The Global Top 100 Non-Financial Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) ranked by Foreign Assets as of 2013 are
listed in the table below:
| Rank | Corporation | Country | Industry | Foreign Assets (in Millions of dollars) | Total Assets (in Millions of dollars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric Co | United States | Electrical & electronic equipment | 331 160 | 656 560 |
| 2 | Royal Dutch Shell plc | United Kingdom | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 301 898 | 357 512 |
| 3 | Toyota Motor Corporation | Japan | Motor vehicles | 274 380 | 403 088 |
| 4 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | United States | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 231 033 | 346 808 |
| 5 | Total SA | France | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 226 717 | 238 870 |
| 6 | BP plc | United Kingdom | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 202 899 | 305 690 |
| 7 | Vodafone Group Plc | United Kingdom | Telecommunications | 182 837 | 202 763 |
| 8 | Volkswagen Group | Germany | Motor vehicles | 176 656 | 446 555 |
| 9 | Chevron Corporation | United States | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 175 736 | 253 753 |
| 10 | Eni SpA | Italy | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 141 021 | 190 125 |
| 11 | Enel SpA | Italy | Electricity, gas and water | 140 396 | 226 006 |
| 12 | Glencore Xstrata PLC | Switzerland | Mining & quarrying | 135 080 | 154 932 |
| 13 | Anheuser-Busch InBev NV | Belgium | Food, beverages and tobacco | 134 549 | 141 666 |
| 14 | EDF SA | France | Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) | 130 161 | 353 574 |
| 15 | Nestlé SA | Switzerland | Food, beverages and tobacco | 124 730 | 129 969 |
| 16 | E.ON AG | Germany | Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) | 124 429 | 179 988 |
| 17 | GDF Suez | France | Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) | 121 402 | 219 759 |
| 18 | Deutsche Telekom AG | Germany | Telecommunications | 120 350 | 162 671 |
| 19 | Apple Computer Inc | United States | Electrical & electronic equipment | 119 918 | 207 000 |
| 20 | Honda Motor Co Ltd | Japan | Motor vehicles | 118 476 | 151 965 |
| 21 | Mitsubishi Corporation | Japan | Wholesale trade | 112 762 | 148 752 |
| 22 | Siemens AG | Germany | Electrical & electronic equipment | 110 462 | 137 863 |
| 23 | ArcelorMittal | Luxembourg | Metal and metal products | 109 602 | 112 308 |
| 24 | Iberdrola SA | Spain | Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) | 108 679 | 127 235 |
| 25 | Johnson & Johnson | United States | Pharmaceuticals | 96 803 | 132 683 |
| 26 | Nissan Motor Co Ltd | Japan | Motor vehicles | 95 228 | 143 029 |
| 27 | Hutchison Whampoa Limited | Hong Kong, China | Diversified | 91 436 | 105 169 |
| 28 | Fiat S.p.A. | Italy | Motor vehicles | 90 985 | 119 474 |
| 29 | Pfizer Inc | United States | Pharmaceuticals | 90 403 | 172 101 |
| 30 | BMW AG | Germany | Motor vehicles | 88 370 | 190 511 |
| 31 | Wal-Mart Stores Inc | United States | Retail & Trade | 88 206 | 204 751 |
| 32 | Daimler AG | Germany | Motor vehicles | 87 257 | 232 023 |
| 33 | Telefonica SA | Spain | Telecommunications | 87 156 | 163 654 |
| 34 | Mitsui & Co Ltd | Japan | Wholesale trade | 86 023 | 107 016 |
| 35 | Ford Motor Company | United States | Motor vehicles | 79 092 | 203 752 |
| 36 | CITIC Group | China | Diversified | 78 602 | 565 884 |
| 37 | Statoil ASA | Norway | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 78 185 | 144 741 |
| 38 | Airbus Group NV | France | Aircraft | 77 614 | 128 474 |
| 39 | Novartis AG | Switzerland | Pharmaceuticals | 71 941 | 126 254 |
| 40 | Procter & Gamble Co | United States | Diversified | 70 981 | 139 263 |
| 41 | Hon Hai Precision Industries | Taiwan Province of China | Electrical & electronic equipment | 70 659 | 77 089 |
| 42 | General Motors Co | United States | Motor vehicles | 70 074 | 166 344 |
| 43 | Anglo American plc | United Kingdom | Mining & quarrying | 68 955 | 71 165 |
| 44 | BHP Billiton Group Ltd | Australia | Mining & quarrying | 67 649 | 139 178 |
| 45 | Repsol YPF SA | Spain | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 66 011 | 89 613 |
| 46 | International Business Machines Corporation | United States | Electrical & electronic equipment | 60 841 | 126 223 |
| 47 | BASF SE | Germany | Chemicals | 58 323 | 88 644 |
| 48 | Rio Tinto PLC | United Kingdom | Mining & quarrying | 58 059 | 111 025 |
| 49 | Microsoft Corporation | United States | Prepackaged software | 57 087 | 142 431 |
| 50 | Unilever PLC | United Kingdom | Diversified | 55 769 | 62 664 |
| 51 | BG Group plc | United Kingdom | Oil and gas field exploration | 55 026 | 65 974 |
| 52 | Hewlett-Packard Co | United States | Electrical & electronic equipment | 54 548 | 105 676 |
| 53 | ConocoPhillips | United States | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 54 430 | 118 057 |
| 54 | Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA | France | Non-metallic mineral products | 53 704 | 62 957 |
| 55 | SABMiller PLC | United Kingdom | Food, beverages and tobacco | 53 332 | 53 751 |
| 56 | Orange | France | Telecommunications | 52 362 | 118 178 |
| 57 | RWE AG | Germany | Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) | 52 336 | 111 688 |
| 58 | Roche Group | Switzerland | Pharmaceuticals | 50 837 | 67 084 |
| 59 | Mondelez International, Inc. | United States | Food, beverages and tobacco | 50 834 | 72 557 |
| 60 | Sumitomo Corporation | Japan | Wholesale trade | 49 662 | 84 326 |
| 61 | GlaxoSmithKline PLC | United Kingdom | Pharmaceuticals | 49 460 | 69 403 |
| 62 | Petronas - Petroliam Nasional Bhd | Malaysia | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 49 072 | 163 275 |
| 63 | AP Moller - Maersk A/S | Denmark | Transport and storage | 48 730 | 74 451 |
| 64 | Sanofi | France | Pharmaceuticals | 48 403 | 132 266 |
| 65 | Vattenfall AB | Sweden | Electricity, gas and water | 47 667 | 75 105 |
| 66 | Vale SA | Brazil | Mining & quarrying | 47 247 | 124 289 |
| 67 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | Electrical & electronic equipment | 46 425 | 203 671 |
| 68 | Schlumberger Ltd | United States | Other consumer services | 45 507 | 67 100 |
| 69 | Imperial Tobacco Group PLC | United Kingdom | Tobacco | 45 444 | 45 872 |
| 70 | United Technologies Corporation | United States | Aircraft | 44 786 | 90 594 |
| 71 | Christian Dior SA | France | Textiles | 43 908 | 71 981 |
| 72 | Tesco PLC | United Kingdom | Retail & Trade | 43 488 | 83 565 |
| 73 | China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company | China | Transport and storage | 43 452 | 56 126 |
| 74 | Linde AG | Germany | Chemicals | 43 048 | 45 090 |
| 75 | Sony Corporation | Japan | Electrical & electronic equipment | 42 239 | 149 161 |
| 76 | British American Tobacco PLC | United Kingdom | Food, beverages and tobacco | 41 940 | 44 329 |
| 77 | Caterpillar Inc | United States | Construction | 41 526 | 84 896 |
| 78 | Lafarge SA | France | Non-metallic mineral products | 41 484 | 51 046 |
| 79 | Volvo AB | Sweden | Motor vehicles | 41 185 | 53 242 |
| 80 | Google Inc. | United States | Software | 40 916 | 110 920 |
| 81 | Renault SA | France | Motor vehicles | 40 866 | 103 252 |
| 82 | Marubeni Corporation | Japan | Wholesale trade | 40 677 | 70 578 |
| 83 | ABB Ltd. | Switzerland | Engineerig services | 39 893 | 48 064 |
| 84 | AstraZeneca PLC | United Kingdom | Pharmaceuticals | 39 700 | 55 899 |
| 85 | Liberty Global plc | United Kingdom | Telecommunications | 38 129 | 67 714 |
| 86 | Carrefour SA | France | Retail & Trade | 37 913 | 59 981 |
| 87 | OMV AG | Austria | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 37 282 | 43 765 |
| 88 | ITOCHU Corporation | Japan | Wholesale trade | 37 075 | 76 347 |
| 89 | Barrick Gold Corporation | Canada | Gold mining | 36 911 | 37 448 |
| 90 | The Coca-Cola Company | United States | Food, beverages and tobacco | 36 860 | 90 055 |
| 91 | Cargill | United States | Food | 35 928 | 59 880 |
| 92 | Pepsico Inc | United States | Food, beverages and tobacco | 35 863 | 77 478 |
| 93 | WPP PLC | United Kingdom | Business services | 35 649 | 41 236 |
| 94 | Deutsche Post AG | Germany | Transport and storage | 35 489 | 48 848 |
| 95 | Merck & Co | United States | Pharmaceuticals | 34 552 | 105 645 |
| 96 | Diageo PLC | United Kingdom | Food, beverages and tobacco | 34 431 | 38 157 |
| 97 | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited | Israel | Pharmaceuticals | 34 376 | 47 508 |
| 98 | China National Offshore Oil Corp | China | Petroleum expl./ref./distr. | 34 276 | 129 834 |
| 99 | Japan Tobacco Inc | Japan | Food, beverages and tobacco | 34 054 | 44 858 |
| 100 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV | Netherlands | Electrical & electronic equipment | 33 901 | 36 568 |
Source: UNCTAD
Download Lists:
- The Global Top 100 Non-Financial Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) (in Excel format)
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From a potential investment perspective investors can consider the following ten stocks for further research:
1.Company: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Current Dividend Yield: 2.68%
Country: USA
2.Company: Nestle SA (NSRGY)
Current Dividend Yield: 3.19%
Country: Switzerland
3.Company: Diageo PLC (DEO)
Current Dividend Yield: 2.89%
Country: UK
4.Company: Vodafone Group PLC (VOD)
Current Dividend Yield: 7.10%
Country: UK
5.Company: British American Tobacco PLC (BTI)
Current Dividend Yield: 4.15%
Country: UK
6.Company: Total SA (TOT)
Current Dividend Yield: 5.05%
Country: France
7.Company: BASF SE (BASFY)
Current Dividend Yield: 3.77%
Country: Germany
8.Company: Novartis AG (NVS)
Current Dividend Yield: 2.94%
Country: Switzerland
9.Company: Unilever PLC (UL)
Current Dividend Yield: 3.45%
Country: UK
10.Company: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA)
Current Dividend Yield: 2.62%
Country: Israel
Note: Dividend yields noted above are as of Sept 15, 2014. Data is known to be accurate from sources used. Please use your own due diligence before making any investment decisions.
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