{"id":72178,"date":"2014-11-02T23:55:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T21:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=72178"},"modified":"2014-10-31T17:04:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T15:04:46","slug":"south-africas-biggest-companies-vs-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/72178\/south-africas-biggest-companies-vs-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s biggest companies vs the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

In just a few short months since its public listing in September, online retail giant, Alibaba, has already grown to become the 12th biggest company in the world.<\/p>\n

Alibaba listed on 19 September 2014 with a valuation of just over $220 billion – by the close of its first day in trade, the company was worth $231 billion.<\/p>\n

Six weeks on, Alibaba is now worth $243 billion, and is neck and neck with American retail giant, Wal-Mart Stores (WalMart) which has a market cap of $246 billion.<\/p>\n

WalMart, which boasts 4,233 stores in the US, and\u00a06,000 stores internationally, delivered revenues of $476 billion in 2013.<\/p>\n

According to technology-focused investment group, Pacific Crest Securities, Alibaba could be seen climbing by as much as 30% annually, with the firm pricing stock expectations as high as $125 a share (compared to the $99 mark it’s currently at).<\/p>\n

“For fiscal 2014 (ended March), Alibaba\u2019s retail marketplaces grew 56% year-over-year and generated GMV of $270 billion, greater than that of Amazon.com, eBay, JD.com [of China] and Rakuten [of Japan] combined,” the firm noted.<\/p>\n

However, despite Alibaba’s rosy prospects, the company is still a far stretch away from the world’s most valuable companies.<\/p>\n

The world’s biggest company, Apple, with a market cap of over $627 billion, is worth more than Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria, which is worth $521.8 billion – and is almost Alibaba’s entire valuation away from the global number two, Exxon Mobil, which is valued at $402 billion.<\/p>\n

Apple recently announced its fiscal 2014 Q4 earnings which, thanks to a massive boost from its latest iPhones and the announcement of its new range of iPads and other devices, pushed its stock up over 30% year-to-date.<\/p>\n

With record revenues expected from its latest devices, the king doesn’t look like it will be losing its crown any time soon.<\/p>\n

These are the 20 biggest companies in the world by market capitalisation.<\/p>\n

Top 20 global companies by market cap<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nCompany<\/strong><\/td>\nMarket Cap (US$ billions)
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nApple<\/td>\n627.42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nExxon Mobil<\/td>\n402.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMicrosoft<\/td>\n379.58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nGoogle<\/td>\n376.42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nBerkshire Hath<\/td>\n343.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJohnson & Johnson<\/td>\n299.62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nWells Fargo<\/td>\n273.58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nGeneral elect<\/td>\n257.57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nRoche Holding<\/td>\n253.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nNovartis<\/td>\n247.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nWalmart<\/td>\n246.36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nAlibaba<\/td>\n243.37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nProctor & Gamble<\/td>\n234.92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nPetro China<\/td>\n234.44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nRoyal Dutch Shell<\/td>\n229.27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nJP Morgan Chase<\/td>\n223.38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nChevron Corp<\/td>\n222.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nFacebook<\/td>\n207.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nVerizon<\/td>\n207.07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nPfizer<\/td>\n189.21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

South Africa’s biggest companies<\/h3>\n

South Africa’s top 20 companies are lead by multinational businesses such as mining giant, BHP Billiton – which has a market value of over R1.6 trillion – and British American Tobacco at over R1.1 trillion.<\/p>\n

South African brewer, SAB Miller, which is now based out of London, is also approaching the R1 trillion value mark.<\/p>\n

Notably, in the past 6 months media and Internet company, Naspers, has overtaken luxury good corporation Richemont as the country’s third biggest listed company at a valuation of R553 billion.<\/p>\n

Following Richemont is MTN, which leads as South Africa’s highest-valued telecoms firm.<\/p>\n

Top 20 South African companies by market cap<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nCompany<\/strong><\/td>\nMarket Cap (ZAR billions)
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nBHP Billiton<\/td>\n1,639.44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nBritish American Tobacco<\/td>\n1,131.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nSAB Miller<\/td>\n985.58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nNaspers<\/td>\n553.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nRichemont<\/td>\n523.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMTN<\/td>\n449.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nSasol<\/td>\n352.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nAnglo American<\/td>\n322.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nFirstRand<\/td>\n263.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nStandard Bank<\/td>\n222.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nVodacom<\/td>\n198.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nAspen<\/td>\n178.39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nOld Mutual<\/td>\n164.81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nSanlam<\/td>\n150.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nBarclays Africa<\/td>\n149.97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nRemgro<\/td>\n127.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nNedbank Group<\/td>\n123.04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nBidvest<\/td>\n100.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nAnglo Platinum<\/td>\n95.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nShoprite<\/td>\n89.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Data sourced from Bloomberg (31 October 2014)<\/small><\/p>\n

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