California in Context: The S&P; 500 Contingent

The blue-chip Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index, the best-known U.S. stock index except for Dow Jones industrials, include 55 California-based companies, or 11% of the total. Here’s how the California contingent shapes up relative to the rest of the S&P; companies:

8.2% of S&P; Revenue...

California contingent: $383 billion

Rest of S&P; index: $7,287 billion

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...But 10.6% of Profits

California contingent: $35 billion

Rest of S&P; index: $295 billion

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...and 10% of Market Value

California contingent: $874 billion

Rest of S&P; index: $7,859 billion

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U.S. Company Leaders by Key Categories

Largest U.S. Employers

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Rank Company Employees 1 Wal-Mart Stores 728,000 2 General Motors 693,000 3 Ford Motor 363,000 4 Sears 334,000 5 General Electric 276,000

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The largest California company:

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Rank Company Employees 19 Safeway 147,000

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Biggest by Annual Revenue

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Rank Company Revenue, in billions 1 General Motors $178 2 Ford Motor 154 3 Exxon 137 4 Wal-Mart Stores 119 5 General Electric 93

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The largest California company;

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Rank Company Market value, in billions 14 Hewlett-Packard 44

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Biggest by Market Value

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Rank Company Market value, in billions 1 General Electric $285 2 Microsoft 224 3 Coca-Cola 189 4 Exxon 137 5 Merck 144

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The largest California company:

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Rank Company Employees 7 Intel 122

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Biggest by Annual Profit

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Rank Company Net income, in billions 1 Ford* $23.3 2 Exxon 8.5 3 General Electric 8.4 4 Intel 6.9 5 General Motors 6.6

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Note: Market values as of April 17. Annualized sales and earnings are over most recently available for quarters.

*Ford’s net income was boosted by its spinoff of associates First Capital Corp,, the proceeds of which counted as income.

Source: Market Guide