Forbes has published the 2017 Global 2000 recently with the ranking based on a composite score from equally-weighted measures of revenue, profits, assets and market value.

The enterprises listed on the "Global 2000" this year are from 58 countries and regions, with total revenue of USD 35.3 trillion, profits of USD 2.5 trillion, assets of USD 169.1 trillion and market value of USD 48.8 trillion. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China tops the list with annual revenue of USD 151.4 billion and market value of USD 3.4732 trillion.
Regarding the pharmaceutical industry, there are 63 companies listed, with total revenue of USD 1.4 trillion, profits of USD 139.7 billion, assets of USD 2.2 trillion, and total market value of USD 3.3 trillion.
J & J is still the top, with annual sales of USD 71.9 billion and market value of USD 338.6 billion, followed by Pfizer, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Bayer and Merck & Co, all among the top 100.
There are 6 Chinese pharmaceutical enterprises listed this year. Sinopharm Group ranks 581st with annual sales of USD 38.9 billion, and CR Pharmaceutical ranks 1029th with annual sales of USD 20.2 billion. Kangmei Pharmaceutical of which the market value has just exceeded RMB 100 billion lately surpasses Hengrui this time, ranking 1487th, and Hengrui ranks 1497th with market value of USD 18.7 billion and is the enterprise with the highest market value among the 6 Chinese pharmaceutical enterprises listed this time.
|
No. |
Ranking |
Company |
Total revenue in 2016 (USD 100 million) |
Profit in 2016 (USD 100 million) |
Total assets (USD 100 million) |
Market value (USD 100 million) |
|
1 |
32 |
J & J |
719 |
164 |
1412 |
3386 |
|
2 |
47 |
Pfizer |
528 |
71 |
1716 |
2031 |
|
3 |
61 |
Novartis |
485 |
67 |
1304 |
1932 |
|
4 |
79 |
Roche |
513 |
97 |
756 |
2193 |
|
5 |
88 |
Sanofi |
374 |
52 |
1104 |
1161 |
|
6 |
...
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