This is a list of the top 100 most profitable companies in the world as of 2018 according to the latest ranking by Fortune; American business magazine which published and owned by Time. The list is published annually and features global corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. American multinational technology company Apple still remains the most profitable company in the world with an income of $45,687 while China banks; Industrial Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank take the second and third spots respectively.
Without further ado, here are the top 100 most profitable companies in the world as of 2018
|
Rank
|
Company |
Profits |
Country |
|
1 |
Apple |
$45,687.0 |
United States |
|
2 |
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
|
$41,883.9 |
China |
|
3 |
China Construction Bank |
$34,840.9 |
China |
|
4 |
Agricultural Bank of China |
$27,687.8 |
China |
|
5 |
Bank of China |
$24,773.4 |
China |
|
6 |
J.P. Morgan Chase |
$24,733.0 |
United States |
|
7 |
Berkshire Hathaway |
$24,074.0 |
United States |
|
8 |
Wells Fargo |
$21,938.0 |
United States |
|
9
|
Alphabet |
$19,478.0 |
United States |
|
10 |
Samsung Electronics |
$19,316.5 |
South Korea |
|
11 |
Bank of America Corp |
$17,906.0 |
United States |
|
12
|
Toyota Motor |
$16,899.3 |
Japan |
|
13 |
Microsoft |
$16,798.0 |
United States |
|
14
|
Johnson & Johnson |
$16,540.0 |
United States |
|
15 |
Citigroup |
$14,912.0 |
United States |
|
16 |
Gazprom |
$14,222.6 |
Russia |
|
17 |
Walmart |
$13,643.0 |
United States |
|
18 |
Gilead Sciences |
$13,501.0 |
United States |
|
19 |
SoftBank Group |
$13,163.4 |
Japan |
|
20 |
Verizon |
$13,127.0 |
United States |
|
21 |
AT&T |
$12,976.0 |
United States |
|
22 |
Fannie Mae |
$12,313.0 |
United States |
|
23 |
IBM |
$11,872.0 |
United States |
|
24 |
Cisco Systems |
$10,739.0 |
United States |
|
25 |
Procter & Gamble |
$10,508.0 |
United States |
|
26 |
Intel |
$10,316.0 |
United States |
|
27 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
|
$10,283.7 |
Taiwan |
|
28
|
|
$10,217.0 |
United States |
|
29 |
National Grid |
$10,150.6 |
United Kingdom |
|
30 |
Bank of Communications |
$10,116.9 |
China |
|
31 |
Roche Group |
$9,719.9 |
Switzerland |
|
32 |
China Mobile Communications
|
$9,614.3 |
China |
|
33
|
State Grid |
$9,571.3 |
China |
|
34 |
Daimler |
$9,428.4 |
Germany |
|
35 |
General Motors |
$9,427.0 |
United States |
|
36 |
Ping An Insurance |
$9,392.0 |
China |
|
37 |
Disney |
$9,391.0 |
United States |
|
38 |
China Merchants Bank |
$9,344.8 |
China |
|
39 |
Oracle |
$8,901.0 |
United States |
|
40 |
General Electric |
$8,831.0 |
United States |
|
41 |
Comcast |
$8,695.0 |
United States |
|
42 |
Nestle |
$8,659.2 |
Switzerland |
|
43
|
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
|
$8,550.1 |
Japan |
|
44
|
BNP Paribas |
$8,517.2 |
France |
|
45 |
Industrial Bank |
$8,105.9 |
China |
|
46
|
Sberbank |
$8,078.0 |
Russia |
|
47 |
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
|
$7,992.8 |
China |
|
48 |
Home Depot |
$7,957.0 |
United States |
|
49 |
Exxon Mobil |
$7,840.0 |
United States |
|
50 |
Royal Bank of Canada |
$7,839.6 |
Canada |
|
51 |
Freddie Mac |
$7,815.0 |
United States |
|
52 |
Amgen |
$7,722.0 |
United States |
|
53 |
Allianz |
$7,611.5 |
Germany |
|
54 |
BMW Group |
$7,589.4 |
Germany |
|
55 |
Goldman Sachs Group |
$7,398.0 |
United States |
|
56 |
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
|
$7,384.4 |
Japan |
|
57 |
Pfizer |
$7,215.0 |
United States |
|
58 |
China Minsheng Banking |
$7,201.6 |
China |
|
59 |
UnitedHealth Group |
$7,017.0 |
United States |
|
60 |
Philip Morris International |
$6,967.0 |
United States |
|
61 |
Banco Santander |
$6,860.7 |
Spain |
|
62 |
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
|
$6,712.9 |
Australia |
|
63 |
Novartis |
$6,712.0 |
Switzerland |
|
64 |
Itau Unibanco Holding |
$6,666.4 |
Brazil |
|
65 |
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
$6,646.1 |
Canada |
|
66 |
Coca-Cola |
$6,527.0 |
United States |
|
67 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
|
$6,520.5 |
Japan |
|
68 |
Alibaba Group Holding |
$6,489.5 |
China |
|
69 |
AXA |
$6,446.0 |
France |
|
70 |
Pepsi |
$6,329.0 |
United States |
|
71 |
Total |
$6,196.0 |
France |
|
72 |
Tencent Holdings |
$6,185.9 |
China |
|
73 |
Nissan Motor |
$6,123.4 |
Japan |
|
74 |
Korea Electric Power |
$6,074.1 |
South Korea |
|
75 |
Siemens |
$6,050.5 |
Germany |
|
76 |
Morgan Stanley |
$5,979.0 |
United States |
|
77 |
AbbVie |
$5,953.0 |
United States |
|
78 |
Volkswagen |
$5,937.3 |
Germany |
|
79 |
U.S. Bancorp |
$5,888.0 |
United States |
|
80 |
Unilever |
$5,732.7 |
Netherlands |
|
81 |
Qualcomm |
$5,705.0 |
United States |
|
82 |
Honda Motor |
$5,690.3 |
Japan |
|
83 |
Huawei Investment & Holding |
$5,579.4 |
China |
|
84 |
Mizuho Financial Group |
$5,570.1 |
Japan |
|
85 |
ING Group |
$5,501.6 |
Netherlands |
|
86 |
Westpac Banking |
$5,477.0 |
Australia |
|
87 |
American Express |
$5,408.0 |
United States |
|
88 |
Bank of Nova Scotia |
$5,362.2 |
Canada |
|
89 |
CVS Health |
$5,317.0 |
United States |
|
90 |
Lockheed Martin |
$5,302.0 |
United States |
|
91 |
Sanofi |
$5,207.4 |
France |
|
92 |
Banco Bradesco |
$5,127.9 |
Brazil |
|
93 |
McKesson |
$5,070.0 |
United States |
|
94 |
United Technologies |
$5,055.0 |
United States |
|
95 |
3M |
$5,050.0 |
United States |
|
96 |
KDDI |
$5,045.1 |
Japan |
|
97 |
Bayer |
$5,010.6 |
Germany |
|
98 |
China Post Group |
$4,980.3 |
China |
|
99 |
Boeing |
$4,895.0 |
United States |
|
100 |
SAIC Motor |
$4,818.2 |
China |
