profitable

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A newly public and smaller company that isn’t profitable yet, it will need financing going forward, which it could receive if investors believe in the growth story.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

“The landlords are not the ones to actually make the land profitable unless they’re doing something with that land,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Research firm IDC projects shipments to crash 13% in 2026, though it says the biggest impact will be felt by makers of cheap Android phones, whose devices are no longer profitable to produce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

But it’s unclear whether there are investors willing to put up capital for a golf league that has yet to demonstrate a profitable business model, or how many golfers would stick around through the uncertainty.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

On the other hand, lead was easy to extract and work, and almost embarrassingly profitable to produce industrially–and tetraethyl lead did indubitably stop engines from knocking.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson