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Top 500 Global Company Sales and Profit Data
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This collection of data details the financial statistics of the 500 largest public companies worldwide for the year 2021. Drawing from the Forbes Global 2000 list, the data focuses on key corporate performance indicators including Sales, Profit, Assets, and Market Value. It serves as a vital tool for benchmarking and analysing the financial scale and reach of the world's major corporations.
Columns
- Rank: The global rank assigned by Forbes.
- Name: The official name of the company. There are 500 unique names recorded.
- Country: The primary country of the company's operation.
- Sales $: The company's total Sales, measured in US Dollars. Values range widely, with a mean of 49.8 billion.
- Profit $: The company's total Profit, measured in US Dollars. Profit values range from losses of up to 22.4 billion to gains of up to 63.9 billion.
- Assets $: The company's total Assets, measured in US Dollars. The mean value is approximately 323 billion.
- Market Value $: The company's Market Value, measured in US Dollars.
Distribution
The data is delivered in a standard tabular format, typically CSV. It contains 500 records and consists of 7 columns. All records are valid and complete for the listed companies. The expected update frequency for this product is annually.
Usage
This data product is suited for numerous applications, including:
- Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) focused on global corporate finance.
- Benchmarking company performance against competitors based on rank, sales, and profit.
- Checking the performance disparity between companies located in different nations.
- Creating visualisations that map financial scale and geographic location.
Coverage
The data provides statistics specific to 2021. Geographically, it covers companies from 37 unique countries globally, with the United States representing the largest share (34%) and China being the next most frequent country (14%). The scope is strictly focused on large, publicly listed companies featured in the Forbes Global 500 ranking for that specific year.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
- Financial Analysts: To study global investment trends and corporate valuation.
- Investors: To evaluate the scale and profitability of major companies before making portfolio decisions.
- Students and Academics: For economic research and educational projects related to business statistics.
- Data Scientists: For developing models that predict or compare company financial standing.
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- Forbes Global 500 Corporate Financial Statistics 2021
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Original Data Source: Top 500 Global Company Sales and Profit Data
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