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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAN | NYSE | Banco Santander, S.A. Sponsored ADR (Spain) | 119.23B | 8.02 | 0.63 | 8.57 | 0.03 |
| MUFG | NYSE | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. Common Stock | 157.60B | 13.73 | 1.26 | 12.63 | 0.01 |
| PFE | NYSE | Pfizer Inc | 132.98B | 23.39 | 1.19 | 17.58 | 0.07 |
| SONY | NYSE | Sony Group Corporation American Depositary Shares | 158.27B | 26.32 | 1.57 | 19.45 | 0.01 |
| T | NYSE | AT&T Inc | 202.56B | 28.15 | -0.20 | 17.35 | 0.04 |
| IBN | NYSE | ICICI Bank Limited Common Stock | 121.27B | 33.99 | -0.06 | 20.02 | 0.01 |
| CMCSA | NASDAQ | Comcast Corp | 128.92B | 34.53 | -1.66 | 8.58 | 0.04 |
| VZ | NYSE | Verizon Communications Inc | 181.97B | 43.16 | -1.33 | 10.15 | 0.06 |
| BAC | NYSE | Bank of America Corp | 334.26B | 44.38 | 0.05 | 13.99 | 0.02 |
| BTI | NYSE | British American Tobacco Industries, p.l.c. Common Stock ADR | 104.56B | 47.77 | 0.69 | 25.93 | 0.06 |
| SNY | NASDAQ | Sanofi - American Depositary Shares | 116.44B | 47.82 | -0.10 | 16.88 | 0.05 |
| BHP | NYSE | BHP Group Limited American Depositary Shares (Each representing two Ordinary Shares) | 123.32B | 48.60 | -1.68 | 10.43 | 0.05 |
| HSBC | NYSE | HSBC Holdings, plc. Common Stock | 207.42B | 59.37 | -1.04 | 11.21 | 0.05 |
| MO | NYSE | Altria Group Inc | 100.29B | 59.54 | 0.26 | 9.89 | 0.07 |
| TTE | NYSE | TotalEnergies SE | 139.20B | 63.07 | 1.55 | 10.12 | 0.06 |
| UL | NYSE | Unilever PLC Common Stock | 154.84B | 63.13 | 0.08 | 23.67 | 0.03 |
| CSCO | NASDAQ | Cisco Systems Inc | 261.00B | 65.91 | 1.99 | 27.83 | 0.02 |
| SHEL | NYSE | Shell PLC American Depositary Shares (each representing two (2) Ordinary Shares) | 199.51B | 67.74 | 0.70 | 16.01 | 0.04 |
| AZN | NASDAQ | AstraZeneca PLC - American Depositary Shares | 216.16B | 69.72 | -1.17 | 28.39 | 0.02 |
| KO | NYSE | Coca-Cola Co | 300.18B | 69.74 | 1.31 | 28.20 | 0.03 |
| TD | NYSE | Toronto Dominion Bank (The) Common Stock | 120.50B | 69.96 | 0.96 | 10.26 | 0.04 |
| NEE | NYSE | NextEra Energy Inc | 145.61B | 70.73 | -1.12 | 26.34 | 0.03 |
| BUD | NYSE | Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA Sponsored ADR (Belgium) | 137.58B | 70.98 | 0.06 | 20.65 | 0.01 |
| WFC | NYSE | Wells Fargo & Co | 241.23B | 74.13 | -0.87 | 14.05 | 0.02 |
| NVO | NYSE | Novo Nordisk A/S Common Stock | 333.56B | 75.07 | 3.34 | 18.45 | 0.02 |
| HDB | NYSE | HDFC Bank Limited Common Stock | 191.95B | 75.10 | 0.16 | 23.46 | 0.00 |
| MRK | NYSE | Merck & Co Inc | 190.39B | 75.82 | -1.33 | 11.58 | 0.04 |
| C | NYSE | Citigroup Inc | 144.49B | 77.36 | -0.91 | 13.05 | 0.03 |
| UBER | NYSE | Uber Technologies Inc | 179.11B | 85.65 | 1.16 | 16.05 | 0.00 |
| MDT | NYSE | Medtronic PLC | 109.80B | 85.70 | -0.55 | 23.81 | 0.03 |
| COP | NYSE | ConocoPhillips | 110.57B | 87.59 | 2.63 | 11.28 | 0.04 |
| SCHW | NYSE | Charles Schwab Corp | 162.29B | 89.32 | 1.07 | 27.07 | 0.01 |
| LRCX | NASDAQ | Lam Research Corp | 116.34B | 90.95 | -0.06 | 26.75 | 0.01 |
| SBUX | NASDAQ | Starbucks Corp | 104.21B | 91.70 | -0.70 | 33.27 | 0.03 |
| ANET | NYSE | Arista Networks Inc | 120.61B | 96.03 | 1.16 | 40.07 | 0.00 |
| WMT | NYSE | Walmart Inc | 782.88B | 98.10 | -1.26 | 41.88 | 0.01 |
| GILD | NASDAQ | Gilead Sciences Inc | 127.50B | 102.50 | 2.16 | 22.52 | 0.03 |
| PDD | NASDAQ | Pinduoduo Inc | 145.61B | 102.57 | 0.04 | 11.50 | 0.00 |
| BSX | NYSE | Boston Scientific Corp | 153.85B | 103.99 | -1.21 | 76.12 | 0.00 |
| SHOP | NYSE | Shopify Inc | 138.04B | 106.40 | 0.41 | 93.02 | 0.00 |
| PLD | NYSE | Prologis Inc | 100.63B | 108.45 | 0.58 | 26.97 | 0.04 |
| MU | NASDAQ | Micron Technology Inc | 123.48B | 110.49 | 3.95 | 22.93 | 0.00 |
| XOM | NYSE | Exxon Mobil Corp | 481.56B | 111.74 | -2.59 | 14.37 | 0.04 |
| BABA | NYSE | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 269.79B | 113.09 | 0.08 | 15.69 | 0.01 |
| NVS | NYSE | Novartis AG Common Stock | 229.92B | 116.41 | -1.43 | 18.50 | 0.03 |
| AMD | NASDAQ | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 196.22B | 121.02 | -0.10 | 104.67 | 0.00 |
| TJX | NYSE | TJX Companies Inc | 137.78B | 123.50 | 0.79 | 29.32 | 0.01 |
| RY | NYSE | Royal Bank Of Canada Common Stock | 179.88B | 127.55 | 0.15 | 14.04 | 0.03 |
| KKR | NYSE | KKR & Co Inc | 113.80B | 127.77 | 4.61 | 55.07 | 0.01 |
| MS | NYSE | Morgan Stanley | 206.44B | 128.68 | 0.22 | 16.15 | 0.03 |
| PEP | NASDAQ | PepsiCo Inc | 178.17B | 129.95 | -0.89 | 18.83 | 0.04 |
| ABT | NYSE | Abbott Laboratories | 231.42B | 133.01 | 0.46 | 17.93 | 0.02 |
| BX | NYSE | Blackstone Inc | 105.30B | 137.69 | 0.15 | 43.65 | 0.03 |
| CVX | NYSE | Chevron Corp | 242.12B | 139.79 | 2.12 | 16.37 | 0.05 |
| RTX | NYSE | RTX Corp | 187.61B | 140.43 | 0.98 | 41.46 | 0.02 |
| NVDA | NASDAQ | NVIDIA Corp | 3.55T | 145.48 | 0.95 | 49.78 | 0.00 |
| QCOM | NASDAQ | Qualcomm Inc | 164.25B | 149.59 | 1.38 | 15.89 | 0.02 |
| WELL | NYSE | Welltower Inc | 100.17B | 153.18 | 0.10 | 87.64 | 0.02 |
| JNJ | NYSE | Johnson & Johnson | 369.52B | 153.58 | 0.24 | 16.93 | 0.03 |
| ARM | NASDAQ | Arm Holdings plc - American Depositary Shares | 165.68B | 156.41 | 4.75 | 208.55 | 0.00 |
| PG | NYSE | Procter & Gamble Co | 383.57B | 163.60 | 0.50 | 25.23 | 0.03 |
| ORCL | NYSE | Oracle Corp | 486.94B | 173.36 | 1.30 | 48.55 | 0.01 |
| AMAT | NASDAQ | Applied Materials Inc | 139.71B | 174.09 | -1.40 | 22.27 | 0.01 |
| GOOG | NASDAQ | Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock | 2.12T | 174.30 | 2.65 | 18.72 | 0.00 |
| GOOGL | NASDAQ | Alphabet Inc | 2.14T | 175.95 | -0.47 | 18.61 | 0.00 |
| ICE | NYSE | Intercontinental Exchange Inc | 101.10B | 176.25 | 0.81 | 37.44 | 0.01 |
| PM | NYSE | Philip Morris International Inc | 283.63B | 182.22 | 0.14 | 29.06 | 0.03 |
| GE | NYSE | GE Aerospace | 195.80B | 183.61 | 8.41 | 39.24 | 0.00 |
| ABBV | NYSE | AbbVie Inc | 326.43B | 184.80 | 0.57 | 79.29 | 0.03 |
| TM | NYSE | Toyota Motor Corporation Common Stock | 246.77B | 189.35 | -1.08 | 6.98 | 0.04 |
| DHR | NYSE | Danaher Corp | 136.80B | 191.15 | -1.00 | 38.27 | 0.01 |
| COF | NYSE | Capital One Financial Corp | 126.15B | 197.22 | -0.15 | 17.48 | 0.01 |
| BA | NYSE | Boeing Co | 149.97B | 198.90 | -1.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| PANW | NASDAQ | Palo Alto Networks Inc | 133.59B | 200.35 | 1.65 | 117.41 | 0.00 |
| AAPL | NASDAQ | Apple Inc | 3.03T | 201.56 | 0.63 | 31.20 | 0.01 |
| TXN | NASDAQ | Texas Instruments Inc | 186.58B | 205.38 | -0.21 | 38.98 | 0.03 |
| TSM | NYSE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | 1.09T | 210.32 | 0.39 | 26.51 | 0.01 |
| AMZN | NASDAQ | Amazon.com Inc | 2.24T | 210.61 | -0.90 | 34.53 | 0.00 |
| HON | NASDAQ | Honeywell International Inc | 135.56B | 210.74 | 0.12 | 25.82 | 0.02 |
| LOW | NYSE | Lowe's Companies Inc | 118.16B | 210.83 | -0.52 | 18.25 | 0.02 |
| AMT | NYSE | American Tower Corp | 100.80B | 215.33 | 0.09 | 35.63 | 0.03 |
| UNP | NYSE | Union Pacific Corp | 134.72B | 225.49 | -0.11 | 20.53 | 0.02 |
| ADI | NASDAQ | Analog Devices Inc | 114.08B | 229.89 | 0.11 | 63.85 | 0.02 |
| MMC | NYSE | Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc | 113.43B | 230.21 | 1.31 | 26.54 | 0.02 |
| TMUS | NASDAQ | T-Mobile US Inc | 278.68B | 245.44 | 0.22 | 22.44 | 0.01 |
| AVGO | NASDAQ | Broadcom Inc | 1.25T | 266.62 | 1.09 | 96.59 | 0.01 |
| IBM | NYSE | International Business Machines Corp | 247.93B | 266.76 | 0.03 | 50.22 | 0.02 |
| CRM | NYSE | Salesforce Inc | 258.89B | 270.81 | 1.38 | 41.90 | 0.01 |
| JPM | NYSE | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 764.25B | 275.00 | 0.38 | 13.80 | 0.02 |
| PGR | NYSE | Progressive Corp | 163.92B | 279.62 | -0.21 | 17.51 | 0.02 |
| CB | NYSE | Chubb Ltd | 113.73B | 283.80 | -0.92 | 13.62 | 0.01 |
| ACN | NYSE | Accenture PLC | 177.74B | 285.37 | -6.86 | 23.92 | 0.02 |
| MCD | NYSE | McDonald's Corp | 204.18B | 285.55 | -2.04 | 25.20 | 0.02 |
| AMGN | NASDAQ | Amgen Inc | 156.27B | 290.62 | 0.35 | 25.56 | 0.03 |
| SAP | NYSE | SAP SE ADS | 342.36B | 293.47 | -1.22 | 51.93 | 0.01 |
| AXP | NYSE | American Express Co | 207.35B | 295.96 | 0.01 | 21.55 | 0.01 |
| ADP | NASDAQ | Automatic Data Processing Inc | 124.87B | 307.62 | 0.45 | 31.84 | 0.02 |
| UNH | NYSE | UnitedHealth Group Inc | 288.92B | 318.50 | 2.56 | 12.79 | 0.03 |
| ETN | NYSE | Eaton Corp PLC | 127.45B | 325.71 | 0.46 | 34.64 | 0.01 |
| TSLA | NASDAQ | Tesla Inc | 1.14T | 354.69 | 3.51 | 194.55 | 0.00 |
| APP | NASDAQ | AppLovin Corp | 120.21B | 355.24 | -1.45 | 63.20 | 0.00 |
| HD | NYSE | The Home Depot Inc | 361.32B | 363.16 | 0.75 | 24.47 | 0.03 |
| CAT | NYSE | Caterpillar Inc | 172.24B | 366.23 | 1.59 | 18.13 | 0.02 |
| MSTR | NASDAQ | MicroStrategy Inc | 103.02B | 368.79 | -2.47 | 526.36 | 0.00 |
| V | NYSE | Visa Inc | 725.53B | 371.40 | -0.52 | 35.34 | 0.01 |
| SYK | NYSE | Stryker Corp | 142.65B | 373.26 | -0.03 | 52.22 | 0.01 |
| ADBE | NASDAQ | Adobe Inc | 161.27B | 378.38 | 0.09 | 24.49 | 0.00 |
| TMO | NYSE | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 152.16B | 403.09 | -0.15 | 23.72 | 0.00 |
| VRTX | NASDAQ | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc | 112.64B | 438.65 | 0.99 | 25.19 | 0.00 |
| LMT | NYSE | Lockheed Martin Corp | 110.14B | 470.10 | 0.32 | 19.76 | 0.03 |
| LIN | NASDAQ | Linde PLC | 222.82B | 473.36 | 0.66 | 33.40 | 0.01 |
| MSFT | NASDAQ | Microsoft Corp | 3.54T | 476.89 | -0.48 | 38.04 | 0.01 |
| CRWD | NASDAQ | CrowdStrike Holdings Inc | 120.95B | 485.26 | 0.03 | 138.89 | 0.00 |
| GEV | NYSE | GE Vernova Inc | 133.07B | 487.54 | -0.23 | 72.22 | 0.00 |
| ISRG | NASDAQ | Intuitive Surgical Inc | 186.96B | 521.63 | -0.28 | 76.59 | 0.00 |
| SPGI | NYSE | S&P Global Inc | 160.29B | 522.65 | 0.65 | 41.08 | 0.01 |
| DE | NYSE | Deere & Co | 141.57B | 522.74 | 2.35 | 24.84 | 0.01 |
| MA | NYSE | Mastercard Inc | 499.17B | 549.70 | -1.41 | 38.55 | 0.01 |
| GS | NYSE | The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 185.73B | 605.30 | 1.02 | 15.37 | 0.02 |
| INTU | NASDAQ | Intuit Inc | 178.84B | 641.14 | 2.33 | 61.96 | 0.01 |
| META | NASDAQ | Meta Platforms Inc | 1.74T | 692.72 | -0.21 | 27.84 | 0.00 |
| SPOT | NYSE | Spotify Technology SA | 145.06B | 707.42 | -0.39 | 116.45 | 0.00 |
| ASML | NASDAQ | ASML Holding N.V. - New York Registry Shares | 303.10B | 770.85 | 1.90 | 31.96 | 0.01 |
| LLY | NYSE | Eli Lilly and Co | 698.51B | 778.08 | 0.97 | 64.47 | 0.01 |
| KLAC | NASDAQ | KLA Corp | 113.62B | 859.22 | 1.09 | 32.34 | 0.01 |
| BLK | NYSE | BlackRock Inc | 154.30B | 995.98 | 1.07 | 24.73 | 0.02 |
| NOW | NYSE | ServiceNow Inc | 208.68B | 1,007.37 | 0.31 | 135.19 | 0.00 |
| COST | NASDAQ | Costco Wholesale Corp | 468.17B | 1,055.68 | 1.49 | 56.83 | 0.00 |
| NFLX | NASDAQ | Netflix Inc | 531.45B | 1,248.79 | 1.42 | 60.27 | 0.00 |
| ORLY | NASDAQ | O'Reilly Automotive Inc | 1.17T | 1,371.24 | 0.28 | 32.29 | 0.00 |
| MELI | NASDAQ | MercadoLibre Inc | 121.01B | 2,387.00 | -0.40 | 62.21 | 0.00 |
| BKNG | NASDAQ | Booking Holdings Inc | 173.55B | 5,333.42 | 0.56 | 34.18 | 0.01 |
| BRK.A | NYSE | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 1.11T | 769,817.01 | 1.42 | 12.97 | 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.