Apple Inc. vs. Nvidia Corporation? Top 10 Largest Companies in the World by Market Cap (November 2026)

Alphabet Inc., the parent holding company of Google, stands at #4 globally in mid-November 2026 with a market value of $3.63 trillion to $3.65 trillion. Shares are down 5.7% for 2026 as of November 12 after peaking at $4.230 trillion on February 2, 2026, following an $80 billion equity raise announced in June 2026 to fund AI compute expansion.

Created in October 2015 through a restructuring of Google—founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin—the Mountain View, California company is led by CEO Sundar Pichai. Alphabet operates Google Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Gmail, and Google Cloud, alongside subsidiaries including Waymo and Google DeepMind. Over the trailing 12 months, Alphabet delivered $471.1 billion in revenue and $286.7 billion in gross profit. Alphabet ranks #4 at roughly $3.63 trillion to $3.65 trillion on $471.1 billion in trailing revenue and $286.7 billion in gross profit

Amazon.com, Inc. holds #5 by market capitalization in November 2026 at $2.87 trillion to $2.90 trillion, gaining 16.2% in 2026 as of November 12 after crossing $3 trillion for the first time in August 2026. Founded by Jeff Bezos in July 1994 and led by CEO Andy Jassy, Amazon operates dual headquarters in Seattle, Washington, and Arlington County, Virginia.

Amazon is the world's largest company by annual revenue, generating $797.5 billion in trailing 12-month sales and $409.7 billion in gross profit across e-commerce, Prime subscriptions, digital advertising, and Whole Foods Market. Its cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), remains the largest global cloud provider and funds custom AI silicon such as Trainium alongside its Bedrock AI model platform and over $110 billion in annual research and development. Amazon ranks #5 at roughly $2.87 trillion to $2.90 trillion while leading all public companies globally with $797.5 billion in trailing revenue

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) ranks #6 globally in November 2026, valued at $2.10 trillion to $2.11 trillion on US market trackers and $1.85 trillion on local Taipei shares. Founded by Morris Chang in February 1987 in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and led by chairman and CEO C. C. Wei, TSMC is the world's largest non-US public company and accounts for roughly 70% of the global semiconductor foundry market.

Shares rose 33.6% in 2026 through November 12 as hyperscalers and chip designers booked advanced 3nm and 2nm wafer capacity. TSMC manufactures processors for Apple, Nvidia, Broadcom, and AMD, generating $150.5 billion in trailing 12-month revenue and a 65.07% gross margin while investing heavily in fabrication plants in the US, Japan, and Germany. TSMC is the world's largest non-US company at roughly $2.10 trillion on US listings, surging 33.6% in 2026 on AI foundry demand

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, ranks #7 in November 2026 with a market capitalization between $1.84 trillion and $1.92 trillion. Founded in March 2002 by Elon Musk and headquartered at Starbase, Texas, SpaceX completed the largest initial public offering in history on June 11–12, 2026, raising $85.7 billion at $135 per share.

The company operates 3 core segments: Space (Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon, and Starship orbital launches), Connectivity (Starlink satellite broadband serving 13.6 million consumer subscribers across 174 countries), and AI via SpaceX Super Intelligence after acquiring xAI in February 2026. Trailing 12-month revenue sits at $32.0 billion, and SpaceX posted its first profitable post-IPO quarter in October 2026 with $4.4 billion in net income on $14.6 billion in quarterly revenue. SpaceX entered the global top 10 after its record $85.7 billion June 2026 IPO and holds a ~$1.90 trillion valuation

Broadcom Inc. holds #8 in November 2026 with a market capitalization ranging from $1.65 trillion to $1.74 trillion, up 4.9% for 2026 as of November 12 after briefly crossing $2 trillion in April 2026. Tracing its roots to HP Associates in 1961 and rebranded following Avago Technologies' acquisition of Broadcom Corporation in 2016, the Palo Alto, California company is led by president and CEO Hock Tan.

Broadcom pairs custom AI accelerators (XPUs) and high-speed Ethernet switching chips—co-developing Google's TPUs and Meta's MTIA silicon—with infrastructure software anchored by its $69 billion acquisition of VMware in November 2023. Across the trailing 12 months, Broadcom generated $89.1 billion in revenue and $67.3 billion in gross profit at a 66.54% gross margin, while extending its Apple chip supply partnership through 2031. Broadcom ranks #8 at roughly $1.65 trillion to $1.74 trillion on custom AI accelerator demand and VMware enterprise software

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, known as Saudi Aramco, ranks #9 in November 2026 at $1.69 trillion to $1.70 trillion in market capitalization, gaining 10.8% in Saudi riyals in 2026 as of November 12. Headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and led by president and CEO Amin H. Nasser, the majority state-owned energy company traces its origins to 1933.

Saudi Aramco is the sole energy firm in the top 10, holding more than 270 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves and operating both the Ghawar onshore field and Safaniya offshore field. Over the trailing 12 months, it generated $513.8 billion in revenue and $282.2 billion in gross profit, while ramping up natural gas output at its Jafurah development and launching a $3 billion share buyback program in 2026. Saudi Aramco ranks #9 at roughly $1.69 trillion to $1.70 trillion as the only energy producer in the global top 10

Meta Platforms, Inc. rounds out the global top 10 in November 2026 with a market capitalization between $1.59 trillion and $1.63 trillion, edging out #11 Tesla ($1.54 trillion) despite a 5.9% share-price decline in 2026 as of November 12. Founded in February 2004 as Facebook and rebranded to Meta Platforms in 2021, the Menlo Park, California company is led by chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Meta operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads, deriving roughly 98% of its revenue from digital advertising while investing heavily in Llama and Muse Spark AI models, custom MTIA chips, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. Trailing 12-month revenue totaled $241.6 billion with $195.8 billion in gross profit, representing an industry-leading 81.03% gross margin across a global workforce of 66,775 employees. Meta Platforms completes the top 10 at roughly $1.59 trillion to $1.63 trillion on $241.6 billion in trailing revenue and an 81% gross margin