The Fortune Global 500 Companies List 2012

Every year Fortune magazine publishes its famous list of Global 500 companies ranked by Revenue and Profits. The rankings for 2012 are listed below:

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Rank	Company	Revenues ($ millions)	Profits ($ millions)
1	Royal Dutch Shell	484,489	30,918
2	Exxon Mobil	452,926	41,060
3	Wal-Mart Stores	446,950	15,699
4	BP	386,463	25,700
5	Sinopec Group	375,214	9,453
6	China National Petroleum	352,338	16,317
7	State Grid	259,142	5,678
8	Chevron	245,621	26,895
9	ConocoPhillips	237,272	12,436
10	Toyota Motor	235,364	3,591

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Energy companies dominate the top 10 spots since they benefit immensely from high oil prices. Oil giant Royal DutchShell (RDS-A, RDS-B) topped the list based on revenues followed by ExxonMobil (XOM). It is interesting to note that Walmart(WMT) and Toyota(TM) appear among the top 10 firms.

Data Source: The Fortgune Global 500, Fortune

Download: Fortune Global 500 List for 2012 (in excel)

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