Wal-Mart Stores Inc., with a 2012 revenue of $469.2 billion , has made it to the top ranking in the Fortune 500 ranking of the largest U.S. companies by revenue.
Exxon Mobil is now No. 2. Chevron, Phillips 66 and Berkshire Hathaway made out the top five. Interestingly and much as expected, Facebook has made it to the list for the first time, finding its place No. 482.
Some Interesting Highlights
- 21 Companies from New Jersey and 53 from New York have made it to the list.
- 7 Companies from Information Technology Services have made in to Fortune 500 list.
- Exxon Mobil has the highest profit
- HP is at the lowest in profit (negative)
- Spectrum Group International has lowest number of employees of 190
- Wal-Mart has largest employees' strength with 2.2 million employees
Here is the top 50 full list:
- Rank
- Company Name
- Revenues ($b)
- Profits ($mm)
- 1Wal-Mart Stores469.216,999
- 2Exxon Mobil449.944,880
- 3Chevron233.926,179
- 4Phillips 66169.64,124
- 5Berkshire Hathaway162.514,824
- 6Apple156.541,733
- 7General Motors152.36,188
- 8General Electric146.913,641
- 9Valero Energy138.32,083
- 10Ford Motor134.35,665
- 11AT&T127.47,264
- 12Fannie Mae127.217,220
- 13CVS Caremark123.13,876.9
- 14McKesson122.71,403
- 15Hewlett-Packard120.4-12,650
- 16Verizon Communications115.8875
- 17UnitedHealth Group110.65,526
- 18J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.108.221,284
- 19Cardinal Health107.61,069
- 20International Business Machines104.516,604
- 21Bank of America Corp.100.14,188
- 22Costco Wholesale99.11,709
- 23Kroger96.81,496.5
- 24Express Scripts Holding94.41,312.9
- 25Wells Fargo91.218,897
- 26Citigroup90.87,541
- 27Archer Daniels Midland891,223
- 28Procter & Gamble85.110,756
- 29Prudential Financial84.8469
- 30Boeing81.73,900
- 31Freddie Mac80.610,982
- 32AmerisourceBergen79.7719
- 33Marathon Petroleum76.83,389
- 34Home Depot74.84,535
- 35Microsoft73.716,978
- 36Target73.32,999
- 37Walgreen71.62,127
- 38American International Group70.13,438
- 39INTL FCStone69.315
- 40MetLife68.21,324
- 41Johnson & Johnson67.210,853
- 42Caterpillar65.95,681
- 43PepsiCo65.56,178
- 44State Farm Insurance Cos.65.33,159.2
- 45ConocoPhillips63.48,428
- 46Comcast62.66,203
- 47WellPoint61.72,655.5
- 48Pfizer61.214,570
- 49Amazon.com61.1-39
- 50United Technologies59.85,130
Syndicated Article. Courtesy CNN Money
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