List of public corporations by market capitalization

The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization. This list is based on the Financial Times Global 500 rankings. The list of non-public companies by estimated market value is attached for comparison.

Market capitalization is calculated from the share price (as recorded on selected day) multiplied by the number of outstanding shares.[1] Figures are converted into USD millions (using rate from selected day) to allow for comparison. Only companies with free float at least 15% are included, value of unlisted stock classes is excluded. Investment companies are not included in the list.[2]

Record market capitalizations

Date Company Record value
(In billions USD)
Record value
(Inflation adjusted)[3]
Notes
30 December 1999 United States Microsoft 618.9 1027 Microsoft reached an intraday high share price of $119.94 in December 1999.[4] With 5,160,024,593 outstanding shares, it had a market capitalization of $618.9 billion.[5]
5 November 2007 China PetroChina 1000 On 5 November 2007, A shares of PetroChina on the first day of trading after its IPO on Shanghai Stock Exchange skyrocketed from the IPO price of 16.7 RMB to 43.96 RMB by the close (the opening price was even 48.6 RMB). That gave a market capitalization of about $1 trillion.[6] Only 4 billion A shares were floated during the IPO, another 158 billion A shares were still held by China National Petroleum Corporation. 21 billion H Shares were already floated on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[7] However market capitalization based on H-shares never reached $500 billion.[8]
8 August 2017 United States Apple Inc. 835.9 836 Apple reached this new record high after its share price of reached $161.83. With 5,165,230,000 shares outstanding their intraday market capitalization hit over $835 billion.[9]

Publicly traded companies

All market capitalization figures are in USD millions.

2017

This list is up to date as of June 30, 2017. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

Rank First quarter[10][note 1] Second quarter[11][note 1] Third quarter Fourth quarter
1 United States Apple Inc.
Increase753,718
United States Apple Inc.
Decrease749,124
2 United States Alphabet Inc.
Increase573,570[12]
United States Alphabet Inc.
Increase628,610[12]
3 United States Microsoft
Increase508,935
United States Microsoft
Increase528,778
4 United States Amazon.com
Increase423,031
United States Amazon.com
Increase466,471
5 United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase410,880[13]
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase418,880[13]
6 United States ExxonMobil
Increase339,897
United States Johnson & Johnson
Increase357,310
7 United States Johnson & Johnson
Increase337,947
United States Facebook
Increase357,176
8 United States Facebook
Increase334,552
China Alibaba Group
Increase356,390[14]
9 United States JPMorgan Chase
Increase313,761
China Tencent
Increase344,879
10 United States Wells Fargo
Increase278,516
United States ExxonMobil
Increase341,947

2016

This list is up to date as of December 31, 2016. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

Rank First quarter[15][note 1] Second quarter[16][note 1] Third quarter[17][note 1] Fourth quarter[18][note 1]
1 United States Apple Inc.
Increase607,465
United States Apple Inc.
Decrease517,069
United States Apple Inc.
Increase604,475
United StatesApple Inc.
Increase617,588.49
2 United States Alphabet Inc.
Increase535,660[12]
United States Alphabet Inc.
Decrease475,320[12]
United States Alphabet Inc.
Increase535,660[12]
United States Alphabet Inc.
Decrease531,970[12]
3 United States Microsoft
Decrease439,734
United States Microsoft
Increase397,268
United States Microsoft
Increase447,290
United States Microsoft
Increase483,160.28
4 United States ExxonMobil
Increase350,991
United States ExxonMobil
Increase383,396
United States Amazon.com
Increase393,030
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase404,390[13]
5 United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase349,740[13]
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Decrease345,860[13]
United States ExxonMobil
Decrease358,519
United States ExxonMobil
Increase374,280
6 United States Johnson & Johnson
Increase300,604
United States Amazon.com
Increase337,641
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase358,300[13]
United States Amazon.com
Decrease356,313.12
7 United States General Electric
Decrease295,546
United States Johnson & Johnson
Increase328,234
United States Johnson & Johnson
Decrease320,836
United States Johnson & Johnson
Decrease313,432.46
8 United States Amazon.com
Decrease281,888
United States General Electric
Decrease280,927
United States Facebook
Increase297,548
United States JPMorgan Chase
Increase308,768.42
9 United States Facebook
Increase259,192
United States Facebook
Increase263,930
China Tencent
Increase265,603
United States General Electric
Increase279,545.92
10 United States Wells Fargo
Decrease246,035
United States AT&T
Increase261,035
United States General Electric
Decrease261,876
United States Wells Fargo
Decrease276,779.12

2015

This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2015. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

Rank First quarter[19] Second quarter[20] Third quarter[21][note 1] Fourth quarter[22][note 1]
1 United States Apple Inc.
Increase724,773.1
United States Apple Inc.
Decrease722,576.9
United States Apple Inc.
Decrease621,939
United States Apple Inc.
Decrease598,344
2 United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease356,548.7
United States Microsoft
Increase357,154.4
United States Google
407,870[12]
United States IncreaseAlphabet
534,090[12]
3 United States Berkshire Hathaway
Decrease356,510.7
United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease347,868.1
United States Microsoft
Decrease347,432
United States Microsoft
Increase449,799
4 United States Google
Increase345,849.2[23]
United States Google
Increase336,014.5[12]
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Decrease318,180[13]
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase323,750[13]
5 United States Microsoft
Decrease333,524.8
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Decrease336,014.5
United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease304,245
United States Exxon Mobil
Increase325,167
6 China Petro China
Increase329,715.1
China Petro China
Decrease319,391.6
United States Johnson & Johnson
Decrease257,637
United States Amazon
Increase323,009
7 United States Wells Fargo
Decrease279,919.7
China ICBC
Increase298,531.5
United States General Electric
Decrease248,069
United States General Electric
Increase313,892
8 United States Johnson & Johnson
Decrease279,723.9
United States Wells Fargo
Increase289,591.3
China China Mobile
Increase243,186
United States Johnson & Johnson
Increase287,153
9 China ICBC
Increase275,389.1
United States Johnson & Johnson
Decrease270,260.8
Switzerland Novartis
Increase240,373
United States Wells Fargo
Increase281,770
10 Switzerland Novartis
Increase267,897.0
United States General Electric
Increase267,717.4
Switzerland Nestlé
Increase233,361
United States JPMorgan Chase
Increase245,126

2014

This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2014. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

Rank First quarter[24] Second quarter[25] Third quarter[26] Fourth quarter[27]
1 United States Apple Inc.
Decrease478,766.1
United States Apple Inc.
Increase560,337.4
United States Apple Inc.
Increase603,277.4
United States Apple Inc.
Increase647,361.0
2 United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease422,098.3
United States Exxon Mobil
Increase432,357.3
United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease401,094.1
United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease391,481.9
3 United States Microsoft
Increase340,216.8
United States Microsoft
Increase344,458.8
United States Microsoft
Increase381,959.7
United States Microsoft
Increase382,880.3
4 United States Google
Increase313,003.9
United States Google
Increase358,347.3
United States Google
Increase361,998.4
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase370,652.6
5 United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase308,090.6
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase312,216.7
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase340,055.0
United States Google
Decrease329,768.5
6 United States Johnson & Johnson
Increase277,826.2
United States Johnson & Johnson
Decrease276,837.0
United States Johnson & Johnson
Increase300,614.2
China PetroChina
Increase305,536.1
7 United States Wells Fargo
Increase261,217.5
United States Wells Fargo
Increase261,217.5
United States Wells Fargo
Increase270,782.4
United States Johnson & Johnson
Decrease292,702.8
8 United States General Electric
Decrease259,547.3
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Royal Dutch Shell
Increase269,563.4
United States General Electric
Decrease257,068.4
United States Wells Fargo
Increase284,385.6
9 Switzerland Hoffmann-La Roche
Increase258,542.1
United States General Electric
Increase263,529.6
Switzerland Novartis
Increase255,326.4
United States Wal-Mart
Decrease276,807.4
10 United States Walmart
Decrease246,805.7
Switzerland Hoffmann-La Roche
Decrease256,322.8
Switzerland Hoffmann-La Roche
Decrease254,543.8
China ICBC
Increase271,146.1

2013

This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2013. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

Rank First quarter[28] Second quarter[29] Third quarter[30] Fourth quarter[31]
1 United States Apple Inc.
Decrease415,683.3
United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease401,729.8
United States Apple Inc.
Increase433,099.6
United States Apple Inc.
Increase504,770.8
2 United States Exxon Mobil
Increase403,733.1
United States Apple Inc.
Decrease372,202.3
United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease378,716.2
United States Exxon Mobil
Increase442,142.8
3 United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase256,801.8
United States Microsoft
Increase288,488.8
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase280,001.5
United States Microsoft
Increase312,297.3
4 China PetroChina
Decrease254,618.7
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase276,548.5
United States Microsoft
Decrease277,220.9
United States Google
Increase310,079.1
5 United States Wal-Mart
Increase246,373.3
United States Wal-Mart
Decrease244,079.4
United States Johnson & Johnson
Increase244,298.5
United States Berkshire Hathaway
Increase292,396.0
6 United States General Electric
Increase239,775.6
United States Johnson & Johnson
Increase241,170.9
United States General Electric
Increase243,290.4
United States General Electric
Increase283,589.8
7 United States Microsoft
Increase239,602.3
United States General Electric
Increase239,787.2
United States Wal-Mart
Decrease240,773.3
United States Johnson & Johnson
Increase258,415.4
8 United States IBM
Increase237,724.7
United States Google
Increase238,688.6
United States Google
Decrease237,479.4
United States Wal-Mart
Increase254,622.8
9 Switzerland Nestlé
Increase233,792.1
United States Chevron Corporation
Decrease229,402.6
United States Chevron Corporation
Increase234,740.8
Switzerland Hoffmann-La Roche
Increase241,368.0
10 United States Chevron Corporation
Increase230,831.2
China ICBC
Increase226,879.8
Switzerland Hoffmann-La Roche
Increase232,495.2
United States Chevron Corporation
Increase240,223.4

2012

This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2012. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

Rank First quarter[32] Second quarter[33] Third quarter[34] Fourth quarter[35]
1 United States Apple Inc.
Increase559,002.1
United States Apple Inc.
Decrease546,076.1
United States Apple Inc.
Increase625,348.1
United States Apple Inc.
Decrease500,610.7
2 United States Exxon Mobil
Increase408,777.4
United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease400,139.1
United States Exxon Mobil
Increase422,127.5
United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease394,610.9
3 China PetroChina
Increase278,968.4
China PetroChina
Decrease257,685.8
China PetroChina
Decrease253,853.3
China PetroChina
Increase264,833.4
4 United States Microsoft
Increase270,644.1
United States Microsoft
Decrease256,982.4
United States Microsoft
Decrease249,489.8
Australia
United Kingdom
BHP Billiton
Increase247,409.0
5 United States IBM
Increase241,754.6
United States Wal-Mart
Increase235,900.3
United States Wal-Mart
Increase248,074.4
China ICBC
Increase236,457.9
6 China ICBC
Increase236,335.4
United States IBM
Decrease225,598.5
United States General Electric
Increase239,791.2
Hong Kong China Mobile
Increase234,040.2
7 Netherlands
United Kingdom
Royal Dutch Shell
Decrease222,425.1
United States General Electric
Increase220,806.3
United States IBM
Increase237,068.4
United States Wal-Mart
Decrease228,245.4
8 Hong Kong China Mobile
Increase220,978.9
Hong Kong China Mobile
Decrease219,481.3
United States Chevron Corporation
Increase228,707.1
South Korea Samsung Electronics
Increase227,581.8
9 United States General Electric
Increase212,317.7
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Royal Dutch Shell
Decrease217,048.2
Hong Kong China Mobile
Increase222,817.8
United States Microsoft
Decrease224,801.0
10 United States Chevron Corporation
Increase211,950.6
China ICBC
Decrease211,196.0
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Royal Dutch Shell
Increase222,669.6
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Royal Dutch Shell
Steady222,669.6

2011

This Financial Times Global 500–based list is up to date as of December 31, 2011. Indicated changes in market value are relative to the previous quarter.

Rank First quarter[36] Second quarter[37] Third quarter[38] Fourth quarter[39]
1 United States Exxon Mobil
Increase417,166.7
United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease400,884.5
United States Apple Inc.
Increase353,518.1
United States Exxon Mobil
Increase406,272.1
2 China PetroChina
Increase326,199.2
United States Apple Inc.
Decrease310,412.3
United States Exxon Mobil
Decrease353,135.2
United States Apple Inc.
Increase376,410.6
3 United States Apple Inc.
Increase321,072.1
China PetroChina
Decrease303,649.9
China PetroChina
Decrease276,473.9
China PetroChina
Increase276,844.9
4 China ICBC
Increase251,078.1
China ICBC
Decrease246,850.5
United States IBM
Increase208,843.5
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Royal Dutch Shell
Increase236,677.0
5 Brazil Petrobras
Increase247,417.6
Australia
United Kingdom
BHP Billiton
Decrease233,626.5
United States Microsoft
Decrease208,534.9
China ICBC
Increase228,168.1
6 Australia
United Kingdom
BHP Billiton
Increase247,079.5
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Royal Dutch Shell
Decrease225,122.8
China ICBC
Decrease206,021.4
United States Microsoft
Increase218,380.1
7 China China Construction Bank
Increase232,608.6
United States Microsoft
Increase219,251.9
Hong Kong China Mobile
Increase198,778.7
United States IBM
Increase216,724.4
8 Netherlands
United Kingdom
Royal Dutch Shell
Increase226,128.7
Switzerland Nestlé
Increase215,017.5
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Royal Dutch Shell
Decrease197,061.1
United States Chevron Corporation
Increase211,893.9
9 United States Chevron Corporation
Increase215,780.6
Brazil Petrobras
Decrease210,111.4
Switzerland Nestlé
Decrease191,115.6
United States Wal-Mart
Increase204,659.8
10 United States Microsoft
Decrease213,336.4
United States IBM
Increase207,781.4
United States Chevron Corporation
Decrease185,456.1
Hong Kong China Mobile
Decrease196,148.4

2000–2010

1996–1999

Non-public companies

This Financial Times Non-Public 150 based list is up to date as of December, 2006. All companies in top 10 are government-owned corporations. Figures are in USD millions.

Rank 2006 [69]
1 China State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
1,560,000[70]
2 Saudi Arabia Saudi Aramco
781,000
3 Mexico Pemex
415,000
4 Venezuela Petróleos de Venezuela
388,000
5 Kuwait Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
378,000
6 Malaysia Petronas
232,000
7 Algeria Sonatrach
224,000
8 Iran National Iranian Oil Company
220,000
9 Japan Japan Post (priv. 2007)
156,000
10 Indonesia Pertamina
140,000

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Note that in case some companies with multiple classes of stock only one class is considered.

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