Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation

Global Top 100

companies by market

capitalisation

31 March 2018 update

An IPO Centre publication

Contents

Highlights and trends

Year-on-year comparison:

2018 vs. 2017

Value distributed to shareholders

in calendar year 2017

Post-financial crisis comparison:

2018 vs. 2009

Complete ranking

Methodology

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Agenda

Highlights

and trends

Value distributed to

shareholders in calendar

year 2017

Year-on-year

comparison:

2018 vs. 2017

Highlights

and trends

PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation

Post-financial

crisis comparison:

2018 vs. 2009

Complete

ranking

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Introduction

? Apple retains the pole position for the seventh year in

a row. Apple¡¯s market cap increased by 13%, although

the gap with second placed Alphabet has decreased by

25%.

? The T op four companies are unchanged compared to

last y ear. There are two new entrants in the Top ten,

Chinese technology companies, Tencent and Alibaba,

replacing US companies Exxon Mobil and Wells

Fargo.

? For a second year in a row, Technology was the

largest sector in terms of market cap ($4,806bn).

Second place was the Financials sector ($4,421bn), but

with the highest number of companies (23) and

Consumer Goods ($2,827bn) came third.

? The US still dominates - 54 out of 100 are US

companies. This has dropped, however, from 55 in the

previous year. Two of the top ten US companies from

last y ear have been replaced by Chinese companies.

? Share buybacks boosted the 2.2% dividend yield to an

ov erall of 3.5% by reference to market capitalisation.

PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation

Ma rket Ca p ($bn)

? The market capitalisation of the Global Top 100 has

increased by 15% since last year. This compares with a

1 1 .5% increase in the MSCI World Index.

24,000

21,000

18,000

15,000

12,000

9,000

6,000

3,000

0

17,438

20,035

8,402

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Spread of companies by market cap (2018 vs. 2009)

No. of compa nies

Key highlights

Tot al market cap of Top 100 companies as at 31 March

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Number of Top 100

companies in 2018

Number of Top 100

companies in 2009

40

30

20

10

0

$300bn

$100bn $150bn $200bn $250bn $300bn

Market caps of t op and bot t om companies

Number 1

Number 100

1,000

Ma rket Ca p ($bn)

In this brief report we have ranked the Global Top 100

companies by market capitalisation and highlighted the

major trends since 2009 as they emerged from the global

financial crisis.

800

600

400

200

Exxon

PetroMobi l

Ch i n a

337

329

40

61

Exxon

Mobi l

417

69

A ppl e

A ppl e

559

416

64

A ppl e

A ppl e 725

A ppl e

A ppl e

A ppl e

851

754

604

469

70

81

85

76

88

97

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

0

2009

2010

2011

2012

Source: Bloomberg and PwC analysis

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Total market capitalisation of Global Top 100

companies as at 31 March

Market Cap ($bn)

Total market cap of Top 100 companies as at 31 March

24,000

21,000

18,000

15,000

12,000

9,000

6,000

3,000

0

20,035

1 7 ,438

8,402

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Market caps of top and bottom companies

Market Cap ($bn)

1,000

Number 1

Number 100

800

600

400

200

Ex xon

Mobil

337

PetroChina

40

61

2009

2010

329

Ex xon

Mobil

417

Apple

Apple

469

Apple

7 25

2018

Apple

Apple

Apple

604

7 54

851

559

A pple

41 6

69

64

70

81

85

76

88

97

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

0

Source: Bloomberg and PwC analysis

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