Revenue accelerated 22.6% YoY to $143.0M in 2026Q2 with gross margin up to 65.5%, but operating margin contracted to 11.7% due to an SG&A spike to $77.0M, and EPS fell 77.2% YoY.
Turning Point Brands, Inc. (TPB) annual income statement — 16-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'06 | Dec'05 | Dec'04 |
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| Sales/Revenue | 507.23M | 463.06M | 360.66M | 325.06M | 321.23M | 445.47M | 405.11M | 361.99M | 332.68M | 285.78M | 206.23M | 197.26M | 200.33M | 193.3M | 117.6M | 116.9M | 115.3M |
| Revenue Growth % | 24.49% | 28.39% | 10.95% | 1.19% | -27.89% | 9.96% | 11.91% | 8.81% | 16.41% | 38.57% | 4.55% | -1.53% | 3.63% | 64.37% | 0.6% | 1.39% | - |
| Cost of Goods Sold | 207.15M | 198.75M | 159.09M | 142.12M | 143.4M | 227.64M | 215.12M | 201.87M | 190.12M | 160.91M | 105.87M | 100.96M | 107.17M | 103.04M | 53.3M | 56.7M | 58.6M |
| COGS % of Revenue | - | 42.92% | 44.11% | 43.72% | 44.64% | 51.1% | 53.1% | 55.77% | 57.15% | 56.31% | 51.34% | 51.18% | 53.49% | 53.31% | 45.32% | 48.5% | 50.82% |
| Gross Profit | 300.08M | 264.31M | 201.56M | 182.94M | 177.83M | 217.83M | 189.99M | 160.12M | 142.56M | 124.87M | 100.36M | 96.3M | 93.16M | 90.26M | 64.3M | 60.2M | 56.7M |
| Gross Margin % | 59.16% | 57.08% | 55.89% | 56.28% | 55.36% | 48.9% | 46.9% | 44.23% | 42.85% | 43.69% | 48.66% | 48.82% | 46.51% | 46.69% | 54.68% | 51.5% | 49.18% |
| Gross Profit Growth % | - | 31.13% | 10.18% | 2.87% | -18.36% | 14.66% | 18.66% | 12.32% | 14.17% | 24.43% | 4.22% | 3.36% | 3.22% | 40.37% | 6.81% | 6.17% | - |
| Operating Expenses | 224.68M | 168.99M | 114.85M | 102.76M | 98.58M | 127.51M | 125.56M | 132.89M | 94.08M | 75.37M | 56.77M | 51.78M | 45.11M | 46.85M | 48.4M | 44.3M | 37.5M |
| OpEx % of Revenue | - | 36.49% | 31.84% | 31.61% | 30.69% | 28.62% | 30.99% | 36.71% | 28.28% | 26.37% | 27.53% | 26.25% | 22.52% | 24.24% | 41.16% | 37.9% | 32.52% |
| Selling, General & Admin | 188.32M | 168.99M | 113.55M | 102.16M | 97.98M | 123.15M | 121.65M | 104.73M | 94.08M | 75.37M | 56.77M | 51.78M | 45.11M | 46.82M | 47.8M | 43.9M | 37M |
| SG&A % of Revenue | - | 36.49% | 31.48% | 31.43% | 30.5% | 27.65% | 30.03% | 28.93% | 28.28% | 26.37% | 27.53% | 26.25% | 22.52% | 24.22% | 40.65% | 37.55% | 32.09% |
| Research & Development | 0 | 0 | 1.3M | 600K | 600K | 1.1M | 1.3M | 2.5M | 2.5M | 2.3M | 1.8M | 1.4M | 1.2M | 949K | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R&D % of Revenue | - | - | 0.36% | 0.18% | 0.19% | 0.25% | 0.32% | 0.69% | 0.75% | 0.8% | 0.87% | 0.71% | 0.6% | 0.49% | - | - | - |
| Other Operating Expenses | 1000K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.26M | 2.62M | 25.66M | -131K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27K | 600K | 400K | 500K |
| Operating Income | 75.4M | 95.33M | 86.72M | 80.18M | 79.25M | 90.32M | 64.43M | 27.23M | 48.48M | 49.5M | 43.59M | 44.51M | 48.06M | 43.41M | 15.9M | 15.9M | 19.2M |
| Operating Margin % | 14.87% | 20.59% | 24.04% | 24.67% | 24.67% | 20.28% | 15.9% | 7.52% | 14.57% | 17.32% | 21.13% | 22.57% | 23.99% | 22.46% | 13.52% | 13.6% | 16.65% |
| Operating Income Growth % | - | 9.93% | 8.16% | 1.18% | -12.26% | 40.19% | 136.6% | -43.84% | -2.05% | 13.57% | -2.08% | -7.38% | 10.7% | 173.03% | 0% | -17.19% | - |
| EBITDA | 82.92M | 102.74M | 92.38M | 84.3M | 82.63M | 95.33M | 69.44M | 31.32M | 51.59M | 51.83M | 44.87M | 45.57M | 48.99M | 44.34M | 18.36M | 17.51M | 20.48M |
| EBITDA Margin % | 16.35% | 22.19% | 25.61% | 25.93% | 25.72% | 21.4% | 17.14% | 8.65% | 15.51% | 18.14% | 21.76% | 23.1% | 24.45% | 22.94% | 15.61% | 14.98% | 17.76% |
| EBITDA Growth % | -12.6% | 11.22% | 9.59% | 2.02% | -13.33% | 37.28% | 121.73% | -39.3% | -0.45% | 15.51% | -1.54% | -6.98% | 10.47% | 141.53% | 4.85% | -14.5% | - |
| D&A (Non-Cash Add-back) | 5.99M | 7.42M | 5.66M | 4.12M | 3.38M | 5.01M | 5.02M | 4.09M | 3.11M | 2.33M | 1.28M | 1.06M | 933K | 932K | 2.46M | 1.61M | 1.28M |
| EBIT | 93.75M | 108.53M | 88.39M | 84.52M | 61.59M | 93.58M | 67.04M | 52.89M | 46.39M | 43.82M | 41.65M | 44.51M | 5.28M | 45.41M | -38.28M | -21.55M | -38.98M |
| Net Interest Income | -16.59M | -17.47M | -13.98M | -14.64M | -19.52M | -20.5M | -13.49M | -14.44M | -14.82M | -16.89M | -26.62M | -34.28M | -34.31M | -44.09M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interest Income | 7.94M | 7.92M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 267K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interest Expense | 24.53M | 25.39M | 13.98M | 14.64M | 19.52M | 20.5M | 13.49M | 14.44M | 15.09M | 16.89M | 26.62M | 34.28M | 34.31M | 44.09M | -27.08M | -31.85M | -31.28M |
| Other Income/Expense | -6.18M | -12.18M | -21.76M | -18.11M | -37.18M | -25.02M | -14.28M | -8.13M | -16.91M | -22.75M | -28.68M | -34.28M | -77.09M | -44.53M | -27.1M | -5.6M | -26.9M |
| Pretax Income | 69.22M | 83.14M | 64.96M | 62.06M | 42.07M | 65.3M | 50.15M | 19.1M | 31.57M | 26.93M | 14.91M | 10.23M | -29.04M | -1.12M | -11.2M | 10.3M | -7.7M |
| Pretax Margin % | 13.65% | 17.95% | 18.01% | 19.09% | 13.1% | 14.66% | 12.38% | 5.28% | 9.49% | 9.42% | 7.23% | 5.18% | -14.49% | -0.58% | -9.52% | 8.81% | -6.68% |
| Income Tax | 9.58M | 14.99M | 16.93M | 24M | 10.98M | 14.04M | 11.96M | 2.86M | 6.29M | 7.28M | -12.01M | 1.08M | 370K | 486K | 850K | 228K | 17.4M |
| Effective Tax Rate % | 13.84% | 18.03% | 26.06% | 38.67% | 26.1% | 21.5% | 23.84% | 14.99% | 19.91% | 27.03% | -80.53% | 10.54% | -1.27% | -43.28% | -7.59% | 2.21% | -226.03% |
| Net Income | 44.55M | 58.16M | 39.81M | 38.46M | 11.64M | 52.06M | 38.19M | 16.23M | 25.29M | 20.21M | 26.91M | 16.68M | -29.41M | -1.61M | -12M | 10.1M | -34.9M |
| Net Margin % | 8.78% | 12.56% | 11.04% | 11.83% | 3.62% | 11.69% | 9.43% | 4.48% | 7.6% | 7.07% | 13.05% | 8.46% | -14.68% | -0.83% | -10.2% | 8.64% | -30.27% |
| Net Income Growth % | 2.03% | 46.11% | 3.5% | 230.4% | -77.64% | 36.31% | 135.27% | -35.81% | 25.14% | -24.91% | 61.35% | 156.72% | -1727.53% | 86.59% | -218.81% | 128.94% | - |
| Net Income (Continuing) | 59.64M | 68.15M | 48.03M | 38.07M | 31.09M | 51.26M | 38.19M | 16.23M | 25.29M | 19.65M | 26.91M | 9.15M | -29.41M | -1.61M | -12M | 10.1M | -34.9M |
| Discontinued Operations | 0 | 0 | -7.52M | -285K | -19.93M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minority Interest | 23.93M | 17.68M | 2.4M | 1.03M | 1.74M | 2.31M | 4.05M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EPS (Diluted) | 2.21 | 3.11 | 2.14 | 2.01 | 0.64 | 2.52 | 1.67 | 0.69 | 1.28 | 1.04 | 1.49 | 0.55 | -1.76 | -0.10 | -0.65 | 17.12 | -53.28 |
| EPS Growth % | -2.51% | 45.33% | 6.47% | 214.06% | -74.6% | 50.9% | 142.03% | -46.09% | 23.08% | -30.2% | 170.91% | 131.25% | -1727.62% | 85.18% | -103.8% | 132.13% | - |
| EPS (Basic) | - | 3.18 | 2.24 | 2.34 | 0.65 | 2.75 | 1.70 | 0.70 | 1.31 | 1.06 | 1.63 | 0.59 | -1.89 | -0.10 | -0.65 | 17.12 | -53.28 |
| Diluted Shares Outstanding | 20.16M | 18.73M | 19.36M | 20.47M | 18.06M | 22.38M | 19.73M | 20.04M | 19.83M | 19.51M | 18.02M | 16.7M | 16.7M | 16.7M | 18.4M | 590K | 655K |
| Basic Shares Outstanding | 19.89M | 18.31M | 17.73M | 17.58M | 17.9M | 18.92M | 19.4M | 19.63M | 19.36M | 18.99M | 16.47M | 15.54M | 15.54M | 15.54M | 18.4M | 590K | 655K |
| Dividend Payout Ratio | - | 9.49% | 12.32% | 11.69% | 36.51% | 7.87% | 9.96% | 21.75% | 9.17% | 3.8% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying TPB stock.
For fiscal year 2025, Turning Point Brands, Inc. (TPB) reported total revenue of $463.1M. This represents a 301.6% increase compared to $115.3M in 2004.
Turning Point Brands, Inc. (TPB) is profitable, generating $58.2M in net income for the fiscal year ending 2025 with a net profit margin of 12.6%.
Turning Point Brands, Inc. (TPB) reported an operating income of $95.3M, resulting in an operating profit margin of 20.6%. This margin reflects the operational efficiency of the business before interest and taxes.
Turning Point Brands, Inc. (TPB) generated $264.3M in gross profit for the year, representing a gross profit margin of 57.1%. This demonstrates the company's core pricing power and production efficiency.
Key Metrics
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EPS volatility from tax items
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Revenue Momentum Accelerates
TPB's revenue grew 22.6% year-over-year in 2026Q2, reaching $143.0M, up from $116.6M in 2025Q2, according to the latest quarterly report, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of accelerating growth.
The revenue trajectory shows a clear acceleration from the negative growth in 2024 (ranging from -16.7% to -3.6%) to positive double-digit growth in 2025 and 2026, with the most recent quarter posting the highest growth rate at 22.6%. This suggests that the company has successfully navigated a period of contraction and is now benefiting from stronger demand or market share gains. The sequential increase from $124.3M in 2026Q1 to $143.0M in 2026Q2 indicates a robust quarter-over-quarter momentum, which may be driven by new product launches or expanded distribution. Investors should monitor whether this growth rate is sustainable, as it outpaces the broader tobacco industry's modest growth, implying potential market share capture or category expansion.
Gross Margin Expansion Signals Pricing Power
Gross margin improved to 65.5% in 2026Q2, up from 57.1% a year earlier, as reported in the income statement, indicating enhanced pricing power or a favorable product mix shift.
The gross margin has trended upward from the mid-50s in 2024 to 65.5% in 2026Q2, a significant expansion of over 800 basis points. This improvement suggests that TPB is either raising prices successfully or shifting its sales mix toward higher-margin products, such as smokeless or alternative tobacco products. Compared to peers like Altria (72.2%) and Philip Morris (67.1%), TPB's gross margin is now approaching industry norms, though it still lags slightly. The sustainability of this margin expansion is critical; if it is driven by one-time factors like inventory adjustments, it may revert. However, the consistent upward trend over several quarters suggests structural improvements, possibly from operational efficiencies or premium product positioning.
Operating Leverage Masked by SG&A Spike
Operating income margin fell to 11.7% in 2026Q2 from 22.6% in 2025Q2, despite higher revenue, as SG&A surged to $77.0M from $8.9M, according to the latest financials, indicating a temporary cost disruption.
The operating leverage appears negative in the most recent quarter, with operating income declining to $16.7M from $26.3M a year earlier, even as revenue grew. This is primarily due to a dramatic increase in SG&A expenses, which jumped from $8.9M in 2025Q2 to $77.0M in 2026Q2. This spike is anomalous and may reflect one-time charges, such as litigation settlements, restructuring costs, or acquisition-related expenses. Excluding this quarter, operating margins have been relatively stable in the low-to-mid 20s, suggesting that the underlying business has good operating leverage. Investors should scrutinize the nature of this SG&A increase; if it is recurring, it could signal a structural shift in cost structure, but if it is non-recurring, the margin compression may be temporary.
Earnings Volatility Raises Quality Concerns
Net income swung from $14.5M in 2025Q2 to $3.6M in 2026Q2, with EPS down 77.2% year-over-year, as reported in the income statement, despite revenue growth, highlighting non-operating distortions.
The earnings quality is questionable due to significant volatility in net income and EPS that does not align with the revenue trend. For instance, in 2026Q2, net income was only $3.6M despite record revenue, while in 2025Q3, net income was $21.1M on lower revenue. This suggests that non-operating items, such as tax adjustments, gains or losses on investments, or one-time charges, are materially impacting reported earnings. The effective tax rate appears to fluctuate wildly, as seen in the net margin dropping to 2.5% in 2026Q2 from 12.4% in 2025Q2. Additionally, stock-based compensation is relatively modest at around $2-3M per quarter, so it is not the primary driver. Investors should adjust for these non-recurring items to assess the underlying profitability, which appears more stable based on operating income trends.
SG&A Spike Demands Scrutiny
SG&A expenses surged to $77.0M in 2026Q2, representing 53.8% of revenue, up from 7.6% in 2025Q2, based on the income statement, a dramatic increase that warrants investigation.
The cost structure is dominated by COGS and SG&A, with R&D negligible. While COGS has remained relatively stable as a percentage of revenue, SG&A has been highly volatile. In most quarters, SG&A is in the range of $5-10M, but in 2026Q2 it jumped to $77.0M, and in 2025Q4 it was $47.7M. These spikes are not explained by revenue growth and may indicate one-time expenses such as legal settlements, impairment charges, or acquisition costs. The company's expense discipline appears inconsistent, with SG&A as a percentage of revenue swinging from under 10% to over 50%. This volatility makes it difficult to assess the underlying cost structure. Investors should seek clarity on the nature of these expenses; if they are recurring, they could compress margins permanently, but if they are non-recurring, the normalized SG&A is quite low, suggesting strong cost control.
Margin Compression and EPS Distortions
Despite revenue growth, operating margin contracted to 11.7% in 2026Q2 from 22.6% a year earlier, and EPS fell 77.2%, as per the income statement, raising concerns about earnings sustainability.
The most significant challenge to the bullish narrative is the recent margin compression and earnings volatility. While revenue is growing at an accelerating pace, the operating margin has dropped sharply in the latest quarter, and net income has been erratic. Short-sellers might argue that the company's growth is not translating into bottom-line profitability, and that the SG&A spike indicates a lack of cost discipline. Additionally, the wide swings in EPS, from $1.13 in 2025Q3 to $0.18 in 2026Q2, suggest that reported earnings are not a reliable indicator of underlying performance. If the SG&A increase is recurring, the company's profitability could be structurally impaired. Furthermore, the company's gross margin, while improving, still lags behind major peers like Altria and British American Tobacco, which may indicate weaker pricing power in the long run. Investors should monitor whether the company can restore operating margins to the low-20s while sustaining revenue growth.