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
PwC | Global
Title Top 100 companies by market capitalisation
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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last y ear have been replaced by Chinese companies.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
50
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
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation
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