Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon: I Ranked the 5 Largest Companies by Market Cap, and 1 Stands Above the Rest
The names are not surprising. What is surprising, however, is just how big these companies have become, and how fast.
Overview
Size isn't everything when it comes to a company, but it's certainly something. There are some competitive advantages that can only come with size, like more buying power and bigger marketing budgets.
And this got me thinking: Do most investors fully appreciate just how big the world's biggest publicly traded companies today are? I went digging for these very details. While there was nothing surprising about the names that topped the list, I was blown away by just how big these outfits have gotten, and was in outright awe of how enormous the stock market's biggest companies have become in such a relatively short time.
Details
Cutting straight to the chase, here's the list, from biggest to least big of the big.
Source
Originally published at www.fool.com.