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A relative measure of profit, designed to facilitate comparisons between different businesses and between different time periods. | A relative measure of profit, designed to facilitate comparisons between different businesses and between different time periods. | ||
Often expressed in percentage terms, for example, Return on capital employed. | Often expressed in percentage terms, for example, Return on capital employed. | ||
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Profitability also means the general condition of earning profits, usually consistently, rather than being loss-making. | |||
For example, a return to profitability following an earlier period of losses. | |||
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* [[Drag]] | * [[Drag]] | ||
* [[Gross profit margin]] | * [[Gross profit margin]] | ||
* [[Loss]] | |||
* [[Net profit margin]] | * [[Net profit margin]] | ||
* [[Operating profit margin]] | * [[Operating profit margin]] | ||
* [[Profit]] | * [[Profit]] | ||
* [[Ratio analysis]] | |||
* [[Return on capital employed]] | * [[Return on capital employed]] | ||
* [[Underlying]] | * [[Underlying]] | ||
Revision as of 10:58, 22 January 2019
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A relative measure of profit, designed to facilitate comparisons between different businesses and between different time periods.
Often expressed in percentage terms, for example, Return on capital employed.
2.
Profitability also means the general condition of earning profits, usually consistently, rather than being loss-making.
For example, a return to profitability following an earlier period of losses.
