Every year Fortune magazine publishes its famous list of Global 500 companies ranked by Revenue and Profits. The rankings for 2012 are listed below: 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). …
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Some of the companies in emerging countries are slowly moving up to become global multinationals by expanding in countries outside of their home market. As these companies gain technological know-how and look for ways to deploy excess capital it is only normal for them to try to imitate their developed world peers. Hence the once-dominant …
I came across this interesting graphic about U.S. fast-food giant McDonald’s: Click to enlarge Source: McDonald’s: Dominant the World Over, Yet No Two Markets Alike, EuroMonitor International Related ETFs: SPDR Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY) SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) Disclosure: No Positions
Many foreign companies choose to list their stock on the OTC markets instead of the organized exchanges. Some of these companies include foreign multinational corporations with large market capitalizations. The ten largest foreign companies trading on the OTC markets based on market capitalization are listed below: [TABLE=1138] It is interesting to note that Walmart Mexico appears …
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Forbes magazine recently published its latest list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. These companies were selected based on a factor called “The Innovation Premium”. Definition of The Innovation Premium: “The Innovation Premium is a measure of how much investors have bid up the stock price of a company above the value of its existing business …
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