Revenue is the top line, net income is the bottom line — the whole income statement is what happens in between. Start with revenue, subtract cost of goods sold to get gross profit, subtract operating expenses to get operating income, then subtract interest and taxes to arrive at net income.
A company's real story often lives in that middle section — two companies can have identical revenue and wildly different net income depending on cost structure.
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