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…in terms of market cap.

At market close today, shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) closed at $380.48 (-2.93, -0.76%). Apple’s market value now stands at $352.74 billion.

Also at the close of trading today, Google Inc. (GOOG) shares closed at $539.00 (-18.23, -3.27%) putting Google’s market value at $174.04 billion or less than half that of Apple’s.

The top five U.S. publicly-traded companies, based on market value:

1. Exxon Mobil (XOM) – $357.37B
2. Apple (AAPL) – $352.74B
3. Microsoft (MSFT) – $212.39B
4. IBM (IBM) – $204.51B
5. Wal-Mart (WMT) – $180.30B

Some perspective…

• Google (GOOG) – $174.04B
• GE (GE) – $171.20B
• Intel (INTC) – $109.17BB
• Amazon (AMZN) – $89.73B
• Cisco (CSCO) – $87.65B
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) – $67.64B
• Disney (DIS) – $62.03B
• Dell (DELL) – $29.82B
• Sony (SNE) – $22.04B
• Nokia (NOK) – $22.59B
• Yahoo! (YHOO) – $17.02B
• Research In Motion (RIMM) – $14.03B
• Adobe (ADBE) – $12.16B
• Motorola Mobility (MMI) – $11.29B
• Sirius XM (SIRI) – $7.16B
• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) – $4.38B
• RealNetworks (RNWK) – $0.427B