profitability

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The launch marks BYD’s latest effort to showcase its edge in technology as growth in China’s EV market slows and pricing pressure weighs on profitability across the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“One plausible interpretation is that the market is pricing a broad step-up in corporate profitability in response to the accelerating AI rollout, similar to what happened when China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001.”

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

However, smaller companies still face a tougher fundamental backdrop, including falling earnings estimates, weaker profitability and heavier debt loads, Alex Sagal, investment-strategy analyst at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, wrote in a Wednesday note.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Return on equity, a measure of profitability and efficiency, widened to 16.4% from 13.8% in the same period last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Among Chicago’s leading men, profitability was a matter of personal and civic honor.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson