The World’s 50 Most Profitable Companies
from Fortune's Global 500 list for 2017
Here is the list of the world’s most profitable companies in 2017:
| Rank | Company | Fortune Global 500 Rank | Profit ($M) | Profit Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 9 | 45687 | -14.4% |
| 2 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China | 22 | 41884 | -5% |
| 3 | China Construction Bank | 28 | 34841 | -4% |
| 4 | Agricultural Bank of China | 38 | 27688 | -3.6% |
| 5 | Bank of China | 42 | 24773 | -8.9% |
| 6 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 48 | 24733 | +1.2% |
| 7 | Berkshire Hathaway | 8 | 24074 | -0.04% |
| 8 | Wells Fargo | 61 | 21938 | -4.2% |
| 9 | Alphabet | 65 | 19478 | +19.1% |
| 10 | Samsung Electronics | 15 | 19317 | +16.8% |
| 11 | Bank of America Corp. | 62 | 17906 | +12.7% |
| 12 | Toyota Motor | 5 | 16899 | -12.3% |
| 13 | Microsoft | 69 | 16798 | +37.8% |
| 14 | Johnson & Johnson | 97 | 16540 | +7.3% |
| 15 | Citigroup | 74 | 14912 | -13.5% |
| 16 | Gazprom | 63 | 14223 | +10.4% |
| 17 | Walmart | 1 | 13643 | -7.2% |
| 18 | Gilead Sciences | 358 | 13501 | -25.4% |
| 19 | SoftBank Group | 72 | 13163 | +233.3% |
| 20 | Verizon | 32 | 13127 | -26.6% |
| 21 | AT&T | 19 | 12976 | -2.8% |
| 22 | Fannie Mae | 46 | 12313 | +12.4% |
| 23 | IBM | 81 | 11872 | -10% |
| 24 | Cisco Systems | 187 | 10739 | +19.6% |
| 25 | Procter & Gamble | 98 | 10508 | +49.3% |
| 26 | Intel | 144 | 10316 | -9.7% |
| 27 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 369 | 10284 | +7.8% |
| 28 | 393 | 10217 | +177% | |
| 29 | National Grid | 491 | 10151 | +160.2% |
| 30 | Bank of Communications | 171 | 10117 | -4.4% |
| 31 | Roche Group | 169 | 9720 | +5.5% |
| 32 | China Mobile Communications | 47 | 9614 | -5.2% |
| 33 | State Grid | 2 | 9571 | -6.2% |
| 34 | Daimler | 17 | 9428 | +0.9% |
| 35 | General Motors | 18 | 9427 | -2.7% |
| 36 | Ping An Insurance | 39 | 9392 | +8.9% |
| 37 | Disney | 161 | 9391 | +12% |
| 38 | China Merchants Bank | 216 | 9345 | +1.8% |
| 39 | Oracle | 280 | 8901 | -10.4% |
| 40 | General Electric | 31 | 8831 | ---- |
| 41 | Comcast | 79 | 8695 | +6.5% |
| 42 | Nestlé | 64 | 8659 | -8.1% |
| 43 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | 164 | 8550 | +7.9% |
| 44 | BNP Paribas | 43 | 8517 | +14.7% |
| 45 | Industrial Bank | 230 | 8106 | +1.5% |
| 46 | Sberbank | 232 | 8078 | +121% |
| 47 | Shanghai Pudong Development Bank | 245 | 7993 | -0.7% |
| 48 | Home Depot | 59 | 7957 | +13.5% |
| 49 | Exxon Mobil | 10 | 7840 | -51.5% |
| 50 | Royal Bank of Canada | 304 | 7839 | -1.8% |
Source: Fortune
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