top 10 most valuable
The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization. This list is primarily based on the Financial Times Global 500.
Market capitalization is calculated from the share price (as recorded on selected day) multiplied by the number of outstanding shares. Figures are converted into USD millions (using rate from selected day) to allow for comparison. Only companies with free float at least 15% are included, value of unlisted stock classes is excluded. Investment companies are not included in the list
Market capitalization is calculated from the share price (as recorded on selected day) multiplied by the number of outstanding shares. Figures are converted into USD millions (using rate from selected day) to allow for comparison. Only companies with free float at least 15% are included, value of unlisted stock classes is excluded. Investment companies are not included in the list
Record market capitalizations
Some major thresholds achieved for market capitalizations, including first $1 trillion and latest all-time high.| Date | Company | Record value (in billions USD) | Record value (in billions USD, inflation-adjusted) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 December 1999 | 618.9 | 931 | Microsoft reached an intraday high share price of $119.94 in December 1999. With 5,160,024,593 outstanding shares, it had a market capitalization of $618.9 billion. | |
| 5 November 2007 | 1000 | 1194 | On 5 November 2007, A shares of PetroChina on the first day of trading after its IPO on Shanghai Stock Exchange skyrocketed from the IPO price of 16.7 RMB to 43.96 RMB by the close (the opening price was even 48.6 RMB). That gave a market capitalization of about $1 trillion. Only 4 billion A shares were floated during the IPO, another 158 billion A shares were still held by China National Petroleum Corporation. 21 billion H Shares were already floated on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. However, market capitalization based on H-shares never reached $500 billion. | |
| 3 October 2018 | 1127.42 | 1127 | With 4,829,926,000 shares outstanding, Apple reached this new record intra-day high after its share price reached $233.47 in market trading on September 4, 2018. |
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