The 30 Biggest Stocks In The S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY)
Apple Back Above the $600 Billion Mark; Two Tech Stocks Creep Up on Exxon Mobil
by BespokeInvest
Below is an updated look at the rankings for the largest public companies in the US. After moving back above the $100/share level this week, Apple (AAPL) is back over the $600 billion mark as well. This puts it nearly $180 billion larger than Exxon Mobil (XOM), the next largest company in the US. The difference in market cap between Apple and Exxon is equivalent to the size of AT&T (T), the 19th largest company in the country!
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Exxon is still valued at more than $400 billion, but it's getting close to losing its number 2 status to two Tech behemoths. As shown below, Google (GOOGL) is now valued at $397 billion, just $15 billion less than XOM. And don't sleep on Microsoft (MSFT) either. MSFT has surged in 2014, adding $74 billion in market cap to put it at $386.4 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/B) rounds out the top five with a market cap of $339.5 billion. No other companies are worth more than $300 billion, but Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is close at $296 bln.
Along with Microsoft (MSFT), other companies that have added significantly to their market caps this year include Facebook (FB) -- up $62 billion, Verizon (VZ) -- up $60 billion, Gilead Sciences (GILD) -- up $47.5 billion, and Intel (INTC) -- up $44 billion. Some of the big losers along with XOM include General Electric (GE) -- down $22.7 billion, and Amazon.com (AMZN) -- down $29 billion. Coming into the year, Amazon.com was the 16th largest company in the US, but declines in the stock have left it outside the top 25.
Courtesy of bespokeinvest.com