Medtronic, Thermo Fisher Scientific and HCA Healthcare take top place among the largest healthcare companies, according to the 2019 Forbes Global 2000—our annual list of the world’s most powerful public companies as measured by a composite score of revenue, profit, assets and market value. Thermo Fisher has in-house successes (like in mass spectrometry) and has spent more than $30 billion on acquisitions since 2010. For the 2019 Global 2000, Thermo Fisher recorded $24.4 billion in sales, $2.9 billion in profit and $104 billion in market value. HCA Healthcare, the largest hospital operator in the U.S., ranks third in the healthcare sector and #247 overall on the Global 2000. For the 2019 Global 2000, HCA recorded $46.7 billion in sales, $3.8 billion in profit and $39.6 billion in market value.

Source: Forbes May 15, 2019 21:45 UTC