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Companies by Market
Capitalization
Sadia Muhammad
1. Apple
• Apple is the largest company in the world, with a market cap of $2.72 trillion.
• Market cap: $2.72 trillion (as of 2.Oct. 2023)
• Revenue (TTM): $383.93 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $166.82 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 24.82%
• Year founded: 1976
• Although other companies have surpassed Apple at times,It has held
the top spot for the better part of a decade. It also holds the
distinction of being the first company to hit market caps of $1 trillion,
$2 trillion, and $3 trillion.
2. Microsoft
• Market cap: $2.39 trillion (as of Oct. 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $211.92 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $146.05 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 22.49%
• Year founded: 1975
• Considering the popularity of the Windows operating system, it’s no
surprise that Microsoft has consistently ranked as one of the largest
companies in the world. Nearly 70% of computers use Windows,
according to Statcounter. It was the world's largest company before, as it
briefly surpassed Apple for the biggest market cap in 2021. However,
Apple reclaimed the top spot a month later.
3. Saudi Arabian
Oil
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Market cap: $2.21 trillion* (as of Oct. 2)
Revenue (TTM): $535.93 billion*
• Gross profit (TTM): $354.62 billion*
• Year founded: 1933
• Saudi Arabian Oil, aka Saudi Aramco, is an energy and chemicals company.
Owned by the Saudi Arabian government, it has the largest daily oil
production and the second-largest proven crude oil reserves of all oil
companies. Since it is largely dependent on oil prices, it went through
significant ups and downs in 2022. Saudi Aramco invested $500 million in a
liquified natural gas (LNG) company, MidOcean Energy, in September 2023.
4.Google
• Market cap: $1.70 trillion (as of Oct. 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $288.14 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $159.57 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 17.16%
• Year founded: 1998 (Google), 2015 (Alphabet)
• Alphabet is the holding company created through a restructuring of
Google in 2015. Of course, Google is most well-known as a search
engine, becoming so famous that the name is synonymous with
online searches.
5. Amazon
• Market cap: $1.34 trillion (as of Oct. 2)
• Revenue (TTM): $538.05 billion
• Gross profit (TTM): $244.97 billion
• Five-year annualized return: 4.88%
• Year founded: 1994
• E-commerce leader Amazon started out as an online bookstore, which
goes to show just how much its reach has expanded. It's now the site
where you can buy practically anything, and it’s the largest online
retailer in the world.