Company data sheet · Sears Holdings
Sears Holdings: from profit to six straight losses.
- Industry
- Department Stores
- Headquarters
- United States
- Sources
- SEC filings (2004–2022), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- From profit to six straight losses. Sears Holdings lost money every year from fiscal 2013 to 2018: $7.7 billion in all.
- Left behind by its peers. From 2016 to 2017, its revenue shrank 25% in US dollars; the median among 64 large retailers grew 5%. It outgrew only 0% of them.
- Still smaller than it was. Revenue reached $16.7 billion in fiscal 2018, 34% below its fiscal 2016 peak of $25.1 billion.
- A steady bench. Sears Holdings filed 17 leadership changes since 2016, fewer than 76% of large retailers (the median is 25).
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $25.1 billion | −$1.1 billion | |
| 2017 | $22.1 billion | −$2.2 billion | |
| 2018 | $16.7 billion | −$0.4 billion |
As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.
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- Economic context: 7 measures for the United States, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
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