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FORTUNE.COM // NOVEMBER 2019
T HE FU TURE 50 —THE LIS T
T H E 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.”