profit
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By 2030, UBS expects the German automobile manufacturer to return to a 13% operating profit margin.
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
The German airline’s 2025 pretax profit was broadly in line with expectations despite slightly weaker operating profit due to higher costs, but a higher tax rate reduced net profit more than expected, Zhong says.
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
Why should an ice cream company be able to profit only from improvements that we are conscious of?
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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