Apple designs a wide variety of consumer electronic devices, including smartphones (iPhone), tablets (iPad), PCs (Mac), smartwatches (Watch), and TV boxes (Apple TV), among others. The iPhone makes up the majority of Apple's total revenue. In addition, Apple offers its customers a variety of services such as Apple Music, iCloud, AppleCare and Apple Pay, among others. Apple's products run internally developed software and semiconductors, and the firm is well known for its integration of hardware, software and services. Apple's products are distributed online as well as through company-owned stores and third-party retailers. The company generates about 40% of its revenue from the Americas, with the remainder earned internationally. http://www.apple.com
American Express is a global financial institution, operating in about 130 countries, that provides consumers and businesses charge and credit card payment products. The company operates a highly profitable merchant payment network. Since 2018, the company has operated in three segments: global consumer services, global commercial services, and global merchant and network services. In addition to payment products, the company's commercial business offers expense management tools, consulting services, and business loans. http://www.americanexpress.com
Boeing manufactures commercial airplanes, provides defense equipment, and maintains a small captive finance division. With headquarters in Chicago, the firm competes with Airbus in commercial aviation and with Lockheed, Northrop, and several other firms in defense. Sales are split about 70% and 30% between the commercial aircraft and defense end markets. In 2018, Boeing generated over $100 billion in sales. http://www.boeing.com
Caterpillar is an iconic manufacturer of heavy equipment, power solutions, and locomotives. It is currently the world's largest manufacturer of heavy equipment with approximately 16% of global market share in 2017. The company is divided into four reportable segments: construction industries, resource industries, energy & transportation, and Caterpillar Financial Services. Its products are available through a dealer network that covers the globe with 2,163 branches maintained by 168 dealers. Caterpillar Financial Services provides financing to its customers and dealers. http://www.caterpillar.com
Cisco Systems, Inc. is the world's largest hardware and software supplier within the networking solutions sector. The infrastructure platforms group includes hardware and software products for switching, routing, data center, and wireless applications. Its applications portfolio contains collaboration, analytics, and Internet of Things products. The security segment contains Cisco's firewall and software-defined security products. Services are Cisco's technical support and advanced services offerings. The company's wide array of hardware is complemented with solutions for software-defined networking, analytics, and intent-based networking. In collaboration with Cisco's initiative on growing software and services, its revenue model is focused on increasing subscriptions and recurring sales. http://www.cisco.com
Chevron is an integrated energy company with exploration, production, and refining operations worldwide. Chevron is the second-largest oil company in the United States with production of 2.9 million of barrels of oil equivalent a day, including 6.9 million cubic feet a day of natural gas and 1.8 million of barrels of liquids a day. Production activities take place in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Its refineries are in the United States, South Africa, and Asia for total refining capacity of 1.6 million barrels of oil a day. Proven reserves at year-end 2018 stood at 12.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent, including 6.8 billion barrels of liquids and 31.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. http://www.chevron.com
Walt Disney owns the rights to some of the most globally recognized characters, from Mickey Mouse to Luke Skywalker. These characters and others are featured in several Disney theme parks around the world. Disney makes live-action and animated films under studios such as Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm, and also operates media networks including ESPN and several TV production studios. Disney recently reorganized into four segments with one new segment, direct-to-consumer and international. The new segment includes the two announced OTT offerings, ESPN+, and the Disney SVOD service. The plan also combines two current segments, parks & resorts and consumer products, into one. The media networks group contains the U.S. cable channels and ABC. The studio segment holds the movie production assets. https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com
Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking firm whose activities are organized into investment banking, institutional client services, investing and lending, and investment management segments. Approximately 60% of the company's net revenue is generated in the Americas, 15% in Asia, and 25% in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2008, Goldman reorganized itself as a financial holding company regulated by the Federal Reserve System. http://www.gs.com
Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, operating nearly 2,300 warehouse-format stores offering more than 30,000 products in store and 1 million products online in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Its stores offer numerous building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and decor products and provide various services, including home improvement installation services and tool and equipment rentals. The acquisition of distributor Interline Brands in 2015 allowed Home Depot to enter the maintenance, repair, and operations sector, while the tie-up with Company Store brought textile expertise to the brand. https://www.homedepot.com
International Business Machines Corp is an IT behemoth with an operating history of more than a century. The company's offerings span a range of services, software, and hardware. IBM operates on a global scale, with operations in over 170 countries; it generates a little more than half of its revenue outside the Americas. The company has an entrenched position globally within the largest multinational firms, providing an end-to-end portfolio that helps enterprises plan, build, manage, and maintain IT infrastructure, platforms, applications, and services. http://www.ibm.com
Intel Corp is one of the world's largest chipmakers. It designs and manufactures microprocessors and platform solutions for the global personal computer and data center markets. Intel pioneered the x86 architecture for microprocessors. It is also the prime proponent of Moore's law for advances in semiconductor manufacturing. While Intel's server processor business has benefited from the shift to the cloud, the firm has also been expanding into new adjacencies as the personal computer market has declined. These include areas such as the Internet of Things, memory, artificial intelligence, and automotive. Intel has been active on the merger and acquisitions front, recently acquiring Altera, Mobileye, Nervana, and Movidius in order to assist its efforts in non-PC arenas. https://www.intel.in
Johnson & Johnson is the world's largest and most diverse healthcare company. Three divisions make up the firm: pharmaceutical, medical devices and diagnostics, and consumer. The drug and device groups represent close to 80% of sales and drive the majority of cash flows for the firm. The drug division focuses on the following therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neurology, pulmonary, cardiology, and metabolic diseases. The device segment focuses on orthopedics, surgery tools, vision care, and a few smaller areas. The last segment of consumer focuses on baby care, beauty, oral care, over-the-counter drugs, and women's health. Geographically, close to half of total revenue is generated in the United States. http://www.jnj.com
JPMorgan Chase is one of the largest and most complex financial institutions in the United States, with more than $2.5 trillion in assets. It is organized into four major segments--consumer and community banking, corporate and investment banking, commercial banking, and asset and wealth management. JPMorgan operates, and is subject to regulation, in multiple countries. http://www.jpmorganchase.com
The Coca-Cola Company is the largest nonalcoholic beverage company in the world, with over $30 billion in annual revenue. Its portfolio includes a variety of carbonated and noncarbonated brands, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Minute Maid, Powerade, and Dasani. The firm has both concentrate and finished product operations, with concentrate sales contributing nearly two thirds of revenue. Trademark Coca-Cola contributes 45% of unit case volumes worldwide. Coca-Cola generates the majority of its revenue outside of the United States. The acquisition of Costa, closed in January 2019, should bolster its presence in the coffee category, particularly in the U.K., where Costa has more than a one third share of coffeehouses. http://www.coca-colacompany.com
McDonald's generates revenue through company-owned restaurants, franchise royalties, and licensing pacts. Restaurants offer a uniform value-priced menu with some regional variations. As of December 2018, there were roughly 37,900 locations in 120 countries: 35,100 franchisee/affiliate units and 2,800 company units. After reorganizing the company into segments based on the maturity and competitive position of its different markets, refranchising 4,000 locations, and eliminating $500 million in net annual SG&A expenses the past several years, the company is focused on "velocity growth accelerators" such as Experience of the Future layout (counter, kiosk, web ordering and table service/curbside delivery), mobile ordering and payments, and delivery alternatives. http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com
3M Co is a diversified industrials business that has been in existence since 1902, when it was the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. Known for its research and development prowess, 3M is organized into five business groups: industrial, safety and graphics, healthcare, electronics and energy, and consumer. About 60% of the company's revenue comes from outside the United States, with the industrial segment constituting a plurality of the firm's net sales. Many of the company's 55,000-plus products touch and concern a variety of consumers and industries. http://www.3m.com
Merck makes pharmaceutical products to treat several conditions in a number of therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular disease, asthma, cancer, and infections. Within cancer, the firm's immuno-oncology platform is growing as a major contributor to overall sales. The company also has a substantial vaccine business, with treatments to prevent hepatitis B and pediatric diseases as well as HPV and shingles. Additionally, Merck sells animal health-related drugs. From a geographical perspective, close to half of the company's sales are generated in the United States. https://www.merck.com
Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. The company is organized into three overarching segments: productivity and business processes (legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, Dynamics), intelligence cloud (infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings Azure, Windows Server OS, SQL Server), and more personal computing (Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops). Through acquisitions, Microsoft owns Xamarin, LinkedIn, and GitHub. It reports revenue in product and service and other revenue on its income statement. http://www.microsoft.com
Nike is the world's largest designer and wholesaler of athletic footwear and apparel. The firm sells through more than 20,000 accounts and 110,000 retail doors, including a network of more than 1,182 company-owned stores (about 30% of revenue including online sales), and independent distributors and licensees in 170 countries. Nike brand sales in North America account for 41% of revenue, followed by Europe, Middle East, and Africa (26%), Asia-Pacific and Latin America (14%), and China (14%). The Converse brand accounts for 5% of sales. http://www.nike.com
Pfizer is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms, with annual sales over $50 billion. Pfizer also spends a leading amount on research and development, close to $8 billion annually. While Pfizer historically sold many types of healthcare products and chemicals, now, prescription drugs and vaccines account for the majority of sales. Top sellers include pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar 13, neuroscience drug Lyrica, cancer drug Ibrance, cardiovascular treatment Eliquis, and immunology drugs Enbrel and Xeljanz. Pfizer sells these products globally, with international sales representing close to 50% of its total sales. Within international sales, emerging markets are a major contributor, representing over a fifth of total company sales. http://www.pfizer.com
Since its founding in 1837, Procter & Gamble has become the world's largest consumer product manufacturer. It operates with a lineup of leading brands, including 21 that generate more than $1 billion in annual global sales such as Tide laundry detergent, Charmin toilet paper, Pantene shampoo, and Pampers diapers. P&G sold its last remaining food brand, Pringles, to Kellogg in 2012. Sales beyond its home turf represent around 55% of the firm's consolidated total, with around one third coming from emerging markets. http://www.pginvestor.com
Travelers offers a broad product range and participates in both commercial and personal insurance lines. Its commercial operations offer a variety of coverage types for companies of any size but concentrate on serving midsize businesses. Its personal lines are roughly evenly split between auto and homeowners insurance. Policies are distributed via a network of more than 11,000 brokers and independent agents. https://www.travelers.com
UnitedHealth Group is the largest private health insurance provider in the United States, offering medical benefits to nearly 50 million members across its U.S. and international businesses. As the leader in employer-sponsored, self-directed, and government-backed insurance plans, United has obtained unrivaled scale compared with its peers in managed care. Along with its insurance assets, United's continued investment behind its Optum franchises has created a healthcare services colossus that spans everything from medical and pharmaceutical benefits to providing outpatient care and analytics to both affiliated and third-party customers. http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com
United Technologies is a diversified industrial conglomerate that sells aerospace and building components and systems. The company had $66.5 billion of sales in 2018. Pratt & Whitney manufactures engines for military and commercial aircraft. Collins Aerospace Systems makes brakes, landing gear, flight-control systems, interiors, avionics, and other aircraft components. Otis is the world's largest elevator manufacturer, and climate, controls, and security sells HVAC, fire, and security products and systems for use in residential and commercial buildings. http://www.utc.com
Visa is the largest payment processor in the world. In fiscal 2018, it processed $8.2 trillion in purchase transactions. Visa operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 160 currencies. Its systems are capable of processing over 65,000 transactions per second. http://www.corporate.visa.com
Verizon is now primarily a wireless business (70% of revenue and nearly all of operating income). The firm serves about 88 million postpaid and 5 million prepaid phone customers and connects another 23 million data devices, like tablets, via its nationwide network, making it the largest U.S. wireless carrier. Fixed-line telecom operations include local networks in the northeast and mid-Atlantic that reach about 25 million homes and businesses (12% of revenue) and nationwide enterprise services (10%). Recent investments, including fiber network construction, have supported the wireless business in addition to expanding traditional fixed-line capabilities. Oath, the online media and advertising firm formed with the acquisitions of AOL and Yahoo, provides the remainder of revenue. http://www.verizon.com
Walgreens is the nation's largest retail pharmacy, with approximately 10,000 drugstores throughout the United States. The firm recently acquired half of Rite Aid's locations, which increased its store count and scale. This large network of stores enables the firm to reach a significant portion of the U.S. population, providing excellent brand recognition. Prescription drugs account for about two thirds of sales, with the balance attributable to front-store products such as grocery, health, and beauty items. http://www.walgreens.com
Walmart Inc is the largest retailer in the world with around $500 billion in annual revenue and about 11,700 stores worldwide (including supercenters, wholesale warehouse clubs under the Sam's Club banner, and small-format stores across 28 countries). It is also expanding into the growing e-commerce channel, as evidenced by its acquisition of Jet.com in 2016 and the 2018 purchase of a 77% stake in Flipkart. Sales through this channel represent about 5% of its total revenue. Groceries and consumables account for roughly 60% of sales, with the remainder from general merchandise including fuel, hardlines, apparel, entertainment, and home goods. The firm is known for an everyday low price approach. https://www.walmart.com
ExxonMobil is an integrated oil and gas company that explores for, produces, and refines oil around the world. In 2017, it produced 2.3 million barrels of liquids and 10.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. At year-end 2017, reserves stood at 21.0 billion barrels of oil equivalent (including 5.3 billion for equity companies), 57% of which are liquids. The company is the world's largest refiner with a total global refining capacity of 4.9 million barrels of oil per day and one of the world's largest manufacturers of commodity and specialty chemicals. It operates its business divisions in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, North and sub-Saharan Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. https://corporate.exxonmobil.com
DowDuPont is a diversified global specialty chemicals and agriculture company that was formed from the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont. Its portfolio includes, agriculture, automotive, electronics and communication, construction, healthcare, and safety and protection. The company also sells genetically modified seeds, making it one of the most prominent global seed providers. By mid-2019, DowDuPont will spin-off its agriculture business (which will be named Corteva) and will be renamed to DuPont. DowDuPont spun off its commodity chemicals business in April, which is named Dow. http://www.dow-dupont.com
