Blue-Chip Bets: 3 Stocks to Buy from the Biggest U.S. Employers

One of my favorite infographic websites is VisusalCapitalist.com, a Vancouver-based online publisher that uses visuals to tell business stories. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. On April 15, it published an infographic detailing the U.S. blue-chip stocks with the largest number of employees. With rare exceptions, when a company consistently grows its headcount over the long haul, it’s generally a well-run business with growing revenues and profits. So I bet you can guess who the number one employer in the U.S. is. Yes, it’s Walmart (NYSE: WMT ). Walmart’s latest proxy statement said it had 2.2 million employees as of Dec. 31, 2022, while Visual Capitalist says it’s 2.1 million. Either way, it’s a lot. Here are three other top choices for blue-chip stocks that also employ a large workforce. Home Depot (HD) Source: Cassiohabib / Shutterstock.com According to the Visual Capitalist, Home Depot (NYSE: HD ) is the fourth-largest U.S. employer, with approximately 470,000 employees....

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