In the race to a trillion, Apple is closer than ever.
Buoyed by strong earnings and optimism surrounding the iPhone X, the market value of the tech giant has closed above $900 billion for the first time: $904 billion as of Wednesday. That valuation beat out even Microsoft’s climb toward a trillion dollars during the dot-com boom.
Despite the hype, Apple would not be the first publicly traded company to reach a trillion dollars in market value. That distinction belongs to oil and gas producer PetroChina, which briefly topped $1 trillion on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2007.
Apple also would not be the most valuable company in the world. Most experts believe that distinction belongs to state-owned oil giant Aramco, which the Saudis believe could make a $2 trillion IPO.
However, the iPhone maker is the biggest public company in the world. As investors look forward to how sales of the iPhone X fare (figures that won’t show up until 2018), it is a mere 11% push away from the much discussed $1 trillion valuation.
The Biggest U.S. Companies
Apple is certainly ahead in the race to a trillion among American firms.
COMPANY
$1,000 BIL
APPLE
$903.6 BIL
ALPHABET
$728.6 BIL
MICROSOFT
$651.5 BIL
AMAZON
$546.5 BIL
FACEBOOK
$524.7 BIL
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
$455.8 BIL
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
$381 BIL
EXXON MOBIL
$352.8 BIL
J.P. MORGAN CHASE
$337.4 BIL
BANK OF AMERICA
$277.5 BIL
WAL-MART STORES
$269.5 BIL
Based on the S&P 500 Index as of 11/8/17