The best conglomerate stocks depend on your portfolio and investment goals — while volatility can be ideal for day traders, long-term investors will want to look to stocks with steadier gains over time.
The top multinational business stocks included on this page all trade on the S&P 500, have an analyst recommendation of "Buy" or better and are sorted by year-to-date performance.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. , through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; operates railroad systems in North America; generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.
Berkshire Hathaway stock opened the day at $506.95 after a previous close of $504.25. The latest price was $514.60 (25-minute delay). Berkshire Hathaway is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD371.4 billion and employs 392,400 staff.
Honeywell International Inc. engages in the aerospace technologies, industrial automation, building automation, and energy and sustainable solutions businesses in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company's Aerospace Technologies segment offers auxiliary power units, propulsion engines, integrated avionics, environmental control and electric power systems, engine controls, flight safety, communications, navigation hardware, data and software applications, radar and surveillance systems, aircraft lighting, advanced systems and instruments, satellite and space components, and aircraft wheels and brakes; thermal systems; and spare parts; repair, overhaul, and maintenance services; and wireless connectivity services.
Honeywell International stock opened the day at $208.47 after a previous close of $206.69. The latest price was $209.47 (25-minute delay). Honeywell International is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$38.5 billion and employs 102,000 staff.
3M Company provides diversified technology services in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, and Consumer. The Safety and Industrial segment offers industrial abrasives and finishing for metalworking applications; autobody repair solutions; industrial specialty products, such as personal hygiene products, masking, and packaging materials; electrical products and materials for construction and maintenance, power distribution, and electrical original equipment manufacturers; structural adhesives and tapes; respiratory, hearing, eye, and fall protection solutions; and natural and color-coated mineral granules for shingles.
3M Company stock opened the day at $147.92 after a previous close of $146.10. The latest price was $150.41 (25-minute delay). 3M Company is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$24.6 billion and employs 61,500 staff.
Seaboard Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates in agricultural, energy, and ocean transportation business worldwide. It operates through six segments: Pork, Commodity Trading and Milling (CT&M), Marine, Liquid Fuels, Power, and Turkey. The Pork segment produces and sells pork products to further processors, food service operators, grocery stores, and distributors; and hogs.
Seaboard Corporation stock opened the day at $2,688.48 after a previous close of $2,661.25. The latest price was $2,688.80 (25-minute delay). Seaboard Corporation is listed on the NYSE MKT, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$8.9 billion and employs 14,000 staff.
IGC Pharma, Inc. , a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, engages in developing treatments for Alzheimer's disease. The company's lead product is IGC-AD1, which is in a Phase 2B clinical trial as a treatment for agitation in dementia due to Alzheimer's; and TGR-63, IGC-1C, IGC-M3, and LMP in pre-clinical development.
India Globalization Capital stock opened the day at $0.33 after a previous close of $0.33. The latest price was $0.33 (25-minute delay). India Globalization Capital is listed on the NYSE MKT, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.2 million and employs 67 staff.
General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, designs and produces commercial and defense aircraft engines, integrated engine components, electric power, and mechanical aircraft systems. The company operates through two reportable segments, Commercial Engines and Services, and Defense and Propulsion Technologies. The Commercial Engines and Services segment designs, develops, manufactures, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services of jet engines and sale of spare parts for commercial airframes, business aviation, and aeroderivative applications.
GE Aerospace stock opened the day at $195.37 after a previous close of $192.42. The latest price was $197.11 (25-minute delay). GE Aerospace is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$38.7 billion and employs 53,000 staff.
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, a technology company, focuses in the areas of automation and digitalization in Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States, Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia, and Australia. It operates through Digital Industries, Smart Infrastructure, Mobility, Siemens Healthineers, and Siemens Financial Services (SFS) segments. The Digital Industries segment provides automation systems and software for factories, numerical control systems, servo motors, drives and inverters, and integrated automation systems for machine tools and production machines; process control systems, machine-to-machine communication products, sensors and radio frequency identification systems; software for production and product lifecycle management, and simulation and testing of mechatronic systems; and the Mendix cloud-native low-code application development platform.
Siemens AG ADR stock opened the day at $126.02 after a previous close of $121.30. The latest price was $126.43 (25-minute delay). Siemens AG ADR is listed on the PINK, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$76.5 billion and employs 313,000 staff.
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