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Top 10 Dynasties — Historical Charts and Data

Top 10 Dynasties on History of Market: Decade Top 10 Rosters; Dynastic Market Cap Trajectories. 8 charts with downloadable data, refreshed daily.

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Decade Top 10 Rosters TOP 10 · DECADE × RANK — A Century of Market Leadership: The Top 10 by Market Cap Across Ten Decades Ten rosters of America's ten largest corporations from the 1920s to the 2020s: a century of industrial evolution.

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Dynastic Market Cap Trajectories TOP 10 · TRAJECTORY + DOSSIERS — Long-Tenured Titans: Market Leaders Across Three or More Decades Multi-decade ranking trajectories of enduring corporate giants that retained top-tier market standing for three or more decades.

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Market Cap Sovereigns & Tenures TOP 10 · #1 TALLY — The Pinnacle of Value: History's #1 Companies and Tenure Duration The select few corporations to claim the #1 market cap crown, their consecutive tenures, and persistent contenders.

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Secular Industry Eclipse in Top 10 TOP 10 · SECTOR × LAST DECADE — Displaced Industries: Sectors That Departed the Top 10 (1920s–2020s) The rise and fall of industrial sectors within the top 10: from railroads and oil trusts to consumer goods and modern tech.

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Top 10 Cohabitation Matrix TOP 10 · CO-OCCURRENCE + PAIRS — Corporate Co-Tenure: How Long Market Leaders Shared the Top 10 Matrix tracking decades of simultaneous cohabitation among market cap leaders across a century of corporate history.

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The Fate of Former Titans TOP 10 · SIX PATHWAYS — Life After the Summit: Six Historical Pathways of Former Top 10 Giants Subsequent performance, growth decelerations, and mean reversion experienced by former top 10 market cap giants.

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Peak Market Cap Share Across Eras TOP 10 · MARKET CAP ÷ INDEX — Peak Weight in the Market: Historical Champions on a Common Benchmark Cross-era comparison of the maximum S&P 500 index weight commanded by successive market cap champions at their zenith.

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Peak Valuation Multiples of Titans TOP 10 · TRAILING P/E · LOG — Valuation at the Peak: Historical P/E Multiples on a Logarithmic Scale Price-to-earnings ratios of dominant champions upon first ascending to or peaking within the top 10.