A Review of Fortune 500 List for 2013

Last week the Fortune magazine published its Fortune 500 list of companies for this year. The world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores(WMT) topped the ranking with a revenue of over $469.0 billion last year. The next three spots were taken by oil companies – Exxon Mobil(XOM), Chevron (CVX) and Philips 66 (PSX).

The following table shows the full Fortune 500 list for 2013:

 

Source: Fortune

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The entire list can be downloaded in Excel format by clicking here.

A few observations:

  • The revenues of Wal-Mart and Exxon Mobil is almost double that of the third ranked firm Chevron.
  • Apple’s (APPL) revenue was high enough to earn it the 6th position.
  • Not all Fortune 500 firms are worth investing in. For example, Best Buy(BBY) stock collapsed with a negative total return of about 47% in 2012.
  • For years, equity investments in tech giants like Microsoft(MSFT), Cisco(CSCO), Intel (INTC), etc. have been “dead money”.

To download the Fortune 500 lists from 2013 to 1955 in Excel go here.

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