Trillion-Dollar Companies: 7 Most Valuable Mega-Cap Stocks
picture alliance/Getty Images
The most valuable companies in the world have grown to impressive heights in recent years, with seven publicly traded companies reaching market capitalizations of $1 trillion or more. All but one of the companies come from the tech sector, with many offering products and services that consumers use every day. Several of them also made it onto Bankrate’s list of top performing stocks.
Nvidia briefly took over the top spot as the world’s most valuable company earlier in 2024, passing Microsoft and Apple, behind a business boom driven by demand for artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia first joined the $1 trillion club in May 2023 and since then has added more than $2…