Harper Collins book sales income and revenue statistics
- As of June 2022, HarperCollins operates with an annual revenue of $2.19 billion. The company increased its publishing revenue by 10.4% compared to the 2021 fiscal year.
- Company’s adjusted revenue stands at $286 million as of June 2022, which is a 6.3% decrease compared to 2021.
- Company’s EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) stayed almost at the same level in 2022 as in 2021, with $306 million. They were $303 million in 2021, meaning the 1-year growth was 1%.
- Adjusted EBITDA in fiscal 2022 decreased y 6% for the company.
- This revenue growth is slower compared to 2021, then HarperCollins revenue increased by 18.6% compared to the 2020 fiscal year.
- Most of HarperCollins’ revenue in 2022 and 2021 came from the acquisitions of other book publishing companies, with $149 million from HMH’s acquisition only.
- Around 66,7% of HarperCollins’ revenue comes from the USA book market.
- In the first 9 months of (fiscal) 2022, HarperCollins generated $1.68 billion in revenue, which is a 12% increase compared to the same period in 2021.
- The revenue of HarperCollins accounts for 21.1% of the total revenue of its owner, News Corp, as of June 2022. This is the same revenue share the company had in 2021.
- With adjusted revenue, HarperCollins’s share in News Corp’s revenue is 16.7%. In 2021, this share was 22.7%.
- HarperCollins recorded the 3rd highest revenue among global book publishers, trailing only Penguin Random House ($4.3 Billion) and Hachette Book Group ($3.1 Billion).
- HarperCollins accounts for 6.7% of the global book publishing revenue as of 2021.
- The growth of HarperCollins’ revenue exceeded the global publishing revenue growth, which stood at 12.3%.
| Fiscal year | Revenue ($ million) | Change (%) | EBITDA ($ million) | Change (%) |
| 2022 | 2,191 | 10.38% | 306 | 0.99% |
| 2021 | 1,985 | 19.15% | 303 | 41.59% |
| 2020 | 1,666 | -5.02% | 214 | -15.08% |
| 2019 | 1,754 | -0.23% | 252 | 5.44% |
| 2018 | 1,758 | 7.46% | 239 | 20.10% |
| 2017 | 1,636 | -0.61% | 199 | 7.57% |
| 2016 | 1,646 | -1.26% | 185 | -16.29% |
| 2015 | 1,667 | 16.25% | 221 | 12.18% |
| 2014 | 1,434 | 4.75% | 197 | 38.73% |
| 2013 | 1,369 | 142 |
- Since 2013, the annual revenue of HarperCollins has increased by $822 million, or 60%.
- Over the last 9 years, the company recorded 5 positive growth in revenue YOY, with the highest growth recorded in 2021 at 19.15%.
- During the same period, the company recorded an increase in EBITDA by $164 million, which accounts for 115.5% growth.
- 7 out of the last 9 years, the company recorded positive growth in EBITDA year-over-year.
HarperCollins’ annual revenue and EBITDA are graphically presented in the chart below.
HarperCollins book publishing statistics
- HarperCollins contains a catalog of over 200,000 titles in print and digital formats combined.
- The company reports that it releases over 10,000 new titles every year.
- Since 2018, there have been 825 titles published by HarperCollins that found their spot on the New York Times bestsellers list.
- In 2022 only, 229 different books on the NYT bestsellers list were published by HarperCollins.
- The company has publishing facilities in 17 countries.
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