Revenue growth decelerated to 5.6% year-over-year in 2026Q2, while operating margin compressed to 4.3% from 18.0% in 2025Q4, reflecting a sharp loss of momentum and margin instability.
SPS Commerce, Inc. (SPSC) annual income statement — 19-year revenue, gross profit & net income history
| Metric | TTM | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 | Dec'18 | Dec'17 | Dec'16 | Dec'15 | Dec'14 | Dec'13 | Dec'12 | Dec'11 | Dec'10 | Dec'09 | Dec'08 | Dec'07 |
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| Sales/Revenue | 772.49M | 751.5M | 637.76M | 536.91M | 450.88M | 385.28M | 312.63M | 279.12M | 248.24M | 220.57M | 193.29M | 158.52M | 127.95M | 104.39M | 77.11M | 57.97M | 44.6M | 37.75M | 30.7M | 25.2M |
| Revenue Growth % | 9.8% | 17.83% | 18.78% | 19.08% | 17.03% | 23.24% | 12% | 12.44% | 12.55% | 14.11% | 21.94% | 23.89% | 22.57% | 35.39% | 33.01% | 29.98% | 18.15% | 22.96% | 21.82% | - |
| Cost of Goods Sold | 242.71M | 268.8M | 210.71M | 182.07M | 153.06M | 131.68M | 99.84M | 92.24M | 81.75M | 73.63M | 64.35M | 50.04M | 39.99M | 31.78M | 22.04M | 15.37M | 12.63M | 11.71M | 9.21M | 6.38M |
| COGS % of Revenue | - | 35.77% | 33.04% | 33.91% | 33.95% | 34.18% | 31.93% | 33.05% | 32.93% | 33.38% | 33.29% | 31.57% | 31.26% | 30.44% | 28.58% | 26.51% | 28.31% | 31.04% | 30% | 25.32% |
| Gross Profit | 529.78M | 482.71M | 427.05M | 354.84M | 297.81M | 253.6M | 212.79M | 186.88M | 166.49M | 146.94M | 128.95M | 108.47M | 87.96M | 72.61M | 55.07M | 42.6M | 31.97M | 26.03M | 21.49M | 18.82M |
| Gross Margin % | 68.58% | 64.23% | 66.96% | 66.09% | 66.05% | 65.82% | 68.07% | 66.95% | 67.07% | 66.62% | 66.71% | 68.43% | 68.74% | 69.56% | 71.42% | 73.49% | 71.69% | 68.96% | 70% | 74.68% |
| Gross Profit Growth % | - | 13.03% | 20.35% | 19.15% | 17.43% | 19.18% | 13.86% | 12.25% | 13.31% | 13.95% | 18.87% | 23.33% | 21.13% | 31.86% | 29.25% | 33.26% | 22.82% | 21.14% | 14.19% | - |
| Operating Expenses | 388.77M | 364.4M | 338.17M | 277.59M | 226.63M | 198.51M | 162.64M | 148.48M | 139.76M | 138.51M | 121.43M | 101.45M | 83.57M | 70.84M | 53.49M | 41.47M | 28.93M | 24.15M | 22.9M | 20.64M |
| OpEx % of Revenue | - | 48.49% | 53.02% | 51.7% | 50.26% | 51.52% | 52.02% | 53.19% | 56.3% | 62.8% | 62.82% | 64% | 65.32% | 67.86% | 69.38% | 71.53% | 64.88% | 63.98% | 74.6% | 81.91% |
| Selling, General & Admin | 310.44M | 295.72M | 251.85M | 207.82M | 169.11M | 149.35M | 126.07M | 114.86M | 113.58M | 110.76M | 94.71M | 80.19M | 67.22M | 56.81M | 43.56M | 34.99M | 24.59M | 19.84M | 19.26M | 17.09M |
| SG&A % of Revenue | - | 39.35% | 39.49% | 38.71% | 37.51% | 38.76% | 40.33% | 41.15% | 45.75% | 50.21% | 49% | 50.59% | 52.54% | 54.42% | 56.49% | 60.35% | 55.13% | 52.58% | 62.74% | 67.84% |
| Research & Development | 68.84M | 68.68M | 62.81M | 53.65M | 45.75M | 39.04M | 31.02M | 28.3M | 22.09M | 23.18M | 21.98M | 17.95M | 13.49M | 10.87M | 8.17M | 5.84M | 4.35M | 4.3M | 3.64M | 3.55M |
| R&D % of Revenue | - | 9.14% | 9.85% | 9.99% | 10.15% | 10.13% | 9.92% | 10.14% | 8.9% | 10.51% | 11.37% | 11.33% | 10.55% | 10.41% | 10.59% | 10.07% | 9.75% | 11.41% | 11.86% | 14.07% |
| Other Operating Expenses | 1000K | 0 | 23.51M | 16.12M | 11.77M | 10.13M | 5.54M | 5.32M | -720K | -320K | 732K | -145K | -458K | -147K | -248K | 643K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Operating Income | 98.85M | 118.3M | 88.88M | 77.25M | 71.18M | 55.09M | 50.16M | 38.41M | 26.73M | 8.43M | 7.52M | 7.02M | 4.38M | 1.77M | 1.57M | 1.14M | 3.04M | 1.88M | -1.41M | -1.82M |
| Operating Margin % | 12.8% | 15.74% | 13.94% | 14.39% | 15.79% | 14.3% | 16.04% | 13.76% | 10.77% | 3.82% | 3.89% | 4.43% | 3.43% | 1.7% | 2.04% | 1.96% | 6.81% | 4.98% | -4.59% | -7.23% |
| Operating Income Growth % | - | 33.1% | 15.06% | 8.52% | 29.22% | 9.82% | 30.6% | 43.68% | 217.17% | 12.12% | 7.03% | 60.23% | 147.35% | 12.72% | 38.5% | -62.62% | 61.4% | 233.4% | 22.57% | - |
| EBITDA | 129.06M | 176.56M | 131.11M | 112M | 99.37M | 80M | 68.82M | 54.84M | 39.42M | 20.21M | 18.85M | 16.59M | 12.95M | 9.82M | 6.49M | 3.78M | 4.57M | 3.33M | 553K | -92K |
| EBITDA Margin % | 16.71% | 23.49% | 20.56% | 20.86% | 22.04% | 20.76% | 22.01% | 19.65% | 15.88% | 9.16% | 9.75% | 10.47% | 10.12% | 9.41% | 8.42% | 6.52% | 10.25% | 8.81% | 1.8% | -0.37% |
| EBITDA Growth % | -16.44% | 34.66% | 17.07% | 12.7% | 24.22% | 16.24% | 25.49% | 39.14% | 95.04% | 7.2% | 13.61% | 28.12% | 31.86% | 51.36% | 71.6% | -17.22% | 37.37% | 501.45% | 701.09% | - |
| D&A (Non-Cash Add-back) | 30.21M | 58.26M | 42.23M | 34.75M | 28.19M | 24.91M | 18.66M | 16.44M | 12.69M | 11.78M | 11.34M | 9.57M | 8.57M | 8.05M | 4.92M | 2.65M | 1.53M | 1.45M | 1.96M | 1.73M |
| EBIT | 94.39M | 123.83M | 99.48M | 85.56M | 71.32M | 53.54M | 50.16M | 38.41M | 28.34M | 9.98M | 6.38M | 7.02M | 4.11M | 2.06M | 1.57M | 1.08M | 3.05M | 1.52M | -1.38M | -1.7M |
| Net Interest Income | 2.23M | 0 | 10.58M | 7.66M | 0 | 278K | 1.1M | 2.95M | 2.33M | 1.03M | 601K | 197K | 187K | 112K | 19K | 89K | 84K | -270K | -419K | -439K |
| Interest Income | 1.08M | 0 | 10.58M | 7.66M | 0 | 278K | 1.1M | 2.95M | 2.33M | 1.03M | 601K | 197K | 187K | 112K | 46K | 89K | 158K | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interest Expense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27K | 0 | 74K | 270K | 419K | 439K |
| Other Income/Expense | 5.95M | 5.53M | 10.59M | 8.31M | 142K | -1.54M | 2.52M | 3.66M | 1.61M | 712K | 1.33M | 52K | -271K | -35K | -229K | -51K | -60K | -628K | -391K | -319K |
| Pretax Income | 104.8M | 123.83M | 99.48M | 85.56M | 71.32M | 53.54M | 52.68M | 42.07M | 28.34M | 9.14M | 8.85M | 7.08M | 4.11M | 1.74M | 1.34M | 1.08M | 2.98M | 1.25M | -1.8M | -2.14M |
| Pretax Margin % | 13.57% | 16.48% | 15.6% | 15.94% | 15.82% | 13.9% | 16.85% | 15.07% | 11.42% | 4.14% | 4.58% | 4.46% | 3.21% | 1.66% | 1.74% | 1.87% | 6.67% | 3.32% | -5.87% | -8.49% |
| Income Tax | 26.8M | 30.5M | 22.42M | 19.74M | 16.19M | 8.94M | 7.09M | 8.36M | 4.47M | 11.58M | 3.14M | 2.44M | 1.41M | 686K | 121K | -12.62M | 92K | 91K | 94K | 16K |
| Effective Tax Rate % | 25.57% | 24.63% | 22.54% | 23.07% | 22.7% | 16.7% | 13.47% | 19.87% | 15.77% | 126.7% | 35.48% | 34.43% | 34.24% | 39.49% | 9.01% | -1164.11% | 3.09% | 7.26% | -5.22% | -0.75% |
| Net Income | 78M | 93.34M | 77.05M | 65.82M | 55.13M | 44.6M | 45.59M | 33.71M | 23.87M | -2.44M | 5.71M | 4.64M | 2.7M | 1.05M | 1.22M | 13.7M | 2.88M | 1.16M | -1.9M | -2.16M |
| Net Margin % | 10.1% | 12.42% | 12.08% | 12.26% | 12.23% | 11.58% | 14.58% | 12.08% | 9.62% | -1.11% | 2.95% | 2.93% | 2.11% | 1.01% | 1.58% | 23.64% | 6.47% | 3.08% | -6.17% | -8.56% |
| Net Income Growth % | -5.96% | 21.13% | 17.06% | 19.39% | 23.63% | -2.17% | 35.22% | 41.22% | 1078.36% | -142.73% | 23.09% | 71.56% | 157.28% | -13.99% | -91.08% | 375.14% | 148.19% | 161.32% | 12.11% | - |
| Net Income (Continuing) | 71.14M | 93.34M | 77.05M | 65.82M | 55.13M | 44.6M | 45.59M | 33.71M | 23.87M | 351K | 4.96M | 4.64M | 2.7M | 1.05M | 1.22M | 13.7M | 2.88M | 1.16M | -1.9M | -2.16M |
| Discontinued Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minority Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EPS (Diluted) | 2.11 | 2.46 | 2.04 | 1.76 | 1.49 | 1.21 | 1.26 | 0.94 | 0.68 | -0.07 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.54 | 0.12 | 0.06 | -3.22 | -0.11 |
| EPS Growth % | -5.05% | 20.59% | 15.91% | 18.12% | 23.14% | -3.97% | 34.04% | 38.24% | 1067.28% | -141.35% | 21.43% | 74.13% | 143.64% | -24.83% | -91.87% | 350% | 91.39% | 101.95% | -2827.27% | - |
| EPS (Basic) | - | 2.46 | 2.07 | 1.80 | 1.53 | 1.24 | 1.29 | 0.96 | 0.69 | -0.07 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.57 | 0.18 | 1.77 | -3.22 | -3.30 |
| Diluted Shares Outstanding | 37.03M | 37.99M | 37.86M | 37.48M | 36.95M | 36.96M | 36.28M | 36M | 35.21M | 34.71M | 34.48M | 34.06M | 33.63M | 31.86M | 27.82M | 25.49M | 23.19M | 18.54M | 588K | 19.05M |
| Basic Shares Outstanding | 36.95M | 37.88M | 37.31M | 36.65M | 36.12M | 35.93M | 35.23M | 35.02M | 34.39M | 34.37M | 33.89M | 33.13M | 32.47M | 30.4M | 26.11M | 23.92M | 16.07M | 658K | 588K | 654K |
| Dividend Payout Ratio | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying SPSC stock.
For fiscal year 2025, SPS Commerce, Inc. (SPSC) reported total revenue of $751.5M. This represents a 2882.4% increase compared to $25.2M in 2007.
SPS Commerce, Inc. (SPSC) is profitable, generating $93.3M in net income for the fiscal year ending 2025 with a net profit margin of 12.4%.
SPS Commerce, Inc. (SPSC) reported an operating income of $118.3M, resulting in an operating profit margin of 15.7%. This margin reflects the operational efficiency of the business before interest and taxes.
SPS Commerce, Inc. (SPSC) generated $482.7M in gross profit for the year, representing a gross profit margin of 64.2%. This demonstrates the company's core pricing power and production efficiency.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Revenue growth deceleration and margin compression
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Growth Momentum Fades Sharply
Revenue growth decelerated from 22.0% in 2025Q2 to 5.6% in 2026Q2, per reported figures, signaling a sharp loss of momentum that may reflect market saturation or competitive pressures.
The sequential deceleration from 12.7% in 2025Q4 to 5.6% in 2026Q2 is pronounced, with the most recent quarter showing the weakest growth in the series. This suggests that the company's historical double-digit expansion is not sustainable at current levels, and investors should monitor whether this is a temporary dip or a structural slowdown. The growth rate is now below the peer average, indicating potential share loss or a maturing market.
Gross Margin Volatility Raises Concerns
Gross margin swung from 74.9% in 2026Q2 to 64.3% in 2026Q1, a 10.6-point swing within two quarters, as reported in financial statements, suggesting instability in cost of goods sold or revenue mix.
The gross margin in 2026Q2 rebounded to 74.9%, but the prior quarter's drop to 64.3% was the lowest in the series, indicating potential one-time costs or pricing pressure. This volatility is atypical for a software company and may indicate changing revenue composition, such as increased low-margin services. Compared to peers like Paylocity (69.2%) and GoDaddy (61.6%), SPSC's margins are still respectable, but the inconsistency warrants further investigation into the drivers.
Operating Leverage Inverted
Operating income fell to $8.4M in 2026Q2 from $34.7M in 2025Q4, with operating margin compressing to 4.3% from 18.0%, as per reported data, indicating that revenue growth is no longer translating to profit growth.
The operating margin contraction from 18.0% in 2025Q4 to 4.3% in 2026Q2 is severe, despite revenue growth of 5.6% year-over-year. This suggests that operating expenses, particularly SG&A, are growing faster than revenue, eroding operating leverage. The spike in SG&A to $80.6M in 2026Q2 from $74.7M in 2025Q4, while revenue only grew modestly, indicates a loss of cost discipline. This trend, if sustained, could signal a structural shift in the company's cost structure.
Earnings Quality Deteriorates
Net income dropped 63.5% year-over-year in 2026Q2 to $6.9M, while stock-based compensation remained elevated at $18.7M, exceeding net income, as reported in SEC filings, raising questions about reported profitability.
In 2026Q2, SBC of $18.7M was nearly three times net income of $6.9M, indicating that reported earnings are significantly inflated by non-cash charges. The EPS decline of 63.5% year-over-year is stark, and the gap between SBC and net income suggests that cash earnings are much weaker than GAAP earnings. This may indicate that the company is using stock-based compensation to attract talent, but it dilutes shareholders and masks underlying profitability.
SG&A Escalation Outpaces Revenue
SG&A expenses rose to $80.6M in 2026Q2, up from $74.7M in 2025Q4, while revenue grew only 5.6% year-over-year, as per reported figures, indicating a loss of expense discipline.
The sequential increase in SG&A from $74.7M to $80.6M, a 7.9% rise, contrasts with revenue growth of only 5.6% year-over-year, suggesting that the company is investing heavily in sales and marketing without commensurate returns. This is a red flag for investors, as it implies that the company may be struggling to acquire new customers efficiently. The R&D expense remained relatively stable, indicating that the cost pressure is concentrated in go-to-market activities.
What Could Invalidate the Growth Story
The sharp deceleration in revenue growth and margin compression could indicate that SPSC's competitive position is weakening, as evidenced by the 5.6% growth in 2026Q2 versus peers like Clearwater Analytics at 61.9%.
Short-sellers might argue that SPSC's growth is converging to industry levels, and the elevated SBC suggests that earnings are not as robust as they appear. The gross margin volatility and SG&A escalation could be signs of pricing pressure or increased competition, which may lead to further margin erosion. If revenue growth continues to decelerate and margins do not recover, the stock's premium valuation could be at risk.