profitable
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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
To cover sharply higher costs, airlines are raising fares and pulling down flights that will no longer be profitable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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
That backdrop has left many miners struggling to stay profitable.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
They had the essential feature of a Ponzi scheme: To maintain the fiction that they were profitable enterprises, they needed more and more capital to create more and more subprime loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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