profit
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GSK said the acquisition is expected to contribute to revenue growth from 2027 and strengthen its core operating profit, helping offset the loss of patent protection for HIV drug dolutegravir over 2028-30.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Standard & Poor’s, for example, waits until a stock has been publicly traded for at least a year and has turned a profit in four quarters, including the quarter prior to its addition.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Jefferies cuts Nickel Industries to hold from buy, and lowers its price target by 17% to A$1.00/share, citing increasing geopolitical headwinds and higher sulfur prices reducing profit margins of its high-pressure acid leach operations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The result is that profit margin estimates have crept higher, all culminating in the explosion of earnings projections.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
I’m still calculating the profit when the outboard starts to sputter.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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