year over year
Same time comparison
Year over year compares a measurement to the same period in the previous year, filtering out seasonal variations: Sales were up 12% year over year.
The phrase appears constantly in business and financial contexts, where quarterly or monthly figures need comparison against the same quarter or month from twelve months earlier.
Often abbreviated YoY.
- annualOccurring every year
- growthIncrease in size
- organic growthGrowth arising internally, gradually
- double digitNumber needing two numerals
- comparisonAssessment of similarities
quarterly · percentage · increase · decline · basis points · revenue · bottom line · metrics · benchmark · earnings · trend · performance · fiscal · change · comparable · baseline · tracking · run rate
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
- Growth Metricsgrowth rate, annual growth, revenue growth, organic growth, rapid growth
- sales metricsquota, pipeline, conversion rate, win rate, bookings
- earningsearnings, earnings per share, income, earnings call, gains
- salessale, sales, selling, salesperson, salesman