Market Capitalization: (Fun With)
Calculating Market Cap
Market capitalization is just a fancy name for a straightforward concept. Quite simply, it refers to the value of a company, that is, the market value of its outstanding shares. This figure is found by taking the stock price and multiplying it by the total number of shares outstanding. For example, if Cory's Tequila Corporation (CTC) was trading at $20 per share and had 1 million shares outstanding, then the market capitalization would be $20 million ($20 x 1 million shares). It's that simple.
Top 100 Companies by Market Capitalization
Updated weekly. Visit your favorite stock screen site if that's not often enough for you.
5.Feb.2006
Rank
Company
Ticker
$B quantity of Billions
1 EXXON MOBIL CP XOM 381 << Who says Fuel isnt important>
2 GEN ELECTRIC GE 347 << They make more than toaster ovens>
3 MICROSOFT CP MSFT 293 << Software ??>>
4 BP BP 241 << Energy its not just from the Sun >>
5 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL RDS-B 235 << Yikes,Another Energy Company >>
6 CITIGROUP C 227 << The #1 Bank>>
7 PROCTER GAMBLE PG 196 << Food is Good >>
8 WAL MART STORES WMT 189 << The #1 Retailer,boy we are cheap>>
9 PFIZER PFE 186 << The #1 health company>>
10 BK OF AMERICA CP BAC 173 << Another Bank>>
11 JOHNSON AND JOHNS DC JNJ 170
12 AMER INTL GROUP AIG 169<<OH,The Hank Greenburg story really WAS important >>
13 PETROCHINA CO ADS PTR 169 << WHO ??>>
14 TOYOTA MTR CP ADS TM 166 << Far ahead of other car makers>>
15 TOTAL S.A. TOT 163 << What ??>>
16 ALTRIA GROUP MO 149 << The Cigarette Rebellion didnt work>>
17 GLAXOSMITHKLINE GSK 144 << Much higher than Merck>>
18 JP MORGAN CHASE JPM 138 << #1 Top Investment Bank >>
19 BERKSHIRE HATH HLD A BRK-A 135 << What do they do again?>>
20 VODAFONE GRP PLC ADS VOD 131 N/A << Top Telecom >>
21 NOVARTIS AG ADS NVS 130 << #2 Health Company >>
22 CHEVRON CVX 129
23 INTL BUSINESS MACH IBM 126 << Way Ahead of Dell >>
24 INTEL CP INTC 125 << Software is #3 and this is #24??>>
25 SANOFI-AVENTIS SNY 121 << French?? >>
26 BHP BILLITON LIMITED BHP 115
27 UBS AG UBS 113
28 GOOGLE GOOG 112 << Top Web Portal, and TOP P/E as well >>
29 CISCO SYS CSCO 111 << Top Networking Infrastructure>>
30 BHP BILLITON SP ADR BBL 110 <<Energy>>
31 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW WFC 102 <<Bank>>
32 PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PBR 97 <<Energy>>
33 COCA COLA CO THE KO 97 <<Coca Cola dropped a few ranks>>
34 PEPSICO PEP 95 << They are neck and neck... Good >>
35 CHINA MOBILE HGK CHL 93
36 AMGEN AMGN 92 << #3 Health Firm >>
37 GENENTECH DNA 92 <<#4 Health Firm >>
38 AT&T INC. T 87<<Ma Bell is #38 thought it would be higher>>
39 BANCO SANTANDER CENT STD 87 <<Bank >>
40 VERIZON COMMUN VZ 87 << This should be #200 in my opinion>>
41 CONOCOPHILLIPS COP 86
42 HEWLETT PACKARD HPQ 86 << Still way ahead of DELL >>
43 TIME WARNER TWX 85 << Finally an entertainment firm >>
44 HOME DEPOT HD 84 << Ent. more important than Hammers>>
45 WACHOVIA CP WB 83
46 UNITED PARCEL SVC UPS 80
47 SIEMENS A G ADR SI 79 << What do they do again ??>>
48 QUALCOMM QCOM 75 << New Wireless Rage >>
49 NOKIA CP ADS NOK 75
50 UNITEDHEALTH GROUP UNH 75
51 ASTRAZENECA PLC ADS AZN 75 << Health Products >>
52 MERCK MRK 75 << Pfizer is #9, not even a close one >>
53 EON AG ADS EON 74
54 TELEFONICA TEF 72
55 SCHLUMBERGER SLB 72 << Top Energy Contractor >>
56 BARCLAYS PLC ADR BCS 70 << U.K. Financial Services>>
57 RIO TINTO PLC ADS RTP 69 << #1 MINERALS Company >>
58 DELL DELL 68 << Didnt know IBM was way ahead at #23>>
59 UNILEVER N V N Y UN 68 << Consumer Products >>
60 UNILEVER PLC AMER UL 68
61 ML CO CMN STK MER 67 << Is this Merrill Lynch ??>>
62 SPRINT NXTEL CP S 67 << Should be ahead of verizon>>
63 NTT DOCOMO ADS DCM 67 << Japans Mobile Telecomm >>
64 BANCO BILBAO ARG BBV 66
65 MEDTRONIC MDT 66 << Biomedical Engineering >>
66 MORGAN STANLEY MS 66
67 ABBOTT LABORATORIES ABT 65 << Chicago Health & Services>>
68 DEUTSCHE TELE AG ADS DT 65
69 GOLDMAN SACHS GRP GS 65
70 AMER EXPRESS AXP 64
71 CREDIT SUISSE GROUP CSR 63
72 LILLY ELI LLY 63
73 AXA ADS AXA 63
74 ORACLE ORCL 63 << Stable and hanging in there >>
75 WYETH WYE 62
76 SAP AKTIENGESELL ADS SAP 62
77 ALLIANZ AKTIENGESELL AZ 60
78 APPLE COMPUTER AAPL 60 << Hey there is Apple, go Ipod >>
79 AMERICA MOVIL AMX 59
80 COMCAST CP A CMCSA 58
81 UNITED TECH UTX 58
82 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DCX 57 << #1 semi american Car company >>
83 STATOIL ASA ADS STO 57
84 BOEING BA 57 << Boeing, PE = 24 >>
85 EBAY EBAY 56 << Higher PE = 52 >>
86 COMPANHIA VALE ADS RIO 56
87 LM ERICSSON ADR ERICY 56
88 FANNIE MAE FNM 54
89 CANON INC ADR CAJ 54 << Copiers, Cameras>>
90 3M COMPANY MMM 54
91 BELLSOUTH CP BLS 53
92 FRANCE TELECOM ADS FTE 53
93 US BANCORP USB 53
94 HONDA MOTOR CO ADR HMC 52 << Much lower than I thought >>
95 MOTOROLA MOT 52 <<
96 ABN AMRO HLDG NV ADS ABN 52 << Dutch Banking >>
97 LLOYDS TSB GRP ADS LYG 51 <<UK/Scotland Banker >>
98 ENEL SOCIETA AZIO EN 51
99 CHINA PETRO & CHEM SNP 50
100 NEWS CORP CL A NWS-A 50 << FOX's home >>
