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2014: Forbes
India home to 54 of world's largest, most powerful public companies: Forbes magazine

PTI | May 8, 2014
Values calculated May 2014
NEW YORK: Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries leads the pack of 54 Indian companies in Forbes' annual list of the world's 2000 largest and most powerful public companies, with Chinese companies occupying the top three slots on the list.
The Forbes 'Global 2000' is a comprehensive list of the world's largest, most powerful public companies, as measured by revenues, profits, assets and market value.
China is home to the world's top three biggest public companies and five of the top 10.
The US retains its dominance as the country with the most Global 2000 companies at 564.
Japan trails the US with 225 companies in aggregate.
India is home to 54 of the world's biggest companies.
Reliance Industries is ranked 135 on the list with a market value of 50.9 billion dollars and 72.8 billion dollars in sales as on May 2014.
Reliance is followed by State Bank of India which is ranked 155 and has a 23.6 billion dollars market value.
The other Indian companies on the list are Oil and Natural Gas ranked 176, ICICI Bank (304), Tata Motors (332), Indian Oil (416), HDFC Bank (422), Coal India (428), Larsen & Toubro (500), Tata Consultancy Services (543), Bharti Airtel (625), Axis Bank (630), Infosys (727), Bank of Baroda (801), Mahindra & Mahindra (803), ITC (830), Wipro (849), Bharat Heavy Electricals (873), GAIL India (955), Tata Steel (983) and Power Grid of India (1011).
Also making the list are Bharat Petroleum (1045), HCL Technologies (1153), Hindustan Petroleum (1211), Adani Enterprises (1233), Kotak Mahindra Bank (1255), Sun Pharma Industries (1294), Steel Authority of India (1329), Bajaj Auto (1499), Hero Motocorp (1912), Jindal Steel & Power (1955), Grasim Industries (1981) and JSW Steel (1990).
2014: The complete list for South Asia
Forbes: The World's Biggest Public Companies
Afghanistan
Nil
Bangladesh
Nil
Bhutan
Nil
India
Rank |
Company |
Country |
Sales |
Profits |
Assets |
Market Value |
135 |
Reliance Industries |
India |
$72.8 B |
$3.8 B |
$67.2 B |
$50.9 B |
155 |
State Bank of India |
India |
$37.1 B |
$3.3 B |
$376.8 B |
$23.6 B |
176 |
Oil & Natural Gas |
India |
$29.6 B |
$4.5 B |
$53.8 B |
$46.4 B |
304 |
ICICI Bank |
India |
$13.3 B |
$1.8 B |
$124.2 B |
$23.7 B |
332 |
Tata Motors |
India |
$34.5 B |
$1.8 B |
$32.4 B |
$19.9 B |
416 |
Indian Oil |
India |
$74.6 B |
$0.8 B |
$43.7 B |
$11.1 B |
422 |
HDFC Bank |
India |
$7.9 B |
$1.3 B |
$75 B |
$29.6 B |
424 |
NTPC |
India |
$12.3 B |
$2.3 B |
$35.5 B |
$16.8 B |
428 |
Coal India |
India |
$12.6 B |
$3.2 B |
$18.4 B |
$30.6 B |
500 |
Larsen & Toubro |
India |
$13.5 B |
$1 B |
$26.7 B |
$19.8 B |
535 |
HDFC |
India |
$6.6 B |
$1.2 B |
$43.5 B |
$23.2 B |
543 |
Tata Consultancy Services |
India |
$13.1 B |
$3 B |
$9.2 B |
$71.2 B |
625 |
Bharti Airtel |
India |
$14.3 B |
$0.4 B |
$29.2 B |
$21.1 B |
630 |
Axis Bank |
India |
$6.3 B |
$1 B |
$62.7 B |
$11.5 B |
727 |
Infosys |
India |
$8.1 B |
$1.7 B |
$8.7 B |
$31.7 B |
795 |
Punjab National Bank |
India |
$8.7 B |
$0.9 B |
$91.4 B |
$4.5 B |
801 |
Bank of Baroda |
India |
$7.5 B |
$0.9 B |
$102.9 B |
$5.2 B |
803 |
Mahindra & Mahindra |
India |
$12.4 B |
$0.7 B |
$14.1 B |
$9.9 B |
830 |
ITC |
India |
$5.8 B |
$1.4 B |
$6.6 B |
$46.9 B |
849 |
Wipro |
India |
$7.1 B |
$1.2 B |
$7.8 B |
$23.1 B |
873 |
Bharat Heavy Electricals |
India |
$8.9 B |
$1.2 B |
$13.2 B |
$8 B |
955 |
GAIL India |
India |
$9.3 B |
$0.8 B |
$12.2 B |
$8 B |
957 |
Hindalco Industries |
India |
$14.6 B |
$0.6 B |
$22.7 B |
$4.8 B |
967 |
Canara Bank |
India |
$6.9 B |
$0.5 B |
$77.2 B |
$2 B |
976 |
Bank of India |
India |
$6.6 B |
$0.5 B |
$84 B |
$2.4 B |
983 |
Tata Steel |
India |
$23.8 B |
$-1.3 B |
$27.2 B |
$6.5 B |
1011 |
Power Grid of India |
India |
$2.4 B |
$0.8 B |
$22 B |
$9.5 B |
1045 |
Bharat Petroleum |
India |
$40.3 B |
$0.3 B |
$14.9 B |
$5.4 B |
1153 |
HCL Technologies |
India |
$4.7 B |
$0.7 B |
$4.2 B |
$16.6 B |
1211 |
Hindustan Petroleum |
India |
$35 B |
$0.1 B |
$17.1 B |
$1.7 B |
1226 |
Power Finance |
India |
$3.2 B |
$0.8 B |
$31.2 B |
$4.2 B |
1229 |
Union Bank of India |
India |
$5.2 B |
$0.4 B |
$57.6 B |
$1.4 B |
1233 |
Adani Enterprises |
India |
$8.6 B |
$0.3 B |
$19.5 B |
$6.5 B |
1255 |
Kotak Mahindra Bank |
India |
$2.9 B |
$0.4 B |
$18.3 B |
$9.9 B |
1290 |
IDBI Bank |
India |
$5.2 B |
$0.3 B |
$59.4 B |
$1.7 B |
1294 |
Sun Pharma Industries |
India |
$2.1 B |
$0.5 B |
$4.1 B |
$19.9 B |
1329 |
Steel Authority of India |
India |
$8.2 B |
$0.4 B |
$15.9 B |
$4.9 B |
1339 |
Rural Electrification |
India |
$2.5 B |
$0.7 B |
$24 B |
$3.7 B |
1365 |
NMDC |
India |
$1.9 B |
$1 B |
$5.4 B |
$9.1 B |
1439 |
Syndicate Bank |
India |
$3.4 B |
$0.4 B |
$39.8 B |
$1 B |
1499 |
Bajaj Auto |
India |
$3.6 B |
$0.6 B |
$2.4 B |
$10 B |
1638 |
Central Bank of India |
India |
$4.3 B |
$0.2 B |
$49.5 B |
$1.1 B |
1736 |
Indian Bank |
India |
$2.8 B |
$0.3 B |
$30 B |
$0.9 B |
1750 |
Indian Overseas Bank |
India |
$4.1 B |
$0.1 B |
$41.9 B |
$1 B |
1790 |
Corporation Bank |
India |
$3.1 B |
$0.3 B |
$35.6 B |
$0.8 B |
1810 |
Allahabad Bank |
India |
$3.5 B |
$0.2 B |
$37.7 B |
$0.8 B |
1860 |
UCO Bank |
India |
$3.2 B |
$0.1 B |
$33.9 B |
$1.2 B |
1876 |
Oriental Bank of Commerce |
India |
$3.5 B |
$0.2 B |
$32.2 B |
$1.1 B |
1902 |
NHPC |
India |
$1.1 B |
$0.5 B |
$12 B |
$3.6 B |
1912 |
Hero Motocorp |
India |
$4.2 B |
$0.4 B |
$1.6 B |
$7.5 B |
1955 |
Jindal Steel & Power |
India |
$3.5 B |
$0.5 B |
$10.4 B |
$4.6 B |
1975 |
Andhra Bank |
India |
$2.7 B |
$0.2 B |
$27.2 B |
$0.6 B |
1981 |
Grasim Industries |
India |
$5.1 B |
$0.5 B |
$7.4 B |
$4.4 B |
1990 |
JSW Steel |
India |
$7 B |
$0.2 B |
$12.1 B |
$4.1 B |
Maldives
Nil
Myanmar
Nil
Nepal
Nil
Pakistan
Rank |
Company |
Country |
Sales |
Profits |
Assets |
Market Value |
1279 |
Oil & Gas Development |
Pakistan |
$2.4 B |
$1.1 B |
$4.6 B |
$10.8 B |
1995 |
Pakistan State Oil |
Pakistan |
$11.6 B |
$0.2 B |
$3.3 B |
$1.1 B |
Sri Lanka
Nil
2014: India's biggest IT and other companies

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HDFC
The Times of India May 10, 2015
HDFC among world's top 10 list of consumer finance firms
The country-wise position
India
Mortgage lender HDFC has emerged as the only Indian company among the world's 10 biggest consumer financial services firms, after giants like American Express, Visa and Mastercard.
HDFC is ranked 7th on the list, compiled by business magazine Forbes, where American Express is placed on the top, followed by Capital One Financial, Visa, Discover Financial Services and Orix in the top-five. Mastercard is ranked sixth. HDFC is followed by CIT Group of US at eighth position, Taiwan's Hua Nan Financial at 9th and China's Franshion Properties is at the 10th place.
Others ranked lower include Samsung Card, Kaisa Group, Orient, Nelnet, Jabal Omar Development and KWG Property. The list is part of Forbes' annual compilation of 2,000 biggest and most powerful companies globally, which includes a total of 56 companies from India across various sectors. In the overall list, HDFC is ranked 485th, while Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries leads the pack of the Indian companies at 142nd overall position. Among other sector-specific lists, there is no Indian entity on the list of biggest major banks topped by China's ICBC. For the regional banks, China Construction Bank tops the chart, while India's SBI is ranked 22nd, ICICI Bank is at 29th place and HDFC Bank is at 40th position.
For Oil and Gas sector, Reliance Industries is ranked 15th globally, while ExxonMobil is on the top. In Computer Services, Google tops the list and India's TCS is at 7th place, followed by Coginzant at 9th and Infosys at 10th position. The overall list is dominated by the companies from the US and China. India has added two companies to its last year's tally. Among Indian companies on the overall list, Reliance Industries is followed by SBI, ONGC, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, Indian Oil, HDFC Bank, NTPC, HDFC, TCS and Bharti Airtel, among others. Forbes said the list ranks the companies on the basis of a composite score of their revenues, profits, assets and market value
Pakistan
Pakistan had two companies in the world’s Top 2000 in the year 2014. in 2015, one Pakistani company (Pakistan State Oil, which was at no. 1995 in 2014) dropped out of the list
Other South Asian countries
Nil, as in 2014.
2015: The complete list for South Asia
Forbes: The World’s Biggest Public Companies
India
Global Rank |
Indian rank |
Company |
Sales |
Profits |
Assets |
Market Value |
142 |
1 |
Reliance Industries |
$71.7 B |
$3.7 B |
$76.6 B |
$42.9 B |
152 |
2 |
State Bank of India |
$40.8 B |
$2.3 B |
$400.6 B |
$33 B |
183 |
3 |
Oil & Natural Gas |
$28.7 B |
$4.4 B |
$59.3 B |
$43.7 B |
263 |
4 |
Tata Motors |
$42.3 B |
$2.7 B |
$37.4 B |
$28.8 B |
283 |
5 |
ICICI Bank |
$14.2 B |
$1.9 B |
$124.8 B |
$30 B |
349 |
6 |
Indian Oil |
$74.3 B |
$1.2 B |
$44.7 B |
$14.6 B |
376 |
7 |
HDFC Bank |
$8.4 B |
$1.4 B |
$84.3 B |
$41.6 B |
431 |
8 |
NTPC |
$12.9 B |
$1.9 B |
$35.4 B |
$20.2 B |
485 |
9 |
HDFC |
$6.8 B |
$1.4 B |
$51.9 B |
$33.7 B |
485 |
10 |
Tata Consultancy Services |
$15.1 B |
$3.5 B |
$11 B |
$80.3 B |
490 |
11 |
Coal India |
$11.7 B |
$2.3 B |
$17.8 B |
$36.7 B |
506 |
12 |
Bharti Airtel |
$15 B |
$801 M |
$30.8 B |
$25.8 B |
515 |
13 |
Larsen & Toubro |
$14.2 B |
$811 M |
$28.7 B |
$26.3 B |
558 |
14 |
Axis Bank |
$6.4 B |
$1 B |
$64.7 B |
$21.7 B |
672 |
15 |
Infosys |
$8.6 B |
$2 B |
$10 B |
$40.2 B |
757 |
16 |
Bharat Petroleum |
$40.6 B |
$647 M |
$15.1 B |
$9.3 B |
811 |
17 |
Wipro |
$7.6 B |
$1.4 B |
$9.1 B |
$24.7 B |
814 |
18 |
Mahindra & Mahindra |
$11.6 B |
$708 M |
$14.7 B |
$12.4 B |
832 |
19 |
Bank of Baroda |
$7.6 B |
$828 M |
$113.3 B |
$5.7 B |
839 |
20 |
ITC |
$5.8 B |
$1.5 B |
$6.9 B |
$44 B |
896 |
21 |
Punjab National Bank |
$8.2 B |
$599 M |
$96.3 B |
$4.3 B |
903 |
22 |
Tata Steel |
$24.1 B |
$456 M |
$27.9 B |
$5 B |
944 |
23 |
Adani Enterprises |
$10.6 B |
$368 M |
$20.9 B |
$11.1 B |
980 |
24 |
Power Grid of India |
$2.6 B |
$753 M |
$24.3 B |
$12.5 B |
982 |
25 |
Bank of India |
$7 B |
$494 M |
$96.8 B |
$2.1 B |
1007 |
26 |
HCL Technologies |
$5.2 B |
$1.1 B |
$5 B |
$21.1 B |
1018 |
27 |
GAIL India |
$10.2 B |
$792 M |
$11.2 B |
$8.2 B |
1026 |
28 |
Canara Bank |
$7.1 B |
$436 M |
$84 B |
$2.9 B |
1100 |
29 |
Kotak Mahindra Bank |
$3.3 B |
$408 M |
$21.8 B |
$17.4 B |
1128 |
30 |
Hindalco Industries |
$14.4 B |
$360 M |
$23.6 B |
$4.5 B |
1166 |
31 |
Bharat Heavy Electricals |
$6.5 B |
$580 M |
$12.6 B |
$9.3 B |
1173 |
32 |
Power Finance |
$3.6 B |
$904 M |
$32.5 B |
$5.9 B |
1225 |
33 |
Sun Pharma Industries |
$2.8 B |
$520 M |
$5.1 B |
$39 B |
1247 |
34 |
Hindustan Petroleum |
$36.1 B |
$179 M |
$16.6 B |
$3.6 B |
1310 |
35 |
Rural Electrification |
$2.9 B |
$785 M |
$26.3 B |
$5.3 B |
1383 |
36 |
Steel Authority of India |
$7.7 B |
$439 M |
$15.7 B |
$4.6 B |
1432 |
37 |
Union Bank of India |
$5.4 B |
$277 M |
$59.4 B |
$1.6 B |
1483 |
38 |
NMDC |
$2 B |
$1.1 B |
$5.3 B |
$8.2 B |
1512 |
39 |
Idea Cellular |
$4.9 B |
$466 M |
$8.1 B |
$11.2 B |
1525 |
40 |
IDBI Bank |
$4.9 B |
$191 M |
$55.2 B |
$1.9 B |
1580 |
41 |
Lupin |
$2.1 B |
$395 M |
$1.9 B |
$15.1 B |
1635 |
42 |
Bajaj Auto |
$3.3 B |
$559 M |
$2.6 B |
$9.5 B |
1635 |
43 |
Syndicate Bank |
$3.3 B |
$307 M |
$42.4 B |
$1 B |
1663 |
44 |
Central Bank of India |
$4.4 B |
$-201 M |
$48.6 B |
$2.5 B |
1711 |
45 |
Indian Overseas Bank |
$4.2 B |
$100 M |
$45.5 B |
$843 M |
1717 |
46 |
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam |
$573 M |
$1.3 B |
$4.8 B |
$201 M |
1729 |
47 |
Tech Mahindra |
$3.5 B |
$454 M |
$2.7 B |
$9.9 B |
1796 |
48 |
JSW Steel |
$8.5 B |
$75 M |
$13.1 B |
$3.5 B |
1801 |
49 |
UCO Bank |
$3.5 B |
$199 M |
$38.2 B |
$1.1 B |
1814 |
50 |
Corporation Bank |
$3.2 B |
$94 M |
$37.2 B |
$681 M |
1818 |
51 |
Allahabad Bank |
$3.5 B |
$197 M |
$37 B |
$880 M |
1858 |
52 |
Oriental Bank of Commerce |
$3.6 B |
$162 M |
$34.1 B |
$1 B |
1894 |
53 |
Indian Bank |
$2.8 B |
$197 M |
$31.4 B |
$1.3 B |
1946 |
54 |
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories |
$2.4 B |
$357 M |
$2.9 B |
$10.1 B |
1955 |
55 |
Andhra Bank |
$2.7 B |
$73 M |
$28.4 B |
$752 M |
1987 |
56 |
IndusInd Bank |
$1.9 B |
$278 M |
$14.9 B |
$7.8 B |
Pakistan
Global Rank |
Pakistan rank |
Company |
Sales |
Profits |
Assets |
Market Value |
#1553 |
1 |
Oil & Gas Development |
$2.5 B |
$1 B |
$5.2 B |
$7.3 B |
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