The Largest Financial Companies by Market Cap in March 2026

Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase, and Visa lead the financials sector.

By Lyle Daly – Updated Mar 8, 2026 at 10:02 PM EST | Fact-checked by Frank Bass

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Berkshire Hathaway leads financial sector rankings with a market cap of $1.1 trillion.
JPMorgan Chase and Visa follow, with significant assets and innovative AI and crypto initiatives.
Chinese banks like ICBC face profitability challenges due to state-imposed economic support measures.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.35%)(BRK.B -0.58%) is the top company in the financial sector, far ahead of JPMorgan Chase (JPM +0.21%) and Visa (V -0.44%). Big banks in the U.S. and China make up most of the largest financial companies by market cap.

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Ticker Information Table
Name and ticker	Market cap	Current price	Industry
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKA)	$1.1 trillion	$744,800.05	Diversified Financial Services
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)	$780.7 billion	$289.92	Banks
Visa (NYSE:V)	$604.9 billion	$315.97	Diversified Financial Services
Mastercard (NYSE:MA)	$465.8 billion	$517.86	Diversified Financial Services
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC)	$349.1 billion	$47.90	Banks
HSBC Holdings (NYSE:HSBC)	$288.7 billion	$85.53	Banks
Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China (OTC:IDCBF)	$288.7 billion	$0.81	Banks
China Construction Bank (OTC:CICHF)	$253.2 billion	$0.99	Banks
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)	$254.5 billion	$160.45	Capital Markets
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC)	$248.1 billion	$78.75	Banks

Data as of Mar 9, 2026. Showing 10 of 10 tickers.

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NYSE: BRKA

Berkshire Hathaway

Today's Change

(-0.40%) $-2999.96

Current Price

$744800.05

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$1.1T

Day's Range

$736000.00 - $747231.12

52wk Range

$685150.00 - $812855.00

Volume

Avg Vol

709

Gross Margin

23.63%

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Market cap: $1.08 trillion (as of March 5)
Revenue (TTM): $400.5 billion
Five-year annualized return: 14.56%
Year founded: 1839

TTM = trailing 12 months.

Originally in the textile business, Berkshire Hathaway is now a holding company with subsidiaries across a number of industries, including insurance, freight rail transportation, and utilities.

Warren Buffett became CEO and chairman of Berkshire after taking majority control of the company in 1965. The legendary investor retired at the end of 2025, and Greg Abel took over as CEO. Buffett still serves as chairman of the board.

2. JPMorgan Chase

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NYSE: JPM

JPMorgan Chase

Today's Change

(0.15%) $0.44

Current Price

$289.92

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$781B

Day's Range

$280.45 - $291.10

52wk Range

$202.16 - $337.25

Volume

12M

Avg Vol

11M

Dividend Yield

2.00%

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Market cap: $791.71 billion (as of March 5)
Revenue (TTM): $181.8 billion
Five-year annualized return: 14.74%
Year founded: 1799 (Bank of the Manhattan Company), 2000 (merger of JPMorgan and Chase)

JPMorgan Chase is the biggest bank in the U.S. It had $4.8 trillion in assets under management (AUM) at the end of 2025.

As one of the Big Four U.S. banks -- alongside Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup -- JPMorgan Chase offers a wide range of financial products and services. These include bank accounts, credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, and wealth management. The bank has been making a push to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) tools recently, aiming to become a fully AI-connected enterprise.

3. Visa

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NYSE: V

Visa

Today's Change

(-0.44%) $-1.39

Current Price

$315.97

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$605B

Day's Range

$310.15 - $316.40

52wk Range

$299.00 - $375.51

Volume

8.4M

Avg Vol

7.8M

Gross Margin

78.02%

Dividend Yield

0.79%

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Market cap: $616.36 billion (as of March 5)
Revenue (TTM): $41.4 billion
Gross profit (TTM): $33.6 billion
Five-year annualized return: 8.67%
Year founded: 1958

Visa is a payment network that processes transactions for prepaid, debit, and credit cards. It's accepted in more than 200 countries and territories, making it one of the most widespread payment networks in the world. During the company's 2025 fiscal year, it processed 258 billion transactions.

This payments company is consistently at the forefront of technological innovations. It was the first major payments network to settle a cryptocurrency transaction, and it has invested heavily in AI fraud detection.

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NYSE: MA

Mastercard

Today's Change

(-0.86%) $-4.48

Current Price

$517.86

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$466B

Day's Range

$509.11 - $520.42

52wk Range

$465.59 - $601.77

Volume

189K

Avg Vol

3.7M

Gross Margin

96.52%

Dividend Yield

0.60%

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Market cap: $468.23 billion (as of March 5)
Revenue (TTM): $32.8 billion
Gross profit (TTM): $25.5 billion
Five-year annualized return: 8.39%
Year founded: 1966

Mastercard (MA -0.86%) is a payment network and Visa's closest competitor. It's accepted in more than 210 countries, and it processed 210 billion transactions in 2025.

In February 2025, Mastercard announced it would remove the 16-digit card numbers from its credit and debit cards by 2030. It will replace them with tokenization, where each card has a unique encrypted token instead of a number. The change is expected to make payment card fraud more difficult.

5. Bank of America

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NYSE: BAC

Bank of America

Today's Change

(-1.52%) $-0.74

Current Price

$47.90

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$349B

Day's Range

$46.77 - $48.15

52wk Range

$33.06 - $57.55

Volume

63M

Avg Vol

40M

Dividend Yield

2.80%

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Market cap: $363.74 billion (as of March 5)
Revenue (TTM): $113.1 billion
Five-year annualized return: 6.62%
Year founded: 1904 (Bank of Italy), 1998 (merger of NationsBank and Bank of America)

Bank of America (BAC -1.52%) is the second-largest bank in the U.S., offering banking services, loans, and credit cards. During the Great Recession, Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch for approximately $50 billion, expanding its investment banking and wealth management segments.

This big bank has prioritized expansion over the last decade. Between 2014 and 2024, it invested more than $5 billion in financial center expansion to enter new markets nationwide.

6. HSBC

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NYSE: HSBC

HSBC Holdings

Today's Change

(1.75%) $1.48

Current Price

$85.53

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$289B

Day's Range

$82.42 - $85.83

52wk Range

$45.66 - $94.80

Volume

121K

Avg Vol

2.1M

Dividend Yield

3.93%

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Market cap: $293.95 billion (as of March 5)
Revenue (TTM): $70.0 billion
Five-year annualized return: 24.04%
Year founded: 1935

Headquartered in London, HSBC (HSBC +1.75%) is the largest bank in Europe, with $3.2 trillion in AUM at the end of 2025. It has a strong international presence, serving around 41 million customers in more than 50 markets.

HSBC has restructured its business to focus more on Asia and the Middle East. It closed some investment banking units in the U.S., U.K., and Europe, and it cut some of its senior staff.

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OTC: IDCBF

Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China

Today's Change

(-0.01%) $-0.00

Current Price

$0.81

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$289B

Day's Range

$0.78 - $0.81

52wk Range

$0.60 - $0.88

Volume

1.6K

Avg Vol

4.2K

Dividend Yield

5.31%

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Market cap: $290.45 billion (as of March 5)
Revenue (TTM): $120.3 billion*
Five-year annualized return: 4.24%
Year founded: 1984

*Converted from Chinese yuan.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (IDCBF -0.01%), or ICBC, was the largest bank in the world by total assets, with about $7.4 trillion in AUM as of the third quarter of 2025. The Chinese government owns a majority stake in ICBC.

Chinese banks, including ICBC, had a challenging 2025. To support the country's economy, they needed to offer cheap lending and loan subsidies, which cut into their profitability.

8. China Construction Bank

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OTC: CICHF

China Construction Bank

Today's Change

(1.76%) $0.02

Current Price

$0.98

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$253B

Day's Range

$0.93 - $0.98

52wk Range

$0.76 - $1.31

Volume

2.9K

Avg Vol

66K

Dividend Yield

5.64%

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Market cap: $269.45 billion (as of March 5)
Revenue (TTM): $109.3 billion*
Five-year annualized return: 3.55%
Year founded: 1954

*Converted from Chinese yuan.

China Construction Bank (CICHF +1.76%) is the third-largest bank in China and the world. Like the other biggest Chinese banks, it's partially owned by the state.

Bank of America previously owned a portion of China Construction Bank, purchasing a 9% stake in 2005 for $3 billion. It later began selling its stake, and it had sold the last of its shares in 2013.

9. Morgan Stanley

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NYSE: MS

Morgan Stanley

Today's Change

(0.11%) $0.18

Current Price

$160.45

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$254B

Day's Range

$154.07 - $161.85

52wk Range

$94.33 - $192.68

Volume

7.5M

Avg Vol

Dividend Yield

2.45%

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Market cap: $258.11 billion (as of March 5)
Revenue (TTM): $66.0 billion
Five-year annualized return: 15.62%
Year founded: 1935

Morgan Stanley (MS +0.11%) is an investment bank operating in over 40 countries with more than 80,000 employees. Its three business segments are institutional securities, wealth management, and investment management.

This bank was originally part of JPMorgan Chase until the passage of the Glass-Steagall Act, which prohibited a single entity from engaging in both commercial and investment banking. JPMorgan Chase took the commercial banking business, while some employees left to form Morgan Stanley and provide investment banking services.

10. Wells Fargo

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NYSE: WFC

Wells Fargo

Today's Change

(-2.08%) $-1.67

Current Price

$78.75

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$248B

Day's Range

$76.87 - $79.79

52wk Range

$58.42 - $97.76

Volume

1.1M

Avg Vol

16M

Dividend Yield

2.18%

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Market cap: $257.75 billion (as of March 5)
Revenue (TTM): $83.7 billion
Five-year annualized return: 17.70%
Year founded: 1852

Wells Fargo (WFC -2.08%) is the fourth-largest bank in the U.S. by total assets, after JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup (C +0.12%). It had approximately $2.1 trillion in AUM as of the end of 2025. Products include bank accounts, credit cards, and home, auto, and personal loans. It also offers investing and wealth management services.

This bank has been involved in some high-profile issues. One of the most widely reported cases was an account fraud scandal discovered in late 2016, where employees opened fraudulent accounts for clients without their knowledge.

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The Largest Financial Companies by Market Cap in March 2026

Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase, and Visa lead the financials sector.

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3. Visa

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5. Bank of America

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6. HSBC

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8. China Construction Bank

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9. Morgan Stanley

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10. Wells Fargo

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Largest companies by market cap in the financial sector

1. Berkshire Hathaway

2. JPMorgan Chase

3. Visa

4. Mastercard

7. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

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5. Bank of America

6. HSBC

8. China Construction Bank

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