The World’s Top and Biggest Companies By Revenue And Market Cap

Key and top performing companies in the world (global) by market value in 2019; The world’s leading companies; The 50 most profitable and best companies worldwide

Determining value

Market value and market capitalization are two terms frequently heard when discussing the profitability and viability of companies. Put simply, market capitalization, or market cap, is the worth of a company based on stock price; an important metric when determining value for potential trading opportunities.

Market value, however, is what a company is worth in a much broader context and can change greatly depending on the business cycle. It is determined by multiple factors, including stockholder equity, corporate debt, and the market environment as a whole.

The world’s top and leading companies

In fiscal year 2018, Apple’s global revenue stood at US$265.6 billion, but somewhat surprisingly, did not manage to crack the top ten of companies with the largest revenue. The American multinational retailer Walmart led the way as the largest company in the world when considering revenue and employment.

Rank	Company Name	Market Value, in US$ billion
1	Apple	961.3
2	Microsoft	946.5
3	Amazon.com	916.1
4	Alphabet	863.2
5	Berkshire Hathaway	516.4
6	Facebook	512
7	Alibaba	480.8
8	Tencent Holdings	472.1
9	JPMorgan Chase	368.5
10	Johnson & Johnson	366.2
11	Visa	351.9
12	ExxonMobil	343.4
13	ICBC	305.1
14	Walmart	296.1
15	Bank of America	287.3
16	Nestlé	281.3
17	Samsung Electronics	272.4
18	Procter & Gamble	265.3
19	Royal Dutch Shell	264.9
20	Intel	263.1
21	Cisco Systems	248.3
22	Mastercard	247.1
23	Verizon Communications	239.7
24	Walt Disney	238.1
25	AT&T	233.3
26	Chevron	228.3
27	Home Depot	226.8
28	China Construction Bank	225
29	Nike	224.3
30	Taiwan Semiconductor	222.4
31	Roche Holding	222
32	Ping An Insurance Group	220.2
33	Pfizer	218.6
34	Wells Fargo	214.7
35	Boeing	214.5
36	UnitedHealth Group	212.8
37	Coca-Cola	203
38	PetroChina	198.7
39	China Mobile	197.6
40	Agricultural Bank of China	197
41	Comcast	192
42	Merck & Co.	189.1
43	Oracle	186.3
44	PepsiCo	178.2
45	Kweichow Moutai	177.1
46	Toyota Motor	176.6
47	Novartis	175.6
48	HSBC Holdings	175.5
49	Citigroup	161.1
50	Netflix	157.3

Rank	Company Name	Market Value, in US$ billion
51	Unilever	153.6
52	L’Oréal Group	153
53	BP	149.5
54	Total	149.5
55	McDonald’s	148.8
56	Bank of China	143
57	BHP Billiton	138.3
58	SAP	134.9
59	Adobe Systems	132
60	Philip Morris International	131.5
61	China Merchants Bank	130.4
62	Abbott Laboratories	129.8
63	Reliance Industries	126.4
64	Broadcom	126.1
65	3M	126.1
66	PayPal	125.8
67	Union Pacific	125.6
68	IBM	124.9
69	Honeywell International	123.1
70	AIA Group	122.2
71	Salesforce.com	120.9
72	Eli Lilly	119.3
73	United Technologies	118.1
74	Novo Nordisk	116.3
75	Tata Consultancy Services	116.1
76	Royal Bank of Canada	114.9
77	AbbVie	114.7
78	China Life Insurance	114.2
79	Accenture	113.9
80	NVIDIA	113.4
81	Medtronic	113
82	Softbank	112.4
83	Naspers	111.3
84	Amgen	109.3
85	Texas Instruments	108.4
86	Costco Wholesale	108.1
87	Sinopec	105.6
88	AIRBUS	104.9
89	Thermo Fisher Scientific	103.9
90	TD Bank Group	103.8
91	Allianz	102.3
92	Sanofi	102
93	Altria Group	101.8
94	Rio Tinto	100
95	Saudi Basic Industries	100
96	AstraZeneca	99.2
97	United Parcel Service	98.3
98	Linde	98.3
99	Inditex	98
100	Anheuser-Busch InBev	0.7

The 50 most profitable and best companies worldwide

In 2018, Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas company, was the most profitable company in the world by net income, with 110.97 billion U.S. dollars. Apple, the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Samsung Electronics, and China Construction Bank rounded out the top five spots in the ranking of most profitable companies.

What is net income?

Net income, or net profit, is the figure that gives the most complete overview of a company’s profitability: Net income accounts for all money that flows in and out of a company, and is calculated as the revenue of a company less all operating expenses, debt payments, interest paid, income from subsidiary holdings, taxes, etc. Different industries have different net profit margins, with corporations in the financial industry reporting about 380 billion U.S. dollars of profit in 2018.

The Apple doesn’t fall far

In terms of market value, Apple was the leading company in the world in 2018. Since the beginning of the new millennium, Apple has reported ever rising amounts of worldwide revenue, with iPhone sales leading the charge.

Company Name	Revenue; $ billion in 2018
Saudi Aramco	110.97
Apple	59.53
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China	45
Samsung Electronics	39.9
China Construction Bank	38.5
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	32.47
Alphabet	30.74
Agricultural Bank of China	30.66
Bank of America Corp.	28.15
Bank of China	27.23
Royal Dutch Shell	23.35
Gazprom	23.2
Wells Fargo	22.39
Facebook	22.11
Intel	21.05
Exxon Mobil	20.84
AT&T	19.37
Citigroup	18.05
Toyota Motor	16.98
China Development Bank	16.74
Microsoft	16.57
Ping An Insurance	16.24
Fannie Mae	15.96
Verizon	15.53
Johnson & Johnson	15.3
Chevron	14.82
Volkswagen	14.32
Micron Technology	14.14
SK Hynix	14.13
HSBC Holdings	13.73
Rio Tinto Group	13.64
Sberbank	13.27
Alibaba Group Holding	13.09
SoftBank Group	12.73
Novartis	12.61
Disney	12.6
PepsiCo	12.52
China Merchants Bank	12.18
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	12.04
UnitedHealth Group	11.99
Tencent Holdings	11.9
Petronas	11.87
China Mobile Communications	11.75
Comcast	11.73
Total	11.45
Pfizer	11.15
Bank of Communications	11.13
Home Depot	11.12
Unilever	11.08
Roche Group	10.74

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