The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) ranked by Foreign Assets as of 2015 are listed in the table below:
Source: UNCTAD
A few observations:
- Oil and auto firms dominate the top 10 this ranking based on foreign assets with Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A, RDS-B) taking the first spot.
- Apple(AAPL) which is ranked number 10, had more than half of its total employees in foreign countries.
- Some of the firms outside of developed Europe and the US include drug maker Teva(TEVA) of Israel, oil giant Petronas of Malaysia, Vale(VALE) of Brazil, etc.
- Many of the firms in this list are world-class leaders in their respective industries. For example, BASF SE(BASFY) is the world’s top chemical company and US-based Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is one of the world’s best pharma companies.
- Though Alphabet(GOOG) is the last in the ranking, it shows the scale of worldwide presence and foreign assets of Google.
- From a long-term investment perspective, firms like Nestle(NSRGY), National Grid (NGG), Novartis(NVS), Imperial Brands (ITYBY), etc. are excellent picks.
Download List:
- The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) by foreign assets as of 2015 (in Excel format)
See also:
- The Top 25 Financial State-Owned Multi-National Companies 2017 , TFS
- The Top 25 Non-Financial State-Owned Multi-National Companies 2017, TFS
- The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial TNCs Ranked by Foreign Assets 2014, TFS
- The Top 100 Non-Financial TNCs from Developing and Transition Economies Ranked by Foreign Assets, TFS
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