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profitable

[prof-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl /


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Freiha declined to disclose financials but said Blank Street has a $500-million valuation, is profitable and sells about three times as many drinks per store as it did three years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

By the time Bennett took Ashford Inc. private again in 2024—for $11 million—its common shareholders had never had a profitable year after paying interest costs and preferred stock dividends.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Also at Ras Laffan, Shell’s highly profitable Pearl gas-to-liquids facility was struck so heavily that one of its two production lines will be closed for at least a year, according to the company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

He pointed out that both companies are profitable, which is not often the case with meme stocks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

But then they wound up doing something quite different from—and, ultimately, more profitable than—what everyone else who bet against the subprime mortgage market was doing: They bet against the upper floors—the double-A tranches—of the CDOs.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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