16:31 - 25.06.2026

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June 25, Fineko/abc.az. The Forbes Global 2000 ranking showed record performance of the world's largest public companies in terms of revenue, profit, assets, and market capitalization.

ABC.AZ reports that companies' total sales reached $56 trillion (+6%), profit $5.5 trillion (+13.9%), assets $272 trillion (+12.9%). Market capitalization increased by 31.8%, adding more than $30 trillion.

The main driver of growth was the AI companies: their total capitalization almost doubled and reached $41.4 trillion. This sector made up 57% of the capitalization growth of the rating.

The leader of the list for the fourth year in a row remains JPMorgan Chase. Next are Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Alphabet and Saudi Aramco.

Top 10 also includes Bank of America and Microsoft, as well as the three largest banks in China.

The AI sector has seen the fastest growth in the ranking, with Nvidia rising to 27th place, SK Hynix to 48th, and CoreWeave jumping more than 700 positions.

The U.S. leads in terms of companies (593), followed by China (300) and Japan (179), with the U.S. maintaining the largest total capitalization of around $67.9 trillion.