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Apr 20, 2009

Despite decline in oil prices Exxon Mobil replaces Wal-Mart as biggest company in 2008

The Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporates is out and there are few changes in the top 10 ranks with the top most rank now occupied by Exxon Mobil. Bank of America & Citigroup are out of top ten list with Hewlett-Packard and Valero Energy making place in the top 10. The Fortune rankings are based on revenues of companies in the year 2008.

2008 Rank 2009 Rank Company Revenues
billion $
1 2 Wal-Mart Stores 406
3 3 Chevron 263
5 4 ConocoPhillips 231
6 5 General Electric 183
4 6 General Motors 149
7 7 Ford Motor 146
10 8 AT&T 124
14 9 Hewlett-Packard 118
16 10 Valero Energy 118
Exxon Mobil made a huge leap forward to make its narrow trail behind Wal-Mart in 2007 a big lead ahead of it in 2008. Its revenues increased by 19%, remarkable for a company of such size and sharp decline in crude oil prices. While Wal-Mart can't be blamed for losing its position as its revenues increased at 7% when the economy halted. Amongst the new top 10 list only the two Auto-majors GM and Ford showed declining revenues.


Company Revenues (bil $)
1 Exxon Mobil 443 373 19%
2 Wal-Mart Stores 406 379 7%
3 Chevron 263 211 25%
4 ConocoPhillips 231 179 29%
5 General Electric 183 177 4%
6 General Motors 149 182 -18%
7 Ford Motor 146 172 -15%
8 AT&T 124 119 4%
9 Hewlett-Packard 118 104 13%
10 Valero Energy 118 97 22%

The profit figures give a better indication of the state of the economy with 4 out of 6 companies suffering losses. While GM and Ford continued their losses from last year, the other two loss reporting firms were impacted by the slowdown in this year only.
Rank Company Profits (bil $)
1 Exxon Mobil 45 41 11%
2 Wal-Mart Stores 13 13 5%
3 Chevron 24 19 28%
4 ConocoPhillips -17 12 -243%
5 General Electric 17 22 -22%
6 General Motors -31 -39 -
7 Ford Motor -15 -3 -
8 AT&T 13 12 8%
9 Hewlett-Packard 8 7 15%
10 Valero Energy -1 5 -122%

For the full list of Fortune 500 companies, please visit Fortune 500.

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