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EPS History Chart
Chart any stock's diluted earnings per share — quarterly or annual — alongside its period-over-period growth in one view. Auto-populates from Yahoo Finance. Pair it with the P/E calculator and the revenue history chart for full context.
How to Read Earnings Per Share Trends
Earnings per share is the bottom line of the income statement expressed on a per-share basis — net income divided by the share count. Tracking diluted EPS quarter by quarter and year by year shows whether the company's profitability per share is compounding, stalling, or deteriorating. The bars show the absolute EPS; the orange line shows the period-over-period growth rate, which is often where the story turns first.
Quarterly EPS is frequently seasonal — retailers earn most of their profit in the December quarter, for example — so read the annual view to strip seasonality out, and use the quarterly view to catch a turn early. EPS can also be flattered by buybacks shrinking the share count even when net income is flat, so confirm the top line is growing too in the revenue history chart.
Once you have the earnings trend, turn it into a valuation with the P/E calculator, compound the growth rate with the CAGR calculator, or anchor the whole thesis with a full DCF model.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the EPS history chart show?
It plots a company's diluted earnings per share over time as bars, with a line tracking the period-over-period growth rate. Toggle between up to five years of quarterly EPS and up to ten years of annual EPS to see both the near-term trajectory and the long-run earnings trend.
What is diluted EPS?
Diluted earnings per share divides a company's net income by its fully diluted share count — the shares outstanding plus everything convertible into stock (options, warrants, convertible notes). It is the more conservative figure than basic EPS because it assumes every potential share is issued, so it best reflects the earnings actually attributable to each share you own.
How is EPS growth calculated here?
For the quarterly view, growth is the quarter-over-quarter change: (current EPS − prior quarter EPS) ÷ the absolute prior EPS, as a percentage. The annual view uses year-over-year change the same way. Because EPS can be negative in a loss-making period, the growth rate is measured against the magnitude of the prior figure and is left blank for the oldest period, which has nothing before it to compare against.
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