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 | 140.60B | 12.12 | -3.35 | 12.39 | 0.02 |
| SONY | NYSE | Sony Group Corporation American Depositary Shares | 126.05B | 20.92 | 0.10 | 17.76 | 0.01 |
| T | NYSE | AT&T Inc | 160.15B | 22.32 | 1.34 | 18.47 | 0.05 |
| PFE | NYSE | Pfizer Inc | 145.30B | 25.64 | 1.07 | 34.79 | 0.06 |
| IBN | NYSE | ICICI Bank Limited Common Stock | 101.29B | 28.69 | 0.87 | 18.27 | 0.01 |
| UBS | NYSE | UBS Group AG Registered Ordinary Shares | 111.50B | 35.00 | 0.96 | 27.63 | 0.01 |
| CMCSA | NASDAQ | Comcast Corp | 143.95B | 37.62 | 0.40 | 10.14 | 0.03 |
| VZ | NYSE | Verizon Communications Inc | 163.96B | 38.95 | -0.18 | 9.55 | 0.07 |
| BAC | NYSE | Bank of America Corp | 352.69B | 46.34 | -0.70 | 14.49 | 0.02 |
| HSBC | NYSE | HSBC Holdings, plc. Common Stock | 171.03B | 47.95 | 0.76 | 8.41 | 0.06 |
| BHP | NYSE | BHP Group Limited American Depositary Shares (Each representing two Ordinary Shares) | 126.43B | 49.87 | 0.81 | 16.04 | 0.06 |
| SNY | NASDAQ | Sanofi - American Depositary Shares | 127.21B | 50.74 | 2.78 | 28.07 | 0.04 |
| UL | NYSE | Unilever PLC Common Stock | 135.41B | 54.75 | -0.51 | 20.63 | 0.03 |
| TD | NYSE | Toronto Dominion Bank (The) Common Stock | 100.30B | 57.31 | 0.23 | 17.45 | 0.05 |
| BMY | NYSE | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 116.68B | 57.53 | 2.21 | 8.50 | 0.04 |
| TTE | NYSE | TotalEnergies SE | 130.30B | 58.11 | -1.70 | 8.28 | 0.06 |
| CSCO | NASDAQ | Cisco Systems Inc | 245.50B | 61.64 | 0.02 | 26.71 | 0.03 |
| KO | NYSE | Coca-Cola Co | 268.16B | 62.25 | 0.78 | 25.69 | 0.03 |
| SHEL | NYSE | Shell PLC American Depositary Shares (each representing two (2) Ordinary Shares) | 195.86B | 64.75 | 0.36 | 13.29 | 0.04 |
| RIO | NYSE | Rio Tinto Plc Common Stock | 105.39B | 64.89 | 4.48 | 9.43 | 0.07 |
| AZN | NASDAQ | AstraZeneca PLC - American Depositary Shares | 207.80B | 67.01 | 0.65 | 33.28 | 0.02 |
| HDB | NYSE | HDFC Bank Limited Common Stock | 172.55B | 67.68 | -0.49 | 18.80 | 0.01 |
| UBER | NYSE | Uber Technologies Inc | 142.83B | 67.83 | 0.02 | 33.77 | 0.00 |
| NKE | NYSE | Nike Inc | 104.74B | 70.81 | -0.37 | 22.71 | 0.02 |
| NEE | NYSE | NextEra Energy Inc | 153.61B | 74.70 | -0.72 | 21.61 | 0.03 |
| WFC | NYSE | Wells Fargo & Co | 249.80B | 75.95 | 6.69 | 14.40 | 0.02 |
| PLTR | NYSE | Palantir Technologies Inc | 176.46B | 77.46 | 0.77 | 394.90 | 0.00 |
| C | NYSE | Citigroup Inc | 152.95B | 81.48 | -0.61 | 13.69 | 0.03 |
| SCHW | NYSE | Charles Schwab Corp | 150.69B | 82.32 | 1.00 | 27.37 | 0.01 |
| BABA | NYSE | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 195.86B | 82.43 | -0.02 | 18.46 | 0.01 |
| BSX | NYSE | Boston Scientific Corp | 128.21B | 86.99 | -0.69 | 84.25 | 0.00 |
| MDT | NYSE | Medtronic PLC | 113.07B | 88.18 | 0.11 | 27.58 | 0.03 |
| WMT | NYSE | Walmart Inc | 732.97B | 91.24 | -0.33 | 39.16 | 0.01 |
| GILD | NASDAQ | Gilead Sciences Inc | 114.43B | 91.82 | 0.90 | 1,034.11 | 0.03 |
| MRK | NYSE | Merck & Co Inc | 243.63B | 96.31 | -2.09 | 19.99 | 0.03 |
| NVS | NYSE | Novartis AG Common Stock | 195.75B | 97.91 | 0.06 | 17.45 | 0.04 |
| SBUX | NASDAQ | Starbucks Corp | 111.29B | 98.16 | -1.16 | 29.85 | 0.02 |
| MU | NASDAQ | Micron Technology Inc | 113.81B | 102.15 | 3.98 | 29.57 | 0.00 |
| PDD | NASDAQ | Pinduoduo Inc | 143.40B | 103.26 | -2.19 | 11.04 | 0.00 |
| SHOP | NYSE | Shopify Inc | 133.73B | 103.50 | -0.71 | 100.64 | 0.00 |
| NVO | NYSE | Novo Nordisk A/S Common Stock | 464.40B | 104.59 | -3.71 | 29.73 | 0.02 |
| COP | NYSE | ConocoPhillips | 145.29B | 112.32 | -0.54 | 12.08 | 0.03 |
| XOM | NYSE | Exxon Mobil Corp | 496.21B | 112.90 | -0.59 | 13.53 | 0.04 |
| ANET | NYSE | Arista Networks Inc | 144.36B | 114.59 | 1.74 | 62.03 | 0.00 |
| PLD | NYSE | Prologis Inc | 106.91B | 115.43 | 0.26 | 35.93 | 0.03 |
| RY | NYSE | Royal Bank Of Canada Common Stock | 167.56B | 118.46 | -0.27 | 15.67 | 0.03 |
| RTX | NYSE | RTX Corp | 157.77B | 118.53 | 0.21 | 36.11 | 0.02 |
| TJX | NYSE | TJX Companies Inc | 136.45B | 121.38 | 1.91 | 28.95 | 0.01 |
| ABT | NYSE | Abbott Laboratories | 213.72B | 123.22 | 4.62 | 16.37 | 0.02 |
| PM | NYSE | Philip Morris International Inc | 192.08B | 123.54 | 0.53 | 20.20 | 0.04 |
| AMD | NASDAQ | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 203.27B | 125.26 | 2.44 | 108.71 | 0.00 |
| UPS | NYSE | United Parcel Service Inc | 107.25B | 125.68 | 2.47 | 20.10 | 0.05 |
| MRVL | NASDAQ | Marvell Technology Inc | 109.08B | 126.06 | 0.68 | 45.87 | 0.00 |
| ARM | NASDAQ | Arm Holdings plc - American Depositary Shares | 144.29B | 137.29 | -1.69 | 268.68 | 0.00 |
| MS | NYSE | Morgan Stanley | 221.70B | 137.96 | 0.12 | 17.34 | 0.03 |
| NVDA | NASDAQ | NVIDIA Corp | 3.45T | 140.83 | 2.27 | 56.30 | 0.00 |
| JNJ | NYSE | Johnson & Johnson | 347.66B | 144.40 | -0.05 | 25.36 | 0.03 |
| PEP | NASDAQ | PepsiCo Inc | 201.79B | 147.08 | -0.69 | 21.99 | 0.04 |
| KKR | NYSE | KKR & Co Inc | 134.84B | 151.81 | -0.36 | 51.25 | 0.00 |
| CVX | NYSE | Chevron Corp | 275.71B | 154.64 | -0.05 | 17.10 | 0.04 |
| BA | NYSE | Boeing Co | 127.77B | 170.78 | 0.52 | 48.26 | 0.00 |
| PG | NYSE | Procter & Gamble Co | 402.78B | 171.77 | 0.54 | 26.13 | 0.02 |
| QCOM | NASDAQ | Qualcomm Inc | 190.07B | 171.95 | 1.01 | 19.25 | 0.02 |
| GE | NYSE | GE Aerospace | 185.06B | 172.36 | -0.31 | 32.31 | 0.01 |
| ABBV | NYSE | AbbVie Inc | 310.43B | 175.67 | -0.51 | 59.34 | 0.04 |
| BX | NYSE | Blackstone Inc | 134.17B | 176.72 | 0.91 | 64.17 | 0.02 |
| TM | NYSE | Toyota Motor Corporation Common Stock | 238.90B | 182.42 | -0.58 | 9.20 | 0.03 |
| ORCL | NYSE | Oracle Corp | 513.91B | 183.74 | -1.77 | 44.89 | 0.01 |
| PANW | NASDAQ | Palo Alto Networks Inc | 121.91B | 185.78 | -1.03 | 48.69 | 0.00 |
| AMAT | NASDAQ | Applied Materials Inc | 154.45B | 190.05 | 1.92 | 21.69 | 0.01 |
| TXN | NASDAQ | Texas Instruments Inc | 175.31B | 192.18 | 0.88 | 35.68 | 0.03 |
| GOOG | NASDAQ | Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock | 2.36T | 192.83 | -0.42 | 26.78 | 0.00 |
| GOOGL | NASDAQ | Alphabet Inc | 2.40T | 195.87 | 1.54 | 26.55 | 0.00 |
| TSM | NYSE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | 1.03T | 199.17 | -1.90 | 32.04 | 0.01 |
| FI | NYSE | Fiserv Inc | 118.49B | 208.28 | 0.98 | 40.32 | 0.00 |
| MMC | NYSE | Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc | 103.82B | 211.39 | 1.40 | 27.00 | 0.01 |
| IBM | NYSE | International Business Machines Corp | 203.10B | 219.65 | 0.88 | 32.77 | 0.03 |
| AVGO | NASDAQ | Broadcom Inc | 1.05T | 224.31 | -2.18 | 189.69 | 0.01 |
| UNP | NYSE | Union Pacific Corp | 137.21B | 226.32 | 1.43 | 22.43 | 0.02 |
| HON | NASDAQ | Honeywell International Inc | 148.46B | 228.32 | 0.64 | 25.58 | 0.02 |
| ADI | NASDAQ | Analog Devices Inc | 113.33B | 228.35 | 1.91 | 66.27 | 0.02 |
| TMUS | NASDAQ | T-Mobile US Inc | 268.61B | 231.46 | -0.78 | 24.92 | 0.01 |
| AAPL | NASDAQ | Apple Inc | 3.51T | 233.50 | -0.39 | 36.64 | 0.00 |
| AMZN | NASDAQ | Amazon.com Inc | 2.48T | 235.42 | 0.18 | 50.18 | 0.00 |
| DHR | NYSE | Danaher Corp | 170.35B | 235.85 | -1.69 | 46.38 | 0.00 |
| SAP | NYSE | SAP SE ADS | 293.41B | 251.53 | -0.78 | 114.35 | 0.01 |
| PGR | NYSE | Progressive Corp | 148.27B | 253.10 | 4.26 | 17.36 | 0.02 |
| JPM | NYSE | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 712.86B | 254.81 | 0.98 | 13.41 | 0.02 |
| LOW | NYSE | Lowe's Companies Inc | 149.27B | 264.35 | 1.26 | 21.81 | 0.02 |
| CB | NYSE | Chubb Ltd | 110.57B | 274.30 | 0.29 | 10.93 | 0.01 |
| AMGN | NASDAQ | Amgen Inc | 149.37B | 277.88 | 1.63 | 35.17 | 0.03 |
| MCD | NYSE | McDonald's Corp | 209.38B | 292.18 | -0.89 | 25.06 | 0.02 |
| ADP | NASDAQ | Automatic Data Processing Inc | 120.70B | 296.23 | 0.98 | 31.74 | 0.02 |
| AXP | NYSE | American Express Co | 210.85B | 300.36 | 1.13 | 22.94 | 0.01 |
| APP | NASDAQ | AppLovin Corp | 104.71B | 312.01 | -2.04 | 110.36 | 0.00 |
| V | NYSE | Visa Inc | 615.24B | 317.71 | 0.90 | 33.94 | 0.01 |
| CRM | NYSE | Salesforce Inc | 311.27B | 325.26 | -1.93 | 55.00 | 0.00 |
| CEG | NASDAQ | Constellation Energy Corp | 108.69B | 347.44 | 0.36 | 38.31 | 0.00 |
| ACN | NYSE | Accenture PLC | 219.63B | 351.14 | 0.83 | 30.38 | 0.02 |
| ETN | NYSE | Eaton Corp PLC | 141.34B | 357.63 | 3.28 | 39.25 | 0.01 |
| SYK | NYSE | Stryker Corp | 149.99B | 393.45 | 2.62 | 42.26 | 0.01 |
| CAT | NYSE | Caterpillar Inc | 192.76B | 399.26 | 1.08 | 18.92 | 0.01 |
| GEV | NYSE | GE Vernova Inc | 111.29B | 403.73 | 0.58 | 75.36 | 0.00 |
| HD | NYSE | The Home Depot Inc | 407.38B | 410.10 | -2.00 | 28.14 | 0.02 |
| TSLA | NASDAQ | Tesla Inc | 1.33T | 413.06 | 0.17 | 111.39 | 0.00 |
| VRTX | NASDAQ | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc | 109.05B | 423.46 | 2.87 | 23.87 | 0.00 |
| ADBE | NASDAQ | Adobe Inc | 190.35B | 437.28 | -0.01 | 35.22 | 0.00 |
| DE | NYSE | Deere & Co | 119.82B | 439.96 | 0.11 | 18.69 | 0.01 |
| LIN | NASDAQ | Linde PLC | 210.30B | 441.67 | -0.21 | 33.33 | 0.01 |
| MSFT | NASDAQ | Microsoft Corp | 3.30T | 444.06 | -0.60 | 36.67 | 0.01 |
| LMT | NYSE | Lockheed Martin Corp | 110.53B | 466.31 | 0.51 | 17.99 | 0.03 |
| SPGI | NYSE | S&P Global Inc | 153.14B | 493.52 | -0.14 | 45.34 | 0.01 |
| MA | NYSE | Mastercard Inc | 463.20B | 504.67 | -2.13 | 40.32 | 0.01 |
| UNH | NYSE | UnitedHealth Group Inc | 478.29B | 519.72 | -1.01 | 34.33 | 0.02 |
| ISRG | NASDAQ | Intuitive Surgical Inc | 193.49B | 543.23 | 0.65 | 90.97 | 0.00 |
| TMO | NYSE | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 212.69B | 556.05 | 0.10 | 36.04 | 0.00 |
| GS | NYSE | The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 178.60B | 568.96 | 1.07 | 15.71 | 0.02 |
| INTU | NASDAQ | Intuit Inc | 173.14B | 618.53 | -0.79 | 58.17 | 0.01 |
| META | NASDAQ | Meta Platforms Inc | 1.59T | 628.64 | 1.98 | 30.56 | 0.00 |
| ASML | NASDAQ | ASML Holding N.V. - New York Registry Shares | 295.01B | 750.28 | 3.31 | 39.95 | 0.01 |
| LLY | NYSE | Eli Lilly and Co | 675.41B | 751.03 | -0.32 | 84.63 | 0.01 |
| COST | NASDAQ | Costco Wholesale Corp | 402.65B | 907.07 | -1.83 | 55.21 | 0.00 |
| NFLX | NASDAQ | Netflix Inc | 390.56B | 913.69 | -2.26 | 49.30 | 0.00 |
| BLK | NYSE | BlackRock Inc | 162.49B | 1,049.12 | 1.87 | 24.29 | 0.02 |
| NOW | NYSE | ServiceNow Inc | 232.14B | 1,125.17 | 2.59 | 175.23 | 0.00 |
| BKNG | NASDAQ | Booking Holdings Inc | 170.43B | 5,149.60 | -2.85 | 32.23 | 0.01 |
| BRK.A | NYSE | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 984.59B | 684,880.51 | 1.35 | 9.36 | 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.