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Corporate Profits in the aftermath of COVID-19, Accessible Data
Figure 1: Non-Financial Corporate Profit Margins
Year and Quarter | Non-Financial Corporate Profit Margins |
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1980q1 | 0.1407602 |
1980q2 | 0.1124853 |
1980q3 | 0.1217856 |
1980q4 | 0.1274677 |
1981q1 | 0.1277734 |
1981q2 | 0.1182914 |
1981q3 | 0.1214497 |
1981q4 | 0.1126695 |
1982q1 | 0.1003647 |
1982q2 | 0.0997606 |
1982q3 | 0.0986537 |
1982q4 | 0.0911712 |
1983q1 | 0.0927128 |
1983q2 | 0.1078576 |
1983q3 | 0.1181372 |
1983q4 | 0.1190400 |
1984q1 | 0.1272978 |
1984q2 | 0.1264582 |
1984q3 | 0.1181071 |
1984q4 | 0.1188302 |
1985q1 | 0.1168079 |
1985q2 | 0.1137720 |
1985q3 | 0.1163287 |
1985q4 | 0.1108509 |
1986q1 | 0.0920309 |
1986q2 | 0.0887644 |
1986q3 | 0.0878402 |
1986q4 | 0.0934596 |
1987q1 | 0.0970982 |
1987q2 | 0.1051688 |
1987q3 | 0.1089446 |
1987q4 | 0.1057543 |
1988q1 | 0.1090425 |
1988q2 | 0.1099558 |
1988q3 | 0.1093104 |
1988q4 | 0.1116417 |
1989q1 | 0.1073881 |
1989q2 | 0.0989056 |
1989q3 | 0.0907098 |
1989q4 | 0.0879058 |
1990q1 | 0.0863983 |
1990q2 | 0.0873369 |
1990q3 | 0.0897982 |
1990q4 | 0.0849641 |
1991q1 | 0.0806225 |
1991q2 | 0.0812969 |
1991q3 | 0.0825075 |
1991q4 | 0.0813135 |
1992q1 | 0.0821445 |
1992q2 | 0.0878202 |
1992q3 | 0.0840687 |
1992q4 | 0.0892903 |
1993q1 | 0.0899122 |
1993q2 | 0.0975067 |
1993q3 | 0.0963789 |
1993q4 | 0.1069480 |
1994q1 | 0.1098555 |
1994q2 | 0.1141738 |
1994q3 | 0.1188516 |
1994q4 | 0.1237902 |
1995q1 | 0.1234122 |
1995q2 | 0.1227166 |
1995q3 | 0.1247291 |
1995q4 | 0.1231927 |
1996q1 | 0.1257063 |
1996q2 | 0.1271996 |
1996q3 | 0.1254834 |
1996q4 | 0.1267618 |
1997q1 | 0.1248439 |
1997q2 | 0.1250286 |
1997q3 | 0.1296859 |
1997q4 | 0.1262244 |
1998q1 | 0.1134870 |
1998q2 | 0.1129028 |
1998q3 | 0.1140105 |
1998q4 | 0.1080403 |
1999q1 | 0.1080607 |
1999q2 | 0.1102664 |
1999q3 | 0.1065943 |
1999q4 | 0.1046463 |
2000q1 | 0.0989805 |
2000q2 | 0.0965513 |
2000q3 | 0.0882744 |
2000q4 | 0.0804703 |
2001q1 | 0.0767177 |
2001q2 | 0.0747589 |
2001q3 | 0.0692687 |
2001q4 | 0.0554640 |
2002q1 | 0.0701045 |
2002q2 | 0.0805293 |
2002q3 | 0.0884257 |
2002q4 | 0.0987056 |
2003q1 | 0.1007598 |
2003q2 | 0.1010758 |
2003q3 | 0.1072669 |
2003q4 | 0.1125785 |
2004q1 | 0.1225559 |
2004q2 | 0.1310278 |
2004q3 | 0.1334386 |
2004q4 | 0.1323281 |
2005q1 | 0.1369985 |
2005q2 | 0.1406158 |
2005q3 | 0.1354606 |
2005q4 | 0.1502451 |
2006q1 | 0.1499558 |
2006q2 | 0.1517988 |
2006q3 | 0.1586695 |
2006q4 | 0.1439809 |
2007q1 | 0.1412364 |
2007q2 | 0.1422085 |
2007q3 | 0.1251161 |
2007q4 | 0.1297914 |
2008q1 | 0.1275121 |
2008q2 | 0.1307785 |
2008q3 | 0.1321349 |
2008q4 | 0.0803038 |
2009q1 | 0.0874841 |
2009q2 | 0.0924628 |
2009q3 | 0.1038302 |
2009q4 | 0.1254318 |
2010q1 | 0.1335498 |
2010q2 | 0.1334663 |
2010q3 | 0.1435211 |
2010q4 | 0.1472939 |
2011q1 | 0.1424924 |
2011q2 | 0.1493246 |
2011q3 | 0.1445229 |
2011q4 | 0.1452788 |
2012q1 | 0.1477245 |
2012q2 | 0.1435000 |
2012q3 | 0.1434235 |
2012q4 | 0.1428338 |
2013q1 | 0.1460814 |
2013q2 | 0.1430221 |
2013q3 | 0.1433651 |
2013q4 | 0.1432733 |
2014q1 | 0.1378929 |
2014q2 | 0.1438187 |
2014q3 | 0.1494379 |
2014q4 | 0.1457270 |
2015q1 | 0.1332113 |
2015q2 | 0.1361220 |
2015q3 | 0.1360388 |
2015q4 | 0.1211031 |
2016q1 | 0.1311576 |
2016q2 | 0.1310685 |
2016q3 | 0.1276983 |
2016q4 | 0.1245769 |
2017q1 | 0.1320405 |
2017q2 | 0.1288049 |
2017q3 | 0.1263819 |
2017q4 | 0.1323439 |
2018q1 | 0.1320824 |
2018q2 | 0.1360842 |
2018q3 | 0.1376943 |
2018q4 | 0.1385621 |
2019q1 | 0.1247817 |
2019q2 | 0.1274630 |
2019q3 | 0.1240295 |
2019q4 | 0.1329211 |
2020q1 | 0.1127696 |
2020q2 | 0.1178756 |
2020q3 | 0.1650798 |
2020q4 | 0.1493884 |
2021q1 | 0.1732795 |
2021q2 | 0.1916079 |
2021q3 | 0.1805591 |
2021q4 | 0.1695058 |
2022q1 | 0.1710141 |
2022q2 | 0.1796474 |
2022q3 | 0.1614151 |
2022q4 | 0.1508983 |
Note: This figure depicts the aggregate non-financial corporate profit margins adjusted for capital consumption for the period 1980q1-2022q4.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 2: Non-Financial Corporate Profit Margins
Government Component (top panel)
Year and Quarter | Actual (left scale) | 2019q4 (left scale) | Govt Subsidy/GDP (right scale) |
---|---|---|---|
1980q1 | 0.0800821 | -0.00317 | |
1980q2 | 0.0841683 | -0.00332 | |
1980q3 | 0.0839844 | -0.0034 | |
1980q4 | 0.0839695 | -0.00333 | |
1981q1 | 0.0858209 | -0.00326 | |
1981q2 | 0.0877514 | -0.00326 | |
1981q3 | 0.0879713 | -0.00329 | |
1981q4 | 0.0880282 | -0.00399 | |
1982q1 | 0.0885417 | -0.00414 | |
1982q2 | 0.0857633 | -0.00395 | |
1982q3 | 0.0864407 | -0.00374 | |
1982q4 | 0.0879865 | -0.00557 | |
1983q1 | 0.089527 | -0.0056 | |
1983q2 | 0.0890756 | -0.00591 | |
1983q3 | 0.0901503 | -0.0059 | |
1983q4 | 0.0895522 | -0.00556 | |
1984q1 | 0.0885246 | -0.00533 | |
1984q2 | 0.0880914 | -0.00514 | |
1984q3 | 0.0875203 | -0.00502 | |
1984q4 | 0.0872375 | -0.00501 | |
1985q1 | 0.0884244 | -0.00491 | |
1985q2 | 0.0896 | -0.00481 | |
1985q3 | 0.0894569 | -0.00479 | |
1985q4 | 0.09062 | -0.00488 | |
1986q1 | 0.0935024 | -0.00506 | |
1986q2 | 0.0932069 | -0.00525 | |
1986q3 | 0.0943396 | -0.00546 | |
1986q4 | 0.0941915 | -0.0057 | |
1987q1 | 0.0950156 | -0.00593 | |
1987q2 | 0.0931677 | -0.00628 | |
1987q3 | 0.0928793 | -0.00635 | |
1987q4 | 0.0923077 | -0.00615 | |
1988q1 | 0.0918836 | -0.00592 | |
1988q2 | 0.0911854 | -0.00568 | |
1988q3 | 0.0900901 | -0.00547 | |
1988q4 | 0.0896861 | -0.00522 | |
1989q1 | 0.0905044 | -0.005 | |
1989q2 | 0.0895742 | -0.00481 | |
1989q3 | 0.0905109 | -0.00469 | |
1989q4 | 0.0901163 | -0.00468 | |
1990q1 | 0.0905172 | -0.00456 | |
1990q2 | 0.0896159 | -0.00446 | |
1990q3 | 0.0918079 | -0.00441 | |
1990q4 | 0.0930889 | -0.00443 | |
1991q1 | 0.0948396 | -0.00443 | |
1991q2 | 0.0955679 | -0.00437 | |
1991q3 | 0.0964187 | -0.00436 | |
1991q4 | 0.0975275 | -0.00442 | |
1992q1 | 0.0989011 | -0.00443 | |
1992q2 | 0.0983607 | -0.00446 | |
1992q3 | 0.0993197 | -0.00457 | |
1992q4 | 0.0987821 | -0.00476 | |
1993q1 | 0.0994624 | -0.00522 | |
1993q2 | 0.0977242 | -0.00546 | |
1993q3 | 0.0985353 | -0.00542 | |
1993q4 | 0.0993378 | -0.00508 | |
1994q1 | 0.1015831 | -0.00467 | |
1994q2 | 0.1013158 | -0.00442 | |
1994q3 | 0.1007853 | -0.00431 | |
1994q4 | 0.0992167 | -0.00428 | |
1995q1 | 0.0976563 | -0.00447 | |
1995q2 | 0.0962289 | -0.00452 | |
1995q3 | 0.0946822 | -0.00453 | |
1995q4 | 0.0959792 | -0.00453 | |
1996q1 | 0.0957309 | -0.00447 | |
1996q2 | 0.0956072 | -0.00437 | |
1996q3 | 0.0945596 | -0.00429 | |
1996q4 | 0.0957309 | -0.00417 | |
1997q1 | 0.0939511 | -0.00406 | |
1997q2 | 0.0940722 | -0.0039 | |
1997q3 | 0.092545 | -0.00381 | |
1997q4 | 0.0912596 | -0.0038 | |
1998q1 | 0.0899743 | -0.00376 | |
1998q2 | 0.0886889 | -0.00385 | |
1998q3 | 0.0883483 | -0.00398 | |
1998q4 | 0.0907928 | -0.00424 | |
1999q1 | 0.0904459 | -0.00447 | |
1999q2 | 0.0903308 | -0.00468 | |
1999q3 | 0.0914867 | -0.00475 | |
1999q4 | 0.0912547 | -0.00469 | |
2000q1 | 0.0895334 | -0.00446 | |
2000q2 | 0.09 | -0.00439 | |
2000q3 | 0.0896638 | -0.00439 | |
2000q4 | 0.0905707 | -0.00445 | |
2001q1 | 0.0907976 | -0.00451 | |
2001q2 | 0.0895706 | -0.00449 | |
2001q3 | 0.0884521 | -0.00626 | |
2001q4 | 0.0947109 | -0.00404 | |
2002q1 | 0.0934809 | -0.00378 | |
2002q2 | 0.0933661 | -0.0036 | |
2002q3 | 0.094132 | -0.00361 | |
2002q4 | 0.0948905 | -0.00382 | |
2003q1 | 0.0972053 | -0.00421 | |
2003q2 | 0.0959903 | -0.00502 | |
2003q3 | 0.0979444 | -0.00406 | |
2003q4 | 0.0965018 | -0.00383 | |
2004q1 | 0.0971223 | -0.00368 | |
2004q2 | 0.0964286 | -0.00357 | |
2004q3 | 0.0960854 | -0.00366 | |
2004q4 | 0.0975323 | -0.00414 | |
2005q1 | 0.0990676 | -0.00441 | |
2005q2 | 0.1004619 | -0.00467 | |
2005q3 | 0.1003421 | -0.00469 | |
2005q4 | 0.0987514 | -0.00479 | |
2006q1 | 0.0981941 | -0.00407 | |
2006q2 | 0.0974244 | -0.00372 | |
2006q3 | 0.0967742 | -0.00357 | |
2006q4 | 0.0965594 | -0.00344 | |
2007q1 | 0.0959206 | -0.00335 | |
2007q2 | 0.0953947 | -0.0033 | |
2007q3 | 0.0958606 | -0.00324 | |
2007q4 | 0.0955483 | -0.00323 | |
2008q1 | 0.0940541 | -0.00326 | |
2008q2 | 0.0940541 | -0.00328 | |
2008q3 | 0.0919786 | -0.00335 | |
2008q4 | 0.093981 | -0.00355 | |
2009q1 | 0.0954879 | -0.0037 | |
2009q2 | 0.0983087 | -0.00377 | |
2009q3 | 0.096603 | -0.00456 | |
2009q4 | 0.097561 | -0.00371 | |
2010q1 | 0.0983087 | -0.0036 | |
2010q2 | 0.0987395 | -0.00356 | |
2010q3 | 0.0967742 | -0.00359 | |
2010q4 | 0.0980392 | -0.00366 | |
2011q1 | 0.099897 | -0.00378 | |
2011q2 | 0.0981595 | -0.00382 | |
2011q3 | 0.097561 | -0.00382 | |
2011q4 | 0.0984772 | -0.00383 | |
2012q1 | 0.0978809 | -0.00361 | |
2012q2 | 0.0960961 | -0.00355 | |
2012q3 | 0.0965174 | -0.00342 | |
2012q4 | 0.0955224 | -0.00359 | |
2013q1 | 0.0987167 | -0.00354 | |
2013q2 | 0.0979228 | -0.00357 | |
2013q3 | 0.0987167 | -0.00352 | |
2013q4 | 0.0992142 | -0.00344 | |
2014q1 | 0.0979432 | -0.0034 | |
2014q2 | 0.0969932 | -0.00332 | |
2014q3 | 0.0956522 | -0.00325 | |
2014q4 | 0.0956522 | -0.00316 | |
2015q1 | 0.0938104 | -0.00308 | |
2015q2 | 0.0932692 | -0.00307 | |
2015q3 | 0.093001 | -0.00312 | |
2015q4 | 0.1024904 | -0.00317 | |
2016q1 | 0.0917874 | -0.00327 | |
2016q2 | 0.0925573 | -0.00332 | |
2016q3 | 0.0925573 | -0.00333 | |
2016q4 | 0.095373 | -0.00318 | |
2017q1 | 0.094162 | -0.00307 | |
2017q2 | 0.0961357 | -0.00298 | |
2017q3 | 0.0955056 | -0.00314 | |
2017q4 | 0.0959032 | -0.003 | |
2018q1 | 0.0974026 | -0.00288 | |
2018q2 | 0.096242 | -0.00282 | |
2018q3 | 0.096242 | -0.00277 | |
2018q4 | 0.0958904 | -0.00374 | |
2019q1 | 0.0970962 | -0.00326 | |
2019q2 | 0.0956679 | -0.00274 | |
2019q3 | 0.0981098 | -0.00374 | |
2019q4 | 0.0951526 | -0.00378 | |
2020q1 | 0.0944245 | 0.0951526 | -0.00371 |
2020q2 | 0.0383929 | 0.0951526 | -0.04969 |
2020q3 | 0.0363153 | 0.0951526 | -0.0519 |
2020q4 | 0.0741395 | 0.0951526 | -0.02129 |
2021q1 | 0.0768559 | 0.0951526 | -0.01736 |
2021q2 | 0.067637 | 0.0951526 | -0.03011 |
2021q3 | 0.0747271 | 0.0951526 | -0.02317 |
2021q4 | 0.0814145 | 0.0951526 | -0.01184 |
2022q1 | 0.0878594 | 0.0951526 | -0.00584 |
2022q2 | 0.0884406 | 0.0951526 | -0.00487 |
2022q3 | 0.0874904 | 0.0951526 | -0.00442 |
2022q4 | 0.0870894 | 0.0951526 | -0.00424 |
Net Interest Components (bottom panel)
Year and Quarter | Actual | 2019q4 |
---|---|---|
1980q1 | 0.0349076 | |
1980q2 | 0.0360721 | |
1980q3 | 0.0371094 | |
1980q4 | 0.0381679 | |
1981q1 | 0.0391791 | |
1981q2 | 0.0402194 | |
1981q3 | 0.0412926 | |
1981q4 | 0.0422535 | |
1982q1 | 0.0451389 | |
1982q2 | 0.0445969 | |
1982q3 | 0.0457627 | |
1982q4 | 0.0439932 | |
1983q1 | 0.0422297 | |
1983q2 | 0.0420168 | |
1983q3 | 0.0400668 | |
1983q4 | 0.0414594 | |
1984q1 | 0.0409836 | |
1984q2 | 0.0424144 | |
1984q3 | 0.0421394 | |
1984q4 | 0.0420032 | |
1985q1 | 0.0418006 | |
1985q2 | 0.04 | |
1985q3 | 0.0399361 | |
1985q4 | 0.0413355 | |
1986q1 | 0.0427892 | |
1986q2 | 0.042654 | |
1986q3 | 0.0440252 | |
1986q4 | 0.043956 | |
1987q1 | 0.0436137 | |
1987q2 | 0.0434783 | |
1987q3 | 0.0433437 | |
1987q4 | 0.0446154 | |
1988q1 | 0.0459418 | |
1988q2 | 0.0471125 | |
1988q3 | 0.048048 | |
1988q4 | 0.0493274 | |
1989q1 | 0.0504451 | |
1989q2 | 0.0528634 | |
1989q3 | 0.0540146 | |
1989q4 | 0.0537791 | |
1990q1 | 0.0545977 | |
1990q2 | 0.0540541 | |
1990q3 | 0.0536723 | |
1990q4 | 0.0521862 | |
1991q1 | 0.0516039 | |
1991q2 | 0.0498615 | |
1991q3 | 0.046832 | |
1991q4 | 0.0453297 | |
1992q1 | 0.0425824 | |
1992q2 | 0.0396175 | |
1992q3 | 0.0380952 | |
1992q4 | 0.0351827 | |
1993q1 | 0.0349462 | |
1993q2 | 0.0334672 | |
1993q3 | 0.0332889 | |
1993q4 | 0.0317881 | |
1994q1 | 0.030343 | |
1994q2 | 0.0302632 | |
1994q3 | 0.0301047 | |
1994q4 | 0.0300261 | |
1995q1 | 0.03125 | |
1995q2 | 0.0312094 | |
1995q3 | 0.0311284 | |
1995q4 | 0.0298314 | |
1996q1 | 0.0284605 | |
1996q2 | 0.0284238 | |
1996q3 | 0.0272021 | |
1996q4 | 0.0271669 | |
1997q1 | 0.027027 | |
1997q2 | 0.0270619 | |
1997q3 | 0.0269923 | |
1997q4 | 0.0282776 | |
1998q1 | 0.0308483 | |
1998q2 | 0.029563 | |
1998q3 | 0.0294494 | |
1998q4 | 0.0294118 | |
1999q1 | 0.0292994 | |
1999q2 | 0.0292621 | |
1999q3 | 0.0304956 | |
1999q4 | 0.0316857 | |
2000q1 | 0.0327869 | |
2000q2 | 0.03375 | |
2000q3 | 0.0361146 | |
2000q4 | 0.0372208 | |
2001q1 | 0.0392638 | |
2001q2 | 0.0404908 | |
2001q3 | 0.0405405 | |
2001q4 | 0.0405904 | |
2002q1 | 0.0381304 | |
2002q2 | 0.036855 | |
2002q3 | 0.0354523 | |
2002q4 | 0.0328467 | |
2003q1 | 0.0328068 | |
2003q2 | 0.0315917 | |
2003q3 | 0.0290206 | |
2003q4 | 0.0289505 | |
2004q1 | 0.0275779 | |
2004q2 | 0.0261905 | |
2004q3 | 0.0260973 | |
2004q4 | 0.027027 | |
2005q1 | 0.0268065 | |
2005q2 | 0.0277136 | |
2005q3 | 0.027366 | |
2005q4 | 0.0272418 | |
2006q1 | 0.0259594 | |
2006q2 | 0.0268757 | |
2006q3 | 0.0266963 | |
2006q4 | 0.0288568 | |
2007q1 | 0.030871 | |
2007q2 | 0.0328947 | |
2007q3 | 0.037037 | |
2007q4 | 0.0390879 | |
2008q1 | 0.0421622 | |
2008q2 | 0.0443243 | |
2008q3 | 0.0438503 | |
2008q4 | 0.0432946 | |
2009q1 | 0.043022 | |
2009q2 | 0.0422833 | |
2009q3 | 0.0414013 | |
2009q4 | 0.0402969 | |
2010q1 | 0.0401691 | |
2010q2 | 0.039916 | |
2010q3 | 0.0395421 | |
2010q4 | 0.0392157 | |
2011q1 | 0.038105 | |
2011q2 | 0.0378323 | |
2011q3 | 0.0376016 | |
2011q4 | 0.0375635 | |
2012q1 | 0.0363269 | |
2012q2 | 0.036036 | |
2012q3 | 0.0368159 | |
2012q4 | 0.0358209 | |
2013q1 | 0.0345508 | |
2013q2 | 0.0336301 | |
2013q3 | 0.0335637 | |
2013q4 | 0.0333988 | |
2014q1 | 0.0342801 | |
2014q2 | 0.0339476 | |
2014q3 | 0.0328502 | |
2014q4 | 0.0328502 | |
2015q1 | 0.032882 | |
2015q2 | 0.0336538 | |
2015q3 | 0.033557 | |
2015q4 | 0.0335249 | |
2016q1 | 0.0347826 | |
2016q2 | 0.0353053 | |
2016q3 | 0.0353053 | |
2016q4 | 0.0358829 | |
2017q1 | 0.0357815 | |
2017q2 | 0.0348728 | |
2017q3 | 0.0337079 | |
2017q4 | 0.0325885 | |
2018q1 | 0.0296846 | |
2018q2 | 0.0274977 | |
2018q3 | 0.0265811 | |
2018q4 | 0.026484 | |
2019q1 | 0.0272232 | |
2019q2 | 0.0279783 | |
2019q3 | 0.0279028 | |
2019q4 | 0.0278276 | |
2020q1 | 0.0278777 | 0.0278276 |
2020q2 | 0.0303571 | 0.0278276 |
2020q3 | 0.0274579 | 0.0278276 |
2020q4 | 0.0255958 | 0.0278276 |
2021q1 | 0.0253275 | 0.0278276 |
2021q2 | 0.0248288 | 0.0278276 |
2021q3 | 0.0235097 | 0.0278276 |
2021q4 | 0.0230263 | 0.0278276 |
2022q1 | 0.0231629 | 0.0278276 |
2022q2 | 0.0217223 | 0.0278276 |
2022q3 | 0.019954 | 0.0278276 |
2022q4 | 0.0183346 | 0.0278276 |
Note: This figure depicts the government-related (top panel solid red line) and the net interest (bottom panel solid red line) components of non-labor costs over the period 1980q1-2022q4. The government-related component includes taxes on production and imports less subsidies plus business current transfer payments. The dashed black line in the top panel depicts the negative of government subsidies over GDP. In both panels, the dashed blue lines are the 2019q4 values.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 3: Adjusted Profit Margins
Year and Quarter | Actual | Countefactual |
---|---|---|
1999q1 | 0.1080607 | 0.1080607 |
1999q2 | 0.1102664 | 0.1102664 |
1999q3 | 0.1065943 | 0.1065943 |
1999q4 | 0.1046463 | 0.1046463 |
2000q1 | 0.0989805 | 0.0989805 |
2000q2 | 0.0965513 | 0.0965513 |
2000q3 | 0.0882744 | 0.0882744 |
2000q4 | 0.0804703 | 0.0804703 |
2001q1 | 0.0767177 | 0.0767177 |
2001q2 | 0.0747589 | 0.0747589 |
2001q3 | 0.0692687 | 0.0692687 |
2001q4 | 0.055464 | 0.055464 |
2002q1 | 0.0701045 | 0.0701045 |
2002q2 | 0.0805293 | 0.0805293 |
2002q3 | 0.0884257 | 0.0884257 |
2002q4 | 0.0987056 | 0.0987056 |
2003q1 | 0.1007598 | 0.1007598 |
2003q2 | 0.1010758 | 0.1010758 |
2003q3 | 0.1072669 | 0.1072669 |
2003q4 | 0.1125785 | 0.1125785 |
2004q1 | 0.1225559 | 0.1225559 |
2004q2 | 0.1310278 | 0.1310278 |
2004q3 | 0.1334386 | 0.1334386 |
2004q4 | 0.1323281 | 0.1323281 |
2005q1 | 0.1369985 | 0.1369985 |
2005q2 | 0.1406158 | 0.1406158 |
2005q3 | 0.1354606 | 0.1354606 |
2005q4 | 0.1502451 | 0.1502451 |
2006q1 | 0.1499558 | 0.1499558 |
2006q2 | 0.1517988 | 0.1517988 |
2006q3 | 0.1586695 | 0.1586695 |
2006q4 | 0.1439809 | 0.1439809 |
2007q1 | 0.1412364 | 0.1412364 |
2007q2 | 0.1422085 | 0.1422085 |
2007q3 | 0.1251161 | 0.1251161 |
2007q4 | 0.1297914 | 0.1297914 |
2008q1 | 0.1275121 | 0.1275121 |
2008q2 | 0.1307785 | 0.1307785 |
2008q3 | 0.1321349 | 0.1321349 |
2008q4 | 0.0803038 | 0.0803038 |
2009q1 | 0.0874841 | 0.0874841 |
2009q2 | 0.0924628 | 0.0924628 |
2009q3 | 0.1038302 | 0.1038302 |
2009q4 | 0.1254318 | 0.1254318 |
2010q1 | 0.1335498 | 0.1335498 |
2010q2 | 0.1334663 | 0.1334663 |
2010q3 | 0.1435211 | 0.1435211 |
2010q4 | 0.1472939 | 0.1472939 |
2011q1 | 0.1424924 | 0.1424924 |
2011q2 | 0.1493246 | 0.1493246 |
2011q3 | 0.1445229 | 0.1445229 |
2011q4 | 0.1452788 | 0.1452788 |
2012q1 | 0.1477245 | 0.1477245 |
2012q2 | 0.1435 | 0.1435 |
2012q3 | 0.1434235 | 0.1434235 |
2012q4 | 0.1428338 | 0.1428338 |
2013q1 | 0.1460814 | 0.1460814 |
2013q2 | 0.1430221 | 0.1430221 |
2013q3 | 0.1433651 | 0.1433651 |
2013q4 | 0.1432733 | 0.1432733 |
2014q1 | 0.1378929 | 0.1378929 |
2014q2 | 0.1438187 | 0.1438187 |
2014q3 | 0.1494379 | 0.1494379 |
2014q4 | 0.145727 | 0.145727 |
2015q1 | 0.1332113 | 0.1332113 |
2015q2 | 0.136122 | 0.136122 |
2015q3 | 0.1360388 | 0.1360388 |
2015q4 | 0.1211031 | 0.1211031 |
2016q1 | 0.1311576 | 0.1311576 |
2016q2 | 0.1310685 | 0.1310685 |
2016q3 | 0.1276983 | 0.1276983 |
2016q4 | 0.1245769 | 0.1245769 |
2017q1 | 0.1320405 | 0.1320405 |
2017q2 | 0.1288049 | 0.1288049 |
2017q3 | 0.1263819 | 0.1263819 |
2017q4 | 0.1323439 | 0.1323439 |
2018q1 | 0.1320824 | 0.1320824 |
2018q2 | 0.1360842 | 0.1360842 |
2018q3 | 0.1376943 | 0.1376943 |
2018q4 | 0.1385621 | 0.1385621 |
2019q1 | 0.1247817 | 0.1247817 |
2019q2 | 0.127463 | 0.127463 |
2019q3 | 0.1240295 | 0.1240295 |
2019q4 | 0.1329211 | 0.1329211 |
2020q1 | 0.1127696 | 0.1120915 |
2020q2 | 0.1178756 | 0.0636453 |
2020q3 | 0.1650798 | 0.1058729 |
2020q4 | 0.1493884 | 0.1261433 |
2021q1 | 0.1732795 | 0.1524827 |
2021q2 | 0.1916079 | 0.1610934 |
2021q3 | 0.1805591 | 0.1558156 |
2021q4 | 0.1695058 | 0.1509663 |
2022q1 | 0.1710141 | 0.1590562 |
2022q2 | 0.1796474 | 0.1668301 |
2022q3 | 0.1614151 | 0.1458792 |
2022q4 | 0.1508983 | 0.133342 |
Note: This figure reports the aggregate non-financial corporate profit margins (red line) together with the adjusted profit margins under the assumption of constant (i.e., 2019q4 value) government and net interest components (dashed black line) for the period 2020q1-2022q4. To facilitate the comparison, we restrict the sample to the period 1999q1-2022q4.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and author’s calculations.
Figure 4: Net Capital Share
Date | Net Capital Share |
---|---|
1980q1 | 0.2197125 |
1980q2 | 0.2084168 |
1980q3 | 0.2167969 |
1980q4 | 0.2270992 |
1981q1 | 0.2294776 |
1981q2 | 0.2340036 |
1981q3 | 0.2405745 |
1981q4 | 0.234155 |
1982q1 | 0.2256944 |
1982q2 | 0.2281304 |
1982q3 | 0.2271186 |
1982q4 | 0.2199662 |
1983q1 | 0.2263514 |
1983q2 | 0.2352942 |
1983q3 | 0.2420701 |
1983q4 | 0.2454394 |
1984q1 | 0.2540984 |
1984q2 | 0.2512235 |
1984q3 | 0.2495948 |
1984q4 | 0.2504039 |
1985q1 | 0.2475884 |
1985q2 | 0.2448 |
1985q3 | 0.2492013 |
1985q4 | 0.2384738 |
1986q1 | 0.2361331 |
1986q2 | 0.2306477 |
1986q3 | 0.2295597 |
1986q4 | 0.2276295 |
1987q1 | 0.2305296 |
1987q2 | 0.2360248 |
1987q3 | 0.2399381 |
1987q4 | 0.2353846 |
1988q1 | 0.2388974 |
1988q2 | 0.2401215 |
1988q3 | 0.2387388 |
1988q4 | 0.2421525 |
1989q1 | 0.2359051 |
1989q2 | 0.2334802 |
1989q3 | 0.2350365 |
1989q4 | 0.2281977 |
1990q1 | 0.229885 |
1990q2 | 0.2318634 |
1990q3 | 0.2259887 |
1990q4 | 0.2242595 |
1991q1 | 0.2301255 |
1991q2 | 0.2285318 |
1991q3 | 0.2272727 |
1991q4 | 0.2239011 |
1992q1 | 0.2225275 |
1992q2 | 0.2226776 |
1992q3 | 0.2204082 |
1992q4 | 0.2232747 |
1993q1 | 0.2231183 |
1993q2 | 0.2275769 |
1993q3 | 0.2276964 |
1993q4 | 0.2357616 |
1994q1 | 0.2414248 |
1994q2 | 0.243421 |
1994q3 | 0.2473822 |
1994q4 | 0.2493473 |
1995q1 | 0.2447917 |
1995q2 | 0.2444733 |
1995q3 | 0.2490273 |
1995q4 | 0.2477303 |
1996q1 | 0.2496766 |
1996q2 | 0.249354 |
1996q3 | 0.2487047 |
1996q4 | 0.2496766 |
1997q1 | 0.2496782 |
1997q2 | 0.25 |
1997q3 | 0.2532133 |
1997q4 | 0.248072 |
1998q1 | 0.2377892 |
1998q2 | 0.2352185 |
1998q3 | 0.2368758 |
1998q4 | 0.2314578 |
1999q1 | 0.2318472 |
1999q2 | 0.2315522 |
1999q3 | 0.2261754 |
1999q4 | 0.2217997 |
2000q1 | 0.2168979 |
2000q2 | 0.2175 |
2000q3 | 0.2104607 |
2000q4 | 0.2071961 |
2001q1 | 0.202454 |
2001q2 | 0.203681 |
2001q3 | 0.2027027 |
2001q4 | 0.196802 |
2002q1 | 0.2091021 |
2002q2 | 0.2125307 |
2002q3 | 0.2151589 |
2002q4 | 0.2250609 |
2003q1 | 0.2260024 |
2003q2 | 0.2272175 |
2003q3 | 0.2321645 |
2003q4 | 0.2328106 |
2004q1 | 0.2434053 |
2004q2 | 0.2476191 |
2004q3 | 0.2491103 |
2004q4 | 0.2491187 |
2005q1 | 0.2564102 |
2005q2 | 0.2644342 |
2005q3 | 0.2588369 |
2005q4 | 0.2701475 |
2006q1 | 0.268623 |
2006q2 | 0.268757 |
2006q3 | 0.2758621 |
2006q4 | 0.2674806 |
2007q1 | 0.2624035 |
2007q2 | 0.2642544 |
2007q3 | 0.2549019 |
2007q4 | 0.2551574 |
2008q1 | 0.2464865 |
2008q2 | 0.2475676 |
2008q3 | 0.2598931 |
2008q4 | 0.2439282 |
2009q1 | 0.2402938 |
2009q2 | 0.2346723 |
2009q3 | 0.239915 |
2009q4 | 0.2545069 |
2010q1 | 0.2663848 |
2010q2 | 0.2668067 |
2010q3 | 0.2778356 |
2010q4 | 0.2724458 |
2011q1 | 0.2605561 |
2011q2 | 0.2750511 |
2011q3 | 0.2754065 |
2011q4 | 0.2791878 |
2012q1 | 0.2785065 |
2012q2 | 0.2782783 |
2012q3 | 0.2736318 |
2012q4 | 0.2736318 |
2013q1 | 0.2813426 |
2013q2 | 0.2799209 |
2013q3 | 0.2764067 |
2013q4 | 0.2760315 |
2014q1 | 0.2634672 |
2014q2 | 0.2725509 |
2014q3 | 0.2811594 |
2014q4 | 0.279227 |
2015q1 | 0.2688588 |
2015q2 | 0.2663462 |
2015q3 | 0.2674976 |
2015q4 | 0.2643678 |
2016q1 | 0.2637681 |
2016q2 | 0.2557252 |
2016q3 | 0.254771 |
2016q4 | 0.2540132 |
2017q1 | 0.2561206 |
2017q2 | 0.2573044 |
2017q3 | 0.2528089 |
2017q4 | 0.2523277 |
2018q1 | 0.2541744 |
2018q2 | 0.2538955 |
2018q3 | 0.2566453 |
2018q4 | 0.2584475 |
2019q1 | 0.2486388 |
2019q2 | 0.25 |
2019q3 | 0.2538253 |
2019q4 | 0.2540395 |
2020q1 | 0.2419065 |
2020q2 | 0.1901786 |
2020q3 | 0.2196634 |
2020q4 | 0.2374228 |
2021q1 | 0.2532751 |
2021q2 | 0.2559931 |
2021q3 | 0.256927 |
2021q4 | 0.2582237 |
2022q1 | 0.2627796 |
2022q2 | 0.269201 |
2022q3 | 0.2640061 |
2022q4 | 0.2597403 |
Note: This figure reports the net capital share for non-financial corporations for the period 1980q1-2022q4.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Figure 5: U.S. Nonfinancial Publicly Traded Companies Profit Margins
Year and Quarter | Median Firms | Large Firms | Largest Firms |
---|---|---|---|
1980q1 | 0.086001 | 0.085552 | 0.093079 |
1980q2 | 0.0768585 | 0.0851035 | 0.0932546 |
1980q3 | 0.0874504 | 0.0850555 | 0.0888801 |
1980q4 | 0.1002609 | 0.0897664 | 0.0858566 |
1981q1 | 0.0855447 | 0.0811717 | 0.0882353 |
1981q2 | 0.0906942 | 0.0891678 | 0.0899184 |
1981q3 | 0.0884975 | 0.0816904 | 0.0849112 |
1981q4 | 0.0775602 | 0.0809595 | 0.0786232 |
1982q1 | 0.0675524 | 0.0679272 | 0.0735259 |
1982q2 | 0.070392 | 0.0741982 | 0.0778141 |
1982q3 | 0.0731119 | 0.0727712 | 0.0717637 |
1982q4 | 0.0771365 | 0.0747329 | 0.0687121 |
1983q1 | 0.0735982 | 0.0743152 | 0.0711769 |
1983q2 | 0.0861646 | 0.0829629 | 0.0837608 |
1983q3 | 0.0904542 | 0.0920428 | 0.088348 |
1983q4 | 0.0898719 | 0.0927487 | 0.0886817 |
1984q1 | 0.0893354 | 0.083944 | 0.0922001 |
1984q2 | 0.0980225 | 0.0946826 | 0.0980388 |
1984q3 | 0.09283 | 0.0871965 | 0.0955751 |
1984q4 | 0.0906808 | 0.0872934 | 0.0879125 |
1985q1 | 0.0755378 | 0.0795602 | 0.0843055 |
1985q2 | 0.0841261 | 0.085373 | 0.0926191 |
1985q3 | 0.0831273 | 0.077424 | 0.0874997 |
1985q4 | 0.0789293 | 0.0773302 | 0.0848759 |
1986q1 | 0.0745782 | 0.0732593 | 0.0871292 |
1986q2 | 0.0872666 | 0.083481 | 0.1041424 |
1986q3 | 0.0816208 | 0.0830933 | 0.1005681 |
1986q4 | 0.0821034 | 0.0835896 | 0.0939335 |
1987q1 | 0.083587 | 0.0777273 | 0.0913076 |
1987q2 | 0.0940428 | 0.0834248 | 0.1056525 |
1987q3 | 0.0924548 | 0.0855479 | 0.0980903 |
1987q4 | 0.0879041 | 0.0847753 | 0.1016473 |
1988q1 | 0.0857878 | 0.0789571 | 0.1000674 |
1988q2 | 0.095146 | 0.0918156 | 0.1101202 |
1988q3 | 0.0926095 | 0.0857284 | 0.1005277 |
1988q4 | 0.0809871 | 0.0855923 | 0.1024786 |
1989q1 | 0.0795183 | 0.083737 | 0.0977422 |
1989q2 | 0.0890124 | 0.089191 | 0.1052523 |
1989q3 | 0.0815408 | 0.080263 | 0.0960447 |
1989q4 | 0.083862 | 0.0844534 | 0.086429 |
1990q1 | 0.0829339 | 0.0837952 | 0.0890381 |
1990q2 | 0.0939352 | 0.0906269 | 0.096063 |
1990q3 | 0.0796385 | 0.0818366 | 0.0887372 |
1990q4 | 0.0789058 | 0.0722032 | 0.0831986 |
1991q1 | 0.0751397 | 0.0651552 | 0.0846532 |
1991q2 | 0.0813646 | 0.0849901 | 0.0867828 |
1991q3 | 0.0876419 | 0.0802652 | 0.0832679 |
1991q4 | 0.0831188 | 0.0796094 | 0.0826341 |
1992q1 | 0.0844982 | 0.0827644 | 0.0870768 |
1992q2 | 0.0876071 | 0.0918552 | 0.0942369 |
1992q3 | 0.0913229 | 0.088364 | 0.0869048 |
1992q4 | 0.0906556 | 0.0873648 | 0.0886807 |
1993q1 | 0.0854987 | 0.0866211 | 0.091442 |
1993q2 | 0.1006838 | 0.0932446 | 0.0974701 |
1993q3 | 0.0981186 | 0.0967029 | 0.0963191 |
1993q4 | 0.095204 | 0.0964001 | 0.0953981 |
1994q1 | 0.0951517 | 0.0956502 | 0.0994652 |
1994q2 | 0.108313 | 0.103027 | 0.1067713 |
1994q3 | 0.1060468 | 0.0991219 | 0.1055231 |
1994q4 | 0.1080561 | 0.0996908 | 0.1067773 |
1995q1 | 0.1012868 | 0.0974947 | 0.1066184 |
1995q2 | 0.1121469 | 0.1014203 | 0.1103024 |
1995q3 | 0.1096548 | 0.0975936 | 0.1080914 |
1995q4 | 0.1052401 | 0.093738 | 0.1074029 |
1996q1 | 0.103558 | 0.0922474 | 0.1055486 |
1996q2 | 0.1068232 | 0.1030738 | 0.1067878 |
1996q3 | 0.1033687 | 0.1103433 | 0.1058016 |
1996q4 | 0.1066877 | 0.110316 | 0.1047904 |
1997q1 | 0.1033335 | 0.1022134 | 0.1030527 |
1997q2 | 0.1151669 | 0.1131047 | 0.1105464 |
1997q3 | 0.1117438 | 0.1138806 | 0.1124038 |
1997q4 | 0.1121093 | 0.1125919 | 0.1110483 |
1998q1 | 0.1125204 | 0.1065354 | 0.1043136 |
1998q2 | 0.1151877 | 0.1133934 | 0.1138181 |
1998q3 | 0.1090667 | 0.112714 | 0.1093324 |
1998q4 | 0.1008977 | 0.1097623 | 0.1015713 |
1999q1 | 0.0997741 | 0.1070043 | 0.1032388 |
1999q2 | 0.1110052 | 0.1101587 | 0.1137126 |
1999q3 | 0.1042895 | 0.1128346 | 0.1091078 |
1999q4 | 0.105517 | 0.1055811 | 0.1082277 |
2000q1 | 0.102412 | 0.1075302 | 0.1030581 |
2000q2 | 0.1068582 | 0.111388 | 0.1098066 |
2000q3 | 0.1017097 | 0.1063043 | 0.1075632 |
2000q4 | 0.0980832 | 0.1012227 | 0.1041401 |
2001q1 | 0.0851989 | 0.0977297 | 0.0867198 |
2001q2 | 0.0856378 | 0.0998022 | 0.0956497 |
2001q3 | 0.0780161 | 0.0892707 | 0.0895828 |
2001q4 | 0.0763337 | 0.0889301 | 0.0857404 |
2002q1 | 0.0750085 | 0.0965708 | 0.092319 |
2002q2 | 0.0900554 | 0.1048986 | 0.0998452 |
2002q3 | 0.0894936 | 0.1055972 | 0.1009858 |
2002q4 | 0.0877755 | 0.1018452 | 0.0990461 |
2003q1 | 0.0765002 | 0.0929551 | 0.0919321 |
2003q2 | 0.0873527 | 0.098645 | 0.0984434 |
2003q3 | 0.0936235 | 0.1035101 | 0.1004006 |
2003q4 | 0.0979989 | 0.107713 | 0.1047409 |
2004q1 | 0.1023853 | 0.1133839 | 0.1022509 |
2004q2 | 0.1101966 | 0.1200432 | 0.1144143 |
2004q3 | 0.109144 | 0.115152 | 0.1141122 |
2004q4 | 0.1108707 | 0.1126562 | 0.1107087 |
2005q1 | 0.1128949 | 0.1118303 | 0.1100503 |
2005q2 | 0.1211292 | 0.1150542 | 0.1161706 |
2005q3 | 0.1164512 | 0.111738 | 0.1132966 |
2005q4 | 0.1151429 | 0.1147683 | 0.1145009 |
2006q1 | 0.107531 | 0.1104372 | 0.1129237 |
2006q2 | 0.109794 | 0.1232532 | 0.1199057 |
2006q3 | 0.1132228 | 0.1172284 | 0.1128555 |
2006q4 | 0.1112743 | 0.11681 | 0.1065053 |
2007q1 | 0.1025126 | 0.1142037 | 0.1126018 |
2007q2 | 0.1114422 | 0.1197757 | 0.1160634 |
2007q3 | 0.1116446 | 0.118057 | 0.1135678 |
2007q4 | 0.1108694 | 0.1162456 | 0.107642 |
2008q1 | 0.0996365 | 0.1091373 | 0.1079492 |
2008q2 | 0.1051421 | 0.1143387 | 0.1166138 |
2008q3 | 0.1072463 | 0.1123396 | 0.1087142 |
2008q4 | 0.0967099 | 0.0998166 | 0.0943371 |
2009q1 | 0.0781925 | 0.0990615 | 0.0901006 |
2009q2 | 0.0952743 | 0.1074321 | 0.1074185 |
2009q3 | 0.1086416 | 0.1117298 | 0.1132251 |
2009q4 | 0.113188 | 0.1189943 | 0.1137991 |
2010q1 | 0.1124932 | 0.1139705 | 0.113396 |
2010q2 | 0.1227513 | 0.1292218 | 0.1265074 |
2010q3 | 0.1302496 | 0.1271042 | 0.1234269 |
2010q4 | 0.1240323 | 0.1291794 | 0.114946 |
2011q1 | 0.1137273 | 0.1251431 | 0.1186096 |
2011q2 | 0.1238928 | 0.1353946 | 0.1214923 |
2011q3 | 0.1212729 | 0.1349722 | 0.1238197 |
2011q4 | 0.1215176 | 0.122341 | 0.1145887 |
2012q1 | 0.1133011 | 0.1137853 | 0.1189539 |
2012q2 | 0.1197462 | 0.1290575 | 0.1294577 |
2012q3 | 0.1172181 | 0.1267467 | 0.1218781 |
2012q4 | 0.1199596 | 0.1216572 | 0.1153739 |
2013q1 | 0.1070157 | 0.1109907 | 0.1185648 |
2013q2 | 0.1153505 | 0.1272813 | 0.1240169 |
2013q3 | 0.118537 | 0.1276527 | 0.1257737 |
2013q4 | 0.1231553 | 0.1227987 | 0.1284951 |
2014q1 | 0.1074816 | 0.1165042 | 0.1175199 |
2014q2 | 0.1209707 | 0.1299714 | 0.1340294 |
2014q3 | 0.124115 | 0.131303 | 0.1299286 |
2014q4 | 0.1266219 | 0.126403 | 0.1234669 |
2015q1 | 0.1036547 | 0.1181684 | 0.1281494 |
2015q2 | 0.1114261 | 0.1294772 | 0.1337016 |
2015q3 | 0.116931 | 0.1251145 | 0.1310804 |
2015q4 | 0.1188307 | 0.123689 | 0.123639 |
2016q1 | 0.0960197 | 0.1137605 | 0.119303 |
2016q2 | 0.1112186 | 0.1257693 | 0.1307386 |
2016q3 | 0.1088149 | 0.1291588 | 0.1330391 |
2016q4 | 0.115522 | 0.1275149 | 0.1265716 |
2017q1 | 0.1063188 | 0.1164021 | 0.1259538 |
2017q2 | 0.1179852 | 0.1284978 | 0.137265 |
2017q3 | 0.1164759 | 0.1277567 | 0.1354265 |
2017q4 | 0.1097134 | 0.1284425 | 0.1336319 |
2018q1 | 0.1037157 | 0.1198252 | 0.1305319 |
2018q2 | 0.1078663 | 0.1307829 | 0.139507 |
2018q3 | 0.1135954 | 0.1276865 | 0.138987 |
2018q4 | 0.1069434 | 0.1236305 | 0.1334288 |
2019q1 | 0.0835607 | 0.1105603 | 0.1308658 |
2019q2 | 0.1006961 | 0.1239703 | 0.1372781 |
2019q3 | 0.1002348 | 0.1250488 | 0.1306513 |
2019q4 | 0.0941017 | 0.1223861 | 0.1290541 |
2020q1 | 0.0783071 | 0.0973675 | 0.1106277 |
2020q2 | 0.0618067 | 0.0992593 | 0.1000598 |
2020q3 | 0.0993666 | 0.12903 | 0.133559 |
2020q4 | 0.0969737 | 0.1214867 | 0.1330708 |
2021q1 | 0.0825755 | 0.1228914 | 0.1372892 |
2021q2 | 0.0978919 | 0.1338476 | 0.1482131 |
2021q3 | 0.0938312 | 0.132204 | 0.1472244 |
2021q4 | 0.0884217 | 0.1203629 | 0.1369931 |
2022q1 | 0.0795351 | 0.1185017 | 0.1365356 |
2022q2 | 0.0833418 | 0.1233354 | 0.154336 |
2022q3 | 0.079754 | 0.1224094 | 0.141352 |
2022q4 | 0.0773928 | 0.1151371 | 0.1300996 |
1976q1 | 0.087436 | 0.0934596 | 0.0946689 |
1976q2 | 0.0972916 | 0.1028491 | 0.1047961 |
1976q3 | 0.0972639 | 0.0922364 | 0.1029362 |
1976q4 | 0.1013581 | 0.0938524 | 0.0949593 |
1977q1 | 0.0934865 | 0.0935358 | 0.0957686 |
1977q2 | 0.1069504 | 0.1045571 | 0.1103432 |
1977q3 | 0.0977075 | 0.1052915 | 0.1037924 |
1977q4 | 0.1052197 | 0.0981704 | 0.101125 |
1978q1 | 0.0923619 | 0.0940677 | 0.0930693 |
1978q2 | 0.1078815 | 0.1044056 | 0.105047 |
1978q3 | 0.0962625 | 0.1039274 | 0.1003572 |
1978q4 | 0.1028304 | 0.097027 | 0.1020308 |
1979q1 | 0.0870264 | 0.0974503 | 0.0942486 |
1979q2 | 0.0958446 | 0.1028361 | 0.1030692 |
1979q3 | 0.1015288 | 0.0983344 | 0.0958621 |
1979q4 | 0.0987506 | 0.0897185 | 0.0883983 |
Note: This figure depicts the profit margins for the largest firms (top 20% of the size distribution, solid red line), large firms (fourth quintile of the size distribution, dashed-dot blue line), and medium firms (third quintile of the size distribution, dashed black line) for the period 1980q1-2022q4.
Source: Standard & Poor’s Global Market Intelligence: Compustat Unrestated Quarterly Data, (June 2023)
Figure 6: U.S. Nonfinancial Publicly Traded Companies Profit Margins vs 2010q1-2019q4 trend
Year and Quarter | Median Firms | Median Trend Line | Large Firms | Large Trend Line | Largest Firms | Largest Trend Line |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010q1 | 0.1124932 | 0.1239478 | 0.1139705 | 0.1255033 | 0.113396 | 0.1181344 |
2010q2 | 0.1227513 | 0.1233954 | 0.1292218 | 0.1254508 | 0.1265074 | 0.1185801 |
2010q3 | 0.1302496 | 0.122843 | 0.1271042 | 0.1253982 | 0.1234269 | 0.1190259 |
2010q4 | 0.1240323 | 0.1222906 | 0.1291794 | 0.1253456 | 0.114946 | 0.1194716 |
2011q1 | 0.1137273 | 0.1217382 | 0.1251431 | 0.125293 | 0.1186096 | 0.1199173 |
2011q2 | 0.1238928 | 0.1211858 | 0.1353946 | 0.1252404 | 0.1214923 | 0.1203631 |
2011q3 | 0.1212729 | 0.1206333 | 0.1349722 | 0.1251879 | 0.1238197 | 0.1208088 |
2011q4 | 0.1215176 | 0.1200809 | 0.122341 | 0.1251353 | 0.1145887 | 0.1212546 |
2012q1 | 0.1133011 | 0.1195285 | 0.1137853 | 0.1250827 | 0.1189539 | 0.1217003 |
2012q2 | 0.1197462 | 0.1189761 | 0.1290575 | 0.1250301 | 0.1294577 | 0.122146 |
2012q3 | 0.1172181 | 0.1184237 | 0.1267467 | 0.1249775 | 0.1218781 | 0.1225918 |
2012q4 | 0.1199596 | 0.1178713 | 0.1216572 | 0.124925 | 0.1153739 | 0.1230375 |
2013q1 | 0.1070157 | 0.1173189 | 0.1109907 | 0.1248724 | 0.1185648 | 0.1234832 |
2013q2 | 0.1153505 | 0.1167665 | 0.1272813 | 0.1248198 | 0.1240169 | 0.123929 |
2013q3 | 0.118537 | 0.1162141 | 0.1276527 | 0.1247672 | 0.1257737 | 0.1243747 |
2013q4 | 0.1231553 | 0.1156617 | 0.1227987 | 0.1247146 | 0.1284951 | 0.1248204 |
2014q1 | 0.1074816 | 0.1151093 | 0.1165042 | 0.124662 | 0.1175199 | 0.1252662 |
2014q2 | 0.1209707 | 0.1145569 | 0.1299714 | 0.1246095 | 0.1340294 | 0.1257119 |
2014q3 | 0.124115 | 0.1140045 | 0.131303 | 0.1245569 | 0.1299286 | 0.1261576 |
2014q4 | 0.1266219 | 0.1134521 | 0.126403 | 0.1245043 | 0.1234669 | 0.1266034 |
2015q1 | 0.1036547 | 0.1128997 | 0.1181684 | 0.1244517 | 0.1281494 | 0.1270491 |
2015q2 | 0.1114261 | 0.1123473 | 0.1294772 | 0.1243992 | 0.1337016 | 0.1274948 |
2015q3 | 0.116931 | 0.1117948 | 0.1251145 | 0.1243466 | 0.1310804 | 0.1279406 |
2015q4 | 0.1188307 | 0.1112424 | 0.123689 | 0.124294 | 0.123639 | 0.1283863 |
2016q1 | 0.0960197 | 0.11069 | 0.1137605 | 0.1242414 | 0.119303 | 0.128832 |
2016q2 | 0.1112186 | 0.1101376 | 0.1257693 | 0.1241888 | 0.1307386 | 0.1292778 |
2016q3 | 0.1088149 | 0.1095852 | 0.1291588 | 0.1241363 | 0.1330391 | 0.1297235 |
2016q4 | 0.115522 | 0.1090328 | 0.1275149 | 0.1240837 | 0.1265716 | 0.1301692 |
2017q1 | 0.1063188 | 0.1084804 | 0.1164021 | 0.1240311 | 0.1259538 | 0.130615 |
2017q2 | 0.1179852 | 0.107928 | 0.1284978 | 0.1239785 | 0.137265 | 0.1310607 |
2017q3 | 0.1164759 | 0.1073756 | 0.1277567 | 0.1239259 | 0.1354265 | 0.1315065 |
2017q4 | 0.1097134 | 0.1068232 | 0.1284425 | 0.1238734 | 0.1336319 | 0.1319522 |
2018q1 | 0.1037157 | 0.1062708 | 0.1198252 | 0.1238208 | 0.1305319 | 0.1323979 |
2018q2 | 0.1078663 | 0.1057184 | 0.1307829 | 0.1237682 | 0.139507 | 0.1328437 |
2018q3 | 0.1135954 | 0.105166 | 0.1276865 | 0.1237156 | 0.138987 | 0.1332894 |
2018q4 | 0.1069434 | 0.1046136 | 0.1236305 | 0.123663 | 0.1334288 | 0.1337351 |
2019q1 | 0.0835607 | 0.1040611 | 0.1105603 | 0.1236105 | 0.1308658 | 0.1341809 |
2019q2 | 0.1006961 | 0.1035087 | 0.1239703 | 0.1235579 | 0.1372781 | 0.1346266 |
2019q3 | 0.1002348 | 0.1029563 | 0.1250488 | 0.1235053 | 0.1306513 | 0.1350723 |
2019q4 | 0.0941017 | 0.1024039 | 0.1223861 | 0.1234527 | 0.1290541 | 0.1355181 |
2020q1 | 0.0783071 | 0.1018515 | 0.0973675 | 0.1234001 | 0.1106277 | 0.1359638 |
2020q2 | 0.0618067 | 0.1012991 | 0.0992593 | 0.1233476 | 0.1000598 | 0.1364095 |
2020q3 | 0.0993666 | 0.1007467 | 0.12903 | 0.123295 | 0.133559 | 0.1368553 |
2020q4 | 0.0969737 | 0.1001943 | 0.1214867 | 0.1232424 | 0.1330708 | 0.137301 |
2021q1 | 0.0825755 | 0.0996419 | 0.1228914 | 0.1231898 | 0.1372892 | 0.1377467 |
2021q2 | 0.0978919 | 0.0990895 | 0.1338476 | 0.1231372 | 0.1482131 | 0.1381925 |
2021q3 | 0.0938312 | 0.0985371 | 0.132204 | 0.1230846 | 0.1472244 | 0.1386382 |
2021q4 | 0.0884217 | 0.0979847 | 0.1203629 | 0.1230321 | 0.1369931 | 0.1390839 |
2022q1 | 0.0795351 | 0.0974323 | 0.1185017 | 0.1229795 | 0.1365356 | 0.1395297 |
2022q2 | 0.0833418 | 0.0968799 | 0.1233354 | 0.1229269 | 0.154336 | 0.1399754 |
2022q3 | 0.079754 | 0.0963275 | 0.1224094 | 0.1228743 | 0.141352 | 0.1404212 |
2022q4 | 0.0773928 | 0.0957751 | 0.1151371 | 0.1228217 | 0.1300996 | 0.1408669 |
Note: This figure depicts the profit margins for the largest firms (top 20% of the size distribution, solid red line), large firms (fourth quintile of the size distribution, dashed-dot blue line), and medium firms (third quintile of the size distribution, dashed black line) for the period 2010q1-2022q4 together with their linear time trend estimated over the period 2010q1-2019q4.
Source: Standard & Poor’s Global Market Intelligence: Compustat Unrestated Quarterly Data, (June 2023) and author’s calculations.