Facebook’s Stock-market Valuation tops $230 billion on Friday
Facebook Inc.’s stock rallied to an all-time high on Friday, propelling the social network’s market valuation into the top 10 among all S&P 500 companies.
The stock FB, +1.27% climbed 7.4% on the week, its biggest weekly gain in eight months. That boosted Facebook’s market capitalization by $16.1 billion to $231.6 billion, according to FactSet, passing blue-chip bank J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, +0.90% , at $228.2 billion, in the process. Next up: General Electric & Co. GE, +0.28% GE, +0.28% , at $255 billion.
The following is a table of the top 10 companies by market cap in the S&P 500 SPX, +0.90% the benchmark index that comprises 500 of the biggest U.S. companies:
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10 largest S&P 500 companies by market capitalization |
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Company (ticker) |
Market cap (billions) |
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Apple Inc.* (AAPL) |
$742.6 |
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Google Inc. (GOOGL) |
$381.7 |
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B) |
$357.6 |
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Exxon Mobil Corp.* (XOM) |
$354.1 |
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Microsoft Corp.* (MSFT) |
$346.9 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) |
$285.6 |
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Johnson & Johnson* (JNJ) |
$282.8 |
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.* (WMT) |
$262.8 |
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General Electric* (GE) |
$255 |
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Facebook Inc. (FB) |
$231.6 |
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*Dow Jones Industrial Average components |
Source: FactSet |
The 10 companies with market caps just below Facebook’s includes six current Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.94% components and one former Dow member.
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The 11th through 20th largest S&P 500 companies by market capitalization |
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Company (ticker) |
Market cap (billions) |
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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.* (JPM) |
$228.2 |
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Procter & Gamble Co.* (PG) |
$225.2 |
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Pfizer Inc.* (PFE) |
$209.7 |
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Verizon Communications* (VZ) |
$204.9 |
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Chevron Corp.* (CVX) |
$196.9 |
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Oracle Corp. (ORCL) |
$193.9 |
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Walt Disney Co.* (DIS) |
$182.5 |
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Coca-Cola Co.* (KO) |
$174.8 |
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Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) |
$173.3 |
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AT&T Inc.** (T) |
$172.3 |
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*Dow industrial component |
**Removed from Dow industrials March 18 |
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Source: FactSet |
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Facebook’s market cap now stands above those of 24 of the 30 components of the DJIA.
Source: MarketWatch
