This post lists the 20 publicly traded companies with the largest market capitalization as of today. Since my November 2017 list of the 20 most valuable stocks the value of 2 companies increased by more than $150 billion and 4 companies value decreased by over $100 billion.
In the 20 most valuable companies list there are 13 USA companies, 4 Chinese companies and 1 each for Korea, Netherlands and Switzerland. The remaining 15 companies with market caps above $200 billion are based in: USA 10, China 2, Switzerland 2 and Japan 1.
| Company | Country | Market Capitalization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon | USA | $802 billion |
| 2 | Microsoft | USA | $789 billion |
| 3 | Alphabet (GOOGL) | USA | $737 billion |
| 4 | Apple | USA | $720 billion |
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway | USA | $482 billion |
| 6 | USA | $413 billion | |
| 7 | Tencent | China | $404 billion* |
| 8 | Alibaba | China | $392 billion |
| 9 | Johnson & Johnson | USA | $348 billion |
| 10 | China Unicom | China | $333 billion |
Amazon soared $220 billion since my November 2017 post and became the most valuable company in the world. Microsoft soared $147 billion and became the most valuable company in the world briefly before Amazon took the crown.
Apple lost $178 billion since my November 2017 post (after passing $1 trillion in market capitalization during 2018, up $100 billion from the November 2017 total, before declining). Facebook lost $118 billion off their market cap. Tencent lost $104 billion and Alibaba lost $100 billion in value during the same period.
Google increased 8 billion (since my November 2017 post).
The next ten most valuable companies:
| Company | Country | Market Capitalization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | JPMorgan Chase | USA | $332 billion |
| 12 | Visa | USA | $304 billion |
| 13 | Exxon Mobil | USA | $304 billion |
| 14 | Walmart | USA | $276 billion |
| 15 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) | China | $270 billion* |
| 16 | Bank of America | USA | $255 billion |
| 17 | Nestle | Switzerland | $255 billion |
| 18 | Royal Dutch Shell | Netherlands | $250 billion |
| 19 | Pfizer | USA | $249 billion |
| 20 | Samsung | Korea | $240 billion |
Market capitalization shown are of the close of business November 26th, as shown on Google Finance.
Pfizer is the only new company in the top 20, growing by $37 billion to reach $249 billion and take the 19th spot (Wells Fargo dropped out of the top 20 and into 25th place).
Related: Global Stock Market Capitalization from 2000 to 2012 – Stock Market Capitalization by Country from 1990 to 2010 – Historical Stock Returns
Between $255 billion (which earns 15th place) and $223 billion there are 13 companies with market caps very close to each other.
A few other companies of interest (based on their market capitalization):