operating profit

Profit is the operating result of an enterprise for a specific accounting period, including operating profit, total profit and net profit.

CAT's operating profit would have been "a half a percentage point higher" if currency had been neutral, DeWalt added.

This difference between net and operating profit means there can be no doubt: companies have been speculating in the stock market.

First- quarter operating profit dropped on a sequential basis ; this follows a year where income growth decelerated to a mere 4 per cent .

The company had also said it expected third-quarter operating profit to be "around break-even. "

Toyota reported a 32% decline in operating profit between July and September, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.

In the previous financial year Softbank put an end to years of operating losses and has since seen operating profit grow each quarter.

The Sands generated more than twice as much operating profit in the first quarter on less than half the invested capital .

Three-quarters of the company's operating profit came from East Asia in the six months through September.

Posco said the strong results had prompted it to raise its operating profit target for this year by 16 per cent to Won6, 600bn.

The unit represents just over a quarter of Microsoft's sales but more than half of its operating profit.

In the six months to January operating profit was up by 12% on a year before.

But the long-term problem for Microsoft is that more than 80 percent of its operating profit still comes from its PC software franchise.

When results are announced on Tuesday, analysts expect the Detroit automaker's operating profit will be two and a half times Fiat's.

William Hill Plc jumped 9. 5 percent as it predicted that full-year operating profit will be at the "top end" of analysts' projections.

China is currently the only geographic region where Lenovo makes an operating profit.

Commercial banks are in pursuit of its operating profit target, as well as other businesses.

EVA (Economic Value Added) is the balance found by deducting the cost of capital from the net operating profit after tax (NOPAT).

Although operating profit dropped and market share experienced adecline, these was an upturn in the level of turnover.

It has serious industrial relations problems at its South Korean subsidiary, but its operating profit there is still up 30 per cent.

The airline recently warned that without fierce cost-cutting measures it would fail to make even an operating profit this year.

Swedish Match maintained its forecast for improved sales and "underlying" operating profit this year, helped by Scandinavian snuff demand.

China accounts for half of sales and all of operating profit, with a market share two-thirds bigger than HP and Dell combined.

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Yum's China division saw its operating profit jump 38% in the second quarter, and Pizza Hut was the division's fastest-growing brand.

Air France-KLM warned yesterday that its operating profit could fall by a third this year under the impact of the surge in fuel prices.

Much ink has been spilled on the subject of Skype's price tag, 400 times the company's 2010 operating profit.

Through the first nine months of this year, the division's operating profit has fallen 6 per cent as advertising sales slumped.

Sales increased for all products lines, and operating profit increased for all product lines except for pipe tobacco and accessories.

British Airways last week reported record profits for the year to March and the first 10 per cent operating profit margin in its history.

In China, operating profit was at a break-even level last fiscal year, according to the company's website.

The company's group operating profit in the current fiscal year to March is expected to increase 10 per cent to record Y20bn ($175m).

The company's forecast for operating profit forecast is 400 billion yen, or roughly $4. 5 billion, for the current year.

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But its operating profit fell to 132 million euros ($155 million) from 175 million euros ($206 million) a year ago.

Assuming that neither loses much more market share, both should start making an operating profit next year.

Ladbrokes Plc rallied 2. 6 percent as the U. K. bookmaker founded in 1886 said third-quarter operating profit more than doubled.

Operating profit as a percentage of sales widened to 28. 3 percent from 22. 8 percent a year earlier.

UK and Ireland operating profit increased by 6% due to cost reduction activities, despite falling revenues.

Synonymous with net operating profit (or loss), operating income (or loss), and net operating income (or loss).

China's a huge market for Yum Brands; fully 42% of its operating profit comes from customers in the Middle Kingdom.

The previous year it accounted for one-quarter of the operating profit of its parent, Time Warner (which made $4. 5 billion in all).

Every time the yen strengthens by one yen, for instance, Nissan loses 11 billion yen ($116 million) in operating profit.

China Life recorded a $1. 2bn loss on its investments in the first nine months of the year, equivalent to two-thirds of operating profit.

It ended 2009 with about $500m in operating profit for the year, its highest in its history, Mr Kent will tell investors.

Both turnover and market share showed an increase this month, while operating profit suffered a decline.

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Today, nearly a third of HP's revenue comes from its PC division, which has an operating profit margin of 5%.

We drove strong results in the second quarter, exceeding our own expectations for operating profit margin gains and free cash flow.

The strengthened dollar shaved nine percentage points off revenue growth, and 14 percentage points from operating profit growth.

A deal would mean about $500m more interest costs for a combined business with $4 billion of operating profit.

Operating profit climbed by 120% (although this number is still based on some special-pleading accounting).

Yesterday, Sony, Toshiba and Fujitsu announced huge drops in operating profit for the second quarter.

Free cash flow equals the difference between net operating profit after tax and net investment.

Although Michelin didn't invest enough in these emerging markets, its operating profit margin was two times higher than Bridgestone's.

Operating profit is equal to revenues minus the cost of sales and SG&A.

Operating profit at the consumer-electronics company rose.

Toyota estimates that a one-yen move upward against the dollar knocks off about 34 billion yen from its annual operating profit.

If exceptional items are excluded, NSN has produced a small operating profit for the past three quarters.

Yahoo says that it expects the deal to contribute $500m to operating profit in three years' time.

Revenues fell 27% in the first quarter, and its operating profit nearly disappeared.

Sinopec's operating profit fell by 86 per cent to slightly more than $1bn in the first half, thanks to that refining business.

Casinos would ignore the junkets if they could: operating profit margins in the mass-market segment are about three times higher.

Operating Margin Calculated by dividing a company's operating profit by net sales.

Indeed, over the past seven quarters, Softbank has reported a cumulative operating profit of ¥ 260 billion.

Volkswagen said on June 16 it expects operating profit and deliveries to increase "significantly" this year.

Cost controls at the firm resulted in a slight decrease in operating costs and helped boost operating profit 71% to 340. 2 million pounds.

Both companies are expected to post an operating profit margin of 10 percent or more for the second quarter.

Lower reserves for cars on lease and loan losses contributed $810 million in operating profit at Toyota, and $817 million at Nissan.

Analysts had expected Mobility this year to earn operating profit of about $300 million, putting the return on the deal around 3%.

Operating profit, a measure of earnings that excludes such financial factors, rose far more quickly in 2008.

Yum generates 60 percent of its operating profit from China and other overseas businesses.

Last quarter, it contributed 11 percent of Microsoft's overall sales and 3 percent of its operating profit.

In fact, the performance of travel and leisure businesses is encouraging. The operating profit rose 91% for the year of 2007.

Ford also posted a $1 billion quarterly profit and the first operating profit at its North American division in four years.

Yum predicts its international division, which excludes China, will have 10 percent operating profit growth in 2009.

The results: Diageo has become the world's leading premium drinks business by volume, net sales and operating profit.

About 70% of Yum's third-quarter operating profit was derived internationally, compared with 60% for McDonald's.

And Chrysler announced an operating profit in the first three months this year.

Add those to Alberto's expected $260m operating profit next year, take off tax, and earnings should rise by about $290m.

AIG's core insurance units produced $4. 4 billion in operating profit in the first six months of this year.

This year, the brand is expected to post an operating profit.

Operating profit last fiscal year, much of which coincided with the credit crisis, rose 15 per cent year-on-year to A$8. 2bn.

In the 452 goals, the terms net income, gross profit or margin, and operating profit are not used once.

At constant exchange rates operating profit would actually have risen 19 per cent.

But the SEC didn't force VistaPrint to disclose how this revenue affected operating profit.

Microsoft's average annual revenue and operating profit growth under his tenure are 10 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively.

In the quarter ending on December 31st, Samsung Electronics reported operating-profit margins of 9%.

Mr. Ghosn also said that Nissan should return to operating-profit margins above 8%.

It cut its operating profit forecast by 3 per cent and its global and US sales-volume projections by 1. 4 per cent apiece.

Foreign sales account for 30% of revenue but 55% of operating profit, three-quarters of which comes from North America.

A one-yen move either boosts or reduces Honda's annual operating profit by 15 billion yen and Nissan's by 10 billion yen.

Volkswagen reaffirmed the integration would lead to an annual operating profit increase of about $1. 036b.

But its wireline business remained under pressure: revenue fell by 3. 6% in the period and operating profit slumped by 90%.

Chris Ceraso of Credit Suisse reckons $100 a share implies medium-term growth in BNSF's operating profit of 11. 4% per year.

It also anticipates an operating profit of Y120 billion, reversing its earlier outlook of an operating loss of Y100 billion.

And Sony yesterday raised its annual operating profit forecast to Y450bn from Y440bn.

Korean Air targets an almost 30 per cent jump in this year's operating profit.

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Consensus forecasts from 14 analysts put Suzuki's operating profit for the year at 65. 91 billion yen.

Those subsidies drove operating profit margins down to 38. 3% in the quarter.

Smartphone makers now typically achieve 15 to 20 per cent operating profit margins, according to CK Cheng, an analyst at brokerage CLSA.

Operating profit was $2. 2 billion, reversing a year-ago loss of $3. 2 billion.

The region accounted for 43% of Santander's 2008 operating profit and over half of BBVA's.

Operating profit margins are above 50%.

We made an honest operating profit of 925 million US dollars.

Sony cut its operating profit forecast by 57 per cent a month ago.

Sony Corp. says its operating profit would increase $11. 1 million.

Delta is expected in the fourth quarter, operating profit rate will be between - 2% to 0.

The operating profit margin is also expected to fall by four percentage points to 17-19 per cent.

Nissan lost 223 billion yen in operating profit last fiscal year because of foreign-currency fluctuations.

STX Enpaco expects this year's operating profit to be steady at Won110bn, while sales are seen rising 50 per cent to Won1, 050bn.

PotashCorp reported a 56 per cent operating profit margin in potash in the first half of 2010.

The data is displayed: this fiscal year a total of 241 billion in sales revenue, operating profit 3. 7 billion.

Notably, QQ had 523 million USD in revenues in 2007 and 224 million operating profit, with only 13% coming from advertising!

Operating profit was up 11. 4%, even though exports were down 43% and domestic sales were down about 10%.

Zynga's revenues for the first half of 2010 will be a stunning $350 million, half of which is operating profit.

As a result, its operating profit margin rose to 34 per cent, from 29 per cent the year before.

For example, selling an asset (whose market value is high but book value is low) to create non-operating profit that offsets operating loss.

In the most recent quarter, it made a net loss of $172m but an operating profit of $183m.

Finance Chief Tim Morse said that Yahoo's operating profit margin between 2011 and 2013 would range between 18 percent and 24 percent.

However, KAL said operating profit was down 41 per cent because of higher oil prices.

Consumer banking operating profit rose 51% to $1. 3bn.

Intercontinental Hotels said earlier this week strong business in China helped to boost its operating profit by 33% in the third quarter.

The unit had about $1. 44 billion in operating profit in 2009, down from $1. 59 billion in 2008, Prudential said in a March filing.

Adjusted operating profit will be in the range of 11. 2 billion pounds to 12. 0 billion pounds.

First-half operating profit rose 52 percent to 304. 5 million euros.

In 2004, Samsung's operating profit margin for chips was 41%, a record for the company.

Image field to achieve sales revenue 17. 65 billion, operating profit losses 2. 17 billion.

Information cause the sales revenue 44. 80 billion, operating profit 0. 51 billion.

It provided $4 billion of Freeport's operating profit of $6. 5 billion in 2009.

Operating profit fell 21 per cent to HK$10. 4bn.

It raked in an operating profit of $820m last year, despite soaring fuel prices.

It easily beats the operating profit margin that General Electric reported last year.

Analysts had estimated operating profit of 5. 09 billion euros. Sales slid to 6. 32 billion euros from 6. 47 billion euros.

Mr. Zhang: In 2009, Huawei grew operating profit margin by 1. 2% to 14. 1%.

Wholesale operating profit of $4. 5bn in 2010 was up 17% from 2009.

In five years, IBM expects its giant services business to account for just 38% of operating profit, down from 41% last year.

The carmaker had recorded an operating profit of 2. 27 trillion yen last year.

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