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

3

Year-on-year comparison:

2018 vs. 2017

11

Value distributed to shareholders

in calendar year 2017

21

Post-financial crisis comparison:

2018 vs. 2009

26

Complete ranking

38

Methodology

44

PwC | TGitlolebal Top 100 companies by market capitalisation

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AHgiegnhdalights and trends

Year-on-year comparison: 2018 vs. 2017

Value distributed to shareholders in calendar

year 2017

Post-financial crisis comparison: 2018 vs. 2009

Highlights and trends

Complete ranking

PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation

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Introduction

In this brief report we have ranked the GlobalTop 100 companies by market capitalisationand highlighted the major trends since 2009 as they emerged from the global financial crisis.

Key highlights

? 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.

? Apple retains the pole positionfor the seventh year in a row. Apple's market cap increased by 13%, although the gap with second placed Alphabet has decreased by 2 5 %.

? 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 ina 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 Two of the top ten US companies from last y ear have been replaced by Chinese companies.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)

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

24,000 21,000 18,000 15 ,00 0 12,000 8,402 9,00 0 6,00 0 3,000

0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

20,035 17,438

2017 2018

No. of compa nies

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

50

Number of Top 100

40

companies in 2018

30

Number of Top 100 companies in 2009

20

10

0 $300bn $75bn $100bn $150bn $200bn $250bn $300bn

Ma rket Ca p ($bn)

Market caps of t op and bot t om companies

1,000

Number 1 Number 100

A pple

800

600

Ex x on Mobi l

P et r oCh i n a

337 329 400

Ex x on Mobi l

417

A pple 559 A pple

416

A pple 725 469

200 40

61

69

64

70

81

85

0 2009 2010 2011 2012

Source: Bloomberg and PwC analysis

2013

2014

2015

A ppl e A pple 754 604

76

88

2016 2017

A ppl e 851

97 2018

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Total market capitalisation of Global Top 100 companies as at 31 March

Market Cap ($bn)

24,000 21,000 18,000 15,000 12,000 9,000 6,000 3,000

0

8,402 2009

Total market cap of Top 100 companies as at 31 March

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

1 7 ,438

2 0 ,035

2017

2018

Market Cap ($bn)

1,000 800 600 400 200 0

Number 1 Number 100

Ex xon Mobil PetroChina

337

329

Market caps of top and bottom companies

Ex xon Mo b il

417

A pple 559

A pple 416

A pple 469

A pple 7 25

A pple 604

40

61

69

64

70

81

85

76

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Source: Bloomberg and PwC analysis

PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation

A pple 7 54

88 2017

A pple 851

97 2018

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