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2008
2007
2006
2005
Top companies
Highest Returns on Revenues
Rank
Company
500 revenues rank
2005 Profits as % of Revenues
1
National Grid
394
40.8
2
Occidental Petroleum
412
32.4
3
Microsoft
140
30.8
4
Gazprom
102
29.2
5
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
410
28.9
6
U.S. Bancorp
403
27.0
7
Surgutneftegas
443
26.7
8
Petronas
120
26.1
9
China Construction Bank
277
25.2
10
Rio Tinto Group
310
25.1
11
Daiei
452
24.7
12
SABIC
307
24.5
13
Rosneft Oil
367
23.5
14
Cisco Systems
241
23.1
15
Intel
144
22.3
16
GlaxoSmithKline
143
22.2
17
BHP Billiton
195
21.6
18
Coca-Cola
267
21.1
19
Merck
289
21.0
20
Oil & Natural Gas
402
21.0
21
Johnson & Johnson
104
20.6
22
EnCana
396
20.4
23
Banca Intesa
347
20.2
24
AstraZeneca
253
19.6
25
Telstra
383
19.6
26
Bank of America Corp.
37
19.6
27
Wyeth
343
19.5
28
Scottish Power
484
19.4
29
Novartis
177
19.0
30
Nordea Bank
460
19.0
31
British American Tobacco
390
19.0
32
Wells Fargo
138
19.0
33
Citigroup
14
18.8
34
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
174
18.5
35
Wachovia Corp.
158
18.5
36
Petrobrás
86
18.4
37
Mizuho Financial Group
184
18.3
38
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
147
17.9
39
China Mobile Communications
202
17.6
40
Bank of Nova Scotia
446
17.5
41
Endesa
280
17.5
42
HSBC Holdings
26
17.0
43
Nomura Holdings
427
17.0
44
Roche Group
204
16.3
45
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
350
16.2
46
Bank Of China
255
16.1
47
L.M. Ericsson
319
16.1
48
Washington Mutual
297
16.1
49
BellSouth
314
16.0
50
Pfizer
101
15.7
From the July 24, 2006 issue
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Country
Number of Global 500 Companies
United States
170
Japan
70
Britain, France (tied)
38
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Biggest employers
Company
2005 number of employees
Wal-Mart Stores
1,800,000
China National Petroleum
1,090,232
State Grid
844,031
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Most profitable companies
Company
2005 Profits
($ millions)
Exxon Mobil
36,130
Royal Dutch Shell
25,311
Citigroup
24,589
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Top 5 in Asia
Company
2005 Revenues ($ millions)
Toyota Motor
185,805
Sinopec
98,784
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
94,869
Honda Motor
87,510
State Grid
86,984
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