Largest U.S. Companies by Market Cap: Wal-Mart Gains; Google Drops

Last October, Google (GOOG) had climbed its way all the way up to the 5th largest US company. Below we have updated the list of the largest US companies by market cap, and as shown, Google has dropped down to 13th. While Google moved down the list the most, Wal-Mart (WMT) has taken its place, moving from the #13 spot to #5.

The top 5 in order are Exxon (XOM), General Electric (GE), Microsoft (MSFT), AT&T (T) and WMT. Procter & Gamble (PG), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Chevron (CVX), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and IBM (IBM) round out the top 10. Other stocks that moved up the list since last October include JPMorgan (JPM) (18 to 12), Coke (KO), ConocoPhillips (COP), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Pepsi (PEP), Schlumberger (SLB) and Oracle (ORCL). Along with GOOG, stocks that moved down the list are Bank of America (BAC), Cisco (CSCO), Pfeizer (PFE), Apple (AAPL), C (Citigroup) and American International Group (AIG).

Also notable is that the combined loss in market cap of the largest 25 companies is the equivalent of losing XOM and JPM as companies.

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Comments

[Ashleah:]

What's interesting here is not so much the change in fortunes for the companies on this list, but rather, the massive gains and losses experienced by the investing public as these companies have moved. Just think: good ol' GOOG has lost 79,242,278,100 in market cap.

2008 Apr 17 03:18 PM