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* [[Drag]] | * [[Drag]] | ||
* [[EBITA]] | |||
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* [[Gross profit margin]] | * [[Gross profit margin]] | ||
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* [[Profit]] | * [[Profit]] | ||
* [[Ratio analysis]] | * [[Ratio analysis]] | ||
* [[Return on capital employed]] | * [[Return on capital employed]] (ROCE) | ||
* [[Underlying]] | * [[Underlying]] | ||
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | ||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | [[Category:The_business_context]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:45, 7 December 2022
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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.
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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.
