Japan's Toyota Motor is at the tenth spot with its revenue of $235.8 and profit of $192.7 billion in the 2016 financial year. Toyota Motor's market capitalization reached $177 billion and the assets owned by the company are estimated at $406.7 billion.
ExxonMobil goes ninth with its assets hitting $333.6 billion in 2016. Last year the oil company reported $236.8 billion in revenue and net profit of $16.2 billion. ExxonMobil is among the world's largest energy companies by market capitalization ($363.3 billion).
Tech giant Apple stands at the eighth place. In 2016, the US-based company posted a loss in revenue of $233.3 billion, for the first time in 13 years. The corporation's profit came in at $53.7 billion. Currently worth $586 billion, Apple has total assets of $293.3 billion.
Wells Fargo takes the seventh position in the ranking. The company generated $91.4 billion in sales and $22.7 billion in revenue over the year. Its total assets are estimated at $1.8 trillion and market cap at $256 billion.
Bank of China is sixth largest by market value. It generated revenue of $122 billion and profit of $27.2 billion in the past financial year. It has $2.6 trillion in assets and market value of $143 billion.
JPMorgan Chase goes fifth. The US-based company had revenue of $99.9 billion and profit of $23.5 billion in the last financial year. It holds assets worth $2.4 trillion, as impressive as that of Bank of China. The company's market capitalization reached $234.2 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway is ranked fourth. Revenue of the multinational holding company came in at $210.8 billion and its profit was $24.1 billion as of the last financial year. The total assets of Berkshire Hathaway amounted to $561.4 billion and its market cap was $360.1 billion.
The Agricultural Bank of China comes third in the top three. Its revenue and profit are not that big, $131.9 billion and $28.8 billion, respectively. But the bank has a solid amount of assets, $2.7 trillion. Its market value is estimated at $152.7 billion.
Another Chinese company is the runner-up. China Construction Bank had $146.8 in revenue and profit of $36.4 billion. Its total assets reached $2.8 trillion and market value was $162.8 billion.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China leads the ranking. It is not the first time the company is on the top of the list. Its revenue totaled $171.1 billion and profit amounted to $44.2 billion. The assets it owns worth $3.4 trillion.The market value is estimated at $198 billion.
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