What does "largest by market cap" actually measure?

Market capitalisation is share price multiplied by total shares outstanding — the market's current valuation of the whole company. It is the standard measure of company size, not a measure of stock performance or value. Learn more about market cap →

Why do rankings like this change over time?

Market cap moves with share price. A rally or sell-off can shift a company several places in a single trading session, and this table reflects a periodic snapshot (see the date above), not a live feed.

Does a higher market cap mean a better investment?

No. Market cap measures size, not value or growth potential. A smaller company can be a better investment than a larger one depending on valuation, earnings growth and other fundamentals — see the P/E column here, and our lowest P/E ratio list for a different lens on the same companies.

Why do the same companies dominate the top of this list?

The largest companies by market cap tend to be concentrated in a small number of sectors — currently technology, financial services and healthcare — because those sectors combine high revenue with high investor growth expectations. See our sector breakdown for the full picture.

Is this the same as a stock index like the S&P 500?

Not exactly. Major indices like the S&P 500 are themselves market-cap-weighted, so the companies at the top of this list are also the companies that move the index most. See our S&P 500 companies list and stock index glossary entry.

Where does this data come from and how current is it?

Data is sourced directly from Yahoo Finance as a periodic snapshot — the exact date is shown at the top of this page and the bottom of every page on this site. This is a reference tool for research, not a live trading feed; always verify with a licensed broker before making a financial decision.

Largest Companies by Market Cap

✓ Ranked directly from Yahoo Finance data · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · Snapshot: 6 September 2026 · Updated: 28 October 2026

The biggest companies we track, ranked by market capitalisation.

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#	Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Price	P/E	Sector	Exchange
1	NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation	$5.56T	$230.36	29.16	Technology	NASDAQ
2	AAPL	Apple Inc.	$4.67T	$319.97	36.61	Technology	NASDAQ
3	GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	$4.14T	$338.46	16.97	Communication Services	NASDAQ
4	GOOG	Alphabet Inc.	$4.10T	$335.31	16.83	Communication Services	NASDAQ
5	MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	$3.71T	$499.70	27.85	Technology	NASDAQ
6	AMZN	Amazon.com, Inc.	$2.79T	$258.51	20.80	Consumer Cyclical	NASDAQ
7	AVGO	Broadcom Inc.	$1.70T	$357.89	45.65	Technology	NASDAQ
8	META	Meta Platforms, Inc.	$1.57T	$616.77	23.26	Communication Services	NASDAQ
9	TSLA	Tesla, Inc.	$1.40T	$354.08	321.89	Consumer Cyclical	NASDAQ
10	MU	Micron Technology, Inc.	$1.15T	$1,016.59	22.99	Technology	NASDAQ
11	BRK-B	Berkshire Hathaway Inc.	$1.08T	$506.03	12.72	Financial Services	NYSE
12	LLY	Eli Lilly and Company	$1.02T	$1,149.36	38.61	Healthcare	NYSE
13	JPM	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$953.33B	$358.64	15.36	Financial Services	NYSE
14	WMT	Walmart Inc.	$852.63B	$107.14	38.82	Consumer Defensive	NASDAQ
15	AMD	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	$779.62B	$477.57	121.83	Technology	NASDAQ
16	V	Visa Inc.	$700.27B	$375.07	31.95	Financial Services	NYSE
17	JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	$663.28B	$275.23	31.97	Healthcare	NYSE
18	XOM	ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation	$655.73B	$159.47	20.52	Energy	NYSE
19	MA	Mastercard Incorporated	$507.39B	$579.21	31.84	Financial Services	NYSE
20	INTC	Intel Corporation	$506.41B	$95.80	—	Technology	NASDAQ
21	ORCL	Oracle Corporation	$457.36B	$158.78	27.23	Technology	NYSE
22	ABBV	AbbVie Inc.	$453.19B	$256.46	72.45	Healthcare	NYSE
23	BAC	Bank of America Corporation	$438.31B	$62.68	14.48	Financial Services	NYSE
24	CSCO	Cisco Systems, Inc.	$430.53B	$109.20	32.79	Technology	NASDAQ
25	PLTR	Palantir Technologies Inc.	$418.93B	$174.33	149.00	Technology	NASDAQ
26	CVX	Chevron Corporation	$409.19B	$208.60	20.08	Energy	NYSE
27	COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	$406.11B	$915.74	46.09	Consumer Defensive	NASDAQ
28	LRCX	Lam Research Corporation	$384.97B	$307.65	53.50	Technology	NASDAQ
29	KO	The Coca-Cola Company	$378.93B	$88.07	26.45	Consumer Defensive	NYSE
30	CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	$374.15B	$813.94	35.08	Industrials	NYSE
31	MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	$370.89B	$150.33	120.26	Healthcare	NYSE
32	AMAT	Applied Materials, Inc.	$360.86B	$454.71	39.20	Technology	NASDAQ
33	UNH	UnitedHealth Group Incorporated	$356.47B	$397.14	25.51	Healthcare	NYSE
34	GE	GE Aerospace	$349.78B	$337.12	39.66	Industrials	NYSE
35	MS	Morgan Stanley	$341.94B	$217.72	17.57	Financial Services	NYSE
36	PG	The Procter & Gamble Company	$340.13B	$146.44	22.12	Consumer Defensive	NYSE
37	DELL	Dell Technologies Inc.	$338.67B	$524.14	30.49	Technology	NYSE
38	NFLX	Netflix, Inc.	$325.83B	$78.25	24.61	Communication Services	NASDAQ
39	HD	The Home Depot, Inc.	$320.31B	$321.05	22.47	Consumer Cyclical	NYSE
40	GS	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	$302.41B	$1,038.61	16.03	Financial Services	NYSE
41	PM	Philip Morris International Inc.	$284.49B	$182.53	25.07	Consumer Defensive	NYSE
42	WFC	Wells Fargo & Company	$272.07B	$89.97	13.08	Financial Services	NYSE
43	PANW	Palo Alto Networks, Inc.	$271.61B	$333.26	284.84	Technology	NASDAQ
44	HSBA	HSBC Holdings plc	£270.68B	£15.80	15.19	Financial Services	London Stock Exchange
45	RTX	RTX Corporation	$270.62B	$200.79	35.60	Industrials	NYSE
46	SNDK	Sandisk Corporation	$254.77B	$1,740.00	23.58	Technology	NASDAQ
47	GEV	GE Vernova Inc.	$250.87B	$941.95	27.03	Industrials	NYSE
48	ANET	Arista Networks, Inc.	$244.40B	$193.78	61.32	Technology	NYSE
49	KLAC	KLA Corporation	$242.50B	$185.60	50.71	Technology	NASDAQ
50	AMGN	Amgen Inc.	$236.38B	$437.23	27.17	Healthcare	NASDAQ
51	TXN	Texas Instruments Incorporated	$236.02B	$258.44	39.22	Technology	NASDAQ
52	C	Citigroup Inc.	$231.02B	$137.72	14.84	Financial Services	NYSE
53	TMO	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	$226.94B	$613.78	33.00	Healthcare	NYSE
54	IBM	International Business Machines Corporation	$221.30B	$234.89	20.88	Technology	NYSE
55	AXP	American Express Company	$220.26B	$326.16	19.80	Financial Services	NYSE
56	LIN	Linde plc	$220.15B	$477.57	30.77	Basic Materials	NASDAQ
57	CRWD	CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.	$218.20B	$213.10	5,327.50	Technology	NASDAQ
58	CRM	Salesforce, Inc.	$213.35B	$259.23	23.76	Technology	NYSE
59	VZ	Verizon Communications Inc.	$208.32B	$50.14	13.06	Communication Services	NYSE
60	APH	Amphenol Corporation	$204.13B	$82.78	41.39	Technology	NYSE
61	MRVL	Marvell Technology, Inc.	$200.91B	$223.55	74.02	Technology	NASDAQ
62	SHEL	Shell plc	£196.65B	£34.37	10.29	Energy	London Stock Exchange
63	TMUS	T-Mobile US, Inc.	$194.71B	$181.52	18.97	Communication Services	NASDAQ
64	STX	Seagate Technology Holdings plc	$192.48B	$849.28	60.97	Technology	NASDAQ
65	SCHW	The Charles Schwab Corporation	$189.00B	$109.29	19.91	Financial Services	NYSE
66	PEP	PepsiCo, Inc.	$188.00B	$137.63	18.06	Consumer Defensive	NASDAQ
67	ABT	Abbott Laboratories	$187.45B	$108.33	35.06	Healthcare	NYSE
68	GILD	Gilead Sciences, Inc.	$187.23B	$151.00	—	Healthcare	NASDAQ
69	DE	Deere & Company	$186.99B	$693.53	38.62	Industrials	NYSE
70	AZN	AstraZeneca PLC	£186.20B	£120.06	24.35	Healthcare	London Stock Exchange
71	BLK	BlackRock, Inc.	$182.35B	$1,122.29	26.88	Financial Services	NYSE
72	DIS	The Walt Disney Company	$181.84B	$105.31	21.71	Communication Services	NYSE
73	MCD	McDonald's Corporation	$180.94B	$255.69	20.79	Consumer Cyclical	NYSE
74	QCOM	QUALCOMM Incorporated	$180.22B	$168.74	19.26	Technology	NASDAQ
75	T	AT&T Inc.	$175.97B	$25.68	8.48	Communication Services	NYSE
76	ADI	Analog Devices, Inc.	$175.53B	$362.25	43.13	Technology	NASDAQ
77	NEE	NextEra Energy, Inc.	$174.03B	$83.43	18.75	Utilities	NYSE
78	UNP	Union Pacific Corporation	$172.06B	$289.62	23.47	Industrials	NYSE
79	WELL	Welltower Inc.	$170.18B	$236.17	106.38	Real Estate	NYSE
80	WDC	Western Digital Corporation	$168.54B	$467.46	17.36	Technology	NASDAQ
81	SCCO	Southern Copper Corporation	$167.82B	$198.76	29.84	Basic Materials	NYSE
82	BA	The Boeing Company	$167.76B	$212.25	76.35	Industrials	NYSE
83	BX	Blackstone Inc.	$162.74B	$136.15	30.46	Financial Services	NYSE
84	PFE	Pfizer Inc.	$162.16B	$28.45	37.43	Healthcare	NYSE
85	COP	ConocoPhillips	$161.29B	$134.26	17.76	Energy	NYSE
86	ETN	Eaton Corporation plc	$159.57B	$410.85	41.84	Industrials	NYSE
87	BUD	Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV	$158.22B	$80.35	17.32	Consumer Defensive	NYSE
88	IBKR	Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.	$157.81B	$92.62	36.75	Financial Services	NASDAQ
89	UBER	Uber Technologies, Inc.	$154.74B	$75.76	16.61	Technology	NYSE
90	NOW	ServiceNow, Inc.	$146.04B	$141.26	88.29	Technology	NYSE
91	DHR	Danaher Corporation	$145.98B	$207.66	37.02	Healthcare	NYSE
92	TJX	The TJX Companies, Inc.	$145.28B	$132.08	24.46	Consumer Cyclical	NYSE
93	BKNG	Booking Holdings Inc.	$145.23B	$193.29	21.45	Consumer Cyclical	NASDAQ
94	VRTX	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	$138.42B	$546.12	31.84	Healthcare	NASDAQ
95	BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	$136.49B	$66.82	14.72	Healthcare	NYSE
96	NEM	Newmont Corporation	$134.97B	$128.09	16.15	Basic Materials	NYSE
97	COF	Capital One Financial Corporation	$134.72B	$219.60	12.09	Financial Services	NYSE
98	PLD	Prologis, Inc.	$133.51B	$137.34	30.59	Real Estate	NYSE
99	GLW	Corning Incorporated	$132.91B	$154.30	70.78	Technology	NYSE
100	CB	Chubb Limited	$131.79B	$341.59	12.10	Financial Services	NYSE

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does "largest by market cap" actually measure?: Market capitalisation is share price multiplied by total shares outstanding — the market's current valuation of the whole company. It is the standard measure of company size, not a measure of stock performance or value. Learn more about market cap →
Why do rankings like this change over time?: Market cap moves with share price. A rally or sell-off can shift a company several places in a single trading session, and this table reflects a periodic snapshot (see the date above), not a live feed.
Does a higher market cap mean a better investment?: No. Market cap measures size, not value or growth potential. A smaller company can be a better investment than a larger one depending on valuation, earnings growth and other fundamentals — see the P/E column here, and our lowest P/E ratio list for a different lens on the same companies.
Why do the same companies dominate the top of this list?: The largest companies by market cap tend to be concentrated in a small number of sectors — currently technology, financial services and healthcare — because those sectors combine high revenue with high investor growth expectations. See our sector breakdown for the full picture.
Is this the same as a stock index like the S&P 500?: Not exactly. Major indices like the S&P 500 are themselves market-cap-weighted, so the companies at the top of this list are also the companies that move the index most. See our S&P 500 companies list and stock index glossary entry.
Where does this data come from and how current is it?: Data is sourced directly from Yahoo Finance as a periodic snapshot — the exact date is shown at the top of this page and the bottom of every page on this site. This is a reference tool for research, not a live trading feed; always verify with a licensed broker before making a financial decision.

Largest Companies by Market Cap

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