03 | -2.58 | 34.84 | 0.01 |
| TJX | NYSE | TJX Companies Inc | 134.29B | 120.21 | 0.51 | 30.05 | 0.01 |
| RTX | NYSE | RTX Corp | 166.82B | 124.87 | 2.38 | 36.99 | 0.02 |
| ABT | NYSE | Abbott Laboratories | 221.59B | 127.77 | 2.63 | 17.08 | 0.02 |
| BABA | NYSE | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 316.81B | 132.75 | -1.29 | 17.39 | 0.01 |
| PEP | NASDAQ | PepsiCo Inc | 183.22B | 133.63 | 0.19 | 19.94 | 0.04 |
| ORCL | NYSE | Oracle Corp | 387.88B | 138.32 | 0.59 | 33.03 | 0.01 |
| CVX | NYSE | Chevron Corp | 244.00B | 139.69 | 0.69 | 14.00 | 0.05 |
| QCOM | NASDAQ | Qualcomm Inc | 161.39B | 145.92 | -1.78 | 15.15 | 0.02 |
| TXN | NASDAQ | Texas Instruments Inc | 133.77B | 147.25 | 0.48 | 30.45 | 0.03 |
| AMAT | NASDAQ | Applied Materials Inc | 121.50B | 149.55 | -0.83 | 19.70 | 0.01 |
| BX | NYSE | Blackstone Inc | 116.33B | 150.49 | -1.05 | 40.47 | 0.03 |
| TSM | NYSE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | 812.73B | 156.70 | 0.56 | 21.68 | 0.01 |
| JNJ | NYSE | Johnson & Johnson | 378.88B | 157.47 | 2.32 | 17.34 | 0.03 |
| GOOGL | NASDAQ | Alphabet Inc | 1.94T | 160.16 | -0.28 | 17.88 | 0.01 |
| PG | NYSE | Procter & Gamble Co | 379.75B | 161.97 | 0.59 | 25.80 | 0.03 |
| GOOG | NASDAQ | Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock | 1.97T | 162.42 | -0.88 | 18.09 | 0.00 |
| AMZN | NASDAQ | Amazon.com Inc | 1.78T | 167.32 | -3.07 | 33.35 | 0.00 |
| PM | NYSE | Philip Morris International Inc | 261.92B | 168.27 | -1.16 | 26.99 | 0.03 |
| ICE | NYSE | Intercontinental Exchange Inc | 100.37B | 174.71 | -0.94 | 34.80 | 0.01 |
| AVGO | NASDAQ | Broadcom Inc | 821.71B | 174.76 | -2.52 | 89.11 | 0.01 |
| TM | NYSE | Toyota Motor Corporation Common Stock | 230.08B | 176.54 | 1.32 | 7.36 | 0.03 |
| BA | NYSE | Boeing Co | 135.22B | 179.33 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| PANW | NASDAQ | Palo Alto Networks Inc | 118.79B | 179.42 | 0.25 | 105.61 | 0.00 |
| GE | NYSE | GE Aerospace | 195.80B | 183.61 | 8.41 | 31.62 | 0.01 |
| DHR | NYSE | Danaher Corp | 134.71B | 188.23 | -1.28 | 38.63 | 0.01 |
| AAPL | NASDAQ | Apple Inc | 2.98T | 198.14 | 2.00 | 33.53 | 0.00 |
| HON | NASDAQ | Honeywell International Inc | 129.13B | 200.74 | 1.74 | 24.31 | 0.02 |
| ABBV | NYSE | AbbVie Inc | 356.27B | 201.40 | 0.03 | 82.70 | 0.03 |
| FI | NYSE | Fiserv Inc | 118.81B | 214.29 | 3.30 | 32.67 | 0.00 |
| UNP | NYSE | Union Pacific Corp | 128.73B | 215.45 | -1.97 | 19.33 | 0.02 |
| AMT | NYSE | American Tower Corp | 102.05B | 218.00 | -0.01 | 36.47 | 0.03 |
| MMC | NYSE | Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc | 107.89B | 218.96 | -0.04 | 27.67 | 0.01 |
| LOW | NYSE | Lowe's Companies Inc | 125.13B | 223.56 | 0.13 | 18.28 | 0.02 |
| TMUS | NASDAQ | T-Mobile US Inc | 266.94B | 235.10 | 1.01 | 23.59 | 0.01 |
| JPM | NYSE | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 656.42B | 236.20 | 4.01 | 12.00 | 0.02 |
| IBM | NYSE | International Business Machines Corp | 226.77B | 244.00 | -0.90 | 40.92 | 0.03 |
| AXP | NYSE | American Express Co | 176.06B | 251.31 | -0.64 | 18.60 | 0.01 |
| TSLA | NASDAQ | Tesla Inc | 812.13B | 252.14 | -0.09 | 166.87 | 0.00 |
| SAP | NYSE | SAP SE ADS | 302.86B | 259.61 | 9.30 | 52.59 | 0.01 |
| CRM | NYSE | Salesforce Inc | 256.73B | 267.57 | 1.09 | 42.25 | 0.01 |
| PGR | NYSE | Progressive Corp | 157.44B | 268.56 | 1.34 | 19.00 | 0.02 |
| AMGN | NASDAQ | Amgen Inc | 147.02B | 273.68 | -1.31 | 38.48 | 0.03 |
| ETN | NYSE | Eaton Corp PLC | 108.00B | 275.66 | 3.28 | 30.99 | 0.01 |
| ACN | NYSE | Accenture PLC | 178.00B | 284.34 | -0.31 | 24.61 | 0.02 |
| CB | NYSE | Chubb Ltd | 114.19B | 284.95 | 0.99 | 13.78 | 0.01 |
| ADP | NASDAQ | Automatic Data Processing Inc | 121.34B | 298.23 | -0.23 | 30.84 | 0.02 |
| CAT | NYSE | Caterpillar Inc | 142.90B | 299.00 | 0.30 | 14.03 | 0.02 |
| MCD | NYSE | McDonald's Corp | 219.96B | 307.61 | -0.49 | 28.06 | 0.02 |
| V | NYSE | Visa Inc | 644.78B | 335.71 | 0.41 | 34.43 | 0.01 |
| HD | NYSE | The Home Depot Inc | 357.46B | 359.64 | 0.91 | 24.08 | 0.03 |
| GEV | NYSE | GE Vernova Inc | 100.20B | 367.12 | -1.10 | 53.28 | 0.00 |
| ADBE | NASDAQ | Adobe Inc | 157.11B | 368.62 | 0.25 | 24.50 | 0.00 |
| SYK | NYSE | Stryker Corp | 140.96B | 369.31 | -0.44 | 47.80 | 0.01 |
| MSFT | NASDAQ | Microsoft Corp | 2.93T | 394.04 | 0.74 | 31.85 | 0.01 |
| CRWD | NASDAQ | CrowdStrike Holdings Inc | 104.87B | 423.08 | -0.43 | 125.00 | 0.00 |
| UNH | NYSE | UnitedHealth Group Inc | 386.16B | 424.25 | -0.87 | 17.13 | 0.02 |
| TMO | NYSE | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 161.38B | 427.50 | -2.13 | 25.08 | 0.00 |
| LIN | NASDAQ | Linde PLC | 210.96B | 446.08 | -0.52 | 33.28 | 0.01 |
| SPGI | NYSE | S&P Global Inc | 140.39B | 457.76 | -3.43 | 39.28 | 0.01 |
| DE | NYSE | Deere & Co | 124.48B | 458.64 | -0.15 | 20.53 | 0.01 |
| LMT | NYSE | Lockheed Martin Corp | 111.66B | 476.58 | 2.78 | 20.59 | 0.03 |
| ISRG | NASDAQ | Intuitive Surgical Inc | 175.14B | 488.65 | 1.52 | 75.39 | 0.00 |
| VRTX | NASDAQ | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc | 126.66B | 492.69 | -1.97 | 28.57 | 0.00 |
| GS | NYSE | The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 159.90B | 514.51 | 3.10 | 12.74 | 0.02 |
| MA | NYSE | Mastercard Inc | 468.10B | 515.43 | 7.57 | 39.46 | 0.01 |
| META | NASDAQ | Meta Platforms Inc | 1.34T | 531.62 | -8.96 | 23.01 | 0.00 |
| SPOT | NYSE | Spotify Technology SA | 111.48B | 543.66 | -1.70 | 92.48 | 0.00 |
| INTU | NASDAQ | Intuit Inc | 164.33B | 587.80 | -1.06 | 58.29 | 0.01 |
| ASML | NASDAQ | ASML Holding N.V. - New York Registry Shares | 285.75B | 726.74 | -0.16 | 26.54 | 0.01 |
| LLY | NYSE | Eli Lilly and Co | 745.82B | 830.54 | -2.56 | 76.77 | 0.01 |
| BLK | NYSE | BlackRock Inc | 140.65B | 907.27 | -0.99 | 22.21 | 0.02 |
| NOW | NYSE | ServiceNow Inc | 194.26B | 938.57 | 15.49 | 127.93 | 0.00 |
| COST | NASDAQ | Costco Wholesale Corp | 428.97B | 966.84 | -0.89 | 57.89 | 0.00 |
| NFLX | NASDAQ | Netflix Inc | 424.41B | 997.28 | 2.61 | 53.48 | 0.00 |
| MELI | NASDAQ | MercadoLibre Inc | 108.49B | 2,139.92 | 0.55 | 60.52 | 0.00 |
| BKNG | NASDAQ | Booking Holdings Inc | 155.47B | 4,777.91 | 1.45 | 28.43 | 0.01 |
| BRK.A | NYSE | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 1.11T | 774,000.00 | -0.57 | 12.93 | 0.00 |
Introduction: Market capitalization, often referred to as market cap, is a measure of a company's total value based on the current share price and the total number of outstanding shares. The largest companies by market capitalization are typically well-established companies with a significant global presence. These companies often set the trends for their respective industries and play a key role in the global economy.
Apple Inc., based in Cupertino, California, is a multinational technology company known for its popular products such as the iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. With a market capitalization that frequently exceeds $2 trillion, Apple is often touted as one of the most valuable companies in the world.
Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, is a software and technology giant that dominates the tech industry with products like Windows, Office, and Azure. Microsoft's market capitalization consistently ranks it among the largest companies globally.
Amazon.com Inc., known for its e-commerce platform and cloud services, is based in Seattle, Washington. Amazon's market cap has surged in recent years, making it one of the top contenders in the market capitalization race.
Market capitalization is a valuable metric for investors and analysts to evaluate a company's size, performance, and standing in the market. The largest companies by market capitalization generally reflect the most powerful and influential players in the corporate world. Tracking market cap can provide insights into market trends, competition, and the overall health of the economy.
Q: How is market capitalization calculated?
A: Market capitalization is determined by multiplying the current share price by the total number of outstanding shares of a company's stock.
Q: Why are companies with high market capitalization seen as significant?
A: Companies with high market capitalization are often considered significant because they tend to be leaders in their industries, have a strong global presence, and play a key role in the economy.
Q: Do market capitalization rankings change frequently?
A: Market capitalization rankings can change regularly depending on stock price fluctuations and financial performance. Companies may move up or down the rankings based on various factors.