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Walmart Retains Top Position in Fortune 500 List

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US based Walmart held the top in the Fortune 500 list for the fourth consecutive year released in 2016

IT based Apple made the progress in the profit, with $53 billion jumped from No.5 to No. 3 in 2016.

Other Movers:walmart-fortune-500-2016

  • Amazon.com moved from No. 29 to No. 18
  • Walgreens jumped from No 35 to No. 19
  • Facebook jumped 85 spots to No. 157

THE TOP 10 REVENUE ($MILLIONS)
RankCountryValue
1Walmart$482,130
2Exxon Mobil$246,204
3Apple$233,715
4Berkshire Hathaway$210,821
5McKesson$181,241
6UnitedHealth Group$157,107
7CVS Health$153,290
8General Motors$152,356
9Ford Motor$149,558
10AT&T$146,801

Features of Fortune Companies:

  • Half of Companies shows sales drop including No. 1
  • Revenues were slows down 4.2% from 2015
  • Profits fell by 11%
  • Loss was energy as low oil prices led to a net loss of $44 billion on $1.3 trillion in revenues for the 62 companies
  • Annual revenues of $12 trillion which is equivalent to two-thirds the size of the U.S. GDP

8 Indian companies in Fortune 500 list

COMPANY  REVENUE IN MILLION RANKINGLAST YEAR RANKING
TATA STEELUSD 27,739401370
OIL & NATURAL GAS (ONGC)USD 30,746357361
TATA MOTORSUSD 34,575314359
STATE BANK OF INDIAUSD 36,950285292
HINDUSTAN PETROLEUMUSD 38,885267336
BHARAT PETROLEUMUSD 44,582225272
RELIANCE INDUSTRIESUSD 76,11999134
INDIAN OILUSD 86,0168398