A single quarter tells you little about whether a company is improving. Earnings Trends places a company's past results side by side so you can read the direction of change. Available for both Japanese and US stocks.

Eight views

Profitability — how much is sold, and how much is kept. Rising revenue with falling margins points to discounting or rising costs
Soundness — how much of the business is carried by its own capital rather than debt
Capital structure — what the company holds and where the money came from, and whether assets match the debts due in the short term
Per share — what one share earns and what it owns. Also shows whether share issues or buybacks have diluted the per-share claim
Efficiency — how well assets and capital are turned into profit
Cash flow — where the cash generated went. Profits without matching operating cash flow may be tied up in receivables or inventory
Shareholder returns — how much of the earnings reached shareholders. A rising dividend alongside a rising payout ratio can mean the payout is being stretched
Valuation — how the share price compares with earning power, measured against the company's own history

Using the page

Each section switches between annual and quarterly. Japanese quarterly filings are cumulative from the start of the fiscal year, so the quarterly view also offers a standalone/cumulative toggle. On desktop you can show five or ten periods and step further back with the arrows.

Open it from the Earnings tab on a stock page, or from Earnings Trends in the left menu.

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Earnings Trends: follow a company's results across eight views