In this graphic, we compare the world’s top 25 companies by market capitalization (market cap), as of Aug. 19, 2024. All figures were sourced from Companiesmarketcap.com.Companies in this graphic are color-coded by their nationality, which highlights America’s dominance in terms of creating highly valuable companies.
Data and Key TakeawaysThe data we used to create this graphic is listed in the table below.
From this dataset we can see that 20 of the top 25 companies are based in the United States.Narrowing it down to trillion-dollar companies, all are American with the exception of Saudi Aramco, which happens to be the world’s most valuable oil company.We can also see that there are two companies close to reaching the trillion-dollar milestone. First is Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, which was valued at $967 billion as of Aug. 19, 2024. Shares of the holding company have climbed over 23% YTD.Check out this graphic to see a breakdown of Berkshire’s top portfolio holdings, as of Q1 2024.Second is Taiwan’s TSMC, whose NYSE-listed shares have climbed over 60% YTD in 2024. TSMC is the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, meaning it produces chips for clients like Apple and Nvidia (these companies design chips but do not produce them on their own).More By This Author:Ranked: The Countries That Added The Most Gold Reserves (2013-2023) Mapped: Electric Vehicle Adoption By State The Top 10 Countries By Gold Reserves In 2024
