income statement

American  

noun

1. an accounting of income and expenses that indicates a firm's net profit or loss over a certain period of time, usually one year.

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income statement

Thanks to the quirks of the accounting rules, those losses don’t appear on Boeing’s income statement and instead are relegated to footnotes about the acquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

That indicates analysts are treating the middle of the income statement as a plug to reconcile the top and bottom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

If you bet on small-cap relative strength as a portfolio strategy, you should know that it’s important to pay close attention to each company’s balance sheet and income statement.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

That perception has been fair, since most revenue still comes from handsets and licensing, and new markets have stayed mostly off the income statement.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Without cloud sales to add to its income statement, Meta’s return-on-investment story is much fuzzier than the others.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026