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Facebook's Stock-market Valuation tops $230 billion on Friday
Published in Amwal Al Ghad on 21 - 03 - 2015

Facebook Inc.'s stock rallied to an all-time high on Friday, propelling the social network's market valuation into the top 10 among all S&P 500 companies.
The stock FB, +1.27% climbed 7.4% on the week, its biggest weekly gain in eight months. That boosted Facebook's market capitalization by $16.1 billion to $231.6 billion, according to FactSet, passing blue-chip bank J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, +0.90% , at $228.2 billion, in the process. Next up: General Electric & Co. GE, +0.28% GE, +0.28% , at $255 billion.
The following is a table of the top 10 companies by market cap in the S&P 500 SPX, +0.90% the benchmark index that comprises 500 of the biggest U.S. companies:
10 largest S&P 500 companies by market capitalization
Company (ticker)
Market cap (billions)
Apple Inc.* (AAPL)
$742.6
Google Inc. (GOOGL)
$381.7
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B)
$357.6
Exxon Mobil Corp.* (XOM)
$354.1
Microsoft Corp.* (MSFT)
$346.9
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC)
$285.6
Johnson & Johnson* (JNJ)
$282.8
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.* (WMT)
$262.8
General Electric* (GE)
$255
Facebook Inc. (FB)
$231.6
*Dow Jones Industrial Average components
Source: FactSet
The 10 companies with market caps just below Facebook's includes six current Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.94% components and one former Dow member.
The 11th through 20th largest S&P 500 companies by market capitalization
Company (ticker)
Market cap (billions)
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.* (JPM)
$228.2
Procter & Gamble Co.* (PG)
$225.2
Pfizer Inc.* (PFE)
$209.7
Verizon Communications* (VZ)
$204.9
Chevron Corp.* (CVX)
$196.9
Oracle Corp. (ORCL)
$193.9
Walt Disney Co.* (DIS)
$182.5
Coca-Cola Co.* (KO)
$174.8
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)
$173.3
AT&T Inc.** (T)
$172.3
*Dow industrial component
**Removed from Dow industrials March 18
Source: FactSet
Facebook's market cap now stands above those of 24 of the 30 components of the DJIA.
Source: MarketWatch


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