1. Wal-Mart Stores
2. Exxon Mobil
3. General Motors
4. Chevron
5. ConocoPhillips
6. General Electric
7. Ford Motor
8. Citigroup
9. Bank of America
10. American International Group
1. Wal-Mart Stores
Fortune 500 rank: 1 (Previous rank: 2)
2006 Revenues (millions): $351,139
Headquarters: Bentonville, AR
The retail giant reclaims the top spot on the Fortune 500, making it the largest company in the United States for the fifth time in six years. The company suffered a series of public relations gaffes last year, but has launched a crusade to spruce up its image. It now employs 1.9 million people worldwide and revenues are up 11% over last year, but profits grew less than 1%, amid a slowdown in same-store sales.
2. Exxon Mobil
Fortune 500 rank: 2 (Previous rank: 1)
2006 Revenues (millions): $347,254
Headquarters: Irving, TX
Though it's not No. 1 this year, the oil giant remains the most profitable company in the Fortune 500, with $39.5 billion in 2006 earnings, thanks to record crude oil prices in 2006. Revenues are up 2% over last year. Profits jumped 9%. The outfit is a leader in energy exploration, with projects in Africa, Russia and the Persian Gulf.
3. General Motors
Fortune 500 rank: 3 (Previous rank: 3)
2006 Revenues (millions): $207,349
Headquarters: Detroit, MI
In a year that saw GM sell a majority stake in its most profitable unit, GMAC, and had tens of thousands of factory workers take large payouts to leave the company, the world's largest automaker made progress in its turn-around efforts. Still, the company posted a $2 billion net loss, and has yet to break even in its core North American auto operations.
4. Chevron
Fortune 500 rank: 4 (Previous rank: 4)
2006 Revenues (millions): $200,567
Headquarters: San Ramon, CA
Chevron's merger with Unocal was finalized in 2006, helping to give the oil giant a banner year, with $17.1 billion in earnings. Chevron boosted its reserves by 950 million barrels, and results were also helped by new oil production in Angola. Revenues are up 6% over last year. Profits jumped 22%.
5. ConocoPhillips
Fortune 500 rank: 5 (Previous rank: 6)
2006 Revenues (millions): $172,451
Headquarters: Houston, TX
The company managed to boost profits by 15%, to $15.5 billion, on only 4% revenue growth. But with corroded pipes and bad weather disrupting production and transportation at its drilling operations in Alaska, the company struggled to replenish reserves. Of the 2.5 billion barrels that it added, all but 100 million of them were from acquisitions.
6. General Electric
Fortune 500 rank: 6 (Previous rank: 7)
2006 Revenues (millions): $168,307
Headquarters: Fairfield, CT
Thanks to a strong performance by NBC, and healthy sales in its medical equipment, turbine and engine units, the conglomerate's profit rose by 27% last year. Two restatements out of its financial services unit were cause for concern, but the juggernaut that Jack Welch built continues unbowed.
7. Ford Motor
Fortune 500 rank: 7 (Previous rank: 5)
2006 Revenues (millions): $160,126
Headquarters: Dearborn, MI
Like rival GM, Ford is also in the red this year, by a whopping $12 billion. In 2006, CEO Bill Ford Jr. stepped aside to let former Boeing CEO Alan Mulally tinker with the company's big problems. Revenues fell 10% from last year, making Ford the only company in the top 50 to see a decrease in sales, bumping the carmaker down two notches on the list.
8. Citigroup
Fortune 500 rank: 8 (Previous rank: 8)
2006 Revenues (millions): $146,777
Headquarters: New York, NY
As operating expenses ate up new revenue, profits fell by 12% at the banking giant, which trailed the other Wall Street firms last year with a lagging stock price. A management shakeup ensued, with CEO Chuck Prince naming Robert Druskin as COO in December. Prince later removed Sallie Krawcheck as CFO, who became head of the company's global wealth management division after that unit's chief, Todd Thompson, quit abruptly. In April, the company announced plans to cut 17,000 jobs.
9. Bank of America Corp.
Fortune 500 rank: 9 (Previous rank: 12)
2006 Revenues (millions): $117,017
Headquarters: Charlotte, NC
Bank of America just keeps getting bigger and bigger - it now has 9% of the nation's savings on deposit. Last year's $35 billion acquisition of credit-card issuer MBNA helped the growing financial services company see revenues jump by 39%. Profits increased by 28% to $21.1 billion.
10. American International Group
Fortune 500 rank: 10 (Previous rank: 9)
2006 Revenues (millions): $113,194
Headquarters: New York, NY
Having put its 2005 accounting woes behind it, the insurer is back on track with revenues growing 4% last year. A 20% reduction in property and casualty claims, which in the previous year had escalated because of hurricanes Wilma and Katrina, helped profits jump 34%.
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