Top 20 S&P 500 Companies by Market Cap (1990 – 2024)

Top 20 S&P 500 companies by market cap in 2024

(as of 1/1/2024, in billions USD)

2024

Top 20 market cap: 17,992.44

S&P 500 market cap: 40,040.00

2,994Apple
2,795Microsoft
1,764Alphabet
1,570Amazon
1,223NVIDIA
909.63Meta/Facebook
789.90Tesla
772.53Berkshire Hathaway
553.37Eli Lilly
535.07Visa
522.56Broadcom
491.76JPMorgan Chase
486.95UnitedHealth
424.43Walmart
400.13Mastercard
399.60Exxon Mobil
377.32Johnson & Johnson
345.38Procter & Gamble
344.91Home Depot
292.90Costco
Source: own data compilation from Ycharts.com, Bloomberg.com, Fortune.com and CNN.com.
  •  Basic Materials
  •  Communication Services
  •  Consumer Cyclical
  •  Consumer Defensive
  •  Energy
  •  Financial Services
  •  HealthCare
  •  Industrials
  •  Technology
  •  Utilities

Market Capitalization vs. Market Value

Market value and market capitalization are two frequently used – and usually confused – terms when discussing the profitability and viability of companies.

Market Capitalization

Market capitalization, or market cap, is a simple indicator based on stock price. A company’s market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price per share. For example, a company with 50 million outstanding shares and a share price of $100 per share would have a market capitalization of $5 billion. Market capitalization is essentially a synonym for the market value of equity.

Market Value

While market cap is often referred to as the value of a company, or what a company is worth, determining the true market value of a company is much more complicated. It is determined by the valuations or multiples that investors attribute to companies, such as price to sales, price to earnings, enterprise value to EBITDA, etc. These various metrics take into account several factors in addition to shareholder equity, such as outstanding bonds, long-term growth potential, company debt, taxes, and interest payments. The higher the valuation, the higher the market value.

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