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Today we have top 10 most valuable companies in the world.
Today, the logo of the company is sure to be recognized by many people, because Apple has become one of the most successful companies with a market value of more than $720.12 billion.
The company was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Jobs. Initially, the trinity was engaged in assembling home computers and releasing their own PC models, but the greatest success came precisely in the last years of the company, when Apple introduced its mobile product lines to the world - iPhone smartphones and iPad tablets.
To date, the range of the company's products is very wide - smart watches, computers and laptops, tablets and smartphones, and more. But the main feature of the popularity of "apple" gadgets was the high quality, stylish design and the smartest marketing program of Steve Jobs.
Today, the company includes thousands of representative offices, company stores and service centers around the world, with a staff of about 132,000 employees.
The headquarters is located in the USA, in the city of Cupertino, California.
$482.36 billion
Industry: Insurance, finance, rail transport, utilities, food and non-food products.
The company is known for its permanent owner, American investor and entrepreneur Warren Buffett. The headquarters is located in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
The cost of one share of this company is $293,750, which makes it the most expensive share in the world.
Affiliated companies:
- GEICO (auto insurance);
- General Re (reinsurance);
- Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group (insurance);
- Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group (insurance and reinsurance);
- BNSF - (railway transport);
- Berkshire Hathaway Energy (electricity and gas supply);
- McLane Company (wholesale).
In 2015, the number of participants in the annual meeting of shareholders exceeded 40 thousand people.
For this reason, the company's shareholders' meeting was jokingly nicknamed "Woodstock for the capitalists."
$413.25 billion
Industry: Internet.
Facebook was developed by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004. Today, the Facebook social network is visited by over 1.86 billion people daily. For one Internet project, with a market value of 413.25 billion dollars, this is simply an astronomical indicator of popularity and demand.
Today, Facebook generates more than 8 billion in net profit per year through advertising. In addition, facebook is the leader among this list in terms of profitability, as it increased its net income by 54% in the last year alone.
The headquarters is located in Menlo Park, California.
$400.90 billion
Industry: Conglomerate.
Products: Social networks, instant messaging, mass media, web portals, etc.
Tencent is a venture capital company, conglomerate, investment holding, and one of the largest companies in the gaming industry.
This Chinese multinational investment holding was founded in 1998. Today it occupies the 7th position in the ranking of the most expensive companies.
Its many services include social networks, mobile games, music, web portals, payment systems, e-commerce, internet services, smartphones and online multiplayer games, which are among the largest and most successful in the world in their respective categories.
Tencent Seafront Towers (also known as Tencent Binhai Mansion) is headquartered in Nanshan District, Shenzhen.
$392.25 billion
Industry: Internet.
Products: E-commerce, online auction hosting, online money transfer, mobile commerce.
Industry: Banking.
JPMorgan Chase is the largest commercial bank in the US and the world's 6th largest in terms of assets.
The nucleus for the formation of JPMorgan Chase was Chemical Bank, from which he inherited the headquarters and the history of stock prices.
Brand J.P. Morgan, historically known as Morgan, provides investment banking, asset management, private banking, and wealth management.
Location: USA, New York, Manhattan, 270 Park Avenue.
Market capitalization as a method of assessing the value of a company
Market capitalization, along with annual income and the sum of all assets, is one of the methods for assessing the investment attractiveness of a company.
Using market capitalization to represent the size of a company is important because the size of a company is a major factor in determining the various characteristics that investors are interested in, including risk.
Being the product of the number of shares and their value, market capitalization is not the price at which the owner will necessarily sell his company.
Despite the fact that companies are overvalued by the market or, on the contrary, undervalued, in order to get the real value of a company, it is necessary to consider its activities from a fundamental point of view.
Moscow, January 31 - “Vesti. Economy". The total market capitalization of the 100 most expensive Russian public companies grew by 1.3% in 2017 to $643 billion.
Below we present the ten most expensive Russian companies.
The leading position in the rating is now occupied by Sberbank, whose capitalization over the past year has grown by almost 40%, to $84 billion. The share of market capitalization attributable to financial sector companies rose to 16.9% over the year from 15.8% in the previous ranking, and their market value approached $110 billion.
The long-term leader, Gazprom, with a capitalization of $53.35 billion, occupied the second line following the results of the past year. Capitalization of "Gazprom" was reduced by 11%, but it still allowed him to slightly (by only 45 million dollars) overtake "Rosneft".
3. Rosneft
Rosneft, which in 2016 moved the long-term leader, Gazprom, from the podium, could not hold on to the first place in 2017 and took the third place at the end of the past year. This is due to a decrease in the capitalization of Rosneft by 24% per year, to $53.3 billion.
Among the 100 most valuable companies, market capitalization in 2017 increased for 55, which is significantly less than last year's result (91 companies). In general, in five companies, capitalization growth in 2017 was multiple, which in most cases was due to additional issues. For comparison, in 2016, 25 companies showed a multiple increase in capitalization, which was most often determined by the dynamics of shares.
The minimum amount of market capitalization required to get into the top 10, on the contrary, became less over the year - $15.3 billion against $15.9 billion a year earlier.
According to RIA Rating experts, in 2018, the growth of quotations for most companies, which began in mid-2017, is likely to continue. At the same time, for many of them, the effect of a low base has already been exhausted and growth should not be very strong.
As before, the largest contribution to the total value of the most valuable companies in 2017 was made by corporations associated with oil and gas production and oil refining. They account for 39.9% of the total capitalization of the Top 100 most expensive companies in Russia, which is 4.2 percentage points less than a year earlier. The reduction in the share is due to the negative dynamics of the value of a number of the largest companies in this sector.
Left the top ten largest companies in Russia by capitalization retailer "Magnit" and VTB. VTB moved from tenth place in 2016 to 14th place at the beginning of 2018, due to a 33% reduction in capitalization. Over the past year, Magnit's capitalization has fallen even more - by 39%, or by $6.6 billion, which led to the loss of eight places in the ranking, and now this company is in 16th place.
Metallurgy became the third industry in terms of total capitalization. Metallurgical companies account for 13.9% of the market value of the largest Russian companies by capitalization. In general, 2017 can be called the “year of metallurgists”, since, following the prices of steel and coal, their stock quotes showed a rapid positive trend.
To assess the changes that have taken place among Russian issuers and on the Russian stock market as a whole, the experts of the RIA Rating agency prepared the next annual, fifth in a row, Rating of the 100 most expensive public companies in Russia as of the beginning of 2018.
The main ruble index (Moscow Exchange) fell by 5.5% over the year, while the dollar index (RTS) grew by only 0.2%. Nevertheless, despite the decline in the index, among the largest companies by capitalization, the majority showed an increase in quotations in 2017. According to the rating, the total capitalization of the TOP-100 Russian companies over the past year increased by 1.3% or $8.4 billion to $643 billion as of December 29, 2017. For comparison, in 2016 the growth was much higher - +58% or +233 billion dollars. The median capitalization of the Russian 100 public companies did not change and amounted to $1.8-1.9 billion. In turn, the minimum amount of capitalization with which one could get into the top 100 most expensive companies in 2017 was $318 million, against $267 million in last year's rating and 157 as of December 31, 2015. (Thus, the lower bar for entering the top 100 most valuable companies in Russia has doubled in two years.
The top ten, according to the rating, also includes the following companies: Sberbank, Gazprom, Rosneft, LUKOIL, NOVATEK, Norilsk Nickel, Gazprom Neft, Tatneft, Surgutneftegaz and NLMK. It is worth noting that two companies at once left the TOP-10 at the end of the year, and, accordingly, two newcomers are in the top ten. Magnit and VTB Bank left the top ten largest companies in Russia by capitalization.
Among the 100 most valuable companies, market capitalization in 2017 increased for 55, which is significantly less than last year's result (91 companies). Ingrad development company became the leader in terms of market capitalization growth among the TOP-100 companies in 2017. The capitalization of this company during the year increased by more than 8 times. The second company in terms of growth rates was Lenenergo, whose capitalization increased by 4.7 times, which is also mainly due to the additional issue. In general, in 5 companies, capitalization growth in 2017 was multiple, which in most cases was due to additional issues. For comparison, in 2016, 25 companies showed a multiple increase in capitalization, which was most often determined by the dynamics of shares.
The largest decrease in capitalization in 2017 among the companies included in the rating was demonstrated by the financial sector company FG "Future". AFK Sistema, Magnit, Bashneft, VTB Bank, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Lenta, Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant, Rusagro, Uralkali and Polyus were also among the companies with a significant decrease in market capitalization.
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Below is a list of the world's largest companies based on their market capitalization. First on the list is Apple Inc., founded in 1976, with a market capitalization of over $900 billion, followed by Alphabet and Microsoft in second and third, respectively. Apple Corporation, headquartered in Cupertino, California, employs approximately 123,000 people (including more than 76,000 in the US), with approximately 500 retail locations in 22 countries. For fiscal year 2017, the company's revenue (net sales) was $229 billion. Apple has created about 2 million jobs in the US. Alphabet, headquartered in Mountain View, California, is the second largest company in the world by market capitalization.
Top 50 most valuable companies in the world
| Place 2017 |
Place 2018 |
Company | The country | Market capitalization (US$ billion, January 17, 2018) |
Market capitalization (billion US dollars, January 17, 2017) |
| 1 | 1 | Apple | USA | 911.1 | 630.9 |
| 2 | 2 | Alphabet | USA | 788.8 | 562.9 |
| 3 | 3 | Microsoft | USA | 695.4 | 486.0 |
| 5 | 4 | Amazon | USA | 624.0 | 383.7 |
| 13 | 5 | Tencent Holdings | China | 550.2 | 243.8 |
| 4 | 6 | Berkshire Hathaway | USA | 528.5 | 395.8 |
| 6 | 7 | USA | 518.3 | 369.6 | |
| 14 | 8 | Alibaba | China | 470.8 | 239.5 |
| 8 | 9 | Johnson & Johnson | USA | 394.9 | 312.1 |
| 9 | 10 | JPMorgan Chase | USA | 392.0 | 300.4 |
| 15 | 11 | Industrial & Comm Bank of China | China | 376.8 | 231.4 |
| 7 | 12 | ExxonMobil | USA | 372.9 | 357.8 |
| 17 | 13 | Bank of America | USA | 325.2 | 228.7 |
| 11 | 14 | Wells Fargo | USA | 314.6 | 272.6 |
| 26 | 15 | Walmart Stores | USA | 304.2 | 209.3 |
| 21 | 16 | Samsung Electronics | South Korea | 301.7 | 224.2 |
| 16 | 17 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands | 296.6 | 229.6 |
| 30 | 18 | Visa | USA | 276.4 | 189.9 |
| 18 | 19 | Nestle | Switzerland | 268.5 | 228.5 |
| 32 | 20 | China Construction Bank | China | 267.1 | 188.3 |
| 22 | 21 | Chevron | USA | 251.4 | 218.9 |
| 23 | 22 | PetroChina Co Ltd | China | 235.9 | 217.4 |
| 25 | 23 | Anheuser-Busch InBev | Belgium | 234.2 | 212.8 |
| 39 | 24 | Home Depot | USA | 233.3 | 165.9 |
| 20 | 25 | Procter & Gamble | USA | 231.4 | 227.3 |
| 45 | 26 | United Health Group | USA | 231.1 | 150.1 |
| 29 | 27 | Toyota Motor | Japan | 229.6 | 193.8 |
| 31 | 28 | Novartis | Switzerland | 227.4 | 188.9 |
| 12 | 29 | AT&T | USA | 226.2 | 250.6 |
| 43 | 30 | Taiwan Semiconductor | Taiwan | 223.7 | 152.9 |
| 38 | 31 | HSBC Holdings | United Kingdom | 222.4 | 166.5 |
| 28 | 32 | Pfizer | USA | 221.6 | 194.4 |
| – | 33 | Ping An Insurance Group | China | 217.7 | 94.0 |
| 46 | 34 | Agricultural Bank of China | China | 217.1 | 148.3 |
| 24 | 35 | Verizon Communications | USA | 211.0 | 213.004 |
| 27 | 36 | Roche Holding | Switzerland | 210.5 | 202.8 |
| – | 37 | Boeing | USA | 209.1 | 97.3 |
| 41 | 38 | Oracle | USA | 208.1 | 160.8 |
| 34 | 39 | Intel | USA | 207.7 | 174.2 |
| 19 | 40 | China Mobile | China | 207.6 | 227.4 |
| 40 | 41 | Citigroup | USA | 204.8 | 163.5 |
| 44 | 42 | Cisco Systems | USA | 203.7 | 150.7 |
| 33 | 43 | Coca Cola | USA | 199.5 | 178.1 |
| 35 | 44 | Comcast | USA | 194.8 | 173.0 |
| 48 | 45 | Bank of China | China | 189.4 | 146.2 |
| – | 46 | mastercard | USA | 174.0 | 117.2 |
| 47 | 47 | PepsiCo | USA | 169.5 | 147.3 |
| 37 | 48 | Merck | USA | 169.0 | 168.7 |
| 36 | 49 | Walt Disney | USA | 168.7 | 171.3 |
| – | 50 | AbbVie | USA | 166.5 | 98.5 |
20 largest companies in the world by revenue
Below is a list of the largest companies in the world based on their combined revenue. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., an American retail giant, is the largest company in the world with $485 billion in total revenue. The company, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, employs 2.3 million people. It serves over 250 million customers weekly on the Internet and in 11,700 locations in 28 countries.
| Place | Company | The country | Revenue (billion USD, 2016) | Net income (billion USD, 2016) |
| 1 | wal mart | USA | $485.3 | $13.6 |
| 2 | State Grid Corporation | China | $301.4 | $12.5 |
| 3 | China Petroleum & Chemical | China | $255.7 | $7.0 |
| 4 | Toyota Motor | Japan | $236.7 | $19.3 |
| 5 | Volkswagen Group | Germany | $228.9 | $5.4 |
| 6 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands | $213.0 | $4.2 |
| 7 | Berkshire Hathaway | USA | $222.9 | $24.1 |
| 8 | Apple | USA | $217.5 | $45.2 |
| 9 | petrochina | China | $214.8 | $1.2 |
| 10 | ExxonMobil | USA | $197.5 | $7.8 |
| 11 | McKesson | USA | $196.5 | $2.0 |
| 12 | United Health Group | USA | $184.9 | $7.2 |
| 13 | BP plc | United Kingdom | $183.8 | $0.1 |
| 14 | CVS Health | USA | $177.5 | $5.3 |
| 15 | Samsung Electronics | South Korea | $174 | $19.3 |
| 16 | Daimler | Germany | $169.5 | $9.4 |
| 17 | General Motors | USA | $166.4 | $9.4 |
| 18 | AT&T | USA | $163.8 | $13.0 |
| 19 | Glencore | Switzerland | $152.9 | $0.94 |
| 20 | Ford Motor Company | USA | $151.8 | $4.6 |
In February 2017, the RIA Rating agency released another rating of the hundred most expensive Russian companies. Their total capitalization in 2016 amounted to $635 billion, which is 58% ($233 billion) higher than in 2015. At the same time, the value of all Russian companies in the top 100 corresponds to the capitalization of Apple alone ($630 billion). However, the potential of many companies is not fully disclosed and their shares on the market may still soar in price.
Top 10 most valuable public companies in Russia in 2017
10. VTB Bank
Capitalization - 15 827 million dollars.
The main shareholders of this bank are state structures - the Federal Property Management Agency and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. They own 60.9% of voting shares. In terms of authorized capital, VTB Bank ranks first among the country's credit institutions, and second in terms of assets. In 2016, VTB Bank and Russian Post entered into an agreement to establish Post Bank. Dmitry Rudenko became its head, who intends to increase the bank's loan portfolio to 4 billion rubles by 2023.
9. Gazprom Neft
Capitalization - 16 888 million dollars.
The company was founded in 1995 by order of B. Yeltsin and was then called the Siberian Oil Company. In 2005, its controlling stake was bought out by Gazprom. Gazprom Neft was the first company to start producing oil on the Russian Arctic shelf. By 2020, the company plans to increase the total oil production to 100 million tons of oil equivalent per year.
8. Magnet
Capitalization - 17,005 million dollars.
Almost all Russian cities are covered by a "magnetic" network. The total number of Magnit stores as of July 2016 reached 12.9 thousand. The first of the "Magnets" was opened in 1998 in Krasnodar and initially household chemicals were sold there. And the development of the hypermarket chain began in 2006. In 2007, the first of them was also opened in Krasnodar. Apparently, this is a happy city for the owners of Magnit.
7. Surgutneftegaz
Capitalization - 18 217 million dollars.
The largest enterprise in the city of Surgut and one of the largest players in the Russian oil market. For the whole of 2016, Surgutneftegaz produced 61 million 848.6 thousand tons of oil and produced 9 billion 663 million cubic meters of gas. And the NPF under the brand of the same name has become one of the most profitable in.
6. MMC Norilsk Nickel
Capitalization - 26 201 million dollars.
A Russian mining and metallurgical giant that produces 100% platinum in the Russian market, 96% nickel, 95% cobalt and 55% copper. The MMC accounts for 1.9% of Russia's GDP. Vladimir Potanin, who holds the position of General Director of Norilsk Nickel, at a meeting with Vladimir Putin said that by 2023 he intends to invest about 1 trillion rubles in the development of production. This will allow the enterprise to rejuvenate its capacities and make them the largest in the world.
5. NOVATEK
Capitalization - 39 220 million dollars.
It ranks second in Russia in terms of gas production. Together with such companies as Rosneft, Gazprombank and Vnesheconombank, it is included in the US sanctions list. This means that NOVATEK cannot borrow on the US market for more than three months.
4. LUKOIL
Capitalization - 48,076 million dollars.
Until 2007, LUKOIL was the leader in terms of oil production in Russia, but then lost this title to Rosneft. In 2017, the company produced its first millionth ton of oil in the Caspian Sea, at the Yu. V. Filanovsky. And in 2016, LUKOIL took fourth place in the annual environmental performance rating of Russian oil and gas companies according to the World Wildlife Fund and 2nd place in.
3. Gazprom
Capitalization - 59 932 million dollars.
The corporation whose dreams come true takes the third place in the list of the most expensive companies in the Russian Federation in 2017. Her interests include not only exploration and production of gas, but also its transportation, storage and sale. Since December 2013, Gazprom has retained the right to export pipeline gas; until that time, the corporation had the right to export any gas from the Russian Federation.
2. Sberbank
Capitalization - 61 159 million dollars.
According to the Central Bank, Sberbank -. There is no need to worry about the deposits placed there, the Central Bank is unlikely to revoke the license from Sberbank in the foreseeable future. And in terms of accessibility, Sberbank occupies the highest step on the banking pedestal - it has almost 17.5 thousand branches and 14 territorial banks in 83 regions of Russia.
1. NK "Rosneft"
Capitalization - 69 907 million dollars.
The controlling stake in Rosneft is owned by Rosneftegaz, and Igor Sechin is the executive director of the corporation. In 2016, the Glencore consortium and the Qatar Investment Authority fund in Qatar acquired a 19.5% stake in Rosneft for 10.2 billion euros. However, Rosneft still has 50% + 1 share. Last year, Rosneft was mentioned in the press in connection with the high-profile arrest of the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexei Ulyukaev. He is suspected of threatening and extorting a bribe in the amount of two million dollars from a Rosneft representative. Ulyukaev estimated this amount as a positive assessment, which allows Rosneft to acquire the state-owned stake in Bashneft.