The FT Global 500 is an annual snapshot of the world’s largest companies to show how corporate fortunes have changed in the past year, highlighting relative performance of countries and sectors.

Contents 1 Reasoning behind the list 2 Extract of 2007 list 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Reasoning behind the list

The companies are ranked by market capitalisation. The greater the stock market value of a company, the higher its ranking. Market cap is the share price multiplied by the number of shares issued.

[edit] Extract of 2007 list

The table shows each company’s rank in 2006 and 2007, the country of the main stock listing, the sector and the turnover. The net income, price earnings ratio, dividend yield and the company’s year end.

The day chosen for the calculation was 30 March 2007.

Global rank 2007	Global rank 2006	Company	Country	Market value $m	Sector	Turnover $m	Price $	Net Income $m	PE ratio	Dividend Yield	Year End
1	1	ExxonMobil	US	429,566.7	Oil & Gas Producers	365,467	75.5	39,500	11.3	1.7	31/12/2006
2	2	General Electric	US	363,611.3	General Industrials	160,657	35.4	20,829	17.7	2.9	31/12/2006
3	3	Microsoft	US	272,911.7	Software & Computer Services	44,282	27.9	12,599	23.0	1.3	30/06/2006
4	4	Citigroup	US	252,857.3	Banks		51.3	21,538	11.7	3.8	31/12/2006
5	37	AT&T	US	246,206.3	Fixed Line Telecommunications	63,055	39.4	7,356	20.9	3.4	31/12/2006

“The striking feature of this year’s FT Global 500 is how much stability there is at the top and how much turmoil below.” - Michael Skapinker (Editor of FT Weekend)^[1]

[edit] See also

• FTSE 100 Index
• FTSE 250 Index
• Dow Jones Industrial Average
• S&P 500
• Fortune Global 500
• Fortune 1000
• Forbes Global 2000
• List of companies by revenue
• List of corporations by market capitalization
• List of the largest global technology companies

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The FT Global 500 (2008) - Financial Times
• The FT Global 500 (2008) - main table