Mega-Cap Stocks

The world's largest public companies, each valued above $200 billion. These industry titans drive global market trends.

74 stocks Updated Mar 25, 2026
$200.90T Total Market Cap
36.0 Avg P/E Ratio
$250.59 Avg Share Price
+0.51% Avg Daily Change

Mega-cap stocks are the largest publicly traded companies in the world, each with a market capitalization exceeding $200 billion. These corporate giants dominate their industries and collectively account for a substantial portion of major indices like the S&P 500. Names like Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia have become synonymous with market leadership and drive significant market movements on any given day.

Investing in mega-caps offers relative stability compared to smaller companies, with the trade-off of typically slower growth rates. These firms generate massive cash flows, maintain strong balance sheets, and often return capital to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks. Their scale provides competitive moats that are extremely difficult for challengers to breach.

However, mega-cap concentration poses risks to passive investors. The top 10 stocks now represent a historically large share of the S&P 500's total value, meaning broad index funds are heavily tilted toward these names. This list tracks all stocks above the $200 billion threshold with daily-updated prices, P/E ratios, and 52-week ranges.

# Symbol Name Price Change % Market Cap P/E 52W High 52W Low
1 TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing $329.24 -2.82% 47.98T 27.9 $2,025.00 $780.00
2 TM Toyota Motor Corporation $205.02 -1.87% 43.34T 11.7 $4,000.00 $2,226.50
3 MUFG Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group $17.07 +2.09% 30.03T 15.6 $3,087.00 $1,310.00
4 SONY Sony Group Corporation $20.66 +0.44% 19.99T $4,776.00 $2,879.01
5 TCEHY Tencent Holdings $65.09 +0.83% 4.64T 18.7 $683.00 $419.00
6 NVDA NVIDIA Corp $178.68 +1.99% 4.27T 35.6 $212.19 $86.62
7 AAPL Apple Inc $252.62 +0.39% 3.64T 30.9 $288.62 $169.21
8 GOOGL Alphabet Inc $290.93 +0.17% 3.63T 27.5 $349.00 $140.53
9 GOOG Alphabet Inc-Cl C $289.59 +0.13% 3.63T 27.5 $349.00 $140.53
10 MSFT Microsoft Corp $371.04 -0.46% 2.85T 23.9 $555.45 $344.79
11 IDCBY Industrial & Commercial Bank of China $16.54 +0.98% 2.53T 6.9 $8.40 $6.60
12 ACGBY Agricultural Bank of China $16.80 +0.06% 2.32T 8.1 $8.68 $4.92
13 AMZN Amazon.com Inc $211.71 +2.16% 2.19T 28.2 $258.60 $161.38
14 META Meta Platforms Inc $594.89 +0.33% 1.66T 27.5 $796.25 $479.80
15 BACHY Bank of China Limited $14.88 +0.69% 1.62T 6.8 $6.39 $5.13
16 AVGO Broadcom Inc. $318.81 +0.16% 1.58T 68.5 $414.61 $138.10
17 TSLA Tesla Inc $385.95 +0.76% 1.54T 407.2 $498.83 $214.25
18 ASX ASE Technology Holding Co $21.52 +0.09% 1.52T 37.3 $394.00 $115.00
19 BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc $476.19 -0.66% 1.07T 15.9 $812,855.00 $685,150.00
20 NVO Novo Nordisk A/S $38.58 +1.63% 1.06T 10.3 $573.30 $224.25
21 WMT Walmart Inc $123.06 +0.83% 1.05T 45.7 $134.69 $79.81
22 EQNR Equinor ASA $40.72 +1.93% 1.01T 21.0 $401.80 $226.40
23 LLY Eli Lilly and Co. $916.31 +1.47% 957.52B 46.4 $1,133.95 $623.78
24 JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co $295.42 +1.03% 830.82B 14.6 $337.25 $202.16
25 XOM Exxon Mobil Corp $163.26 -1.28% 637.07B 22.1 $156.93 $97.80
26 V Visa Inc $304.91 +0.38% 603.38B 29.0 $375.51 $299.00
27 JNJ Johnson & Johnson $239.93 +1.98% 594.00B 22.2 $246.96 $141.50
28 MU Micron Technology Inc $382.09 -3.40% 465.34B 39.1 $455.50 $61.54
29 MA Mastercard Inc $502.76 +0.77% 461.31B 30.8 $601.77 $465.59
30 ORCL Oracle Corporation $146.02 -0.73% 454.78B 29.5 $345.72 $118.86
31 ASML ASML Holding N.V. $1,403.22 +0.27% 446.39B 46.5 $1,312.80 $508.40
32 COST Costco Wholesale Corp. $974.86 +0.11% 443.90B 53.5 $1,067.08 $844.06
33 ABBV Abbvie Inc $207.18 +0.96% 397.77B 166.6 $244.81 $164.39
34 HD Home Depot Inc $332.51 +0.48% 379.51B 26.0 $426.75 $326.31
35 BAC Bank of America Corp $48.75 +1.27% 377.82B 12.3 $57.55 $33.07
36 CVX Chevron Corporation $205.15 -0.79% 372.06B 30.3 $187.90 $132.04
37 PG Procter & Gamble Co $143.92 +0.53% 368.49B 22.4 $179.99 $137.62
38 CAT Caterpillar Inc. $719.04 +0.34% 353.86B 39.8 $789.81 $267.30
39 GE GE Aerospace $296.56 +2.04% 350.80B 40.3 $335.88 $159.36
40 KO Coca-Cola Co. $75.25 +0.78% 339.12B 25.9 $80.41 $65.35
41 AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc $220.27 +7.26% 331.58B 76.5 $267.08 $76.48
42 RY Royal Bank Of Canada $162.50 +0.24% 327.62B 16.1 $240.34 $151.25
43 NFLX Netflix Inc $92.28 +1.50% 325.09B 29.6 $134.12 $75.23
44 PLTR Palantir Technologies $154.96 +0.12% 321.65B 197.9 $207.52 $66.12
45 CSCO Cisco Systems Inc $81.83 +1.20% 310.30B 28.0 $88.19 $52.11
46 MRK Merck & Co. Inc. $119.37 +2.58% 301.17B 16.5 $123.33 $73.31
47 CBAUF Commonwealth Bank of Australia $119.83 +0.00% 296.51B 28.7 $192.00 $140.21
48 LRCX Lam Research Corp $233.45 -2.26% 292.85B 47.1 $251.87 $56.32
49 WFC Wells Fargo & Co $80.26 +0.82% 291.17B 13.7 $97.76 $58.42
50 AMAT Applied Materials Inc $369.34 -1.24% 290.91B 37.1 $376.32 $123.74
51 JD JD.com Inc $29.69 +8.08% 286.41B 12.8 $178.00 $95.90
52 PM Philip Morris International $165.50 +0.99% 285.65B 25.2 $190.98 $142.11
53 BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited $122.41 -1.99% 283.40B 15.6 $192.67 $95.73
54 MS Morgan Stanley $165.65 -0.13% 275.98B 16.4 $192.68 $94.33
55 RTX Rtx Corp $195.00 +0.52% 275.72B 41.0 $206.73 $112.27
56 GS Goldman Sachs Group $841.84 +0.73% 274.87B 16.0 $984.70 $439.38
57 UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $270.55 -0.64% 261.12B 21.7 $606.36 $234.60
58 RHHBY Roche Holding AG $47.39 -2.12% 257.69B 20.0 $374.90 $231.90
59 BHP BHP Group Limited $70.26 +2.17% 245.53B 16.9 $59.39 $33.25
60 IBM Intl Business Machines Corp $241.39 +0.33% 238.92B 22.6 $324.90 $214.50
61 TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $211.36 +0.05% 237.23B 21.6 $276.49 $181.36
62 GEV Ge Vernova Inc $923.69 +1.57% 236.48B 48.4 $894.93 $252.25
63 MCD McDonalds Corp. $311.70 +1.25% 235.25B 27.5 $335.67 $283.47
64 AXP American Express Co $300.24 -0.58% 233.63B 21.6 $387.49 $220.43
65 LVMUY LVMH Moët Hennessy $105.17 -1.62% 228.79B 20.8 $654.70 $436.55
66 LIN Linde Plc $492.34 +2.61% 226.97B 32.9 $510.65 $387.78
67 PEP PepsiCo Inc. $151.73 +0.76% 224.94B 27.3 $171.48 $127.60
68 NVS Novartis AG $146.03 -1.46% 222.45B 20.0 $131.00 $81.10
69 INTC Intel Corp $47.18 +7.08% 222.35B $54.60 $17.67
70 AZN AstraZeneca PLC $183.60 -2.82% 218.85B 28.6 $15,730.00 $9,573.51
71 TD Toronto-Dominion Bank $94.30 +0.82% 217.34B 10.0 $136.49 $78.06
72 VZ Verizon Communications $50.37 -1.06% 212.30B 12.4 $51.67 $38.39
73 HSBC HSBC Holdings plc $76.95 -3.16% 201.23B 9.8 $1,410.40 $698.70
74 T AT&T Inc. $28.81 -0.21% 200.22B 9.1 $29.79 $22.95

Frequently Asked Questions

What are mega-cap stocks?
Mega-cap stocks are companies with market capitalizations above $200 billion. There is no official regulatory definition, but this threshold is widely used by financial professionals. As of 2026, roughly 30-40 U.S.-listed companies qualify as mega-caps. These include technology giants, major financial institutions, healthcare conglomerates, and energy leaders. Mega-caps are the most liquid stocks in the world, with billions of dollars traded daily.
Are mega-cap stocks safe investments?
Mega-caps are generally less volatile than smaller stocks and have lower bankruptcy risk, but they are not risk-free. Even mega-caps can lose 30-50% during bear markets — Apple fell 40% in the 2022 downturn. Their size provides advantages like diversified revenue streams, strong balance sheets, and pricing power, but regulatory risk, industry disruption, and valuation compression can still cause significant losses. Safety is relative, not absolute.
What is the Magnificent 7?
The Magnificent 7 refers to Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Meta, Nvidia, and Tesla — seven mega-cap technology companies that have driven the majority of S&P 500 returns in recent years. These stocks collectively represent over 30% of the S&P 500 by weight. Their outsized market influence has raised concentration concerns, as the performance of the broad market has become heavily dependent on just these seven names.
Do mega-cap stocks pay dividends?
Many mega-caps pay dividends, though yields are typically modest at 0.5-2.5%. Companies like Apple, Microsoft, and JPMorgan Chase pay regular dividends while also conducting massive share buyback programs. Some mega-caps like Amazon, Tesla, and Meta have historically not paid dividends, preferring to reinvest profits into growth. The total shareholder return from mega-caps often combines capital appreciation with dividends and buybacks.
How much of the S&P 500 are mega-cap stocks?
Mega-cap stocks represent approximately 35-40% of the S&P 500's total market value, with the top 10 stocks alone accounting for over 30%. This concentration level is historically elevated and means that S&P 500 index fund investors have significant mega-cap exposure whether they intend to or not. Equal-weight versions of the S&P 500 provide more balanced exposure across all 500 components.
Can mega-cap stocks still grow?
Despite their size, many mega-caps continue to grow meaningfully. Companies like Nvidia and Meta have delivered 50%+ revenue growth even at massive scale. The key is whether a company can expand into new markets and product categories — cloud computing, AI, digital advertising, and electric vehicles have provided growth avenues for existing mega-caps. However, the law of large numbers makes sustaining high growth rates increasingly difficult above $1 trillion in market cap.
What is the difference between mega-cap and large-cap stocks?
Mega-cap stocks exceed $200 billion in market value, while large-caps typically range from $10 billion to $200 billion. Mega-caps are a subset of large-caps — all mega-caps are large-caps, but not all large-caps are mega-caps. Mega-caps tend to have higher liquidity, more analyst coverage, and greater index influence. Large-caps outside the mega-cap range often offer more growth potential but with slightly less stability and market dominance.
Should I invest in mega-cap stocks or index funds?
For most investors, broad index funds already provide substantial mega-cap exposure since these stocks dominate major indices. If you want additional mega-cap concentration, the Vanguard Mega Cap ETF (MGC) or individual stock positions are options. The advantage of individual mega-caps is selecting specific companies you believe will outperform. The advantage of index funds is automatic diversification and rebalancing without the risk of picking the wrong mega-cap.

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