These Were the 5 Biggest Companies in 1994, and Here Are the 5 Biggest Companies Now
How much has the market changed in the past 30 years? Quite a bit, actually. Online trading was still in its infancy then, for instance. Now it's the norm.
That's not all that has changed. Almost none of the biggest publicly traded companies then (based on annual revenue) are the biggest names now. Here's a look at how they have changed, too.
There's more than one way to measure a company's size. Market capitalization is one of them. A more meaningful measure, however, might be revenue produced in any given year. To this end, here's a rundown of 1994's top publicly traded revenue producers, with that year's total top line not adjusted for inflation.
Source Fool.com
