Top Companies by Total Equity — Consumer Defensive

Total equity — also called stockholders' equity or book value — equals total assets minus total liabilities at the end of the most recent reported quarter. It represents the accounting claim of shareholders on the company's assets after every other obligation is settled. This is a balance-sheet snapshot, refreshed each filing.

Total equity is the denominator of the price-to-book ratio and a common starting point for intrinsic-value frameworks. It differs from market capitalization, which is the equity value the stock market currently assigns. For the gross sides of the equation see total assets and total liabilities. Values are ranked in USD after period-average FX translation (IAS 21). Rankings USD translation methodology · IFRS IAS 21 (official)