TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT | GLOBAL FINANCE CASH 25 

Author: Denise Bedell

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METHODOLOGY

The Global Finance Cash 25 ranks public companies by cash, cash equivalents and short-term securities on their balance sheets. Data is gathered from more than 70,000 public companies worldwide. It is a ranking of nonfinancial corporations—we exclude financial institutions from the list.

Top 25 Global Public Companies By Cash On Balance Sheet

 

Company

Country

Cash* ($mn)

Cash* ($mn) Previous Year

Cash* Change (YoY)

Total Assets ($mn)

Capex ($mn)

1

GENERAL ELECTRIC

United States

88,555

77,268

11,287

656,285

13,458

2

MICROSOFT

United States

76,775

63,040

13,735

142,431

4,257

3

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS

United States

54,129

3,563

50,566

274,098

17,184

4

CISCO SYSTEMS

United States

50,610

48,716

1,894

101,191

1,160

5

PETRONAS

Malaysia

42,053

50,595

-8,542

159,669

N/A

6

APPLE

United States

40,546

29,129

11,417

207,000

9,076

7

ORACLE

United States

38,819

32,216

6,603

90,344

580

8

TOYOTA MOTOR

Japan

34,739

35,795

-1,056

376,881

N/A

9

PFIZER

United States

32,408

32,399

9

172,101

1,465

10

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

United States

29,206

21,089

8,117

132,683

3,595

11

GENERAL MOTORS

United States

28,993

27,410

1,583

166,344

9,819

12

DAIMLER

Germany

22,694

19,864

2,830

232,439

N/A

13

TOTAL

France

20,942

22,471

-1,529

239,298

N/A

14

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

United States

20,268

16,551

3,717

90,055

2,550

15

INTEL

United States

20,087

18,162

1,925

92,358

10,747

16

VODAFONE

Great Britain

19,618

13,545

6,073

215,788

N/A

17

AMGEN

United States

19,401

24,061

-4,660

66,125

693

18

RENAULT

France

17,599

16,056

1,543

103,437

N/A

19

MERCK

United States

17,486

16,141

1,345

105,645

1,548

20

RAKUTEN

Japan

17,200

8,254

8,946

30,483

N/A

21

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS

South Korea

16,840

18,728

-1,888

202,838

N/A

22

TELEFÓNICA

Spain

16,681

15,462

1,219

163,948

N/A

23

CHEVRON

United States

16,516

21,913

-5,397

253,753

37,985

24

SONY

Japan

16,186

19,178

-2,992

150,890

N/A

25

MITSUBISHI

Japan

15,893

16,900

-1,007

153,061

N/A

 

Total

 

774,244

668,505

105,739

 

114,117

*Includes cash, cash equivalents and short-term securities (those maturing between three months and a year).
Data valid as of July 16, 2014.
Data provided by: Orbis by Bureau van Dijk