Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

3 of 500
BACKNEXT
3. Chevron
Chevron
Financials: Latest Results
Rank: 3 (Previous rank: 3)
CEO: John S. Watson
Compare tool: Chevron vs. Top 10
Chevron's got some headaches to deal with: In Nigeria it faces ongoing hostilities from local thugs, and in Ecuador, it's fighting claims that its Texaco unit engaged in toxic-waste dumping.

So why not engage in a little retail therapy? In February, Chevron wrapped up its $3.2 billion acquisition of Pennsylvania's Atlas Energy, adding to its growing portfolio of natural gas operations. It also bought 200,000 acres of the Duvernay shale gas formation in Alberta, Canada. Expect the buying to continue: Chevron says it will boost capital spending 20% this year to $26 billion. --P.N.

Subscribe to Fortune Magazine
Is Chevron a great company, or what?
Key financials $ millions % change
from 2009
Revenues 196,337.0 20.1
Profits 19,024.0 81.5
Assets 184,769.0
Stockholders' equity 105,081.0
Market value (3/25/2011) 214,355.5
Profits as % of  
Revenues 9.7
Assets 10.3
Stockholders' equity 18.1
Earnings per share  
2010 $ 9.48
% change from 2009 80.9
2000-2010 annual growth rate % 9.1
Total return to investors %
2010 22.9
2000-2010 annual rate 11.6
Rank Company 500
rank
Revenues
($ millions)
1 Exxon Mobil 2 354,674.0
2 Chevron 3 196,337.0
3 ConocoPhillips 4 184,966.0
4 Valero Energy 24 86,034.0
5 Marathon Oil 29 68,413.0
6 Sunoco 68 35,453.0
7 Hess 74 34,613.0
8 Murphy Oil 113 23,345.1
9 Tesoro 128 20,253.0
10 Holly 289 8,322.9
11 Western Refining 298 7,965.1
12 Frontier Oil 389 5,884.9
Issue date: May 23, 2011
Revenues: Excise taxes have been deducted.
Acquired Atlas Energy (2009 rank: 974), Feb. 17, 2011.
Fortune 500+ Web app
  • Get the download
    Download the ultimate tool to get you inside America's 1,000 biggest companies.
Galleries and more
Headquarters
MAPS
Chevron
6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd.
San Ramon, CA 94583
925-842-1000
www.chevron.com
Find your top companies
 High revenue growth  High profit growth
 High EPS growth  High return to investors
 Top 5 in its industry  Best company to work for
 Big employer  Small employer



Video

Rank # of Fortune 500 Companies
New York 57
California 53
Texas 51
Company Rank
Microsoft 38
Goldman Sachs 54
Intel 56
Company 2010 $ (millions)
Exxon Mobil $30,460.0
AT&T $19,864.0
Chevron $19,024.0
FAQ and methodology
Included in the survey are U.S. incorporated companies filing financial statements with a government agency. This includes private companies... More
Current Issue
  • Give the gift of Fortune
  • Get the Fortune app
  • Subscribe

Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. . All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates.