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The Global 2000

04.21.10, 06:00 PM EDT


RankCompanyCountryIndustrySales ($bil) Profits ($bil)Assets ($bil)Market Value ($bil)
59 Commonwealth Bank Australia Banking 31.84 3.81 500.20 75.10
67 Westpac Banking Group Australia Banking 31.19 3.04 519.03 70.99
79 National Australia Bank Australia Banking 32.50 2.29 574.41 48.80
83 ANZ Banking Australia Banking 26.91 2.60 420.52 53.72
190 Telstra Australia Telecommunications Services 20.48 3.29 32.30 32.89
199 Wesfarmers Australia Conglomerates 40.87 1.24 31.15 29.49
256 QBE Insurance Group Australia Insurance 14.94 1.77 36.66 19.74
292 Woolworths Australia Food Markets 40.03 1.48 13.42 30.70
380 Macquarie Group Australia Diversified Financials 8.43 0.59 102.80 13.85
382 AMP Australia Diversified Financials 9.82 0.66 80.20 11.01
454 Origin Energy Australia Utilities 6.49 5.60 17.78 13.42
484 Suncorp-Metway Australia Diversified Financials 12.27 0.28 78.58 9.56
582 Woodside Petroleum Australia Oil & Gas Operations 3.45 1.45 17.84 30.37
925 CSL Australia Drugs & Biotechnology 3.73 0.92 5.77 17.44
945 Westfield Group Australia Diversified Financials 3.21 -0.41 42.35 25.12
948 Orica Australia Chemicals 6.55 0.48 6.27 8.10
963 AGL Energy Australia Utilities 4.76 1.29 7.30 5.91
1046 Insurance Australia Group Australia Insurance 6.77 0.15 15.31 7.64
1047 Qantas Airways Australia Transportation 11.74 0.09 16.21 5.33
1066 Santos Australia Oil & Gas Operations 1.96 0.39 10.15 9.82
1086 Brambles Australia Business Services & Supplies 4.37 0.49 5.10 9.03
1134 Fortescue Metals Group Australia Materials 1.99 0.55 4.08 13.11
1203 Foster's Group Australia Food, Drink & Tobacco 3.62 0.35 6.43 9.37
1245 Coca-Cola Amatil Australia Food, Drink & Tobacco 4.05 0.40 5.01 7.61
1301 Amcor Australia Materials 7.70 0.17 6.70 6.52
1373 WorleyParsons Australia Construction 4.68 0.32 2.77 5.35
1473 Newcrest Mining Australia Materials 2.04 0.20 4.21 13.96
1488 Stockland Australia Diversified Financials 0.85 -1.46 11.66 8.78
1516 Lend Lease Australia Diversified Financials 11.93 -0.53 6.56 3.99
1556 Toll Holdings Australia Transportation 5.23 0.22 3.98 4.56
1599 Bluescope Steel Australia Materials 8.31 -0.05 7.10 4.05
1655 Computershare Australia Business Services & Supplies 1.63 0.28 2.43 5.95
1658 WHSP-WH Soul Pattinson & Co Australia Conglomerates 0.48 0.93 4.08 2.78
1678 OneSteel Australia Materials 5.84 0.19 5.49 4.14
1691 Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Australia Banking 2.79 0.07 37.92 3.09
1701 TabCorp Holdings Australia Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 3.36 0.42 5.13 3.73
1707 MAp Australia Transportation 0.96 -0.45 13.37 5.30
1773 ASX Australia Diversified Financials 0.43 0.25 5.49 5.56
1784 Bank of Queensland Australia Banking 1.84 0.12 28.66 2.15
1952 Challenger Financial Svcs Australia Diversified Financials 1.96 -0.07 20.36 1.78
1963 Metcash Australia Food Markets 8.01 0.15 2.40 2.86
1982 Transurban Group Australia Transportation 0.60 -0.02 7.88 6.05
1990 Hutchison Telecom (Australia) Australia Telecommunications Services 0.72 0.42 1.50 1.34
1993 Sims Metal Mgmt Australia Materials 6.97 -0.12 3.02 3.59
62 BHP Billiton Australia/United Kingdom Materials 50.21 5.88 74.86 192.45
203 Erste Bank Austria Banking 20.27 1.20 278.90 14.07
338 OMV Group Austria Oil & Gas Operations 25.67 0.82 30.47 11.05
368 Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding Austria Banking 11.80 1.37 118.58 7.00
510 Vienna Insurance Group Austria Insurance 12.09 0.57 44.91 6.12
590 Voestalpine Austria Materials 15.30 0.70 16.51 5.89
639 Verbund Austria Utilities 4.86 0.90 14.83 12.51
1053 Strabag Austria Construction 17.03 0.22 13.38 2.80
1227 Uniqa Austria Insurance 7.84 0.07 33.94 1.96
1250 Volksbank Austria Banking 5.36 -0.21 73.06 3.19
1265 Telekom Austria Austria Telecommunications Services 6.88 0.14 11.87 5.72
1565 EVN Austria Utilities 3.99 0.26 9.78 2.81
1879 Oberbank Austria Banking 1.16 0.15 21.23 1.59
1556 Ahli United Bank Bahrain Banking 1.44 0.20 23.58 2.82
1827 Arab Banking Bahrain Banking 1.35 0.12 25.97 1.21
70 Anheuser-Busch InBev Belgium Food, Drink & Tobacco 36.76 4.61 111.58 81.48
171 Dexia Belgium Banking 98.01 1.45 828.74 9.38
498 KBC Group Belgium Banking 24.04 -3.54 462.66 15.39
520 Delhaize Group Belgium Food Markets 26.50 0.65 13.47 7.81
542 Solvay Belgium Chemicals 11.83 0.72 17.11 8.12
562 Belgacom Belgium Telecommunications Services 8.26 1.26 10.68 12.56
654 Fortis Belgium Insurance 16.56 -39.03 128.57 8.53
755 Banque Nat de Belgique Belgium Banking 5.59 0.62 212.96 1.86
817 UCB Belgium Drugs & Biotechnology 4.35 0.72 13.29 7.91
977 Colruyt Belgium Food Markets 8.30 0.40 3.12 7.94
1763 D'Ieteren Belgium Retailing 8.56 0.04 7.35 2.39
1846 Umicore Belgium Materials 9.67 0.10 4.07 3.43
482 Bunge Bermuda Food, Drink & Tobacco 41.93 0.36 21.29 8.67
615 PartnerRe Bermuda Insurance 5.42 1.54 23.73 6.57
816 Seadrill Bermuda Oil & Gas Operations 3.25 1.26 13.83 9.29
847 Everest Re Group Bermuda Insurance 4.50 0.81 18.00 5.07
960 XL Capital Bermuda Insurance 6.19 0.07 45.58 6.36
1021 Arch Capital Group Bermuda Insurance 3.50 0.88 15.38 4.11
1120 Invesco Bermuda Diversified Financials 2.63 0.32 10.91 8.67
1137 White Mountains Ins Bermuda Insurance 4.45 0.47 15.44 3.11
1197 Axis Capital Holdings Bermuda Insurance 2.81 0.50 15.31 4.16
1286 Marvell Technology Group Bermuda Semiconductors 2.81 0.35 5.17 12.55
1346 Catlin Group Bermuda Insurance 3.34 0.55 11.68 1.94
1453 RenaissanceRe Holdings Bermuda Insurance 1.67 0.88 7.80 3.35
1459 Allied World Assurance Bermuda Insurance 1.70 0.61 9.60 2.31
1461 Validus Holdings Bermuda Insurance 1.94 0.90 7.02 3.58
1568 Nabors Industries Bermuda Oil & Gas Operations 3.50 -0.09 10.66 6.33
1576 Primus Guaranty Bermuda Diversified Financials 1.51 1.46 0.73 0.15
1612 Aspen Insurance Holdings Bermuda Insurance 2.08 0.47 8.25 2.38
1616 Endurance Specialty Bermuda Insurance 1.91 0.54 7.67 2.12
1849 OneBeacon Insurance Group Bermuda Insurance 2.38 0.34 7.53 1.44
1923 Montpelier Re Holdings Bermuda Insurance 0.85 0.46 3.10 1.39
18 Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil Brazil Oil & Gas Operations 104.81 16.63 198.26 190.34
51 Banco Bradesco Brazil Banking 59.10 4.60 281.40 54.50
52 Banco do Brasil Brazil Banking 56.10 5.82 406.46 42.78
80 Vale Brazil Materials 27.82 5.88 100.81 145.14
82 Itaúsa Brazil Conglomerates 66.36 2.25 342.63 28.74
235 Eletrobrás Brazil Utilities 13.11 2.68 58.00 15.95
478 CSN-Cia Siderurgica Brazil Materials 5.57 1.32 16.74 25.30
620 Usiminas Brazil Materials 5.54 0.68 14.78 14.26
658 Tele Norte Leste Brazil Telecommunications Services 8.17 0.50 16.73 7.99


All figures are in U.S. dollars and are latest available. Market value is as of Mar. 1, 2010. Combined market value for BHP Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc (a dual listed company in Australia and the U.K.). Combined market value for Carnival Corp and Carnival Plc (a dual listed company in Panama and the U.K.). Combined market value for Investec Plc and Investec Ltd (a dual listed company with headquarters in South Africa and the U.K.). Combined market value for Mondi Ltd and Mondi Plc (a dual listed company in South Africa and the U.K.). Combined market value for Reed Elsevier Plc and Reed Elsevier NV (a dual listed company in the Netherlands and the U.K.). Combined market value for Rio Tinto Plc and Rio Tinto Ltd (a dual listed company in Australia and the U.K.). Combined market value for Unilever NV and Unilever Plc (a dual listed company the Netherlands and the U.K.). E: Estimate. NA: Not available.
Sources: Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's business; Interactive Data, LionShares, Thomson Reuters Fundamentals and Worldscope via FactSet Research Systems; Bloomberg; Forbes.
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