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Tangible Vs. Intangible Assets for S&P 500 Companies, 1975–2018
The S&P 500 & Intangible Assets
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*Five Largest Global Companies by Market Cap as of December 31, 2018.
1975
1985
1995
2005
2018
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Five largest global companies by market cap
IBM
Exxon Mobil
Procter & Gamble
GE
3M
IBM
Exxon Mobil
GE
Schlumberger
Chevron
GE
Exxon Mobil
Coca-Cola
Attria
Walmart
GE
Exxon Mobil
Microsoft
Citigroup
Walmart
Apple
Alphabet
Microsoft
Amazon
Facebook
Tangible Assets
•Easy to value
•Thick and efficient
secondary markets
•Insurable
Intangible Assets
• Difficult to value
• Thin and inefficient secondary markets
• Difficult to Insure
1975
1985
1995
2005
2018
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1975
1985
1995
2005
2018
25.03T
11.6T
4.59T
1.5T
715B
122B
594B
482B
1.02T
3.12T
1.47T
9.28T
2.32T
21.03T
4.00T
Source: Ponemon Institute 2019 Intangible Assets Financial Statement Impact Comparison Report