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S&P 500 Reporting First Year-Over-Year Decline in Net Profit Margin Since 2016

By John Butters, Apr 29, 2019


For the first quarter, the S&P 500 is reporting a year-over-year decline in earnings of 2.3%, but year-over-year growth in revenues of 5.1%. Given the dichotomy in growth between earnings and revenues, there are concerns in the market about net profit margins for S&P 500 companies in the first quarter. Given this concern, what is the S&P 500 reporting for a net profit margin in the first quarter?