In this modern world, almost everyone is familiar with the concept of Stocks or Shares around the world. The world’s biggest companies by revenue represent relatively newer, faster growth industries and mature, slower-growth ones ranging from e-commerce and tech devices to oil and retailing. Nevertheless, each company is a dominant force in their department.
For a few this concept might be over there who aren’t aware of the fact that they can earn good money if they invest in the emerging companies. It is believed that the stocks for the most valuable shares increase day by day. If one buys a share for $90 today, its prices would rise to $135 in a year then their profit would be $45, exactly $50 of the invested funds. Below are the stocks that have been ruling the stock exchange market for some time now.
Top Ten Stocks
01. Apple Inc. [AAPL]
Apple was established in 1976 originated in Cupertino, California, United States. It was co-founded by Ronald Wayne and Steve Jobs. Apple manufactures designs and markets a broad range of consumer technology products, including smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearable devices, home entertainment devices, etc.
- Revenue: $274 billion
- Market Cap: $2.038 trillion
- Net Income: $58.4 billion
- Exchange: NASDAQ
- Index: 124.76 USD
- Dividend Yield: 0.86%
- Average Pie Ratio: 19.73
- 52 Week High: $145.09
- 52 Week Low: $53.1525
- Vol: 111.9M
Among them are the company’s most popular products such as its iPhone line of smartphones and mac line of computers. Apple is also building a fast-growing services business, operating digital content stores, selling streaming video games, and providing a platform for on-demand entertainment content streaming services such as the Apple+.
02. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. [BRK.A]
Berkshire Hathaway was established by Oliver Chace in 1839, originated from New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. It is known for its permanent owner, an American investor, and entrepreneur Warren Buffett. It’s headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Berkshire Hathaway is a diversified holding corporation that owns companies in a broad spectrum of sectors and industries.
- Revenue: $260.5 billion
- Net Income: $22.2 billion
- Market Cap: $582.745 billion
- Exchange: New York Stock Exchange
- Index: 381,501.00 USD
- Dividend Yield: 0.00%.
- Average Pie Ratio:14.31
- 52 Week High: $267.50
- 52 Week Low: $159.90
- Vol: 3.772M
Furthermore, It comprised of Care Insurance [GEICO], Reinsurance [GENERAL RE], Insurance [Berkshire Hathaway primary group], Insurance and Reinsurance [Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group], Railway transportation [BNSF], Electricity and Gas Supply [Berkshire Hathaway Energy] and Wholesale Commerce [McLane Company], as well as others, hold a substantial portfolio of equity securities and derivatives.
03. Amazon.com Inc. [AMZN]
Amazon was established in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, which originated in Bellevue, Washington United States. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. Amazon is currently one of the world’s largest online retailers with a market cap of over 900 billion. The company began as an online bookseller and has since grown to encompass virtually every category of retail.
- Revenue: $321.8 billion
- Net Income: $13.2 billion
- Market Cap: $1.511 trillion
- Exchange: NASDAQ.
- Index: 3,102.02 USD
- Dividend Yield: 0.00%
- Average Pie Ratio: 73.96
- 52 Week High: $3,552.25
- 52 Week Low: $1,812.00
- Vol: 2.902M
Besides selling products through its commerce platform, Amazon owns subsidiaries including Whole Food Market and Home Security company Ring. Amazon’s fastest-growing areas of business are cloud computing services, subscription products like Amazon Prime for streaming movies and other entertainment.
04. Tesla Incorporated [TSLA]
Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company based in Palo Alto, California. Tesla’s current products include electric cars, battery energy storage from home to grid scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, as well as other related products and services. Tesla is ranked as the world’s best-selling plug-in and battery electric passenger car manufacturer, with a market share of 16% of the plug-in segment and 23% of the battery electric segment 2020 sales.
- Revenue: $ 31.54 Billion
- Net Income: $870 Million
- Market Cap: $626.94 Billion
- Exchange: NASDAQ
- Index: 653.16 USD
- Dividend Yield: 0.00%
- Average Pie Ratio: 1,025.18
- 52 Week High: $ 900.40
- 52 Week Low: $ 70.10
- Vol:38.24M
Moreover the Company was Founded in July 2003 as Tesla Motors, the company’s name is a tribute to inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. Elon Musk, who contributed most of the funding in the early days, has served as CEO since 2008. According to Musk, the purpose of Tesla is to help expedite the move to sustainable transport and energy, obtained through electric vehicles and solar power. Tesla began production of their first car model, the Roadster, in 2009. This was followed by the Model S sedan in 2012, the Model X SUV in 2015, the higher volume Model 3 sedan in 2017, and the Model Y crossover in 2020.
05. Walmart Inc. [WMT]
Walmart was established in 1962 by Sam Walton originated from Rogers, Arkansas, United States, and has since grown into one of the world’s largest retailers. Walmart was established in 1962 by Sam Walton originated from Rogers, Arkansas, United States, and has since grown into one of the world’s largest retailers.
- Revenue: $542.0 billion
- Net Income: $17.9 billion
- Market Cap: $365.318 billion
- Exchange: New York Stock Exchange.
- Index: 130.75 USD
- Dividend Yield:1.68%
- Average Pie Ratio: 27.5
- 52 Week High: $153.66
- 52 Week Low: $102.00
- Vol: 8.218M
Walmart operates discount stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, as well as a robust online platform. It sells a wide variety of merchandise including clothing and apparel, home goods, books, jewelry, food and beverage, pharmaceutical supplies, and automotive equipment.
06. Toyota Motor Corporation. [TM]
Toyota was established in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda originated from Japan is a renowned Japanese automotive manufacturing company. Toyota manufactures, sells, leases, and repairs passenger cars, trucks, and buses worldwide. Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under five brands, including the Toyota brand, Hino, Lexus, Ranz, and Daihatsu.
- Revenue: $248.6 billion
- Net Income: $14.4 billion
- Market cap: $206.388 billion
- Exchange: New York Stock Exchange.
- Index: 8,644 USD
- Dividend Yield: 2.55%
- Average Pie Ratio: 15.98
- 52 Week High: $163.37
- 52 Week Low: $108.01
- Vol: 447.8k
Furthermore, It also holds a 20.02% stake[13] in Subaru Corporation, a 5.9% stake in Isuzu until 2018, a 5.1% stake in Mazda,[14] a 4.9% stake in Suzuki,a 3.8% stake in Yamaha Motor Corporation, and a 2.8% stake in Panasonic, as well as joint-ventures with two in ChinaThe company also sells parts and equipment and operates financing services, aside from its core business, Toyota also develops intelligent transpiration systems utilizing cruise control and electronic toll systems and builds pleasure boats and homes as well.
07. CVS Health Corporation [CVS]
Cvs was established in 1963 by Stanley Goldstein, Sidney Goldstein, Ralph Hoagland, and Dipak Dave, who originated from Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. To facilitate growth and expansion, the company joined the Melville Corporation, which managed a string of retail businesses. Following a period of growth in the 1980s and 1990s, CVS Corporation spun off from Melville in 1996, becoming a standalone company trading on the New York Stock Exchange as CVS.
- Revenue: $264.0 billion
- Net Income: $8.3 billion
- Market Cap: $92.621 billion
- 52 Week Range: 52.04-
- Exchange: New York Stock Exchange.
- Index: $74.48
- Dividend Yield: 2.69%
- Average Pie Ratio: 13.62
- 52 Week High: $77.23
- 52 Week Low: $52.04
- Vol: 6.820M
CVS is an integrated pharmacy and health care provider. The company operates a chain of drugstores with locations throughout the US as well as in Puerto Rico. Aside from retail, CVS offers pharmacy benefit management service, mail order pharmacy services, and disease management programs.
08. Royal Dutch Shell PLC [RDS.A]
Royal Dutch Shell was established in 1907 by Samuel Samuel, originated from and headquartered in the Hague Netherlands. The Royal Dutch Shell explores, producers, and refines petroleum through its subsidiary companies. In addition to operating gas stations around the world, Royal Dutch Shell produces and sells fuels, lubricants, and other chemicals.
- Revenue: $263.1 billion
- Net Income: $11.3 billion
- Market Cap: $164.816 billion
- Exchange: New York Stock Exchange.
- Index: 17.53 EUR
- Dividend Yield: 2.71%
- Average Pie Ratio: 3.17%
- 52 Week High: $44.13
- 52 Week Low: $21.26
- Vol: 1.663M
Shell has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of £216 billion at the close of trading on 27 June 2019, by far the largest of any company listed on the London Stock Exchange.It has secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange. There are two types of shares: A (code RDSA) and B (code RDSB). Until its unification in 2005 the firm operated as a dual-listed company, whereby the British and Dutch companies maintained their legal existence but operated as a single-unit partnership for business purposes.
09. China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation [SNP]
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation was established in 2002 and originated from Beijing, China. Also known as Sinopec, the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation is among the largest oil refining, gas, and petrochemical companies in the world. Its administered by the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China.
- Revenue: $355.8 billion
- Net Income: $486.6 million
- Market Cap: $80.853 billion
- Exchange: New York Stock Exchange.
- Index: 54.47 USD
- Dividend Yield: 11.38
- Average Pie Ratio: 6.80%
- 52 Week High: 58.40
- 52 Week Low: 38.18
- Vol: 69.94K
The China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation is a producer and distributor of a variety of petroleum chemical and petroleum products. The company’s products include gasoline, diesel, kerosene, synthetic rubbers and resins, jet fuel, and chemical fertilizers among other related offerings.
10. Volkswagen AG [VWAGY]
Volkswagen was established in 1937 by the German Labour Front, which originated from Berlin, Germany. Headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. The Volkswagen group is one of the largest automobile manufacturers by vehicle sales. This German company built, sell and repairs both luxury and economy cars, sports cars and trucks as well as other commercial vehicle. Volkswagen’s premier luxury brand is Audi.
- Revenue: $247.4 billion
- Net Income: $6.4 billion
- Market Cap: $128.224 billion
- Exchange: OTC.
- Index: 35.95 USD
- Dividend Yield: 1.92%
- Average Pie Ratio: 1.63
- 52 Week High: 26.23
- 52 Week Low: $10.60
- Vol: 4.734M
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft is a public company and has a primary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index, and secondary listings on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and SIX Swiss Exchange. It has been traded in the United States via American depositary receipts since 1988, currently on the OTC Marketplace. Volkswagen delisted from the London Stock Exchange in 2013.The state of Lower Saxony holds 12.7% of the company’s shares, granting it, by law, 20% of the voting rights.
Market Capitalisation
Using market capitalisation to show the size of a company is important because the size of a company is the main factor determining the various characteristics investors are interested in when it comes to investing in stocks, including risks.
Despite the companies might be over or undervalued by the market, to get the real value of a company, we should consider its activity from a fundamental point of view.