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These pages rank the largest publicly traded companies across several major global markets by market capitalisation. Each ranking shows the country’s largest listed companies, along with their market capitalisation and share price.
Capital.com country market cap rankings classify each company according to its primary stock market listing.
If a company changes its primary listing to an exchange in another country, it can move from one ranking to another even if its market capitalisation remains unchanged.
Grouping companies by country can add context when comparing businesses exposed to some of the same domestic conditions. Monetary and fiscal policy, interest rates and regulation can push share prices higher or lower, although companies listed in the same country may have very different geographic exposures.
Market cap rankings show how a country’s largest listed companies compare by market value, including how much of that value is concentrated among the biggest companies.
Rankings can change as share prices rise or fall, share counts change or companies move their primary listings.
Country market cap rankings group companies by their primary stock market listing and order them by total equity market value, calculated from share price and shares outstanding. They show which listed companies have the largest market capitalisations and how concentrated market value is among the biggest companies.
These rankings use each company’s primary stock market listing. Other rankings may use country of domicile instead.
The two can differ. A company may be incorporated in one country, headquartered in another and primarily listed in a third. Cross-listings and depositary receipts can make the distinction less straightforward.
Not always. Many indices use free-float market capitalisation, which counts only shares available for public trading.
A company with a large state, founder or family holding may therefore rank first by total market cap but carry a lower index weight. Some indices also limit individual constituent weights.
Some rankings use local currency, while others use a common currency such as US dollars. Each page states which currency applies.
Where figures are converted, exchange-rate movements can raise or lower the reported market cap even if the local share price hasn’t changed. The currency and conversion date therefore matter when comparing companies across countries.
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