India's Most Valuable Companies 2018

Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman and MD, HUL (Photograph by Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Nov 21, 2018

On A Winning Streak

Strategies such as localisation as well as premiumisation and an entrepreneurial work culture have enabled HUL become the fifth most valuable company in BT 500.

Updated : Oct 31, 2018

How We Did It

In the early days we based it on the market cap of the companies as on March 31. Like in everything else, there is change.

Updated : Oct 31, 2018

BFSI Rules

Five out of six debutants in the top 100 rankings are from the financial services sector.

Updated : Oct 31, 2018

Caught In The Middle

A big transformation is happening in the global generic pharmaceutical industry. As a result, stocks of most major drug companies have done badly in the past one year.

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, RIL ( Photograph by Bandeep Singh)

Updated : Oct 31, 2018

Unstoppable

RIL bounces back to the No. 1 position after seven years, thanks to Jio and petchem expansion.

Arun Kumar, Group CEO and Managing Director, Strides Pharma (Photograph by Nilotpal Baruah)

Updated : Oct 31, 2018

Course Correction

Strides Pharma Science attributes its underwhelming performance to a confluence of headwinds and execution challenges.

Ravi Jhunjhunwala, CMD and CEO, HEG (Photograph by Reuben Singh)

Updated : Oct 31, 2018

Chinese Checkers

China's crackdown on polluting steel plants helped HEG's graphite electrode business grow more than nine times.

Future Retail: Big Bazaarâs parent saw a 96.81% jump in its average market cap for October 2017-September 2018 period

Updated : Oct 31, 2018

The Big Gainers

While American biggies Amazon and Walmart fight for their pound of flesh in India, Indian retailers have quietly stolen the show.

Shashi Shankar, Chairman and Managing Director, ONGC

Updated : Oct 31, 2018

The oil explorer burnt cash to buy HPCL, pay large dividend and is now being pushed for a share buyback to help meet the governments disinvestment target. Can increase in crude oil prices rebuild market sentiment?