Apple Tops Ranking of 'World's Most Admired Companies' for Ninth Year

[MacRumors]

Apple has been awarded the top spot on Fortune's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies," marking the ninth consecutive win for the Cupertino-based company on the list. After Apple, Alphabet (Google's parent company), Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and Walt Disney round out the top five spots.

There's a new AAA standard in corporate America: the one-two three punch of Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon. For the fourth time, our list of the World's Most Admired Companies Top 50 All-Stars is led by a trio of tech giants under 40 years old. They preside over a class of blue chips and even younger tech stalwarts, such as Facebook (No. 14), Salesforce (No. 34), and Netflix, which makes a return to the Top 50 at an impressive No. 19. They also are joined by newcomers Visa and Publix, which make debuts at Nos. 47 and 49.

The list was whittled down from a collection of the 1,000 largest U.S. companies ranked by revenue, along with 500 non-United States companies with revenue reaching, or exceeding, $10 billion. Fortune's survey partners at Korn Ferry Hay Group then interviewed executives, directors, and analysts to rate the companies within their own industry on nine criteria, including investment value and social responsibility.

Apple got a score of 8.6, beating out Alphabet's second place marking of 8.2. Notably, the iPhone maker also came in first in all of the nine key attributes of reputation, unlike in years past where a few other companies edged it out in topics like global competitiveness. Other prominent companies on the list include Facebook (14th), Microsoft (17th), Netflix (19th), and AT&T (48th).

To see the full ranking of the World's Most Admired Companies, visit Fortune's website.

Article Link: Apple Tops Ranking of 'World's Most Admired Companies' for Ninth Year

 

[wilhelmer]

Let's hope we can trust that AAA ranking more than AAA bond credit ratings

 

[gugy]

Yeah, I can see this. I like the AAA very much.

 

[polterbyte]

This encryption imbroglio with the FBI will be an excellent test to that first position, no doubt. And if Apple falls from first place based on negative public opinion based on that, that will say much more about the "public", as in "public opinion", than about Apple.

 

[jdillings]

Disney is the last company anyone should admire:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/u...off-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.html

 

[odditie]

Does Alphabet really use the Google logo? That just seems weird.

 

[Lemon Mac]

Disney is the last company anyone should admire:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/u...off-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.html

Yeah, so much for the competition. Meaningless statistcs and surveys anyway.

 

[Popeye206]

Does Alphabet really use the Google logo? That just seems weird.

Is it just me or is the name "Alphabet" a stupid name? They should have left it Google.

 

[DUCKofD3ATH]

Does Alphabet really use the Google logo? That just seems weird.

Naw. They have a logo for Alphabet that looks as forgettable as the name it represents.

Google's never had a strong grip on design. Funny that, given how they only hire the best and brightest (or so they say).
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Disney is the last company anyone should admire:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/u...off-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.html

Yeah yeah. Have you used iTunes lately? That's a crime against humanity.

 

[yaxomoxay]

Yeah, I can see this. I like the AAA very much.

"The Big Short" is a great movie (and book).

 

[0815]

And I admire them now even more since they fight for our privacy, where other companies would have just given in (and did in the past)

 

[5aga]

I still get creeped out every time I realize google is now called Alphabet

 

[Surf Donkey]

Oh wow, all these corporations are just so admirable /s. Wtf, sitting on mountains of cash, tax evasion, manufacturing outside the US. What again is so admirable??

To create the 54 industry lists, Korn Ferry Hay Group asked executives, directors, and analysts to rate companies in their own industry on nine criteria, from investment value to social responsibility.

No breakdown of these criteria makes the dump ranking a bit stupid. Of course executives, directors and analysts care sooo much about social responsibility.

 

[MacFan1957]

Admired by whom exactly? I can see Apple but Berkshire Hathaway?

 

[AppleScruff1]

Admired by whom exactly? I can see Apple but Berkshire Hathaway?

You can't see the forest for the Apple trees.

 

[DUCKofD3ATH]

Oh wow, all these corporations are just so admirable /s. Wtf, sitting on mountains of cash, tax evasion, manufacturing outside the US. What again is so admirable??

AAA is sitting on mountains of cash because they market goods and services in high demand.
They don't evade taxes; that would be illegal. But avoiding taxes by exploiting loopholes is as American as Apple pie.
As for manufacturing outside the USA:

The head of Intel Corp called on Tuesday for the U.S. government to provide tax credits or tax holidays for companies that construct new factories here in order to promote jobs.

Paul Otellini said such policies would make the United States competitive with other countries, where costs are as much as $1 billion less to construct and operate a semiconductor factory than within the United States.​

 

[robotica]

Would have thought Microsoft would have been tight on that list

 

[GenesisST]

Would have thought Microsoft would have been tight on that list

#17 a bit under Facebook, which should be lower, imho, but what do I know?

 

[Surf Donkey]

AAA is sitting on mountains of cash because they market goods and services in high demand.
They don't evade taxes; that would be illegal. But avoiding taxes by exploiting loopholes is as American as Apple pie.
As for manufacturing outside the USA:

The head of Intel Corp called on Tuesday for the U.S. government to provide tax credits or tax holidays for companies that construct new factories here in order to promote jobs.

Paul Otellini said such policies would make the United States competitive with other countries, where costs are as much as $1 billion less to construct and operate a semiconductor factory than within the United States.​

Agree, you can do it. But tell me again how this is socially responsible?

 

[DUCKofD3ATH]

Agree, you can do it. But tell me again how this is socially responsible?

They're not breaking the law, so what's the problem? What would you have them do with their money?

 

[Surf Donkey]

They're not breaking the law, so what's the problem? What would you have them do with their money?

So anything within law is socially responsible. Got it.

I just find it hard to believe any company that mines our earth for so many resources that go in basically throwaway electronics, while creating them under harsh conditions, while absolutely being the best at maximizing profits can be at the top of a list where "social responsibility" is one of the factors. But it sounds like you have a much different understanding of social responsibility than me.

And I am only calling out Apple because they are at the top of this list. Disney, Amazon, Google, are hardly "admirable" as well.

 

[DUCKofD3ATH]

So anything within law is socially responsible. Got it.

Abiding by the law is socially responsible. Breaking the law is socially irresponsible.

I mention those points because your emoticon indicated that you were confused.

I just find it hard to believe any company that mines our earth for so many resources that go in basically throwaway electronics, while creating them under harsh conditions, while absolutely being the best at maximizing profits can be at the top of a list where "social responsibility" is one of the factors. But it sounds like you have a much different understanding of social responsibility than me.

So you would rather strong-arm them into giving their money to people YOU deem worthy, is that right? Would that make them "socially responsible"? Because that sounds a lot like "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor" which hasn't worked too well in the past, as the socialist meltdown in Venezuela demonstrates.

 

[yaxomoxay]

Abiding by the law is socially responsible. Breaking the law is socially irresponsible.

Would you consider abiding by the Nuremberg laws of 1935 (and sub) socially responsible?

 

[pat500000]

The only aaa that I know is the auto company that deals with towing if needed.

 

[Surf Donkey]

Abiding by the law is socially responsible. Breaking the law is socially irresponsible.

I mention those points because your emoticon indicated that you were confused.



So you would rather strong-arm them into giving their money to people YOU deem worthy, is that right? Would that make them "socially responsible"? Because that sounds a lot like "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor" which hasn't worked too well in the past, as the socialist meltdown in Venezuela demonstrates.

If you think the very corporations that lobby to write laws are socially responsible because they then abide by these laws, well then I just don't really think we will find much common ground here.

And this has nothing to do with socialism, in any way shape or form. Not even going to go there with you.