List of corporations by market capitalization
The following is a list of public companies having the greatest market capitalization . Market capitalization is calculated from the share price (as recorded on selected day) multiplied by the number of shares issued. Figures are converted into USD (using rate from selected day) to allow comparison.
This Financial Times Global 500 based list is up to date as of June 30 2008 .
For added information and visibility, revenue and net income of each company is also included in this list, and this information is referenced by each company's individual Wikipedia -page.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Revenue (USD billion)
Net income (USD billion)
Market value (USD million)
1
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
390.3
40.610
465,652
2
Petrochina
China
Oil and gas
88.2
19.936
380,263
3
Gazprom
Russia
Oil and gas
62.0
15.4
344,923
4
Petrobras
Brazil
Oil and gas
96.3
4.05
287,586
5
China Mobile
China
Telecommunications
48.9
? 8.475
269,395
6
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
169.7
22.208
266,030
7
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands /United Kingdom
Oil and gas
355.8
31.331
260,979
8
Microsoft
United States
Software
57.9
14.065
256,209
9
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
China
Banking
?
32.870
238,378
10
BHP Billiton
Australia /United Kingdom
Mining
39.4
? 13.416
225,076
Source Financial Times
See also:List of companies by revenue
2008
2008 first quarter
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
452,505
2
Petrochina
China
Oil and gas
423,996
3
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
369,569
4
Gazprom
Russia
Oil and gas
299,764
5
China Mobile
China
Telecommunications
298,093
6
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
China
Banking
277,236
7
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
264,132
8
AT&T
United States
Telecommunications
231,168
9
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
220,110
10
Procter & Gamble
United States
Consumer goods
215,640
Source Financial Times
2007
2007 fourth quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of December 31 2007 .
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Petrochina
China
Oil and gas
723,952
2
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
511,887
3
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
374,637
4
China Mobile
China
Telecommunications
354,120
5
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
China
Banking
338,989
6
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
333,054
7
Gazprom
Russia
Oil and gas
329,591
8
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
269,544
9
AT&T
United States
Telecommunications
252,051
10
Sinopec
China
Oil and gas
249,645
Source http://media.ft.com/cms/813c979e-0faa-11dd-8871-0000779fd2ac.pdf
2007 third quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of June 29 2007 .
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
513,362
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
424,191
3
China Mobile
China
Telecommunications
327,937
4
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
China
Banking
279,269
5
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
276,202
6
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
264,397
7
Gazprom
Russia
Oil and gas
260,249
8
AT&T
United States
Telecommunications
258,047
9
Citigroup
United States
Banking
232,162
10
Bank of America
United States
Banking
223,066
Source Financial Times
2007 second quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of June 29 2007 .
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
472,519
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
393,831
3
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
281,934
4
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
266,141
5
AT&T
United States
Telecommunications
255,871
6
Citigroup
United States
Banking
253,703
7
Gazprom
Russia
Oil and gas
245,757
8
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
231,495
9
Toyota Motor Corporation
Japan
Automotive
228,009
10
Bank of America
United States
Banking
216,963
Source Financial Times
2007 first quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 30 March 2007.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
429,567
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
363,611
3
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
272,912
4
Citigroup
United States
Banking
252,857
5
AT&T
United States
Telecommunications
246,206
6
Gazprom
Russia
Oil and gas
245,911
7
Toyota Motor Corporation
Japan
Automotive
230,832
8
Bank of America
United States
Banking
228,177
9
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
China
Banking
24,788
10
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
214,018
Source: Financial Times
2006
2006 fourth quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of December 2006.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
446,943
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
383,564
3
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
293,537
4
Citigroup
United States
Banking
273,691
5
Gazprom
Russia
Oil and gas
271,482
6
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
China
Banking
254,592
7
Toyota Motor Corporation
Japan
Automotive
241,161
8
Bank of America
United States
Banking
239,758
9
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
225,781
10
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
218,643
Source: Financial Times
2006 third quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 30 September 2006.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
398,906
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
364,414
3
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
272,679.0
4
Gazprom
Russia
Oil and gas
254,634.3
5
Citigroup
United States
Banking
246,727
6
Bank of America
United States
Banking
242,451
7
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
216,368
8
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
215,623
9
HSBC
United Kingdom
Banking
209,774
10
Pfizer
United States
Health care
206,785
Source: Financial Times
2006 second quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 30 June 2006.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
371,187
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
342,731
3
Gazprom
Russia
Oil and gas
246,341
4
Citigroup
United States
Banking
239,862
5
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
237,688
6
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
233,151
7
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
224,925
8
Bank of America
United States
Banking
219,504
9
HSBC
United Kingdom
Banking
201,854
10
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
200,762
Source: Financial Times
2006 first quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of March 2006.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
371,631
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
362,527
3
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
281,171
4
Citigroup
United States
Banking
238,935
5
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
233,260
6
Bank of America
United States
Banking
211,706
7
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
211,280
8
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
196,860
9
Toyota Motor Corporation
Japan
Automotive
196,731
10
Gazprom
Russia
Oil and gas
196,339
Source: Financial Times
2005
2005 fourth quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of December 2005.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
370,344
2
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
349,512
3
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
278,358
4
Citigroup
United States
Banking
245,512
5
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
219,511
6
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
207,673
7
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
194,851
8
Procter & Gamble
United States
Consumer goods
194,000
9
Toyota Motor Corporation
Japan
Automotive
187,182
10
Bank of America
United States
Banking
185,342
Source: Financial Times
2005 third quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 30 September 2005.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
400,628
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
356,929
3
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
275,638
4
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
250,083
5
Citigroup
United States
Banking
235,342
6
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
228,850
7
Johnson & Johnson
United States
Health care
188,238
8
Pfizer
United States
Health care
184,041
9
HSBC
United Kingdom
Banking
182,741
10
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
182,409
Source: Financial Times
2005 second quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of June 2005.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
367,495
2
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
365,838
3
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
268,380
4
Citigroup
United States
Banking
241,166
5
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
229,516
6
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
220,558
7
Pfizer
United States
Health care
205,067
8
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
201,573
9
Johnson & Johnson
United States
Health care
193,280
10
Bank of America
United States
Banking
183,424
Source: Financial Times
2005 first quarter
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2005.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
382,233
2
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
380,567
3
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
262,975
4
Citigroup
United States
Banking
234,437
5
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
221,365
6
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
212,209
7
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
210,630
8
Johnson & Johnson
United States
Health care
199,711
9
Pfizer
United States
Health care
195,945
10
Bank of America
United States
Banking
178,765
Source: Financial Times
2004
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2004.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
299,336
2
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
271,911
3
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
263,940
4
Pfizer
United States
Health care
261,616
5
Citigroup
United States
Banking
259,191
6
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
258,888
7
American International Group
United States
Insurance
183,696
8
Intel Corporation
United States
Computer hardware
179,996
9
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
174,648
10
HSBC
United Kingdom
Banking
163,574
Source: Financial Times
2003
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2003.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
264,003
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
259,647
3
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
241,037
4
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
234,399
5
Pfizer
United States
Health care
195,948
6
Citigroup
United States
Banking
183,887
7
Johnson & Johnson
United States
Health care
170,417
8
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
149,034
9
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
144,381
10
IBM
United States
Computer software, Computer hardware
139,272
Source: Financial Times
2002
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2002.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
372,089
2
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
326,639
3
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
299,820
4
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
273,220
5
Citigroup
United States
Banking
255,299
6
Pfizer
United States
Health care
249,021
7
Intel Corporation
United States
Computer hardware
203,838
8
BP
United Kingdom
Oil and gas
200,794
9
Johnson & Johnson
United States
Health care
197,912
10
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
189,913
Source: Financial Times
2001
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2001.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
477,406
2
Cisco Systems
United States
Networking hardware
304,699
3
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
286,367
4
Pfizer
United States
Health care
263,996
5
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
258,436
6
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
250,955
7
Citigroup
United States
Banking
250,143
8
Vodafone
United Kingdom
Telecommunications
227,175
9
Intel Corporation
United States
Computer hardware
227,048
10
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
206,340
Source: Financial Times
2000
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of 31 March 2000.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
586,197
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
474,956
3
NTT DoCoMo
Japan
Telecommunications
366,204
4
Cisco Systems
United States
Networking hardware
348,965
5
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
286,153
6
Intel Corporation
United States
Computer hardware
277,096
7
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Japan
Telecommunications
274,905
8
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
265,894
9
Lucent Technologies
United States
Telecommunications
237,668
10
Deutsche Telekom
Germany
Telecommunications
209,628
Source: Financial Times
1999
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of January 1999.
Rank
Name
Headquarters
Primary Industry
Market value (USD million)
1
Microsoft
United States
Software industry
271,854
2
General Electric
United States
Conglomerate
258,871
3
Exxon Mobil
United States
Oil and gas
172,213
4
Royal Dutch Shell
Netherlands
Oil and gas
164,157
5
Merck
United States
Health care
154,753
6
Pfizer
United States
Health care
148,074
7
Intel Corporation
United States
Computer hardware
144,060
8
The Coca-Cola Company
United States
Beverage
142,164
9
Wal-Mart
United States
Retail
123,062
10
IBM
United States
Software industry, Computer hardware
121,184
Source: Financial Times
1998
This Financial Times based list is up to date as of January 1998.
Source: Financial Times , January 22
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