Global stocks ranked by return on equity (capped at 80% to skip distorted equity bases). Recomputed daily from filings and market quotes. Not investment advice. Updated: 2026-08-16
| # | Company | Market | Sector | ROE | P/E | P/B | Mcap, $bn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CATERPILLAR INC CAT | US | Industrials | 75.5% | 36.8x | 18.7x | 398.6 |
| 2 | MICROSOFT CORP MSFT | US | Technology | 69.0% | 27.5x | 10.7x | 3 679.3 |
| 3 | Americana Restaurants AMR | AE | Restaurants | 68.1% | 19.7x | 11.0x | 5.4 |
| 4 | California Resources Corporation CRC | US | United States — oil & gas exploration & production | 65.1% | 13.0x | 1.3x | 4.7 |
| 5 | CF Industries CF | COMMODITIES | Fertilizers | 62.7% | 7.7x | 4.0x | 19.2 |
| 6 | Bloom Energy Corp BE | US | United States — large cap (SEC filings) | 62.0% | 222.5x | — | 55.3 |
| 7 | Valero Energy VLO | COMMODITIES | Oil refining | 60.9% | 14.6x | 4.4x | 105.6 |
| 8 | PBF Energy PBF | COMMODITIES | Oil refining | 60.8% | 6.1x | 1.6x | 8.3 |
| 9 | Gold Fields GFI | ZA | Gold mining | 60.3% | 10.1x | 4.3x | 36.0 |
| 10 | Riley Exploration Permian REPX | COMMODITIES | Oil & gas | 58.9% | 6.6x | 1.2x | 0.8 |
| 11 | SM Energy Company SM | US | United States — oil & gas exploration & production | 58.4% | 8.0x | 1.9x | 8.0 |
| 12 | AVI Limited AVI | ZA | Food & consumer | 55.5% | 11.6x | 5.6x | 1.9 |
| 13 | Talabat TALABAT | AE | Food delivery | 55.5% | 65.5x | 38.9x | 7.4 |
| 14 | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico GAP | MX | Airports | 55.0% | 18.6x | 7.9x | 10.5 |
| 15 | Trustbank (PJSB) TRUST | UZ | Banks | 55.0% | 14.1x | 4.1x | 1.0 |
| 16 | Southern Copper SCCO | COMMODITIES | Copper mining | 54.9% | 27.4x | 14.1x | 155.4 |
| 17 | PEPSICO INC PEP | US | Consumer staples | 54.8% | 18.5x | 9.5x | 193.3 |
| 18 | GENERAL ELECTRIC CO GE | US | Industrials | 53.1% | 43.1x | 20.7x | 386.3 |
| 19 | TJX COMPANIES INC /DE/ TJX | US | Consumer discretionary | 51.7% | 29.1x | 16.5x | 168.4 |
| 20 | International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) ICT | PH | Ports & Logistics | 51.6% | 28.8x | 13.0x | 32.3 |
| 21 | Phillips 66 PSX | COMMODITIES | Oil refining | 51.3% | 13.2x | 3.2x | 93.7 |
| 22 | COCA COLA CO KO | US | Consumer staples | 50.7% | 26.4x | 11.7x | 377.3 |
| 23 | AMAZON COM INC AMZN | US | Consumer discretionary | 50.4% | 20.8x | 6.9x | 2 818.5 |
| 24 | Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. NOG | US | United States — oil & gas exploration & production | 50.1% | 67.3x | 1.2x | 2.6 |
| 25 | APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE AMAT | US | Technology | 49.2% | 47.3x | 19.7x | 402.2 |
| 26 | AMPHENOL CORP /DE/ APH | US | Technology | 48.0% | 41.5x | 15.9x | 213.5 |
| 27 | MGM Resorts International MGM | US | Consumer Cyclical | 47.3% | 26.7x | 4.7x | 11.4 |
| 28 | Clicks Group CLS | ZA | Retail / Pharmacy | 47.2% | 15.0x | 7.3x | 3.1 |
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