Fortune - USA (2019-11)

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FORTUNE.COM // NOVEMBER 2019

T HE FU TURE 50 —THE LIS T

T HE 5 0

COMPANIES

B Y

SECTOR

COMMUNICATION SERVICES

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

CONSUMER STAPLES

HEALTH CARE

INDUSTRIALS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

RE AL ESTATE

GOING FOR GROWTH

Our proprietary methodology zeroed in on the 50 global firms best poised to deliver above-

average gains. Here, they are presented two ways: below, ranked in order by “vitality” score;

and on the pages that follow, grouped by business focus.

1

VITALITY SCORE: 4.1

Ctrip.com

(^8) International

2.6 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

9 Salesforce

2.6

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

Live Nation

(^16) Entertainment

2.0 COMMUNICATION SERVICES

17 Xilinx

2.0

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

25 Adobe

1.8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

26 Nvidia

1.7

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

BOE Technology

(^34) Group

1.5 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Yonghui

(^35) Superstores

1.4

CONSUMER

STAPLES

43 Visa

1.3 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Booking

(^44) Holdings

1.3

CONSUMER

DISCRETIONARY

7 Xiaomi

3.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Foshan Haitian

Flavouring &

Food

15

2.0 CONSUMER STAPLES

24 PayPal

1.8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

33 Expedia

1.5 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

42 VMware

1.3 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

6 Atlassian

3.2

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

Jiangsu

Hengrui

Medicine

14

2.1 HEALTH CARE

Intuitive

(^23) Surgical

1.8 HEALTH CARE

32 S. F. Holding

1.5 INDUSTRIALS

Alexion

(^41) Pharmaceuticals

1.3 HEALTH CARE

Sunac China

(^50) Holdings

1.7 RE AL ESTATE

5 Spotify

3.4 COMMUNICATION SERVICES

13 Twitter

2.1 COMMUNICATION SERVICES

22 China Tower

1.9 COMMUNICATION SERVICES

31 Amazon.com

1.6 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

40 Rakuten

1.3 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

49 Facebook

2.7 COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Contemporary

Amperex

Technology

4

3.4 INDUSTRIALS

12 Tencent Holdings

2.1

COMMUNICATION

SERVICES

21 Intuit

1.9

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

30 Transurban

1.6 INDUSTRIALS

Kweichow

(^39) Moutai

1.3

CONSUMER

STAPLES

48 Tesla

2.8

CONSUMER

DISCRETIONARY

3 ServiceNow

3.7 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Alibaba Group

(^11) Holding

2.4 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

Dassault

(^20) Systèmes

1.9 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Edwards

(^29) Lifesciences

1.6 HEALTH CARE

38 Paychex

1.4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

47 CDW

0.5 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2 Square

3.7

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

Vertex

(^10) Pharmaceuticals

2.6 HEALTH CARE

19 NetEase

2.0

COMMUNICATION

SERVICES

28 Illumina

1.6 HEALTH CARE

37 Wuliangye Yibin

1.4

CONSUMER

STAPLES

46 Accenture

0.8

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

18 Alphabet

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2.0 COMMUNICATION SERVICES

27 Autodesk

1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

36 Fortive

1.4 INDUSTRIALS

Longfor Group

(^45) Holdings

1.2 RE AL ESTATE

Wor kday

Tesla, Facebook,

and Sunac China

are ranked lower

than their vital-

ity scores would

indicate because

each faces special

circumstances

that place it in a

“higher uncertainty

zone.”