The Most Valuable Public Illinois Companies in 2016

A list of the world’s largest and most valuable public companies includes 39 from Illinois, according to a recent ranking by Forbes.

Forbes Global 2000 for 2016 ranks companies based on four metrics: sales, profits, assets and market value.

More from Forbes on its methodology:

Each of the 2000 lists has a minimum cutoff value in order for a company to qualify: sales $4.9 billion, profits of $247.0 million, assets of $8.72 billion and market value of $4.92 billion. A company needs to qualify for at least one of the lists in order to be eligible for the final Global 2000 ranking. This year 3,400 companies were needed to fill out the four lists of 2000, each company qualifying for at least one of the lists.

With more than $96 billion in sales and a market value of $85.3 billion, the Boeing Company ranks as the most valuable public company in Illinois and No. 76 globally.

Here's a complete list of the 39 public companies that made it on Forbes Global 2000 list, along with each company’s sales, profits and assets in 2015, and its market value as of April 2016.

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