Top 20 Large Companies in World listed in US Stock Exchange – Part 3

This is my third article about Top 20 Large Companies listed in US Stock Exchange. The following will provide top 11 to 15 of the large companies. Please check my 1st article (top 1 to 5) and 2nd article (top 6-10) if you miss it.

General Electric Company (GE) is a diversified multi-industry in technology, media and financial service. The company was founded by Thomas Alva Edison & Co. on 1878. As you know Thomas Edison was an American inventor and scientist. He was known for his light bulb invention. The current headquarter is located at FairfieldConnecticutUSA. General Electric products and services include aircraft engines, power generation, water processing, security technology, medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and industrial products. The Company serves customers in more than 100 countries. Revenue by geographic region in 2009: U.S. 46%, Europe 24%, Pacific Basin 13%, Americas 8%, Middle East and Africa 6%, and Other 3%. The Company operates through five segments: Energy Infrastructure, Technology Infrastructure, NBC Universal (NBCU), Capital Finance and Consumer & Industrial. Recently GE acquired the following companies: ScanWind and Naverus Inc. GE’s performance reflects the fact that it is a large-cap blend stock in the diversified company (conglomerates) industry.

Royal Dutch Shell is one of the world's largest independent oil and gas companies.  Royal Dutch Shell was formed between Royal Dutch Petroleum Co and The Shell Transport and Trading Co on 2005. The company headquarters are located at The Hague, Netherland and London, UK. Its activities are conducted in more than 140 countries and territories. Oil and gas, the largest of the company's business activities, accounted for around 58% of group earnings in 2009. Shell also ranks among the world's major chemical companies (by sales), although it is only a small part of its business, accounting for just about 4%-6% of total earnings. Upstream oil and gas operations consist of the exploration & production (E&P), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil sands divisions. Geographically, activities are split 34% North America, 13% Europe, 20% Africa, 20% Middle East and Russia, and 13% Asia-Pacific. 

With a corporate history dating back to 1911, International Business Machines has grown to be a major contributor to each major category that comprises the total information technology market: hardware, software, and services. The company headquarter is located at Armonk, New York USA The company is a leading server vendor, among the largest software vendors (behind Microsoft Corp.), and has the largest global services organization. The company strives for innovation as a means of product differentiation, and had a big research and development budget. The company operates in over 170 countries. The global scope of operations is reflected in the mix of revenue sources in 2009, with the Americas representing about 42%, EMEA 34%, Asia Pacific 22%, and an OEM category 2%. Regional revenue performance was strongest in Asia Pacific in 2009. IBM has evolved from being a computer hardware vendor to a systems, services and software company that focuses on integrated solutions. While computer hardware (included in the Systems and Technology segment) accounted for about 17% of sales in 2009 (19% of sales in 2008), IBM has emphasized -- through acquisitions and investments -- services and software. These areas serving adjacent markets to hardware have gained momentum as IBM leverages its ability to offer total solutions to customers.

Johnson & Johnson principal activity is to manufacture and market products in the health care field. The company was founded on 1886. The company headquarter is located at New Brunswick, New Jersey USA. The Group operates in three business segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. International sales accounted for about 50% of 2009 sales. The pharmaceutical segment (36% of 2009 sales) includes products in therapeutic areas including antiinfective, anti-psychotic, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management, urology and virology. The medical devices and diagnostics segment (38%) sells a wide range of products, including Ethicon's wound care, surgical sports medicine and women's health care products; Cordis's circulatory disease management products; Lifescan's blood glucose monitoring products; Ortho-Clinical Diagnostic's professional diagnostic products; Depuy's orthopaedic joint reconstruction and spinal products; and Vistakon's disposable contact lenses. The consumer segment (26%) primarily sells personal care products, including nonprescription drugs, adult skin and hair care products, baby care products, oral care products, first aid products, women's health products, and nutritional products. Major brands include Band-Aid Brand Adhesive Bandages, Imodium A-D antidiarrheal, Johnson's Baby line of products, Neutrogena skin and hair care products, and Tylenol pain reliever.

JPMorgan Chase's operations are divided into six major business lines: Investment Banking, Retail Financial Services (RFS), Card Services (CS), Commercial Banking (CB), Treasury & Securities Services (TSS), and Asset Management (AM), as well as a Corporate/Private Equity segment. The company was founded on 1799. The company headquarter is located at New York City, New York USA. Chase bank is a part of business unit which involves in consumer business.

JPM is one of the world's leading investment banks, with clients consisting of corporations, financial institutions, governments, and institutional investors worldwide. Its products and services include advising on corporate strategy and structure, equity and debt capital raising, sophisticated risk management, research, market making in cash securities and derivative instruments and prime brokerage and research. The company acquired the following companies: Bank One Corp (2004), Bear Stearns (2007) and Washington Mutual (2008).