Top 10 Indian Companies By Market Cap

Commonly known as market cap, market capitalization is a company’s total dollar market value known by its outstanding shares of stock. To calculate the market cap, the company’s outstanding shares are multiplied by the present market price of each share. Market cap of a company is a very useful figure for the investors to decide the size of a company as against the method of knowing it from the total sales or asset figures. Since the company's size is a very crucial determinant of the different characteristics of a firm including risk that are a matter of importance for the investors, using market cap to ascertain a company’s size is a highly dependable method in the share market domain. Here is a list of 10 companies arranged in the order of their market cap.

Market Cap of top 10 companies in India

Sl. No	Company	Market Cap	About the company
	Reliance	983,140.16	A multinational conglomerate company based in India, Reliance Industries Ltd is headquartered in Mumbai. The firm has a broad portfolio of businesses across diverse segments including textiles, petrochemicals, retail, natural resources, energy and telecommunications. In terms of market cap, this is the largest publicly traded company in India.
	TCS	770,252.01	A multinational information technology firm in India, Tata Consultancy Services has its base in Mumbai. Operating in over 149 locations across 46 countries, this is a subsidiary of Tata Group.
	HDFC Bank	697,488.08	HDFC Bank Ltd is a banking and financial services firm in India operating from Mumbai, Maharashtra. In terms of assets, this is the largest private sector lender in India. The bank’s distribution network has more than 5,130 branches across 2,764 cities.
	HUL	440,777.38	This British Dutch manufacturing firm based in Mumbai has a wide range of products including cleaning agents, beverages, consumer goods, water purifiers, foods and others. The product portfolio of the company spans across 35 brands and 20 categories.
	HDFC	396,594.60	Housing Development Finance Corporation is based in Mumbai. This is a major provider of finance for housing in India. The firm also provides products like general insurance, asset management, realty, deposits, and venture capital.
	ICICI Bank	330,964.01	This multinational financial and banking services is headquartered in Mumbai. Today, this is the second largest bank in India offering a wide range of financial products and services to retail and corporate customers.
	Kotak Mahindra	308,420.75	An Indian Private Sector Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank is headquartered in Mumbai. This bank offers its financial services and banking products for retail as well as corporate customers in the areas of personal finance, insurance, investment banking.
	SBI	305,087.85	State Bank of India is a public sector bank offering a range of multinational financial and banking services in India. A government corporation statutory body, SBI is headquartered in Mumbai. SBI has one fourth share of the total deposits and loans in India.
	ITC	302,677.69	Headquartered in Mumbai, ITC is an Indian multinational conglomerate company established in 1910. Having completed over 100 years of its founding, the firm became a public enterprise in 1954. The company specializes in a range of tobacco based products.
	Infosys	296,367.29	Indian multinational firm Infosys Limited provides a range of services including IT services, outsourcing services, and business consulting. Headquartered in Bangalore, the firm provides software development, validation, and maintenance services to firms in manufacturing, insurance, finance and other domains.