The global stock market has grown tenfolds in the past few years. In India, the stock market has witnessed a lot of interest and involvement from the lay man. People have taken a point to invest in stocks as much as they can.
This has given an opportunity to many brands to go public in order to source funds. However, there are some companies that have the most expesive stock in the world as of 2021.
#1. Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company for a multitude of businesses, including GEICO and Fruit of the Loom. As of November 2021, Berkshire Hathaway has a market cap of $640.63 Billion.
#2. Lindt & Sprüngli AG
Lindt & Sprüngli AG, commonly known simply as Lindt, is a Swiss chocolatier and confectionery company founded in 1845 and known for its chocolate truffles and chocolate bars, among other sweets.
#3. Next plc
Next plc is a British multinational clothing, footwear, and home products retailer. It has around 700 stores, of which circa 500 are in the United Kingdom, and circa 200 across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
#4. Seaboard Corporation
Seaboard Corp is a conglomerate of food production and transportation businesses.
#5. NVR Inc.
NVR Inc is a United States-based homebuilding company operating in over 33 metropolitan areas across 14 states east of the Mississippi River.
#6. Booking Holdings
Booking Holdings, formerly known as Priceline Group, provides online travel and related services to consumers and local partners through its six primary brands which are Booking.com, Priceline.com, KAYAK, agoda.com, Rentalcars.com, and OpenTable.
#7. Amazon Inc.
Amazon.com Inc is one of the highest-grossing e-commerce aggregators with $386 billion in net sales and approximately $482 billion in estimated physical/digital online gross merchandise volume, or GMV, in 2020.
#8. Markel Corporation
Founded in 1930, Markel Corporation, a diverse financial holding company, markets and underwrites specialty insurance products in the United States, Bermuda, the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, Canada, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.
#9. Madras Rubber Factory
Madras Rubber Factory has a market cap of $4.45 Billion as of Nov 2021. The company’s current revenue is $2.39 Billion while in 2020 the company made a revenue of $2.00 Billion. Despite a strong presence of Chinese competitors, it is India’s largest tire manufacturer and has a 24% market share of the tire industry in India.
#10. Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. is a listed US holding company of the former Google LLC, which continues to exist as a subsidiary. The company has a market cap of $1.979 Trillion as of Nov 2021 making it the world’s 4th most valuable company by market cap.
