Top 100 Companies by Profit, 2026
World’s Most Profitable Public Companies in the 2026 Snapshot
The ranking compares the world’s most profitable publicly traded companies by trailing twelve-month net income, expressed in U.S. dollars. Profit is closer to reported business performance than market capitalization, because market value also reflects sentiment, interest rates, growth expectations and valuation multiples.
Values should be read as a 2026 snapshot, not as a prediction for the full 2026 calendar year. The table uses the latest visible TTM net income data available in late April 2026 and removes duplicate share-class entries where they would otherwise count the same company more than once.
What the profit ranking measures
The ranking measures net income, the profit left after operating costs, interest, taxes and other reported items. It is not the same as revenue, cash flow or market capitalization. A company can be enormous by sales and still have thin profit, while another company can earn less revenue but produce far more profit because its margins are stronger.
At the top, profit comes from several different engines: advertising platforms, AI chips, enterprise software, banking balance sheets, insurance, energy and global consumer demand. The leading companies combine scale with high margins, large asset bases, pricing power or exposure to strong sector cycles.
Alphabet leads the snapshot with about $132.17B in trailing twelve-month net income, supported by search advertising, YouTube, cloud services and platform economics.
The first ten companies alone generated roughly $865B in TTM profit, showing how concentrated global listed-company earnings are at the very top.
The gap between rank 1 and rank 10 is large, but every Top 10 company still produced more than $50B in profit over the measurement period.
Profit is closer to reported performance than market cap, but it can still be distorted by one-off gains, accounting charges, tax effects, commodity cycles and interest-rate conditions.
Top 10 companies: where the largest profit pools sit
The Top 10 is heavily concentrated in U.S. technology and platform companies, with China’s largest banks and one global U.S. bank also present. This makes the ranking very different from a pure market-cap table: mature financial institutions can rank high by actual earnings even when their valuation multiples are lower than those of high-growth technology firms.
High-margin advertising, YouTube, cloud scale and platform economics put Alphabet at the top of the snapshot.
AI accelerator demand and very high margins pushed NVIDIA into the global profit elite.
Cloud, enterprise software, subscriptions and operating leverage support one of the world’s most durable profit bases.
Apple remains near the top through premium hardware, services revenue and a tightly integrated ecosystem.
Retail scale, AWS and advertising have moved Amazon’s profit profile far beyond a low-margin commerce story.
Insurance, investment income and operating businesses make Berkshire a large profit generator, although reported earnings can move with portfolio accounting.
Advanced semiconductor manufacturing and global foundry leadership produce exceptional earnings power.
Large advertising networks and disciplined cost control keep Meta among the world’s largest profit pools.
The bank’s scale across lending, markets, cards and wealth management supports one of the highest financial-sector profit totals.
ICBC ranks high because of its enormous banking asset base and central role in China’s financial system.
Short table: Top 20 by profit
| Rank | Company | Profit | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | $132.17B | Communication Services |
| 2 | NVIDIA | $120.07B | Information Technology |
| 3 | Microsoft | $119.26B | Information Technology |
| 4 | Apple | $117.78B | Information Technology |
| 5 | Amazon.com | $77.67B | Consumer Discretionary |
| 6 | Berkshire Hathaway | $66.97B | Financials |
| 7 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | $61.29B | Information Technology |
| 8 | Meta Platforms | $60.46B | Communication Services |
| 9 | JPMorgan Chase | $57.51B | Financials |
| 10 | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China | $52.19B | Financials |
| 11 | China Construction Bank | $48.78B | Financials |
| 12 | Agricultural Bank of China | $40.07B | Financials |
| 13 | Bank of China | $33.53B | Financials |
| 14 | Tencent Holdings | $32.94B | Communication Services |
| 15 | HSBC Holdings | $32.31B | Financials |
| 16 | Bank of America | $30.22B | Financials |
| 17 | Samsung Electronics | $29.97B | Information Technology |
| 18 | Exxon Mobil | $28.84B | Energy |
| 19 | Banco Santander | $28.61B | Financials |
| 20 | Johnson & Johnson | $26.80B | Health Care |
Main ranking table: Top 100 companies by profit
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| Rank | Company | Profit | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | $132.17B | Communication Services |
| 2 | NVIDIA | $120.07B | Information Technology |
| 3 | Microsoft | $119.26B | Information Technology |
| 4 | Apple | $117.78B | Information Technology |
| 5 | Amazon.com | $77.67B | Consumer Discretionary |
| 6 | Berkshire Hathaway | $66.97B | Financials |
| 7 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | $61.29B | Information Technology |
| 8 | Meta Platforms | $60.46B | Communication Services |
| 9 | JPMorgan Chase | $57.51B | Financials |
| 10 | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China | $52.19B | Financials |
| 11 | China Construction Bank | $48.78B | Financials |
| 12 | Agricultural Bank of China | $40.07B | Financials |
| 13 | Bank of China | $33.53B | Financials |
| 14 | Tencent Holdings | $32.94B | Communication Services |
| 15 | HSBC Holdings | $32.31B | Financials |
| 16 | Bank of America | $30.22B | Financials |
| 17 | Samsung Electronics | $29.97B | Information Technology |
| 18 | Exxon Mobil | $28.84B | Energy |
| 19 | Banco Santander | $28.61B | Financials |
| 20 | Johnson & Johnson | $26.80B | Health Care |
| 21 | Broadcom | $24.97B | Information Technology |
| 22 | Micron Technology | $24.11B | Information Technology |
| 23 | Toyota Motor | $23.17B | Consumer Discretionary |
| 24 | SoftBank Group | $23.02B | Communication Services |
| 25 | PetroChina | $23.01B | Energy |
| 26 | TotalEnergies | $22.88B | Energy |
| 27 | China Life Insurance | $22.54B | Financials |
| 28 | Walmart | $21.89B | Consumer Staples |
| 29 | Petrobras | $21.86B | Energy |
| 30 | AT&T | $21.29B | Communication Services |
| 31 | UniCredit | $21.20B | Financials |
| 32 | China Merchants Bank | $21.05B | Financials |
| 33 | BBVA | $20.83B | Financials |
| 34 | Wells Fargo | $20.67B | Financials |
| 35 | Eli Lilly | $20.64B | Health Care |
| 36 | Visa | $20.59B | Financials |
| 37 | BNP Paribas | $20.51B | Financials |
| 38 | Comcast | $20.00B | Communication Services |
| 39 | Ping An Insurance | $19.72B | Financials |
| 40 | Allianz | $18.58B | Financials |
| 41 | Merck & Co. | $18.25B | Health Care |
| 42 | Shell | $17.84B | Energy |
| 43 | Verizon Communications | $17.17B | Communication Services |
| 44 | Goldman Sachs | $17.12B | Financials |
| 45 | Investor AB | $17.08B | Financials |
| 46 | Holcim | $16.74B | Materials |
| 47 | Roche Holding | $16.39B | Health Care |
| 48 | Morgan Stanley | $16.25B | Financials |
| 49 | Oracle | $16.19B | Information Technology |
| 50 | Procter & Gamble | $16.16B | Consumer Staples |
| 51 | Novo Nordisk | $16.05B | Health Care |
| 52 | Toronto-Dominion Bank | $15.49B | Financials |
| 53 | Royal Bank of Canada | $14.98B | Financials |
| 54 | Mastercard | $14.97B | Financials |
| 55 | Citigroup | $14.70B | Financials |
| 56 | Sanofi | $14.62B | Health Care |
| 57 | PDD Holdings | $14.56B | Consumer Discretionary |
| 58 | Home Depot | $14.16B | Consumer Discretionary |
| 59 | Novartis | $13.98B | Health Care |
| 60 | Alibaba Group | $13.60B | Consumer Discretionary |
| 61 | Prosus | $13.41B | Consumer Discretionary |
| 62 | Netflix | $13.37B | Communication Services |
| 63 | Coca-Cola | $13.11B | Consumer Staples |
| 64 | Bank of Communications | $13.01B | Financials |
| 65 | Barclays | $12.82B | Financials |
| 66 | LVMH | $12.74B | Consumer Discretionary |
| 67 | Chevron | $12.30B | Energy |
| 68 | Walt Disney | $12.25B | Communication Services |
| 69 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | $12.09B | Financials |
| 70 | UnitedHealth Group | $12.04B | Health Care |
| 71 | ASML Holding | $11.96B | Information Technology |
| 72 | Postal Savings Bank of China | $11.74B | Financials |
| 73 | Progressive | $11.56B | Financials |
| 74 | Nestle | $11.49B | Consumer Staples |
| 75 | Philip Morris International | $11.32B | Consumer Staples |
| 76 | Chubb | $11.30B | Financials |
| 77 | AXA | $11.28B | Financials |
| 78 | Deutsche Telekom | $11.27B | Communication Services |
| 79 | Xiaomi | $11.23B | Information Technology |
| 80 | ING Groep | $11.20B | Financials |
| 81 | Unilever | $11.09B | Consumer Staples |
| 82 | Cisco Systems | $11.08B | Information Technology |
| 83 | Credit Agricole | $11.04B | Financials |
| 84 | T-Mobile US | $10.99B | Communication Services |
| 85 | Intesa Sanpaolo | $10.93B | Financials |
| 86 | IBM | $10.75B | Information Technology |
| 87 | Rio Tinto | $10.75B | Materials |
| 88 | American Express | $10.70B | Financials |
| 89 | CaixaBank | $10.32B | Financials |
| 90 | BHP Group | $10.24B | Materials |
| 91 | AstraZeneca | $10.23B | Health Care |
| 92 | Societe Generale | $10.21B | Financials |
| 93 | Allstate | $10.17B | Financials |
| 94 | Uber Technologies | $10.05B | Industrials |
| 95 | China CITIC Bank | $9.77B | Financials |
| 96 | Lloyds Banking Group | $9.56B | Financials |
| 97 | Enel | $9.43B | Utilities |
| 98 | GE Vernova | $9.38B | Industrials |
| 99 | Siemens | $9.30B | Industrials |
| 100 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | $9.01B | Financials |
Source basis: FinanceCharts most profitable public-company screener, TTM net income, last updated April 23, 2026. Duplicate share-class entries were consolidated so the same company is counted once. Values are rounded to two decimals in USD billions.
Charts: profit concentration by company and sector
The first chart highlights the Top 20 companies by profit. The second chart groups the Top 100 by sector, showing how financials and technology dominate the profit pool in different ways: banks and insurers rely on balance-sheet scale, while technology leaders combine global reach with very high margins.
Chart 1. Top 20 companies by TTM net income
- Alphabet — $132.17B
- NVIDIA — $120.07B
- Microsoft — $119.26B
- Apple — $117.78B
- Amazon.com — $77.67B
- Berkshire Hathaway — $66.97B
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — $61.29B
- Meta Platforms — $60.46B
- JPMorgan Chase — $57.51B
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China — $52.19B
Chart 2. Number of Top 100 companies by sector
- Financials — 42 companies.
- Information Technology — 12 companies.
- Communication Services — 11 companies.
- Health Care — 9 companies.
- Consumer Discretionary — 7 companies.
- Energy and Consumer Staples — 6 companies each.
Methodology
The ranking uses trailing twelve-month net income as the main indicator. Net income is the profit remaining after reported costs, interest, taxes and other accounting items. The value is shown in U.S. dollars and rounded to two decimals in billions. That level of rounding is precise enough to distinguish companies near the cutoff without overstating the accuracy of live market-data feeds.
The page is labelled as a 2026 snapshot because it uses the latest visible company financial data available in April 2026 rather than a forecast for calendar-year 2026. Many companies report on fiscal years that do not match the calendar year, and TTM data can include parts of two fiscal years. That is why the ranking should be read as a current financial snapshot, not as a final audited list for the 2026 year.
Duplicate share classes and parallel listings were consolidated where they clearly represented the same operating company. For example, a company with two traded share classes should not occupy two separate places in a company ranking. After duplicate listings were removed, the next unique companies were included so the HTML table still contains 100 companies.
The ranking covers publicly traded companies with visible market data. It does not attempt to include private companies, unlisted state-owned enterprises without comparable public filings, or subsidiaries whose profit is already consolidated in a listed parent company. Financial companies are included, but their results require sector-specific interpretation because banks and insurers use balance sheets differently from software, energy or consumer companies.
Profit is usually more stable than market capitalization because it reflects reported earnings rather than the market’s changing valuation of those earnings. Still, profit is not immune to distortion. One-time gains, impairments, litigation charges, changes in tax treatment, accounting revaluations, commodity-price swings and interest-rate cycles can all alter net income. For deeper analysis, profit should be compared with revenue, free cash flow, balance-sheet risk, margins and multi-year consistency.
The ranking measures reported earnings power. It does not rank valuation, risk, stock quality, balance-sheet strength or future returns. A high profit rank can show scale and business momentum, but it does not automatically mean that a company is more resilient than a lower-ranked peer.
Insights from the 2026 profit ranking
The very top of the ranking is a story of two profit engines. The first is asset-light technology and platform economics: Alphabet, Microsoft, Apple, NVIDIA, Amazon and Meta convert enormous global reach into high earnings. The second is financial scale: JPMorgan Chase, ICBC, China Construction Bank and other major banks earn large nominal profits through huge balance sheets and broad lending, payments and capital-markets activity.
The middle of the Top 100 is more mixed. It includes energy companies such as Exxon Mobil, PetroChina, TotalEnergies, Shell and Chevron; pharmaceutical and health care companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, Roche, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Novartis and AstraZeneca; and global consumer franchises such as Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Unilever and Philip Morris International. These companies reach the list through different mechanisms: pricing power, scale, resource exposure, regulated businesses, patents, brand strength or distribution networks.
The lower part of the Top 100 still represents very large profit. The cutoff is about $9B in TTM net income, which means the last company in the table remains far larger by earnings than most listed firms globally. This is an important reminder that “rank 100” in a global profit table is not weak; it is still an elite level of earnings power.
The ranking also shows why profit and market capitalization can diverge. A bank may generate more profit than a technology company but trade at a lower valuation because investors assign different multiples to credit risk, capital requirements and growth prospects. Conversely, a technology or semiconductor company may receive a higher market value because investors expect future profit to expand rapidly.
What this means for readers
For readers, this ranking helps separate corporate earnings power from market excitement. Market capitalization answers the question “what is the company worth in the market today?” Profit answers a more grounded question: “how much has the company actually earned recently?” Both matter, but they are not interchangeable.
The table helps identify where global corporate profit is concentrated, which sectors produce the largest earnings pools, and which business models convert scale into bottom-line results. It also puts market-value headlines into context: one company may dominate attention because its stock price is rising, while another may quietly generate a comparable or larger amount of profit.
High profit can come from durable advantages, but it can also come from temporary cycles, accounting gains or unusually favourable interest-rate and commodity conditions. The strongest use is comparison across sectors and business models, alongside revenue, margins, cash flow, debt, sector structure and multi-year history.
FAQ
Profit means trailing twelve-month net income, expressed in U.S. dollars. It is the earnings figure after costs, taxes, interest and other reported accounting items. It is not revenue, EBITDA, free cash flow or market capitalization.
Market capitalization changes every trading day and reflects investor expectations about the future. Profit is based on reported financial performance. It is usually less noisy because it measures what the company has already earned, although it still needs context.
Generally yes, because profit does not move tick by tick with the stock market. But net income can still move sharply when companies record one-off gains, impairments, tax effects, litigation charges or cyclical swings. It is less noisy, not noise-free.
They can be compared by absolute profit, but interpretation differs by sector. Banks use leverage and asset bases differently from software companies. Energy profits are sensitive to commodity prices. Pharmaceutical profits can depend on patents and product cycles. A direct ranking is useful, but sector context is essential.
Large banks can generate enormous profit because they operate across lending, payments, capital markets and wealth management at massive scale. Oil and gas companies can rank highly when commodity prices, production volumes and refining margins are favourable. Both sectors can be very profitable, but their earnings can be cyclical.
No. A high profit rank shows recent earnings power, not valuation attractiveness or future return. Investment analysis would also require price, debt, cash flow quality, capital intensity, growth, risks, governance and the price already being paid for those earnings.
A complete calendar-year 2026 result is not available during 2026. TTM data gives a current snapshot using the latest reported quarters and annual filings. It is more current than waiting for all companies to publish full-year accounts, but it should be labelled clearly as a snapshot.
Sources
- FinanceCharts — Most Profitable Companies in the World. Used as the primary market-data ranking source for TTM net income, company sector and country fields in the April 2026 snapshot. FinanceCharts most profitable companies screener
- SEC EDGAR. Used as the official filing system for U.S.-listed companies, including Form 10-K and 10-Q filings that underpin reported net income. SEC EDGAR company filings search
- IFRS Foundation. Used for accounting-framework context where international companies report under IFRS. IFRS Foundation standards and resources
- Financial Accounting Standards Board. Used for U.S. GAAP context for companies reporting under U.S. accounting rules. FASB accounting standards
- Company investor relations and annual reports. Used for company-level net income, fiscal-year definitions and reporting details that require confirmation beyond the market-data screener.
