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Forbes
3 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
2025 Global 2000 Methodology
JP Morgan Chase ranked No. 1 on the Global 2000 in 2024, 2023 and 2022. Corbis via Getty Images For the 22nd consecutive year, Forbes is ranking the world's largest public companies. We compile our Global 2000 list using data from FactSet to screen for the biggest public companies in four metrics: sales, profits, assets and market value. Our market value calculation is as of April 25, 2025, closing prices and includes all common shares outstanding. All figures are consolidated and in U.S. dollars. We use the latest-12-months' financial data available to us on April 25, 2025. We rely heavily on the databases for all data, as well as the latest financial period available for our rankings. Many factors play into which financial period of data is available for the companies and used in our rankings: the timeliness of our data collection/screening and company reporting policies, country-specific reporting policies and the lag time between when a company releases its financial data and when the databases capture it for screening/ranking. We quality-check the downloaded financial data to the best of our ability using other data sources and available company financial statements. We first create four separate lists of the 2000 biggest companies in each of the metrics: sales, profits, assets, and market value. Each of the 2000 lists has a minimum cutoff value in order for a company to qualify: sales $5.9 billion, profits of $399 million, assets of $14.1 billion and market value of $7.9 billion. A company needs to qualify for at least one of the lists to be eligible for the final Global 2000 ranking. This year 3,385 companies were needed to fill out the four lists of 2000, each company qualifying for at least one of the lists. Each company receives a separate score for each metric based on where in ranks on the metric's 2000 list. We add up all the scores for all four metrics (equally weighted) and compile a composite score for each company based on their rankings for sales, profits, assets and market value. We sort the companies in descending order by the highest composite score and then apply our Forbes Global 2000 rank. The highest composite score gets the highest rank. Publicly traded subsidiaries for which the parent company consolidates figures are excluded from our list. For most countries, the accounting rules for the consolidation of a subsidiary is when the parent's ownership (control) of the subsidiaries stock is more than 50%. Some countries accounting rules allow for the consolidation of a subsidiary at less than 50% ownership. We exclude companies where we don't have access to reliable or timely data—this year, that included Russian companies, which do not have financial data reported on FactSet or other reliable data sources since prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.
Globe and Mail
3 days ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Wall Street's Biggest Stock-Split Stock of 2025 Is All Systems Go 2 Weeks From Today
Nothing has captivated the attention of investors more over the last two years than the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). The potential for this game-changing technology to add $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, based on estimates from PwC, suggests a broad swath of AI-hardware and applications companies are going to benefit. But it's far from the only trend that investors have flocked to. For instance, companies completing stock splits have consistently been a bright spot for the investing community. Investors are gravitating to stock-split stocks A stock split offers a way for public companies to cosmetically alter their share price and outstanding share count by the same factor. The "cosmetic" aspect has to do with stock splits not changing a company's market cap or operating performance in any way. Splits themselves come in two forms, with investors gravitating to one far more than the other. Reverse splits, which are designed to increase a company's share price, are the less-popular of the two. Most companies undertaking reverse splits are doing so from a position of operating weakness and attempting to save their stock from delisting on a major U.S. stock exchange. In comparison, investors tend to welcome forward stock splits with open arms. This type of split is enacted to make a company's shares more nominally affordable for everyday investors who might not be able to purchase fractional shares through their broker. Public companies whose shares have soared to the point where a forward split becomes necessary are typically out-executing their peers and on the leading edge of the innovative curve within their respective industry. Last year, more than a dozen industry-leading businesses took the plunge and completed a forward split. Retail powerhouse Walmart kicked things off, with a quartet of AI kingpins following suit, including Nvidia, Broadcom, Super Micro Computer, and Lam Research. Although 2025 began a bit slower than last year, stock-split euphoria is beginning to bloom. With the first major forward stock split officially in the books, the biggest stock split of the year has been given the green light for two weeks from today. Wall Street's first stock-split stock of 2025 is official Before giving credence to what'll be the biggest stock-split stock of 2025, let's recognize the first prominent business to actually announce and complete a forward stock split this year: wholesale industrial and construction supplies giant Fastenal (NASDAQ: FAST). Fastenal is no stranger to completing forward splits. The 2-for-1 split announced on April 23 and completed after the close of trading on May 21 was its ninth stock split in the last 37 years. Inclusive of dividends paid, Fastenal stock has a total return of more than 214,000% since its August 1987 initial public offering (IPO). Though Fastenal is cyclical and benefits from periods of economic growth lasting substantially longer than recessions, it's the company's ongoing innovation that's really helped it flourish. Fastenal's managed inventory solutions have helped it learn more about the supply chain needs of its on-site clients. Over time, it's become an integral part of many key supply chains. But Fastenal isn't the only big-name company that's announced a split this year. Automated electronic brokerage firm Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ: IBKR) announced its intent to conduct a 4-for-1 forward split on April 15, which was more than a week before Fastenal. This marks its first split -- set to take place after the close of trading on June 17 -- since the company went public in May 2007. Interactive Brokers is a big beneficiary of optimistic investor sentiment. Despite some recent stock market gyrations, the benchmark S&P 500 is still firmly in a bull market. With the exception of the 2022 bear market, which lasted less than a year, and the COVID-19 crash, which completed in five weeks, the bulls have been in firm control for much of the last 16 years. When the benchmark index is climbing, investors tend to be willing to invest more. Narrowing things down even further demonstrates how the current bull market, which began in October 2022, has been beneficial to Interactive Brokers Group. On a trailing-two-year basis, it's witnessed its customer count, customer equity on the platform, and customer margin loans all notably increase. Wall Street's biggest stock-split stock of 2025 gets the green light Although Interactive Brokers' market cap of $87 billion (as of this writing) makes it the largest public company to conduct a split in 2025, it's not the biggest stock-split stock of the year. That honor belongs to auto parts supplier O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ: ORLY), which is set to complete a 15-for-1 forward split after the close of trading on June 9. Two weeks from today, on June 10, O'Reilly's stock will open at its split-adjusted price, which should be below $100 per share. Whereas Fastenal and Interactive Brokers simply announced they would be splitting their respective shares, O'Reilly Automotive put its mammoth stock-split measure up for vote at its annual shareholder meeting on May 15. Based on the voting results of its shareholder meeting, this historic split has been given the green light. Since going public in April 1993, shares of O'Reilly Automotive have driven to a scorching-hot cumulative return that's approaching 58,000%! For the sake of comparison, the S&P 500 has gained around 1,260% since O'Reilly's IPO. This undeniable outperformance for Wall Street's biggest stock-split stock of 2025 boils down to three competitive advantages. O'Reilly Automotive's macro advantage is that consumers are keeping their vehicles longer than ever before. A May 2024 analysis from S&P Global Mobility found the average age of cars and light trucks on U.S. roadways hit a new all-time high of 12.6 years. This is up from an average age of 11.1 years in 2012. With interest rates rising and new vehicles becoming pricier, O'Reilly should be relied on by drivers and mechanics to keep existing vehicles in good working order. On a more company-specific level, O'Reilly's hub-and-spoke distribution model has worked wonders. The company has 31 distribution centers to go along with nearly 400 hub stores. The hub-and-spoke distribution model ensures that over 153,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) can reach local storefronts the same-day or on an overnight basis. The final puzzle piece that helps explain why O'Reilly Automotive stock has been unstoppable is the company's phenomenal share repurchase program. Taking after rival AutoZone, which has repurchased around 90% of its outstanding shares, O'Reilly has spent just shy of $26 billion to buy back more than 59% of its outstanding shares since 2011. Businesses with steady or growing net income that regularly repurchase their stock can expect a boost to earnings per share. All the right boxes are checked for O'Reilly's to continue to outperform. Should you invest $1,000 in O'Reilly Automotive right now? Before you buy stock in O'Reilly Automotive, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and O'Reilly Automotive wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $639,271!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $804,688!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor 's total average return is957% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to167%for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025 Sean Williams has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Interactive Brokers Group, Lam Research, Nvidia, and Walmart. The Motley Fool recommends Broadcom and recommends the following options: long January 2027 $175 calls on Interactive Brokers Group and short January 2027 $185 calls on Interactive Brokers Group. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Individual investors own 39% of Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad (KLSE:SBAGAN) shares but public companies control 44% of the company
Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad's significant public companies ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public A total of 3 investors have a majority stake in the company with 51% ownership Using data from company's past performance alongside ownership research, one can better assess the future performance of a company Trump has pledged to "unleash" American oil and gas and these 15 US stocks have developments that are poised to benefit. If you want to know who really controls Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad (KLSE:SBAGAN), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. We can see that public companies own the lion's share in the company with 44% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk). And individual investors on the other hand have a 39% ownership in the company. In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad. Check out our latest analysis for Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad Institutions typically measure themselves against a benchmark when reporting to their own investors, so they often become more enthusiastic about a stock once it's included in a major index. We would expect most companies to have some institutions on the register, especially if they are growing. Less than 5% of Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad is held by institutional investors. This suggests that some funds have the company in their sights, but many have not yet bought shares in it. So if the company itself can improve over time, we may well see more institutional buyers in the future. It is not uncommon to see a big share price rise if multiple institutional investors are trying to buy into a stock at the same time. So check out the historic earnings trajectory, below, but keep in mind it's the future that counts most. Hedge funds don't have many shares in Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad. Kluang Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad is currently the largest shareholder, with 43% of shares outstanding. The Nyalas Rubber Estates Limited is the second largest shareholder owning 4.5% of common stock, and Cheng Wui Pui holds about 3.5% of the company stock. A more detailed study of the shareholder registry showed us that 3 of the top shareholders have a considerable amount of ownership in the company, via their 51% stake. Researching institutional ownership is a good way to gauge and filter a stock's expected performance. The same can be achieved by studying analyst sentiments. We're not picking up on any analyst coverage of the stock at the moment, so the company is unlikely to be widely held. The definition of company insiders can be subjective and does vary between jurisdictions. Our data reflects individual insiders, capturing board members at the very least. The company management answer to the board and the latter should represent the interests of shareholders. Notably, sometimes top-level managers are on the board themselves. Insider ownership is positive when it signals leadership are thinking like the true owners of the company. However, high insider ownership can also give immense power to a small group within the company. This can be negative in some circumstances. We can report that insiders do own shares in Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad. In their own names, insiders own RM55m worth of stock in the RM561m company. Some would say this shows alignment of interests between shareholders and the board, though we generally prefer to see bigger insider holdings. But it might be worth checking if those insiders have been selling. The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 39% stake in Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad. While this group can't necessarily call the shots, it can certainly have a real influence on how the company is run. It seems that Private Companies own 5.9%, of the Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad stock. Private companies may be related parties. Sometimes insiders have an interest in a public company through a holding in a private company, rather than in their own capacity as an individual. While it's hard to draw any broad stroke conclusions, it is worth noting as an area for further research. It appears to us that public companies own 44% of Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad. This may be a strategic interest and the two companies may have related business interests. It could be that they have de-merged. This holding is probably worth investigating further. While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. Consider for instance, the ever-present spectre of investment risk. We've identified 2 warning signs with Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Berhad , and understanding them should be part of your investment process. If you would prefer check out another company -- one with potentially superior financials -- then do not miss this free list of interesting companies, backed by strong financial data. NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the last twelve months, which refer to the 12-month period ending on the last date of the month the financial statement is dated. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. 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Bloomberg
23-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Strong Small-Caps Sales Growth Fails to Dispel Recovery Doubts
Small and mid-sized publicly traded companies posted their strongest sales in over two years, driven by a weaker dollar and pre-tariff stockpiling. Yet, investors remain wary that the momentum may not last. Revenue among Russell 2000 companies rose 3.2% on average in the first quarter, the highest increase since the third quarter of 2022, Bloomberg Intelligence data as of May 22 showed. More than 90% of the index's companies have reported.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Individual investors own 29% of Stellar V Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:SVCC) shares but private companies control 29% of the company
Stellar V Capital's significant private companies ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public A total of 4 investors have a majority stake in the company with 52% ownership 22% of Stellar V Capital is held by Institutions AI is about to change healthcare. These 20 stocks are working on everything from early diagnostics to drug discovery. The best part - they are all under $10bn in marketcap - there is still time to get in early. To get a sense of who is truly in control of Stellar V Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:SVCC), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 29% to be precise, is private companies. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn). Meanwhile, individual investors make up 29% of the company's shareholders. In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Stellar V Capital. See our latest analysis for Stellar V Capital Institutions typically measure themselves against a benchmark when reporting to their own investors, so they often become more enthusiastic about a stock once it's included in a major index. We would expect most companies to have some institutions on the register, especially if they are growing. We can see that Stellar V Capital does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can't rely on that fact alone since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. When multiple institutions own a stock, there's always a risk that they are in a 'crowded trade'. When such a trade goes wrong, multiple parties may compete to sell stock fast. This risk is higher in a company without a history of growth. You can see Stellar V Capital's historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story. Our data indicates that hedge funds own 19% of Stellar V Capital. That's interesting, because hedge funds can be quite active and activist. Many look for medium term catalysts that will drive the share price higher. Stellar V Sponsor LLC is currently the largest shareholder, with 29% of shares outstanding. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 12% and 6.9%, of the shares outstanding, respectively. To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 4 shareholders control more than half of the company which implies that this group has considerable sway over the company's decision-making. While it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. Our information suggests that there isn't any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known. The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it. I generally consider insider ownership to be a good thing. However, on some occasions it makes it more difficult for other shareholders to hold the board accountable for decisions. Our most recent data indicates that insiders own less than 1% of Stellar V Capital Corp.. But they may have an indirect interest through a corporate structure that we haven't picked up on. It has a market capitalization of just US$218m, and the board has only US$757k worth of shares in their own names. Many investors in smaller companies prefer to see the board more heavily invested. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling. With a 29% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over Stellar V Capital. While this size of ownership may not be enough to sway a policy decision in their favour, they can still make a collective impact on company policies. Our data indicates that Private Companies hold 29%, of the company's shares. It's hard to draw any conclusions from this fact alone, so its worth looking into who owns those private companies. Sometimes insiders or other related parties have an interest in shares in a public company through a separate private company. While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Stellar V Capital you should be aware of, and 2 of them are significant. If you would prefer check out another company -- one with potentially superior financials -- then do not miss this free list of interesting companies, backed by strong financial data. NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the last twelve months, which refer to the 12-month period ending on the last date of the month the financial statement is dated. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. 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