break even

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RBC Capital Markets analyst Michael Toner has an outperform rating on GYG but didn’t expect its U.S. operation to break even until the 2037 fiscal year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Typically, you have to live into your early 80s to break even if you take Social Security early.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

SKW's CEO Carsten Franzke says that the company is not a "war profiteer" and will probably just break even once soaring energy costs are also taken into account.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

Allbritton, who co-founded Politico, aims for the Star to break even by 2029, without a sale as an endgame.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

What I took out of them was that character was measured by facing up to difficult situations and that a hero was a man who would not break even under the most trying circumstances.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela