Financial Times Global 500
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The FT Global 500 is an annual snapshot of the world’s largest companies to show how corporate fortunes have changed in the past year, highlighting relative performance of countries and sectors.
. The greater the stock market
value of a company, the higher its ranking. Market cap is the share price
multiplied by the number of shares issued
.
For each company the main Global 500 table shows the rank in that year and the year before, the country, market capitalisation, sector
, turnover
, net income
, total assets and employees. The price
, price earnings ratio, dividend yield
and the company’s year-end are included in the Global 500 on FT.com.
Ranking and methodology
The companies are ranked by market capitalisationMarket capitalization
Market capitalization is a measurement of the value of the ownership interest that shareholders hold in a business enterprise. It is equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a publicly traded company...
. The greater the stock market
Stock market
A stock market or equity market is a public entity for the trading of company stock and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion...
value of a company, the higher its ranking. Market cap is the share price
Share price
A share price is the price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company. Once the stock is purchased, the owner becomes a shareholder of the company that issued the share.-Behavior of share prices:...
multiplied by the number of shares issued
Issued shares
Issued shares is a term of law and finance for the quantity of shares of a corporation, which have been sold or awarded and are subsequently held by the shareholders....
.
For each company the main Global 500 table shows the rank in that year and the year before, the country, market capitalisation, sector
Sector
- Places :* Sector, Devon, a location in the county of Devon in south-western England* Sector, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States of America- In computing :...
, turnover
Revenue
In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....
, net income
Net income
Net income is the residual income of a firm after adding total revenue and gains and subtracting all expenses and losses for the reporting period. Net income can be distributed among holders of common stock as a dividend or held by the firm as an addition to retained earnings...
, total assets and employees. The price
Price
-Definition:In ordinary usage, price is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services.In modern economies, prices are generally expressed in units of some form of currency...
, price earnings ratio, dividend yield
Dividend yield
The dividend yield or the dividend-price ratio on a company stock is the company's total annual dividend payments divided by its market capitalization, or the dividend per share, divided by the price per share. It is often expressed as a percentage...
and the company’s year-end are included in the Global 500 on FT.com.
See also
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- Dow Jones Industrial AverageDow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average , also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow...
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- S&P 500S&P 500The S&P 500 is a free-float capitalization-weighted index published since 1957 of the prices of 500 large-cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The stocks included in the S&P 500 are those of large publicly held companies that trade on either of the two largest American stock...
- Shanghai Stock ExchangeShanghai Stock ExchangeThe Shanghai Stock Exchange , abbreviated as 上证所/上證所 or 上交所, is a stock exchange that is based in the city of Shanghai, China. It is one of the two stock exchanges operating independently in the People's Republic of China, the other is the Shenzhen Stock Exchange...
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- List of companies by revenue
- List of corporations by market capitalization
- List of the largest global technology companies
- Financial TimesFinancial TimesThe Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....