Compare historical stock price with earnings

A stock price chart shows what the market paid. Annual earnings per share (EPS) adds a record of the business's reported profit per share. Stock Value Lens lets you examine both in one historical chart, without signup.

Open an annual EPS history chart

1. Open Apple Inc. (AAPL) financial history, or search for a ticker in the chart tool.
2. Select Diluted EPS. Basic EPS is also available where the company has supported annual observations.
3. Choose a timeframe or drag the range handles. The chart shows weekly prices and annual reported facts; it is not a quarterly or trailing-twelve-month earnings chart.
4. Review Annual metric change, then check the full annual table and its filing links. A company page can contain financial periods newer than the final price date.

Read the price and formula reference

The historical price line uses the available price series. Stooq adjusted prices are labeled approximations where validated split-only closes are unavailable. The orange line multiplies positive annual EPS by a reference multiple, calculated from growth across the selected window or supplied by you.

Changing the multiple changes the reference, not the company's earnings. As a hypothetical illustration, EPS of 2 multiplied by 15 gives a reference of 30 in the same currency per share. This illustration is not an estimate of any company's fair value.

Choose and inspect a multiple

Leave Custom multiple blank for the growth-based formula or enter a positive multiple up to 60. The Annualized metric growth and Applied multiple cards show the values used for the current metric and window. Use Reset to restore the formula multiple. Changing the window can change both its growth calculation and reference line.

Read the exact CAGR and reference-multiple formulas. Missing or non-positive annual observations leave gaps in the reference line. A stock trading below it is not, by itself, evidence that the stock is undervalued.

Respect the historical dates

The chart uses retrospective information, including stored restated annual facts. It is not a point-in-time backtest, forecast, intrinsic-value calculation, or live quote service. Compare the displayed price date with the latest fiscal period before drawing conclusions.

Compare earnings with free cash flow per share or export the selected chart data.

Written and maintained by Cheng. Historical research, not investment advice. Sources and limitations.