U.S. non-financial companies held $1.73 trillion of cash at the end of 2014

U.S. non-financial companies held $1.73 trillion of cash at the end of 2014, up 4% from $1.67 trillion at the end of 2013, according to Moody’s. These are the companies that have the largest cash piles.

	Total Cash	Total Cash
	2014	2013
Merck	$29.2	$27.3
Medtronic	$31.1	$13.7
Qualcomm	$31.6	$31.6
Johnson & Johnson	$33.1	$29.2
Oracle	$44.7	$37.0
Cisco	$53.0	$47.1
Pfizer	$53.6	$48.8
Google	$64.4	$58.7
Microsoft	$90.2	$83.9
Apple	$178.0	$158.8

Source: http://www3.forbes.com/investing/the-10-companies-with-the-largest-cash-piles/11/