No company on the planet commands a greater market cap than  (NASDAQ: AAPL) right now. Only three years ago, the iPhone maker was valued below $1 trillion. Today, its market cap stands at $2.85 trillion. 

At its current pace, Apple appears to be a lock to reach $5 trillion in market cap within the next few years. But don't be surprised if it's not the first company to hit that milestone level. I predict that another stock will top $5 trillion before Apple does.

Nvidia flirted with the $1 trillion level, but there are currently only four stocks other than Apple with market caps above the $1 trillion. Two of them -- Alphabet and Amazon -- would have to grow much faster than they have recently to reach $5 trillion first.

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Source Fool.com