The purpose of this research is to conduct a literature review on the evolution of research on the financial performance of multinational enterprises through a bibliometric and network analysis in an attempt to map this area of knowledge and identify emerging research trends.A science mapping analysis was carried out from 687 records retrieved from Web of Science and Scopus and dated during the period between 2000 and 2021 in order to identify the most relevant documents, authors, journals, institutions, and countries in the field. Moreover, the main contribution of this document is the delineation of the trends and emerging research topics on the financial performance of MNEs.