How to read the earnings table

The earnings table is the heart of a stock page. Here is what each column means.

Quarterly columns

• Quarter - the fiscal quarter. Click the header to flip newest-first or oldest-first. Rows marked with a \* are analyst estimates, not reported yet.
• EPS - earnings per share for the quarter
• %Chg (next to EPS) - EPS growth versus the same quarter a year ago
• %Surp (next to EPS) - on reported rows, how much EPS beat or missed the estimate. On estimate rows, an arrow shows which way analysts have revised the number since the earliest reading.
• Sales - total revenue for the period
• %Chg (next to Sales) - revenue growth versus the same quarter a year ago
• %Surp (next to Sales) - the same beat, miss, or revision arrow, for revenue

Green means a beat or an increase; red means a miss or a decline.

Expand a row

Click any quarter to open the report date, GAAP EPS, whether it reported before or after the bell, and, for estimates, how many analysts are behind the number and how it has been revised.

Annual table

Turn on the Annual Table in Settings to get the same EPS, revenue, and year-over-year growth by fiscal year.

Turnaround highlight

When a company swings from losses back to profit, that quarter is highlighted so the turn is easy to spot.