Consistent compounders

Growth is measured on a same-quarter basis: each fiscal quarter is compared with the same quarter one year earlier, so seasonality never distorts the reading. A year-over-year point only exists when both quarters are positive — growth off a non-positive base is not counted, and those quarters show as gaps in the charts, never as zeros.

To qualify at a growth bar, a company must clear all five tests over the chosen window: median YoY growth at or above the bar; the latest quarter within 5 points of the bar (bar − 5pp or better); enough quarters at or above the bar — at least 70% for the 15%+ bar, 65% for 20%+, and 55% for 30%+; a 10th-percentile YoY reading of zero or better; and at most one negative quarter.

The 0–100 score weighs four ingredients: 40% the share of quarters at or above the bar, 25% smoothness (one minus σ/35, so a YoY standard deviation of 35pp or more scores zero), 20% pace (median YoY scaled from 5 points below the bar to 10 above), and 15% the latest quarter (scaled from 5 points below the bar to 15 above). The σ shown on every card is the standard deviation of the window's YoY readings, in percentage points.

The 3-, 5-, and 10-year windows score the most recent 12, 20, and 40 same-quarter YoY readings. A window needs at least 10, 16, or 28 valid readings respectively — below that, the score is N/A rather than an estimate. Missing data is never filled in. More on our methodology →