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Gross Profit History Chart
Chart any stock's 10-year gross profit in one view, with a gross margin overlay and an Expanding/Stable/Contracting verdict. Auto-populates from Yahoo Finance. Pair it with the operating income history chart and the revenue history chart.
How to Read the Gross Profit Trend
Gross profit — revenue minus the cost of goods sold — is the first and highest measure of a company's profitability. It captures what the business earns after paying only for the direct cost of producing its goods or delivering its services, before any overhead, financing, or tax enters the picture. That makes it the purest signal of pricing power and production economics.
The bars on this chart are colored green when gross profit grew year-over-year and red when it declined. But absolute dollars alone can mislead: a $5B gross profit is exceptional for a niche manufacturer and modest for a global retailer. That is why this chart overlays the gross margin as a line — gross profit as a percentage of revenue. A rising margin means the business is keeping more of each revenue dollar after production costs, a key sign of pricing power or scale economics. A falling margin means costs are rising faster than prices, often an early warning of competitive pressure.
The 3-year CAGR and verdict badge (Expanding / Stable / Contracting) give a quick directional read without requiring you to eyeball multi-year trends. Pair this chart with the operating income history chart to see how overhead erodes gross profit on its way to operating income, and with the net income history chart to see how financing costs and taxes translate into bottom-line results.
Related Tools
Complete the profitability picture with these related tools:
- Operating Income History Chart — core profitability after overhead, over 10 years
- EBITDA History Chart — 10 years of annual EBITDA with margin overlay
- Net Income History Chart — bottom-line profitability over 10 years
- Gross Margin History Chart — gross margin trend in isolation
- Revenue History Chart — the top line that drives the margin calculation
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the gross profit history chart show?
It plots up to 10 fiscal years of a company's annual gross profit (revenue minus cost of goods sold) as colored bars, with the gross margin (gross profit divided by revenue) overlaid as a line. Together they reveal both the absolute scale of production profitability and whether pricing power is strengthening or eroding relative to revenue.
What do the bar colors mean?
Bars are colored by year-over-year change in gross profit. Green means gross profit grew versus the prior year. Red means it shrank. The first year shown is amber because there is no prior year to compare against.
What is the Expanding / Stable / Contracting verdict?
The verdict is derived from the 3-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of gross profit. A 3-year CAGR above 5% earns 'Expanding'; below 0% is 'Contracting'; between 0% and 5% is 'Stable'. This gives a quick read on whether the business's pricing power and production economics are gaining or losing ground.
How does gross profit differ from operating income or net income?
Gross profit is the highest line of profitability — revenue minus the direct cost of goods sold, before any operating expenses, interest, or tax. It isolates pricing power and production efficiency. Operating income then subtracts overhead like R&D and SG&A, and net income subtracts interest and tax. A company can grow gross profit while operating income falls if its overhead is ballooning, which is why tracking the gross line separately matters.
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