growth term

Revenue Growth

The rate at which a company’s sales increase over a comparable prior period.

Category

growth

Applies to

Companies, Sectors, Indices

Related sectors

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Linked companies

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Why it matters

Investor context

Revenue growth helps investors separate expanding demand stories from businesses relying mainly on cost cuts or financial engineering.

Formula

Calculation pattern

(current revenue − prior revenue) ÷ prior revenue

Sector context

Sectors where this term is common

Issuer examples

Companies using this lens

Alphabet Inc.

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A global internet platform company spanning search, advertising, cloud, YouTube, and frontier bets, with strong operating leverage across digital ecosystems.

Apple Inc.

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A global consumer-technology company spanning hardware, software, services, and wearables, with one of the strongest cash-flow profiles in public markets.

AstraZeneca PLC

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A global biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, immunology, and rare disease therapies.

Infosys Limited

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A global IT services and consulting company with meaningful exposure to enterprise modernization, outsourcing, and digital transformation spending.

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton

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The world’s largest luxury goods group, spanning fashion, leather goods, jewelry, cosmetics, wines, and spirits.

Microsoft Corporation

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A diversified software and cloud platform leader with durable enterprise franchises, large recurring revenue streams, and significant AI infrastructure leverage.

NVIDIA Corporation

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A leading accelerated-computing and semiconductor platform company benefiting from data-center AI demand and high-margin GPU ecosystems.

Reliance Industries Limited

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A sprawling Indian conglomerate spanning refining, petrochemicals, retail, telecom, and digital services.

Shopify Inc.

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A commerce software platform powering online storefronts, merchant services, and multi-channel retail infrastructure.

Sony Group Corporation

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A diversified entertainment, gaming, music, image-sensor, and electronics company with multiple premium brand ecosystems.

Tencent Holdings Limited

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A major internet platform with exposure to social media, gaming, fintech, cloud, and digital content ecosystems.

Market context

Markets where this concept shows up

Benchmark context

Indices where the concept matters