US Economic Indicators:
Corporate Profits in GDP
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Table Of Contents
Profits
Profits (NIPA)
Profits (NIPA vs. S&P)
Retained Earnings & Dividends
Cash Flow
Profit Margin
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Profits
Figure 1.
6375
5675
4975
4275
3575
NOMINAL GDP & AFTER-TAX CORPORATE PROFITS
6375
5675
4975
4275
3575
Q3
(1960=100, ratio scale)
2875
2875
2175
2175
1475
1475
775
775
7% Growth Path*
Nominal GDP
After-Tax Corporate Profits
Reported to IRS
From Current Production**
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00
02
04
06
08
10
12
14
16
75
18
* Compounded monthly to yield 7% annually.
** Including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 2.
183
153
123
183
153
S&P 500 EARNINGS PER SHARE
(dollars, ratio scale)
Feb
Q4
7%
93
93
S&P 500 Earnings Per Share*
63
123
63
Reported
(4-quarter sum)
Operating**
(4-quarter sum)
33
33
Forward***
5%
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* Growth paths are compounded monthly to yield 5% and 7% annually.
** Excludes write-offs.
*** 52-week forward consensus expected S&P 500 operating earnings per share. Time-weighted average of consensus earnings estimates for current and next year.
Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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Profits
Figure 3.
6375
5675
4975
4275
3575
NOMINAL GDP & AFTER-TAX CORPORATE PROFITS
6375
5675
4975
4275
3575
Q3
(1960=100, ratio scale)
2875
2875
2175
2175
1475
1475
775
775
7% Growth Path*
After-Tax Corporate Profits
Reported to IRS
From Current Production**
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60
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
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98
00
02
04
06
08
10
12
14
16
75
18
* Compounded monthly to yield 7% annually.
** Including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 4.
220
190
160
220
190
S&P 500 FORWARD EARNINGS*
(ratio scale)
160
130
100
2/25
7%
Growth Rate**
130
100
70
70
40
40
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79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
* 52-week forward consensus expected S&P 500 operating earnings per share. Monthly through April 1994, then weekly.
** Compounded monthly to yield 7% annually.
Note: Shaded areas denote recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Source: Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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Profits (NIPA)
Figure 5.
2810
2410
2010
1610
CORPORATE PROFITS FROM CURRENT PRODUCTION*
(billion dollars, saar, ratio scale)
Q3
2810
2410
2010
1610
1210
1210
810
810
Total Profits
410
410
Pre-Tax
After-Tax
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10
48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18
* Including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 6.
3010
2510
2010
CORPORATE PROFITS REPORTED TO IRS*
(billion dollars, saar, ratio scale)
Q3
1510
1010
510
3010
2510
2010
1510
1010
Total Profits
Pre-Tax
510
After-Tax
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10
48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18
* Excluding Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Profits (NIPA)
Figure 7.
100
100
CORPORATE PROFITS FROM CURRENT PRODUCTION*
(yearly percent change)
Total Profits
After-Tax (-8.2)
50
50
0
0
Q3
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-50
48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18
* Including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 8.
150
150
CORPORATE PROFITS REPORTED TO IRS*
(yearly percent change)
100
100
Total Profits
After-Tax
50
50
Q3
0
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0
-50
48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18
* Excluding Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Profits (NIPA)
Figure 9.
1400
1400
CORPORATE PROFITS BY INDUSTRY*
(billion dollars, saar)
Q3
1200
1200
Pre-Tax By Industry
1000
1000
Nonfinancial
Financial
800
800
Net Receipts from the Rest of the World
600
600
400
400
200
200
0
0
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60
62
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68
70
72
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76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
08
10
12
14
16
-200
18
* Including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 10.
100
100
CORPORATE PROFITS BY INDUSTRY*
(as a percent of corporate profits)
80
80
Q3
60
60
Pre-Tax By Industry
Nonfinancial
40
40
Financial
Net Receipts from the Rest of the World
20
20
0
0
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60
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
08
10
12
14
16
-20
18
* Including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Profits (NIPA)
Figure 11.
550
500
550
MEASURES OF PROFITS IN FINANCIAL SECTOR
(billion dollars)
450
500
Pre-Tax Profits: Financial*
(saar)
400
450
Q3
S&P 500 Financials
12-month Forward Earnings
350
300
350
300
FDIC Commercial Banks: Net Income
(annualized, nsa)
250
250
2/25
200
Q4
150
400
200
150
100
100
50
50
0
0
-50
-50
-100
-150
-100
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85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
* Including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Quarterly Banking Profile.
Figure 12.
40
40
FINANCIAL PROFITS SHARE OF TOTAL PROFITS
35
35
30
30
25
25
2/25
Q3
20
15
10
20
15
Financial Profits as a Percent of
Pre-Tax Corporate Profits
10
S&P 500 Forward Earnings*
5
5
0
0
-5
-5
-10
-10
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-15
85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
* Using consensus 12-month forward earnings forecasts.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis and Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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Profits (NIPA)
Figure 13.
750
700
750
CORPORATE PRE-TAX PROFITS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD*
(billion dollars, saar)
700
Q3
650
650
600
600
Rest of World Profits
550
550
Net
500
500
450
Receipts
450
400
Payments
400
350
350
300
300
250
250
200
200
150
150
100
100
50
50
0
-50
0
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96
97
-50
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
* Including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 14.
60
55
60
CORPORATE PRE-TAX PROFITS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD
(as a percent of pre-tax corporate profits*)
55
Rest of World Profits
50
50
Net
45
45
Receipts
40
40
Payments
35
35
30
30
25
25
20
20
Q3
15
15
10
10
5
5
0
-5
0
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68
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72
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84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
08
10
12
14
16
18
* Including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Profits (NIPA)
Figure 15.
50
40
15
CORPORATE PRE-TAX PROFITS RECEIPTS FROM REST OF WORLD vs.
GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
10
(yearly percent change)
30
5
20
Nov
10
0
Q3
-10
Receipts*
0
-5
-10
-20
OECD Industrial Production
-15
-30
-40
-20
95
50
40
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
50
CORPORATE PRE-TAX PROFITS RECEIPTS FROM REST OF
WORLD vs. US MERCHANDISE EXPORTS
40
(yearly percent change)
30
30
20
20
10
10
0
0
Q3
Jan
-10
Receipts*
-20
-10
-20
Exports
-30
-30
-40
-40
95
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
-70
-80
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
30
CORPORATE PRE-TAX PROFITS RECEIPTS FROM REST OF
WORLD vs. TRADE WEIGHTED DOLLAR
(yearly percent change)
20
ROW Profits Receipts*
10
Feb
Q3
0
-10
-20
Trade Weighted Dollar
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96
97
-30
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
* Including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj), which restate the historical cost basis used in profits
tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Census Bureau and OECD.
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Profits (NIPA vs. S&P)
Figure 16.
2000
1800
2000
CORPORATE PROFITS IN GDP & S&P 500*
(billion dollars)
1600
Q3
1800
1600
NIPA After-Tax Profits (saar)
1400
1400
Based on Tax Returns*
1200
1200
From Current Production**
1000
1000
800
800
Q4
600
600
400
400
200
200
0
0
S&P 500
Net Income
(Actual*4)
-200
-400
-400
Operating
-600
-600
Reported
-800
-1000
-200
-800
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96
97
-1000
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
* Excluding IVA & CCadj.
** Including IVA & CCadj. These two adjustments restate the historical cost basis used in profits tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation
to the current cost measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Standard & Poor’s Corporation.
Figure 17.
35
30
35
S&P 500 OPERATING VS REPORTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
(dollars)
30
25
25
Q4
20
20
Q4
15
15
10
10
5
5
0
0
S&P Operating
-5
-5
S&P Reported
-10
-10
-15
-15
-20
-20
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95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
-25
17
Source: Standard & Poor’s Corporation.
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Retained Earnings & Dividends
Figure 18.
1000
1000
UNDISTRIBUTED CORPORATE PROFITS WITH IVA & CCAdj
(billion dollars, saar)
800
800
Q3
600
600
400
400
200
200
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60
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
08
10
12
14
16
0
18
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 19.
1200
1200
DIVIDENDS WITH IVA & CCAdj
(billion dollars, saar)
1000
1000
Q4
800
800
600
600
400
400
200
200
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60
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
08
10
12
14
16
0
18
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Cash Flow
Figure 20.
2820
2420
2020
1620
CORPORATE CASH FLOW
2820
2420
2020
1620
Q3
(ratio scale, billion dollars, saar)
1220
1220
820
820
420
420
Corporate
Cash Flow* (2122.3)
Economic Depreciation** (1533.2)
Tax-Reported Depreciation*** (1203.8)
20
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62
64
66
20
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
08
10
12
14
16
18
* After-tax retained earnings plus tax-reported depreciation.
** Corporate capital consumption allowances.
*** Corporate capital consumption allowances with capital consumption adjustment.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 21.
200
150
200
INVENTORY VALUATION ADJUSTMENT*
150
(billion dollars, saar)
100
100
Q3
50
50
0
0
-50
-50
-100
-100
-150
-150
-200
250
-200
250
150
CAPITAL CONSUMPTION ADJUSTMENT*
Tax-Reported > Economic
Depreciation
(billion dollars, saar)
150
50
50
-50
-50
Tax-Reported < Economic
Depreciation
-150
-250
-150
-250
Q4
-350
-450
-350
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62
64
66
-450
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
08
10
12
14
16
18
* These two adjustments restate the historical cost basis used in profits tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current cost
measures used in GDP.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Profit Margin
Figure 22.
16
16
PRE-TAX CORPORATE PROFITS FROM CURRENT PRODUCTION*
14
14
As a Percent of National Income
Q3
As a Percent of Nominal GDP
12
12
10
10
8
8
6
6
48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18
* Includes IVA & CCAdj. These two adjustments restate the historical-cost basis used in profits tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and
depreciation to the current-cost measures used in GDP.
Note: Shaded areas are recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 23.
12
12
CORPORATE PROFITS MARGINS IN GDP
(after-tax profits as a percent of nominal GDP)
10
Q3
10
8
8
6
6
4
4
With IVA and CCAdj* (8.3)
Without Adjustments (9.9)
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2
47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 11 13 15 17 19
Note: Shaded areas denote recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
* These two adjustments restate the historical cost basis used in profits tax accounting for inventory withdrawals and depreciation to the current
cost measures used in GDP.
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Profit Margin
Figure 24.
19
19
18
18
PROFIT MARGIN* FROM CURRENT PRODUCTION
(percent)
17
17
16
16
15
Q3
14
All Corporations
13
Nonfinancial Corporations
15
14
13
12
12
11
11
Q3
10
10
9
9
8
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
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2
48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18
* After-tax profits including Inventory Valuation Adjustment (IVA) and Capital Consumption Adjustment (CCAdj) divided by Gross Value Added
of Corporate Business.
Note: Shaded areas are recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, which determined that a peak in business activity occurred
in the U.S. economy in March 2001.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Figure 25.
16
100
AFTER-TAX PROFIT MARGIN
& CAPACITY UTILIZATION
After-Tax Nonfinancial Corporate
Profit Margin
14
95
Capacity Utilization: All Industries
12
90
Q3
10
8
85
80
Jan
6
75
4
70
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65
48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18
Source: Federal Reserve Board and US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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