Global Top 100
companies by
market capitalisation
July 2019
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Contents
Methodology and key contacts
Highlights and trends
3
6
Complete ranking
18
24
Appendices:
• Value distribution in calendar year 2018
• 10-year comparison 2019 vs. 2009
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Methodology and
key contacts
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Methodology
• This Global Top 100 report ranks the largest public companies by
their market capitalisation in US dollars as at 31 March 2019 and
compares this with the Global Top 100 list as at 31 March 2018 and
31 March 2009.
• Data sources: Bloomberg with PwC analysis, CBI Insights with PwC
analysis.
• Sector classification is based on Industry Classification
Benchmark (ICB).
• Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and closed end funds are
excluded from the analysis.
• A company’s location is the country or region where its
headquarters are located.
• We allocated dual-listed companies as follows: BHP Billiton (AUS),
Royal Dutch Shell (UK) and Unilever (NL).
• The ranking does not compensate for changes in currency
exchange rates.
• The distribution of value is based on dividend payments and share
repurchases in the calendar year 2018.
• Greater China includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, previously they
were presented separately.
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Key Contacts
• Peter Whelan
UK IPO Lead
Partner, PwC UK
Tel: +44 7770 977 937
peter.whelan@pwc.com
• Kennedy Liu
Capital Markets Leader, China/Hong Kong
and Asia Pacific
Partner, PwC HK
Tel: +852 2289 1881
kennedy.liu@hk.pwc.com
• Ross Hunter
IPO Centre Leader
Partner, PwC UK
Tel: +44 780 291 8885
ross.hunter@pwc.com
• Nadja Picard
PwC Europe Capital Markets Leader
Partner, PwC Germany
Tel: +49 211 981 2978
nadja.picard@pwc.com
• David Ethridge
US IPO Services Leader
Managing Director, PwC US
Tel: +1 212 845 0739
david.a.ethridge@pwc.com
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Highlights
and trends
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Companies
• The market capitalisation of the Global Top 100
companies has increased by 5% since last
year, more subdued than 15% growth in
2017/2018. The MSCI World Index remained
flat at 45.2, compared to 45.4 last year.
• Microsoft has overtaken Apple to take top
position, the first time in eight years that Apple
has not been the Global Top 100 number one.
Microsoft’s market capitalisation increased by
29% to $905bn, fueled by its transformation into
a cloud computing company – compared to
Apple’s increase of 5%.
• The top four companies are unchanged from
last year. Exxon Mobil returned to the top ten
this year, for the first time since 2017, replacing
JP Morgan.
• There were no direct entries via IPO this year.
The last company to enter the Global Top 100
via IPO was Alibaba in 2014.
Highlights
Sectors
• For the third year in a row, technology was the
largest sector in terms of market capitalisation
($5,691bn). However in terms of percentage
value increase, the healthcare,
telecommunications and consumer services
sectors grew by 15% each compared to 6% for
technology.
• The worst performing sector was financials,
with a 3% decline in market capitalisation,
although companies included in the Global Top
100 still managed to do better than the rest of
the sector.
• A total of $887bn has been distributed to
shareholders by the Global Top 100 companies,
mainly in the US. Apple alone distributed $87bn
to shareholders in dividends and share
repurchases in the calendar year 2018 (vs
$31bn distributed in 2017).
• As a point of comparison, in the private
company domain, nearly half (48%) of the top
100 unicorns valued at $1bn+ as at 31 March
2019 were from the US, in line with what we see
in the Global Top 100. The value of top 100
unicorns grew by 6% to $815bn as at 31 March
2019, consistent with the public companies
market capitalisation increase.
Countries
• India featured in the Global Top 100 for the first time
since 2009, with the return of Reliance Industries,
as well as a new entrant Tata Consultancy. Both
companies’ market capitalisation increased due to
robust earnings growth coupled with the overall
strong domestic market performance.
• Saudi Arabia joined the Global Top 100 this year for
the first time with the inclusion of Saudi Basic
Industries Corp, boosted by Saudi Aramco’s
$69.1bn investment in March 2019 to acquire a 70%
majority stake in the company.
• 2019 has not seen much change in the top locations
split compared to 2018:
˗ The US still dominates – 54 (the same number
as in 2018) out of the Global Top 100 are US
companies, with the market capitalisation
increasing by $1,105bn (9%).
˗ Greater China, the second largest contributor to
the Global Top 100 with 15 companies, saw a
decrease of 5% in its total market capitalisation
when compared to 31 March 2018, impacted by a
growing trade rift between Greater China and the
US and its effect on the market sentiment;
˗ the UK comes third with 6 companies
(vs. five in 2018).
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Total market capitalisation of the Global Top 100 companies as at 31
March 2019
Highlights
• The market capitalisation of the Global Top
100 has increased by 5% since last year.
• Microsoft has overtaken Apple to take the
top position.
• Exxon Mobil returned to the top ten this year,
replacing JP Morgan.
• The market capitalisation of the largest
company has nearly tripled in the last ten
years – from $337bn (Exxon Mobil) to $905bn
(Microsoft). The gap between the largest and
smallest companies has continued to grow,
currently at $806bn.
• In 2019 the market capitalisation of the
smallest company in the Global Top 100 is
over double of its equivalent in 2009 - $99bn
vs $40bn.
8,402
20,035
21,075
0
3,000
6,000
9,000
12,000
15,000
18,000
21,000
24,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Marketcapitalisation($bn)
Total market capitalisation of Global Top 100 companies as at 31 March
337 329
417
559
416
469
725
604
754
851
905
40 61 69 64 70 81 85 76 88 97 99
0
200
400
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800
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Marketcapitalisation($bn)
Market capitalisation of top and bottom companies
Number 1 Number 100
Apple
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Exxon
Mobil
PetroChina
Exxon
Mobil
Apple
Apple
Apple
Apple
Apple
Apple
Microsoft
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Within the top five, Microsoft overtakes Apple as the most valuable
public company
Highlights
• Microsoft overtook Apple as the world’s most
valuable public company by market
capitalisation in November 2018 and continued
to lead throughout the first quarter of 2019.
• Apple continues to return significantly more
value to the shareholders than any other
company—$87bn in 2018 ($31bn in 2017).
• Microsoft has been experiencing a growth in
value, fueled by its transformation into a cloud
computing company and weathered recent
turmoil for technology stocks better than some
other companies.
• The 5th placed Berkshire Hathaway lags
behind the 4th placed Alphabet by $323bn or
40%. Technology and e-commerce dominate
the top end of the rankings at present.
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200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
Mar-18
Apr-18
May-18
Jun-18
Jul-18
Aug-18
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Oct-18
Nov-18
Dec-18
Jan-19
Feb-19
Mar-19
Marketcaptalisation($bn)
Apple Alphabet Microsoft Amazon Berkshire Hathaway
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
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Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Market capitalisation of the Global Top 100 by region
Highlights
• The US continued to see impressive growth in
its share of the largest companies in value
terms over the past 10 years. The US share of
the Global Top 100 market capitalisation rose
from 45% as at March 2009 to 63% in 2019.
• Europe dropped from 27% of the Global Top
100 market capitalisation as at 31 March 2009
to 15% in 2019, having 11 companies fall from
the list over that period.
• Greater China’s market capitalisation
decreased by 4% as at 31 March 2019 versus
March 2018. This was impacted by a growing
trade rift between Greater China and the US,
and its effects on the market sentiment.
• The Rest of the World saw an increase of
22% in its market capitalisation, boosted by the
new additions from India, Saudi Arabia, Japan
and Brazil in 2019.
3,805
5,170 5,538
6,202
6,739
8,052
9,322 9,636
10,928
12,187
13,292
2,272
3,311 3,370 2,980 3,347
3,997 3,424
2,996 3,031 3,362
3,1811,319
1,577 1,819 1,614 1,531 1,364
2,361
1,914
2,186
3,332
3,197
1,007
1,750 2,250 2,176 1,980 1,606
1,133 1,032 1,293 1,154 1,405
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Marketcapitalisation($bn)
42
39 38
41 43
47
53 54 55 54 54
31 33 31 27 28 30
26 24 22 23
20
11 10 12 11 10 9
12 12 12
15
15
16 18 19 21 19
14
9 10 11
8
11
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Numberofcompanies
US Europe Greater China Rest of the World
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*2018 figures do not add to 100 due to two companies in the 2018 Global Top 100 being in locations that are no longer in the Global Top 100
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
The Global Top 100 – Number of companies by country – 2019 vs 2018
Highlights
• The US and Greater China saw no change from
last year in the number of companies in the
Global Top 100.
• The UK held its position in 3rd place, with six
companies, helped by the return of Rio Tinto and
AstraZeneca.
• Germany saw the biggest loss with three
companies dropping out, including Siemens
(having spun off its medical equipment unit,
Siemens Healthineers AG), Volkswagen and
Allianz.
• India rejoined the Global Top 100 for the first time
since 2009, with the return of Reliance
Industries, as well as a new entry, Tata
Consultancy, reflective of strong domestic
market performance.
• Spain dropped out of the Global Top 100 entirely
after losing two companies since 2018:
Santander, affected by softness in the financials
sector, and Inditex, replaced by new entrants.
• Saudi Arabia joined the Global Top 100 this year
for the first time with Saudi Basic Industries
Corp, boosted by Saudi Aramco’s $69bn
investment in March 2019 to acquire a 70% stake
in the company.
Location
Global Top 100 2019 Global Top 100 2018
# companies
Market
capitalisation
($bn)
Rank
by market
capitalisation # companies*
Market
capitalisation
($bn)
Rank by
market
capitalisation
United States 54 13,292 1 54 12,187 1
Greater China 15 3,197 2 15 3,332 2
UK 6 870 3 5 814 3
France 5 696 5 4 532 5
Switzerland 3 774 4 3 655 4
Japan 2 298 6 1 210 11
Ireland 2 235 7 2 212 10
India 2 233 9 N/A N/A N/A
Canada 2 208 10 2 216 9
South Korea 1 234 8 1 298 7
Belgium 1 169 11 1 222 11
Netherlands 1 166 12 1 165 14
Germany 1 142 13 4 437 6
Australia 1 131 14 2 209 12
Denmark 1 128 15 1 123 15
South Africa 1 102 16 1 107 17
Brazil 1 100 18 1 114 16
Saudi Arabia 1 100 17 N/A N/A N/A
Spain 0 0 N/A 2 202 13
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1) Market capitalisation of companies at 31 March 2018 in the Global Top 100 at 31 March 2019, on a like-for-like basis.
2) Greater China includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, previously they were presented separately
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
The Global Top 100 companies – Market capitalisation by
country – 2019 vs 2018
Highlights
• The US continues to dominate, increasing its market
capitalisation by $1,197bn or 10% on a like-for-like
basis and outperforming S&P500 for this period.
• Greater China, the second largest contributor to the
Global Top 100, saw a decrease of $135bn (4%) in
its market capitalisation total compared to 31 March
2018, impacted by volatility in both Shanghai and
Hang Seng indices amidst a growing trade rift
between Greater China and the US.
• In Europe, most notably, Switzerland and France
performed best, with $119bn (18%) and $74bn (12%)
increases, mainly on the overall strength of
healthcare and consumer goods stocks. UK
companies’ market capitalisation, however, remained
largely flat, affected by ongoing Brexit uncertainties.
• The best performing country in relative terms was
India, albeit with only two companies in the Global
Top 100, which increased India’s market
capitalisation by $63bn or 37%. This was supported
by the domestic stock market growth of 10% in US
dollar terms, as well as robust earnings trends of the
individual companies.
• South Korea’s Samsung was one of the worst
performing tech stocks in 2018, suffering from a
slowing and more competitive smartphone market.
• Belgium’s AB InBev also had a tough 2018, given
the unfavorable sector trends.
Location
Change in market capitalisation of
the current Top 100
Market
capitalisation
2019 ($bn)
# companies
2019
Like-for-like
market
capitalisation
2018
($bn) (1)
($bn) (%)
United States 1,197 10% 13,292 54 12,095
Switzerland 119 18% 774 3 655
France 74 12% 696 5 622
India 63 37% 233 2 170
Ireland 23 11% 235 2 212
Australia 20 18% 131 1 111
Germany 13 10% 142 1 129
United Kingdom 11 1% 870 6 859
Brazil 11 12% 100 1 89
Saudi Arabia 7 8% 100 1 93
Japan 6 2% 298 2 292
Denmark 5 4% 128 1 123
Netherlands 1 1% 166 1 165
Spain N/A N/A N/A - N/A
South Africa -5 -5% 102 1 107
Canada -8 -4% 208 2 216
Belgium -53 -24% 169 1 222
South Korea -64 -21% 234 1 298
Greater China (2) -135 -4% 3,197 15 3,332
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Highlights
• For a fourth year in a row, technology was the
largest sector in terms of market capitalisation
($5,691bn).
• However in terms of percentage increase,
consumer services, telecommunications
and healthcare sectors all grew by 15% each,
compared to 6% for technology. The
technology sector was hit hardest during the
sell-off in the final few months of 2018; since
then the sector has recovered strongly.
• Only the Global Top 100 companies in the
telecommunications, healthcare and
financials sectors outperformed their
respective sector indices.
• The worst performing sector was financials,
with 3% decline in market capitalisation,
although financial companies included in the
Global Top 100 still managed to do better than
the rest of the industry. Financials remain the
second largest sector within the Global Top
100 by market capitalisation and number of
companies.
1) Industry index performance is based on the MSCI International ACWI Industry Price Index USD
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Sector comparison
Sector
Change in
market
capitalisation of
current Global
Top 100
2018 -2019 %
Industry index
performance
2018-2019(1)
Global Top 100
performance vs Index
Market
capitalisation
2019 ($bn)
Number of
companies
2019
1 Consumer Services 15% 19% Underperformed 2,626 9
2 Telecommunications 15% -4% Outperformed 788 4
3 Healthcare 15% 9% Outperformed 2,729 16
4 Industrials 11% 13% Underperformed 1,020 8
5 Consumer Goods 7% 9% Underperformed 2,326 13
6 Technology 6% 7% Underperformed 5,691 19
7 Oil & Gas 4% 6% Underperformed 1,650 9
8 Basic Materials 2% 13% Underperformed 451 4
9 Financials -3% -10% Outperformed 3,796 18
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Highlights
• Siemens fell out of the Global Top 100 as a
result of selling a 15% stake through Siemens
Healthineers IPO in 2018 - the second biggest
IPO in Germany since 2000.
• The healthcare sector has seen the most
companies join or return to the Global Top 100
in 2019 with AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Thermo
Fisher Scientific.
• Salesforce.com and Eli Lilly saw the most
impressive rise into the Global Top 100 this
year, both jumping 61 positions from their
respective March 2018 rankings.
• The financials sector had the most companies
drop out of the Global Top 100; Allianz,
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Goldman
Sachs and Santander Group.
Between 2018 and 2019 the total market capitalisation of the Global Top
100 increased by $1,040bn
*Market capitalisation at 31 March 2018
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
108
0
20,035 1,226 1,436
938 21,075
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
Global Top 100
as at 31 March
2018
Acquired,
merged or
separated*
Dropped from
the Global Top
100*
IPOs and spin-
offs
New entries by
growth and
M&A
Survivors'
increase
Global Top 100
as at 31 March
2019
Marketcapitalisation($bn)
12 companies 87 companies13 companies
• Siemens
1 company
• Allianz
• Ambev SA
• Booking Holdings
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• British American
Tobacco
• Commonwealth Bank of
Australia
• General Electric
• Gilead Sciences
• Goldman Sachs
• Industria De Diseno
Textil
• Santander Group
• Volkswagen
New Entrants
• Airbus
• Costco
• PayPal
• Salesforce.com
• Saudi Basic Industries
• SoftBank Group Corp
• Tata Consultancy
• Thermo Fisher Scientific
Returned to the Global
Top 100
• Astrazeneca
• Eli Lilly
• Petrobras
• Reliance Industries
• Rio Tinto
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Highlights
• Only one of the top ten risers was from
outside the United States - Reliance
Industries from India.
• Four out of the top ten companies with the
largest relative increase were in the healthcare
sector (with only AbbVie not on trend).
• Financials accounted for four out of the
bottom ten companies with the largest relative
decrease - these are all banks.
• The top ten fallers are mainly from the US and
Greater China, with notable exceptions of
Samsung and AB InBev, which both suffered a
tough year in 2018.
• 87 companies from 2018 survived to stay on
the list at 31 March 2019, reflecting relatively
low churn.
The risers and fallers – The Global Top 100 companies with the largest
relative increases and decreases in market capitalisation
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Company name Location Sector
Change in
market
capitalisation
2018-2019 %
Market
capitalisation
2019 ($bn)
Market
capitalisation
2018 ($bn)
Toptenrisers
1 Eli Lilly United States Healthcare 59% 134 85
2 Merck & Co United States Healthcare 46% 215 147
3 Reliance Industries India Oil & Gas 45% 125 86
4 Salesforce.com United States Technology 43% 122 85
5 Abbott Laboratories United States Healthcare 34% 140 105
6 PayPal United States Industrials 34% 122 91
7 Walt Disney United States Consumer Services 32% 200 151
8 Thermo Fisher Scientific United States Healthcare 32% 109 83
9 Mastercard United States Financials 31% 242 184
10 Procter & Gamble United States Consumer Goods 30% 260 200
Toptenfallers
1 Wells Fargo United States Financials -14% 219 256
2 ICBC Greater China Financials -14% 287 336
3 Citigroup United States Financials -16% 146 173
4 China Construction Bank Greater China Financials -16% 216 259
5 China Petroleum & Chemical Greater China Oil & Gas -17% 102 123
6 DowDuPont United States Basic Materials -19% 120 148
7 AbbVie United States Healthcare -21% 119 150
8 Samsung South Korea Technology -21% 234 298
9 Nvidia United States Technology -22% 109 140
10 Anheuser-Busch InBev Belgium Consumer Goods -24% 169 222
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A point of comparison: Top 100 unicorns
Highlights
• Nearly half (48%) of the top 100 unicorns valued
at $1bn+ as at 31 March 2019 were from the US,
in line with what we see in the Global Top 100.
• Greater China makes up approximately 30% of
unicorns in both number and value terms. The
gap between Greater China and the US is a lot
narrower in the unicorns world, compared to the
public companies universe - which should lead to
more Chinese companies entering the Global
Top 100 in due course.
• Europe is the 3rd largest bloc, with 36 unicorns in
total, although far behind US and Greater China.
The European country with the largest number of
unicorns is the UK, with 16, valued at US$39bn.
• The largest unicorn in the analysis was Chinese
internet company Bytedance with a valuation of
$75bn. This was after the company secured a $3
billion investment from SoftBank Group Corp in
October 2018, which saw it leapfrog Uber to
become the most valuable unicorn in the world.
Source: CB Insights with PwC analysis
A unicorn is a privately held startup company
valued at over $1bn. As at 31 March 2019, there
were 326 unicorns around the world.
$434 $37 $257 $86
48
8
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30
40
50
60
US Europe Greater China Rest of the World
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
NumberofUnicorns
Valuation($bn)
Top 100 unicorns
(as at 31 March 2019)
Valuation ($bn) Number of Unicorns
$580 $77 $333 $127
156
36
91
43
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
US Europe Greater China Rest of the World
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
NumberofUnicorns
Valuation($bn)
All unicorns (as at 31 March 2019)
Valuation ($bn) Number of Unicorns
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Highlights
• The three largest exits (IPO or acquisition) were
of Greater China-based companies: Meituan
Dianping, Xiaomi, and Pinduoduo. Spotify and
Flipkart were the other two top five unicorns to
exit in the year to 31 March 2019, both reaching
$20bn+ valuations.
• Despite being the largest exit, Greater Chinabased
e-commerce platform Meituan Dianping’s
market capitalisation of $55bn would not have
been large enough to enter the Global Top 100 in
2019, as the threshold was $99bn.
• Overall, not surprisingly, most IPOs took place on
the US exchanges, reflecting the composition of
the unicorns and importance of the US market for
technology companies.
• Ride hailing company Uber, which was the 2nd
largest unicorn as at 31 March 2019, has since
listed on the NYSE, with a market capitalisation of
$76bn at IPO, which is still below the smallest
public Global Top 100.
• Most new entrants into the top 100 unicorns, ten
out of 22, came from the US, followed by Greater
China with seven new unicorns and interesting
additions from South Korea, India and Indonesia.
Top 100 unicorns – Movements 2018-2019
Source: CB Insights with PwC analysis
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
NumberofUnicorns
Top 100 31
March 2018
Entered the Top
100 Unicorns
IPO Acquisitions Dropped out of
Top 100
Top 100 31
March 2019
$770bn $815bn
100 100
22
-15
-4
-3
Movements in the top 100 Unicorns
(Between 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019)
United States
• Automation Anywhere
• Circle Internet Financial
• Confluent
• Epic Games
• Flexport
• Lime
• Plaid Technologies
• Samumed
• SmileDirectClub
• Toast
Greater China
• Bitmain Technologies
• Cloudwalk
• Hello TransTech
• Manbang Group
• Shanghai Henlius
• XPeng Motors
• Youxia Motors
Other
• Bluehole (KR)
• Oyo Rooms (IN)
• Roivant Sciences (CH)
• Tokopedia (ID)
• Woowa Brothers (KR)
NYSE & NASDAQ
• DocuSign
• Farfetch
• GreenSky
• Lyft
• ModernaTherapeu-
tics
• NIO
• Pinduoduo
• Pivotal Software
• Spotify
HKEX
• Maoyan-Weiying
• Meituan-Dianping
• Xiaomi
Other
• Adyen (Euronext
Amsterdam)
• Avast Software (LSE)
• Moderna Mercari
(Tokyo)
• Duo Security
(Cisco - $2.4bn)
• Flipkart (Walmart -
$20.8bn)
• GitHub (Microsoft -
$7.5bn)
• Qualtrics (SAP -
$8bn)
• Apttus
• Lu.com
• Weiying
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Complete
ranking
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Rank Company name Location Sector Rank +/-
31 March 2019 31 March 2018
Market capitalisation
($bn) Rank
Market capitalisation
($bn)
1 Microsoft United States Technology 2 905 3 703
2 Apple United States Technology -1 896 1 851
3 Amazon.com United States Consumer Services 1 875 4 701
4 Alphabet United States Technology -2 817 2 719
5 Berkshire Hathaway United States Financials 1 494 6 492
6 Facebook United States Technology 2 476 8 464
7 Alibaba Greater China Consumer Services 0 472 7 470
8 Tencent Greater China Technology -3 438 5 496
9 Johnson & Johnson United States Healthcare 1 372 10 344
10 Exxon Mobil United States Oil & Gas 2 342 12 316
11 JP Morgan Chase & Co United States Financials -2 331 9 375
12 Visa United States Financials 8 314 20 246
13 Nestle Switzerland Consumer Goods 6 292 19 246
14 ICBC Greater China Financials -3 287 11 336
15 Walmart United States Consumer Services 1 280 16 264
16 Bank of America United States Financials -3 266 13 307
17 Procter & Gamble United States Consumer Goods 17 260 34 200
18 Royal Dutch Shell United Kingdom Oil & Gas -3 256 15 263
19 Novartis Switzerland Healthcare 8 245 27 211
20 Verizon Communications United States Telecommunications 16 244 36 197
Top 100 global companies 1-20
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
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Top 100 global companies 21-40
Rank Company name Location Sector Rank +/-
31 March 2019 31 March 2018
Market capitalisation
($bn) Rank
Market capitalisation
($bn)
21 Mastercard United States Financials 22 242 43 184
22 Intel United States Technology -1 241 21 243
23 Cisco Systems United States Technology 8 238 31 207
24 UnitedHealth Group United States Healthcare 6 237 30 207
25 Roche Switzerland Healthcare 10 237 35 198
26 Pfizer United States Healthcare 2 236 28 211
27 Samsung Electronics South Korea Technology -13 234 14 298
28 Chevron United States Oil & Gas -3 234 25 218
29 AT&T United States Telecommunications -5 228 24 219
30 Wells Fargo United States Financials -12 219 18 256
31 China Construction Bank Greater China Financials -14 216 17 259
32 Boeing United States Industrials 5 215 37 193
33 Merck & Co United States Healthcare 22 215 55 147
34 Home Depot United States Consumer Services -2 212 32 206
35 China Mobile Greater China Telecommunications 4 209 39 188
36 Ping An Insurance Greater China Financials 2 208 38 190
37 Taiwan Semiconductor Greater China Technology -14 206 23 220
38 Coca-Cola United States Consumer Goods 4 200 42 185
39 Walt Disney United States Consumer Services 12 200 51 151
40 PetroChina Greater China Oil & Gas -14 197 26 212
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
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Top 100 global companies 41-60
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Rank Company name Location Sector Rank +/-
31 March 2019 31 March 2018
Market capitalisation
($bn) Rank
Market capitalisation
($bn)
41 Agricultural Bank of China Greater China Financials -8 192 33 202
42 Toyota Japan Consumer Goods -13 191 29 210
43 LVMH France Consumer Goods 5 186 48 156
44 Oracle United States Technology -3 184 41 187
45 Comcast United States Consumer Services 2 181 47 159
46 PepsiCo United States Consumer Goods 3 172 49 155
47 Anheuser-Busch InBev Belgium Consumer Goods -25 169 22 222
48 Unilever Netherlands Consumer Goods 12 166 60 165
49 HSBC United Kingdom Financials -9 163 40 187
50 Kweichow Moutai Greater China Consumer Goods 8 160 58 137
51 Bank of China Greater China Financials -7 156 44 178
52 Netflix United States Consumer Services 11 156 63 128
53 L'Oreal France Consumer Goods 11 151 64 126
54 BP United Kingdom Oil & Gas 5 148 59 134
55 Total France Oil & Gas -2 147 53 149
56 Citigroup inc United States Financials -11 146 45 173
57 McDonald's United States Consumer Services 8 145 65 124
58 SAP Germany Technology 4 142 62 129
59 Abbott Laboratories United States Healthcare 24 140 83 105
60 Philip Morris International United States Consumer Goods -10 138 50 155
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Top 100 global companies 61-80
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Rank Company name Location Sector Rank +/-
31 March 2019 31 March 2018
Market capitalisation
($bn) Rank
Market capitalisation
($bn)
61 Eli Lilly United States Healthcare - 134 - 85
62 Nike United States Consumer Goods 16 133 78 108
63 BHP Australia Basic Materials 11 131 74 111
64 Adobe United States Technology 16 130 80 106
65 Novo Nordisk Denmark Healthcare 1 128 66 123
66 China Merchants Bank Greater China Financials 7 127 73 114
67 IBM United States Technology -11 126 56 141
68 Reliance Industries India Oil & Gas - 125 - 86
69 Medtronic Ireland Healthcare 6 122 75 109
70 Salesforce.com United States Technology - 122 - 85
71 PayPal United States Industrials - 122 - 91
72 Union Pacific United States Industrials 13 121 85 104
73 AIA group Greater China Financials 15 120 88 102
74 DowDuPont United States Basic Materials -20 120 54 148
75 3M United States Industrials -14 120 61 131
76 AbbVie United States Healthcare -24 119 52 102
77 Broadcom United States Technology 33 119 100 97
78 Amgen United States Healthcare -11 118 67 123
79 Honeywell International United States Industrials -2 116 77 108
80 Accenture Ireland Industrials 7 112 87 103
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation 23
Top 100 global companies 81-100
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Rank Company name Location Sector Rank +/-
31 March 2019 31 March 2018
Market capitalisation
($bn) Rank
Market capitalisation
($bn)
81 United Technologies United States Industrials 10 111 91 101
82 Sanofi France Healthcare 8 110 90 101
83 Thermo Fisher Scientific United States Healthcare - 109 - 83
84 Nvidia United States Technology -27 109 57 140
85 Tata Consultancy India Technology - 108 - 84
86 Royal Bank of Canada Canada Financials -13 108 73 111
87 China Life Insurance Greater China Financials -6 108 81 105
88 Altria Group United States Consumer Goods -19 108 69 118
89 SoftBank Group Corp Japan Telecommunications 18 107 - 82
90 Costco United States Consumer Services 17 107 - 83
91 GlaxoSmithKline United Kingdom Healthcare 8 103 99 97
92 Airbus France Industrials - 103 - 90
93 China Petroleum & Chemical Greater China Oil & Gas -25 102 68 123
94 Naspers South Africa Technology -15 102 79 107
95 Astrazeneca United Kingdom Healthcare - 101 - 87
96 Saudi Basic Industries Saudi Arabia Basic Materials - 100 - 93
97 Petrobras Brazil Oil & Gas - 100 - 89
98 Texas Instruments United States Technology - 100 89 102
99 Toronto-Dominion Bank Canada Financials - 99 84 104
100 Rio Tinto United Kingdom Basic Materials - 99 - 90
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation 24
Appendices
• Value distribution in calendar year 2018
• Ten-year comparison 2019 vs. 2009 25
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation
Value distribution in
calendar year 2018
Highlights
• Apple distributed $87bn to shareholders in dividends and share
repurchases in 2018—an increase from the $31bn distributed in
calendar year 2017.
• A total of $887bn has been distributed to shareholders by the
Global Top 100 companies in the calendar year 2018.
• US companies, representing 54 of the Global Top 100
companies, accounted for $633bn of the total value distribution.
• Companies in the technology sector distributed the highest
total amount of $237bn (2017: $124bn) to shareholders,
followed by companies in the financials sector which returned
a total of $196bn (2017: $159bn).
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation 26
1. Actual payment in calendar year 2018
2. Actual payment in calendar year 2017
3. Market capitalisation as at 31 March 2019
* 2018 and 2017 numbers are of those companies in the Global Top 100 at 31 March 2019
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Top 10 companies as at 31 March 2019 with highest value distribution
in 2018
Company
Market
capitalisation
31 March 2019
($bn)
Dividends
2018
($bn) (1)
Share buyback
2018 ($bn) (1)
Total value
distribution 2018
($bn) (1)
Total value
distribution 2017
($bn) (2)
% of total
distribution 2017
Dividend as
% of
market
capitalisation (3)
Total value
distribution as
% of market
Capitalisation (3)
Apple 896 14 73 87 31 10.06% 1.53% 9.69%
JP Morgan 331 10 20 30 24 3.49% 3.05% 9.08%
Wells Fargo 219 9 21 30 19 3.47% 4.24% 13.65%
Bank of America 266 7 21 28 18 3.23% 2.59% 10.50%
Cisco Systems 238 6 18 24 9 2.74% 2.51% 9.94%
Amgen 118 4 18 21 6 2.47% 2.97% 18.07%
Microsoft 905 13 9 21 22 2.47% 1.40% 2.35%
Pfizer 236 8 12 20 13 2.37% 3.38% 8.66%
Citigroup 146 5 15 20 18 2.27% 3.45% 13.46%
Intel 241 6 11 16 16 1.90% 2.29% 6.79%
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation 27
1. Actual payment in calendar year 2018
2. Actual payment in calendar year 2017
3. Market capitalisation as at 31 March 2019
* 2018 and 2017 numbers are of those companies in the Global Top 100 at 31 March 2019
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Value distribution by location in 2018
Location
Number of
Companies
Market
Capitalisation 31
March 2019
($bn)
Dividends
2018
($bn) (1)
Share
Buyback
2018 ($bn) (1)
Total value
distribution
2018 ($bn) (1)
Total value
distribution
2017 ($bn) (2)
% of total
distribution
2017
Dividend as % of
market
capitalisation (3)
Total value
distribution as
% of market
Capitalisation (3)
United State 54 13,292 242 392 633 445 71.4% 2.1% 5.3%
Greater China 15 3,197 88 0 88 58 9.9% 3.3% 3.3%
United Kingdom 6 870 47 6 54 42 6.0% 5.2% 6.2%
Switzerland 3 774 22 0 22 25 2.4% 2.8% 2.8%
France 5 696 16 1 18 15 2.0% 2.4% 2.3%
Japan 2 298 6 5 11 16 1.2% 1.7% 2.9%
Ireland 2 235 4 5 9 10 1.0% 1.8% 3.8%
South Korea 1 234 9 0 9 6 1.0% 4.0% 4.0%
India 2 233 2 0 2 2 0.3% 1.0% 2.0%
Canada 2 208 8 0 8 8 0.9% 3.8% 3.9%
Belgium 1 169 7 0 7 8 0.8% 3.9% 3.9%
Netherlands 1 166 5 7 12 11 1.4% 3.2% 7.5%
Germany 1 142 2 0 2 2 0.2% 1.4% 1.4%
Australia 1 131 5 0 5 3 0.6% 4.0% 4.0%
Denmark 1 128 3 0 3 3 0.3% 2.4% 2.4%
South Africa 1 102 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.3% 0.4%
Saudi Arabia 1 100 3 0 3 3 0.4% 3.2% 3.2%
Brazil 1 100 1 0 1 0 0.1% 0.8% 0.8%
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation 28
1. Actual payment in calendar year 2018
2. Actual payment in calendar year 2017
3. Market capitalisation as at 31 March 2019
* 2018 and 2017 numbers are of those companies in the Global Top 100 at 31 March 2019
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Value distribution by sector in 2018
Location
Number of
companies
Market
capitalisation
31 March 2019
($bn)
Dividends
2018 ($bn) (1)
Share buyback
2018 ($bn) (1)
Total value
distribution 2018
($bn) (1)
Total value
distribution 2017
($bn) (2)
% of total
distribution 2017
Dividend as % of
market
capitalisation (3)
Total value
distribution as %
of market
capitalisation (3)
Technology 19 5,691 74 164 237 124 26.7% 1.6% 4.1%
Financials 18 3,796 107 88 196 159 22.1% 3.1% 5.2%
Healthcare 16 2,729 73 58 131 96 14.8% 2.7% 4.9%
Consumer Services 9 2,626 20 31 51 57 5.7% 1.1% 2.8%
Consumer Goods 13 2,326 65 28 94 99 10.5% 2.9% 4.1%
Oil & Gas 9 1,650 65 3 68 50 7.7% 3.9% 4.0%
Industrials 8 1,020 17 33 50 39 5.6% 1.6% 4.7%
Telecommunications 4 788 33 1 33 41 3.8% 3.7% 3.7%
Basic Materials 4 451 17 10 28 14 3.1% 3.9% 6.3%
Total 100 21,075 471 416 887 678 100%
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation
10-year comparison
2019 vs. 2009
Highlights
• 53 companies from the 2009 Global Top 100 survived to be in
the list on 31 March 2019.
• Between 2009 and 2019 there were 67 new entrants to the
Global Top 100.
• Between 2009 and 2019 the total market capitalisation of the
Global Top 100 increased by $12,672bn.
• The two main risers since 2009 are Amazon.com and Apple.
Microsoft and Alphabet come next. All are US companies.
• The threshold to enter the Global Top 100 in 2019 was $99bn
market capitalisation. In 2009, $40bn was sufficient.
• Three industries show significant growth in their market
capitalisation since 2009: industrials (+494%), technology
(+434%) and consumer services (+338%).
• The utilities sector (four companies in 2009) has been absent
from the Global Top 100 for seven years.
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Spread of market capitalisations in the Global Top 100
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
<US$50bn US$50bn–US$75bn US$75bn–US$100bn US$100bn–US$150bn US$150bn–US$200bn US$200bn–US$250bn US$250bn–US$300bn >US$300bn
No.ofcompanies
Spread of companies by market capitalisation (2019 vs. 2009)
Number of Top 100 companies in 2019 Number of Top 100 companies in 2009
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
• 73 companies of the Global Top 100 had a market capitalisation less than $100bn as at 31 March 2009
• 5 companies of the Global Top 100 had a market capitalisation less than $100bn as at 31 March 2019
• The average market capitalisation as at 31 March 2009 was $84bn, while the average market capitalisation as at 31 March 2019 was $210bn
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation 31
Global Top 100 companies per location – Absolute market capitalisation
change 2019 vs. 2009
(1) Market capitalisation of companies as at 31 March 2009 in the Global Top 100 at 31 March 2019
(2) Greater China includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, previously they were presented separately
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Location
Change in market capitalisation of the
current Global Top 100 ($bn)
Global Top 100 2019 Global Top 100 2009
Rank
Market
capitalisation
2019 ($bn) # companies
Like-for-like market
capitalisation
2009 ($bn)1 Rank
Market
capitalisation
($bn) # companies
United States 9,837 1 13,292 54 3,455 1 3,805 42
Greater China2 1,959 2 3,197 15 1,238 2 1,319 11
United Kingdom 343 3 870 6 527 3 715 9
Switzerland 427 4 774 3 347 8 347 3
France 424 5 696 5 272 4 481 7
Japan 176 6 298 2 122 5 366 6
Ireland 181 7 235 2 53 - - South
Korea 173 8 234 1 61 21 61 1
India 175 9 233 2 58 16 47 1
Canada 137 10 208 2 70 12 41 1
Belgium 125 11 169 1 44 13 44 1
Netherlands 108 12 166 1 58 19 59 1
Germany 98 13 142 1 44 6 299 5
Australia 13 14 131 1 118 12 118 1
Denmark 99 15 128 1 30 - - South
Africa 95 16 102 1 7 - - Saudi
Arabia 67 17 100 1 33 - - Brazil
-24 18 100 1 123 7 234 3
Spain - - - - - 11 149 2
Russia - - - - - 10 134 2
Italy - - - - - 17 77 1
Norway - - - - - 20 56 1
Mexico - - - - - 18 45 1
Finland - - - - - 15 44 1
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation 32
Global Top 100 companies per location – Relative market
capitalisation change 2019 vs. 2009 – compared to national stock
market index performance
* Price change of the local main index per location
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Location
% market capitalisation
change
2009-2019
% index change
2009-2019*
Global Top 100 vs. national
index performance
2019 2009
Market capitalisation of current
Global Top 100 ($bn)
Market capitalisation of current
Global Top 100 ($bn)
United States 276% 255% ▲Outperformed 13,292 3,536
China 123% 57% ▲Outperformed 2,662 1,193
United Kingdom 65% 68% ▼Underperformed 870 527
Switzerland 123% 121% ▲Outperformed 774 347
France 156% 139% ▲Outperformed 696 272
Hong Kong 88% 111% ▼Underperformed 329 175
Japan 144% 135% ▲Outperformed 298 122
Ireland 340% 124% ▲Outperformed 235 53
South Korea 283% 113% ▲Outperformed 234 61
India 304% 192% ▲Outperformed 233 58
Canada 196% 74% ▲Outperformed 208 70
Taiwan 431% 124% ▲Outperformed 206 39
Belgium 285% 77% ▲Outperformed 169 44
Netherlands 187% 115% ▲Outperformed 166 58
Germany 225% 139% ▲Outperformed 142 44
Australia 11% 77% ▼Underperformed 131 118
Denmark 334% 26% ▲Outperformed 128 30
South Africa 1394% 80% ▲Outperformed 102 7
Saudi Arabia 199% 88% ▲Outperformed 100 33
Brazil -19% 70% ▼Underperformed 100 123
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation 33
The risers – The ten Global Top 100 companies
with the largest absolute increase in market capitalisation 2019 vs. 2009
Company name Location Sector
Change in market
capitalisation 2009-2019
($bn)
Market capitalisation
2019 ($bn)
Market capitalisation
2009 ($bn)
1 Amazon.com United States Consumer Services 843 875 31
2 Apple United States Technology 802 896 94
3 Microsoft United States Technology 742 905 163
4 Alphabet United States Technology 707 817 110
5 Tencent Greater China Technology 425 438 13
6 Berkshire Hathaway United States Financials 360 494 134
7 Facebook United States Technology 394 1 476 812
8 Alibaba Greater China Consumer Services 304 1 472 1682
9 Visa United States Financials 272 314 42
10 JP Morgan United States Financials 232 331 100
1. Change in market capitalisation from IPO date
2. Market capitalisation at IPO date
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation 34
The risers – The ten Global Top 100 companies
with the largest relative increase in market capitalisation 2019 vs. 2009
Company name Location Sector
Market capitalisation
var. 2009-2019
(%)
Market capitalisation
2019
($bn)
Market capitalisation
2009
($bn)
1 Netflix United States Consumer Services 6,081% 156 3
2 Tencent Greater China Technology 3,187% 438 13
3 Salesforce.com United States Technology 2,937% 122 4
4 Amazon.com United States Consumer Services 2,679% 875 31
5 Nvidia United States Technology 1,934% 109 5
6 DowDuPont United States Basic Materials 1,443% 120 8
7 Naspers South Africa Technology 1,394% 102 7
8 Adobe United States Technology 1,060% 130 11
9 Mastercard United States Financials 1,015% 242 22
10 Airbus France Industrials 988% 103 9
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
PwC | Global Top 100 companies by market capitalisation 35
Sector comparison 2019 vs. 2009
Source: Bloomberg with PwC analysis
Sector
Market capitalisation 2019
($bn)
Number of companies
2019
Change in market capitalisation
of current Global Top 100
2009-2019
Industry index
performance
2009-2019 (1)
Index
outperformance
1 Technology 5,691 19 434% 352% ▲Outperformed
2 Financials 3,796 18 224% 123% ▲Outperformed
3 Healthcare 2,729 16 213% 210% ▲Outperformed
4 Consumer Services 2,626 9 338% 257% ▲Outperformed
5 Consumer Goods 2,326 13 137% 216% ▼Underperformed
6 Oil & Gas 1,650 9 17% 27% ▼Underperformed
7 Industrials 1,020 8 494% 185% ▲Outperformed
8 Telecommunications 788 4 86% 44% ▲Outperformed
9 Basic Materials 451 4 114% 70% ▲Outperformed
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