Forbes has published the ‘Global 2000’, which is a comprehensive list of the top two thousand powerful public companies in the world. The rank has been measured by calculating a composite score developed by considering four factors — revenues, profits, assets value and the market value of the companies. The ranking would not have been equal and unbiased, if only one parameter was considered.
Forbes has published the ‘Global 2000’, which is a comprehensive list of the top two thousand powerful public companies in the world. The rank has been measured by calculating a composite score developed by considering four factors — revenues, profits, assets value and the market value of the companies. The ranking would not have been equal and unbiased, if only one parameter was considered.
US and Chinese companies have topped the list, showing the dominance of these two world powers on the overall global trade. Bank of China secured the first rank for the third consecutive year.
Around 10 Indian companies made it to the top 1000, with Reliance Industries topping the list of Indian companies at 142nd rank, followed by the State Bank of India at 152nd position.
Overall, Indian banks have done better than other Indian public sector companies.
Here is a profile of the Indian companies, as drawn by Forbes, that are among the top 1,500 of the list.
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries topped the Indian companies by securing the142th postion, with a market cap of $42.9 billion as of May 2015. The sales of the company were $71.7 billion, which helped it the grab 109th position in sales. In terms of profit, it ranked 171; assets rank is 339, and 253rd in market value. The company currently has as many as 23,853 employees.
State Bank of India is at number 152 in the composite score, with a market cap of $33 billion as of May 2015. The government-owned multinational, public sector banking and financial services company, stands at number 221 in sales; 298 in profit; 75th in assets value; and 350th in market value. Its sales stand at $40.8 billion, and it employs 222,033 people.
Oil and Natural Gas (ONGC), with a market cap of $43.7 billion, is at number 183. It is ranked number 322 in sales; 136 in profit; 417 in assets; and 245th in market value. Its sales figure stands at $28.69 billion, and it employs 33,988 people.
Tata Motors, auto and truck manufacturing company, is on fourth position among Indian companies, and its world rank is 263, with a market cap of $28.8 billion. The $42.3 billion worth of sales put it on 217th rank. Itsl ranked 257th in terms of profit, 644th in assets; and 420th in market value. It currently has 66,593 people working in the company.
ICICI Bank has a market cap of $30 billion, and is on the 283rd position in the Global 2000 list. It is a chain of regional banks, founded in 1955, which is currently headed by Chanda Kochhar as its CEO. The bank’s sales stand at $14.25 billion, and the number of employees under its wing is 72,226. ICICI bank stands at number 688 in terms of sales; 363 in profit; 208 in assets; 399 in market value.
Indian Oil, an oil and gas operations company, is at number 349 in the list. Its market cap as of May 2015 was $14.6 billion. Founded in 1958, the company is headed by Ashok Balasubramanian. In sales it comes in at number 101; 571 in profit; 536th in assets; and 843rd in market value. The company’s sales stood at $74.25 billion, and it employs 33,800 people.
HDFC Bank came in at 376th rank, with a market cap of $41.6 billion. Sales of this bankong company were $8.41 billion in May 2015. It ranked 1,131th in sales; 479th in profit; 313th in assets; and 260th in market value. As of May 2015, the company had 68,165 employees.
NTPC, an electric utilities company, ranks 431 in the list, and its market cap is $20.2 billion. With sales of $12.94 billion, it has secured 766th place in the particular category. It is 379th in terms of profit, 684th in assets, 616th in market value. The company has 25,013 employees.
Consumer Financial Services company HDFC, a major player for housing finance in India, has secured the 485th position, with a market cap of $33.7 billion. It ranked 1,340th in sales; 494 in profit; 470 in assets; and 337th in market value. Its total sales stood at $6.76 billion. The company employed 1,956 people as of May 2015.
Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest computer services company, has secured the 485th position. Though the Indian software sector was not making much noise in the global market in the beginning of the year, it seems so have gained its voice a bit. The company’s market cap was $80.3 billion in May 2015, with sales of $15.07 billion; it secured 645th position in sales. It ranked 184th in profit, 1,704th in assets, and 108th in market value.
Coal India, a diversified metals & mining company, is at number 490, with a market cap of $36.7 billion. Its sales stand at $11.67 billion, putting it at number 845 in sales. It comes in at number 310 in profit, 1,194th in assets, and 306th in market value. The number of employees is stands at 346,638.
Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications services, with a market cap of 25.8 billion, stands at the 506th position. Its sales — $14.95 billion — puts it at number 649th position, 827th in profit, 771th in assets and 483rd in market value. The number of employees in the company is 14,645.
Wipro is the third largest computer services company in India. With the overall rank of 811, and with sales of $7.61 billion, it ranks 1,226th in sales. The company seems to be doing well, mainly in profits, coming in at number 491. Its market cap is $24.7 billion. It employs 146,053 people, and ranks 491th in profit, 1,937th in assets, and 503rd in market value.
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