A reliable measure of long-term business momentum is the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) — a metric that smooths out short-term volatility to show how consistently a company expands revenue, earnings, or profitability over time.

Unlike year-over-year changes, CAGR highlights the sustainability and efficiency of growth, revealing whether a company is scaling through durable fundamentals or one-off surges. For investors, strong multi-year growth rates often signal scalable operations, steady demand, and management discipline.

This week, five companies demonstrate standout multi-year performance across revenue and EBITDA. Below, we spotlight these names — and show how to identify similar opportunities using FMP's Income Statement API.

This piece is part of FMP's Data in Action series — a collection of insights where we apply live financial datasets to reveal real-world signals for analysts and portfolio managers.

Be sure to read our latest article, 5 Stocks with the Strongest Growth Rates — Track Them with the FMP API, for more data-driven takeaways.

5 High-Growth Companies

AngloGold Ashanti plc (NYSE: AU)

• 5-Year Revenue CAGR: 13.45%
  
  
• 5-Year EBITDA CAGR: 28.20%
  
  
• 5-Year EPS CAGR: 31.6%
  
  

AngloGold Ashanti continues to benefit from higher realized gold prices and operational improvements at its Africa and Americas mines. The company's expanding free cash flow base and disciplined capital spending reinforce its ability to sustain growth even in a moderating gold environment.

Coeur Mining, Inc. (NYSE: CDE)

• 5-Year Revenue CAGR: 11.39%
  
  
• 5-Year EBITDA CAGR: 74.98%
  
  
• 5-Year EPS CAGR: 45.3%
  
  

Coeur's exceptional EBITDA growth reflects both operational leverage and improved ore grades at key assets like Rochester and Kensington. Continued investment in production efficiency and cost control supports margin expansion, positioning CDE to outperform if precious metal prices remain firm.

Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS)

• 5-Year Revenue CAGR: 11.22%
  
  
• 5-Year EBITDA CAGR: 32.35%
  
  
• 5-Year EPS CAGR: 36.8%
  
  

Celestica's strong multi-year growth underscores the success of its strategic pivot toward higher-value manufacturing, including aerospace and industrial markets. The combination of automation investment and supply-chain flexibility has yielded consistent operating leverage across cycles.

LG Display Co., Ltd (NYSE: LPL)

• 5-Year Revenue CAGR: 3.89%
  
  
• 5-Year EBITDA CAGR: 216.03%
  
  
• 5-Year EPS CAGR: 188.4%
  
  

LG Display's rebound in profitability reflects a major product and operational turnaround. After years of volatility, higher-margin OLED panel demand and cost rationalization are driving outsized EBITDA and EPS gains. The steep CAGR figures emphasize recovery from a low base, but sustained execution remains key.

Hudbay Minerals Inc. (NYSE: HBM)

• 5-Year Revenue CAGR: 13.44%
  
  
• 5-Year EBITDA CAGR: 17.41%
  
  
• 5-Year EPS CAGR: 24.9%
  
  

Hudbay's growth stems from production expansion in its copper and zinc operations, alongside improved throughput at Peru's Constancia mine. The company continues to deleverage and reinvest in brownfield projects, supporting balanced growth and value creation through the commodity cycle.

Looking Beyond CAGR: Assessing the Quality of Growth

Headline CAGR numbers are just the starting point. To distinguish durable growth from temporary spikes, focus on three dimensions: quality, durability, and cost of growth.

Assessing Growth Quality

Separate organic growth from acquisition-driven expansion. True scalability shows up in rising gross margins and stable SG&A ratios — not in heavy marketing or dilution.

Gauging Growth Durability

Sustained performance aligns with consistent margins, steady R&D spending, and improving return on invested capital (ROIC). Erratic working capital or volatile revenue suggests sensitivity to external cycles.

Measuring Cost of Growth

High CAGR loses appeal if it depends on heavy capex or persistent cash burn. Analyze cash-flow conversion, capex-to-revenue, and stock-based compensation to gauge whether expansion truly benefits shareholders.

To make this framework systematic, investors can pull multi-year data via the Income Statement API, compute 3- and 5-year CAGRs, then layer in Cash Flow API and Key Metrics API for ROIC, margins, and leverage.

For a deeper look at balancing revenue growth and profitability, see Bottom-Line vs. Top-Line Growth: Understanding Strategic Tradeoffs — a quick FMP guide that explores how efficiency turns growth into long-term value.

Tracking Growth Systematically with the FMP API

Instead of manually extracting numbers from filings, you can automate CAGR analysis using the Income Statement API.

Step 1: Pull Income Statement Data

Endpoint:
https://financialmodelingprep.com/stable/income-statement?symbol=AAPL&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

Step 2: Gather Historical Figures

Query multiple years of revenue, EBITDA, or EPS to build a time series for CAGR calculations.

Step 3: Calculate CAGR

Formula:
CAGR = (Ending Value / Beginning Value)^(1 / Years) - 1

Step 4: Scale Screening with Bulk API

Use the Income Statement Bulk API to fetch data for thousands of tickers at once.
https://financialmodelingprep.com/stable/income-statement-bulk?year=2025&period=FY&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

From there, loop through results, calculate multi-year CAGRs, and filter for thresholds (e.g., 5-year revenue CAGR > 10%). Combine these results with Cash Flow or Key Metrics data for more refined ranking.

Many analysts begin exploring these datasets on FMP as a starting point before building full-fledged screening logic into internal dashboards.

Scaling a Growth-Screening Workflow

Start small with FMP's Basic plan, which allows testing the Income Statement API on select tickers. For expanded access, the Starter plan includes all U.S.-listed companies, while the Premium plan adds global exchanges and historical depth — ideal for cross-market growth studies.

Turning Growth Data into Long-Term Signals

CAGR remains one of the clearest indicators of sustainable business strength. AngloGold Ashanti, Coeur Mining, Celestica, LG Display, and Hudbay Minerals each demonstrate that consistent reinvestment and operational focus drive compounding results.

By automating growth analysis with FMP's Income Statement API and Income Statement Bulk API, investors can continuously surface companies that deliver scalable, profitable expansion — transforming raw financial data into actionable, long-term insights.