Finance:Megacap stock
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Short description: Shares offered by a very large company in terms of value
Megacap stocks are stocks with a capitalization or market value over $200 billion. In business and investing the market capitalization term megacap stock is also referred to as mega-cap in the United States. The companies are the largest publicly traded companies in the world. Capitalization is the total value of the outstanding common shares owned by stockholders. Stocks under $200 billion are Large cap stocks. Megacap stocks are listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market or American Stock Exchange (AMEX). Market caps term may be different outside the United States.[1][2]
Megacap stocks peaked over trillion-dollars
| Company | Trillion-dollar date | 2023 approximate market cap | Stock Symbol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | August 2, 2018 | $2.79 trillion | AAPL[3] |
| Amazon | September 4, 2018 | $1.25 trillion | AMZN[4] |
| Microsoft | April 24, 2019 | $2.46 trillion | MSFT[5] |
| Alphabet (Google) | January 16, 2020 | $1.58 trillion | GOOG[6] |
| Meta Platforms | June 28, 2021 | $673 billion | META[7] |
| Tesla | October 25, 2021 | $638 billion | TSLA[8] |
| Nvidia | May 30, 2023 | $1.04 trillion | NVDA[9] |
Megacap stocks over $200 billion
Mega cap stocks that are over $200 billion in the second quarter of 2023.[10]
| Company | 2023 approximate market cap | Stock Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 515 billion | TSM |
| Visa Inc. | 499 billion | V |
| UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | 436 billion | UNH |
| Walmart Inc. | 423 billion | WMT |
| Johnson & Johnson | 419 billion | JNJ |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 418 billion | JPM |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | 416 billion | XOM |
| MasterCard Incorporated | 369 billion | MA |
| The Procter & Gamble Company | 358 billion | PG |
| Novo Nordisk A/S | 354 billion | NVO |
| Broadcom Inc. | 349 billion | AVGO |
| Oracle Corporation | 313 billion | ORCL |
| The Home Depot, Inc. | 303 billion | HD |
| Chevron Corporation | 285 billion | CVX |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 283 billion | MRK |
| ASML Holding N.V. | 275 billion | ASML |
| The Coca-Cola Company | 261 billion | KO |
| Pepsico Inc. | 257 billion | PEP |
| AbbVie Inc. | 242 billion | ABBV |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | 238 billion | COST |
| Bank of America Corporation | 225 billion | BAC |
| Adobe Inc. | 220 billion | ADBE |
| Toyota Motor Corporation | 217 billion | TM |
| McDonald's Corporation | 215 billion | MCD |
| Alibaba Group | 214 billion | BABA |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 208 billion | CSCO |
| BHP Group | 208 billion | BHP |
| Novartis AG | 207 billion | NVS |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 204 billion | CRM |
| AstraZeneca PLC | 202 billion | AZN |
| Pfizer Inc. | 201 billion | PFE |
See also
- Large-cap $10 billion and $200 billion
- Mid-cap $2 billion and $10 billion
- Small-cap $2 billion to $10 billion
- Micro-cap: $50 million to $250 million
- Nano-cap Less than $50 million
- List of public corporations by market capitalization
- Market price
- Authorised capital
- Treasury stock
External links
- How to Value Assets – from the Washington State (U.S.) government web site
- Year-end market capitalization by country – World Bank, 1988–2018
References
- ↑ "Factbox: How megacap stocks fared after hitting $1 trillion in market cap". May 30, 2023. https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/how-megacap-stocks-fared-after-hitting-1-trillion-market-cap-2023-05-30/.
- ↑ "List of Mega-Cap Stocks ($200B+ Market Cap)". https://stockanalysis.com/list/mega-cap-stocks/.
- ↑ "Apple Market Cap". https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/market_cap.
- ↑ "Amazon.com Cap". https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/market_cap.
- ↑ "Microsoft Market Cap". https://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/market_cap.
- ↑ "Alphabet Market Cap". https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/market_cap.
- ↑ "Meta Platforms Market Cap". https://ycharts.com/companies/META/market_cap.
- ↑ "Tesla Market Cap". https://ycharts.com/companies/TSLA/market_cap.
- ↑ Sriram, Akash; A, Samrhitha; Sriram, Akash (May 31, 2023). "Nvidia briefly joins $1 trillion valuation club". https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-sets-eye-1-trillion-market-value-2023-05-30/.
- ↑ CFA, Brian Baker. "10 Top Mega Cap Stocks". https://www.bankrate.com/investing/top-mega-cap-stocks/.
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