Diageo plc has grown revenue 9.9% a year over three years and 5.0% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at 40%. Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate: +9.9% (Consumer Defensive median +4.8%). Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +5.0%, growth has picked up over the last three years. Earnings per share, 3-year rate: +40%, earnings outgrew revenue: margins or the share count worked for shareholders. Years of annual history on file: 10, FY2016 to FY2025, as filed.

DEODiageo plc

Consumer Defensive

$86.74-7.9% 1Y

$86.74

$71.7552 weeks$101.12

Is it growing?

Mixed

Neither accelerating nor breaking down: earnings up +18% year on year, but operating margin narrowing (−1.3 points).

1 good, 1 to watch, 1 neutral

Revenue trend+5% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month revenue vs a year earlier, from the company's own filings. Five-year pace: +5% a year.

Earnings trend+18% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month earnings per share against a year earlier. Growing faster than revenue, so margins or the share count are helping.

Margin direction−1.3 points operating

Trailing-twelve-month operating margin, 19.7% now against 20.9% a year earlier.

All from SEC EDGAR, as of Jun 30, 2023.

Where this answer is blind. These are trailing numbers from the filings, not forecasts: an acquisition or a one-off year can flatter them, so check the quarters.

Is DEO growing?

Diageo plc has grown revenue 9.9% a year over three years and 5.0% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at 40%.

+9.9%

Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate · Consumer Defensive median +4.8% · steady growth, ahead of inflation · compounded from fiscal years as filed

Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +5.0%
Revenue growth, 5-year rate · +9.9% over three · growth has picked up over the last three years
Earnings per share, 3-year rate: +40%
Earnings per share, 3-year rate · revenue +9.9% · earnings outgrew revenue: margins or the share count worked for shareholders
Years of annual history on file: 10
Years of annual history on file · FY2016 to FY2025, as filed