Table 3—1

SALES

PROFITS

ASSETS

TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

EMPLOYEES

1992

1991

$ MILLIONS

% CHANGE FROM 1991

$ MILLIONS

RANK*

% CHANGE FROM 1991

$ MILLIONS

RANK*

$ MILLIONS

RANK*

NUMBER

RANK*

26

22

E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS U S

37 386 0

(25)

(3 927 0)

492

<379 9)

38 870 0

29

11 7650

22

125000

43

27

23

TEXACO U S

37 130 0

(H>

7120

48

(450)

25 992 0

44

99730

30

37582

199

28

33

Chrysler U S

36 897 0

256

7230

46

—

406530

23

75380

48

128 000

39

29

32

RENAULT FRANCE

33 884 9

151

10725

28

965

23 897 4

54

61453

70

146 604

29

30

28

HONDA MOTOR JAPAN

33 369 6

09

3069

123

(370)

26 374 6

43

90852

35

90900

69

31

29

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NETHER LANDS

33 269 7

101

(511 6)

465

(179 6)

26 853 2

42

49868

90

232 200

13

32

34

SON\ JAPAN

31 4sl 9

79

2905

133

(678)

39 700 5

2o

125173

19

126000

42

33

30

ABB ASEA BROWN SWTF BOVERI ZERLAND

30,536 0

28

5050

7?

(171)

23 949 0

45

40950

113

213407

16

34

38

ALCATEL ALSTHOM FRANCE

30 529 1

75

1 331 8

18

21 5

44 207 7

22

90275

37

203 000

17

35

31

BOEING U S

304140

28

5520

66

(648)

18,147 0

73

80560

46

143000

32

36

40

PROCTER & GAMBLE U S

29,890 0

91

18720

10

56

24 025 0

53

90710

36

106 200

37

37

35

HOECHST GERNLANY

29 570 6

30

5920

63

(106)

22,788 8

58

73088

32

177668

21

38

37

PEUGEOT FRANCE

29 387 4

35

6367

57

O->0)

23 352 1

56

96153

32

150 800

27

39

39

B\SF GERMANY

28 494 3

13

3933

98

(373)

24 062 0

52

89503

38

123 254

47

40

36

NEC JAPAN

28 376 5

COS)

(3618)

4s3

(4155)

34 872 0

32

70625

56

140959

33

41

46

DAEWOO SOUTH KOREA

28 333 9

117

3839

102

—

39 2oO 9

27

51261

86

78727

83

42

41

FUJITSU JAPAN

279107

71

(2612)

436

(385 0)

33 092 3

36

96513

31

161 974

24

43

42

BAYER GERMANY

26 625 3

29

9702

34

(118)

23 663 6

55

10 543 9

27

156400

26

44

45

\1ITSUBISHIELECTRIC JAPAN

26 502 3

37

2284

159

(157)

307475

38

71467

54

107 859

55

45

43

TOTAL FRANCE

26,141 5

15

5376

69

(478)

20 915 5

61

73825

51

51 139

137

46

44

<VMOCO U S

25,343 0

(02)

(740)

390

(1050)

28 453 0

41

129600

17

46994

153

47

49

MITSUBISHI MOTORS J\PAN

25 482 2

82

2070

169

(66)

20 935 6

60

35186

137

4oOOO

164

48

47

NIPPON STEEL J«"AN

23,9908

(25)

146

356

(975)

39 224 4

28

91625

34

51900

133

49

52

MITSUBISHI HEAVY JWAN LNDUSTRIES

23011 3

7 1

6497

54

(181)

35 345 8

31

93445

33

66000

96

50

50

THYSSEN GERMANY

22 731 5

06

2079

168

(293)

16 650 1

88

34154

140

147 279

28

*Rank refers to placement among the Global Fortune 500 companies Source ' Guide to the Global 500 , Fortune (July 26, 1993) 191 © 1993 Time Inc All rights reserved