Sentences with phrase «operate at a profit»

Once the reality check is finished and all true costs are accounted for, will you be able to operate at a profit?

If a start - up went public, consistently operated at a profit, or was sold for more money than it raised, it was deemed successful for the purposes of the research.

So long as you have your costs calculated correctly and have accurately predicted your sales volume, you will always be operating at a profit.

The difference between us and other clubs is that our debt is tied to long term loans with low intetest rates and we operate at a profit.

Now City are self - sufficient and operating at a profit, but that doesn't stop the criticism.

The park board studied the idea of building a water park with water slides, tube rides and play areas but decided there was no appropriate location for it and that it could not be operated at a profit.

Such chains are predicted in future to be allowed to operate at a profit as long as they deliver results and meet certain standards.

Ken Whitehurst, executive director of the Consumers Council of Canada, says it's normal for banks — and other businesses — to raise fees they charge consumers even as they operate at a profit.

The coal - fired power station was closed down because it could no longer operate at a profit.

But since we know MoviePass is not operating at a profit right now, the company also considers this acquisition to «serve as another valuable source of revenue for HMNY and MoviePass,» according to Helios & Matheson CEO Ted Farnsworth.

If a company is operating at a profit, you may have nothing to worry about.

The Exchange has been operating at a profit almost from the time it went online in December 1996.

And, all three brokerages operate at a profit without adding in affiliate partnerships and ancillary services, a rarity in the real estate brokerage business today.

Not exact matches

But let's assume, for the sake of argument, that Scientology would have an operating profit margin of 10 %, that would put its annual profits at $ 20 million.

PSA Group shrugged off losses at the newly acquired Opel division to lift sales, profit and operating margin to new records in 2017, the French carmaker said on Thursday.

At a time of increasing airline competition, Sunseeker could further imperil the airline's stellar profits of late: Over the past 12 months, Allegiant and Ryanair Holdings Plc have been the world's most profitable carriers, with a roughly 22 percent operating margin.

It seems unlikely that, given those figures, any endeavor could turn a profit, but the park just might do it, at least as long as it operates without competition.

Those additional services, which currently operate at break - even, are meant as experience enhancers more than profit centers.

Operating income at AWS surged 60 percent to $ 926 million, accounting for almost three - quarters of total operatinOperating income at AWS surged 60 percent to $ 926 million, accounting for almost three - quarters of total operatingoperating profit.

At the meeting in late 2016, executives said Quidsi would also generate significant free cash flow in 2017, which is notable because Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has long said that he cares more about free cash flow than he does profit margins or profitability metrics such as operating income and net income.

The company also abides by FAA guidelines recommending that licensed pilots operate the drones, which means paying a pro up to $ 40 an hour to be on site during promotions, he explained, adding that the company, which is turning a profit, is planning a campaign on crowdfunding site Kickstarter at the end of April.

Operating profit at the core automotive division, excluding the recently consolidated AvtoVAZ business in Russia, rose 15.2 percent to 363 million euros, Renault said.

As an example, a 40 percent growth company may be operating at a break even, and a 10 percent growth company may be operating at a 20 percent profit margin.

Morgan Stanley analyst Vincent Meunier said the price still implied a valuation of 4.7 times sales and around 19 times operating profit (EBITDA) for the business, at the high end of recent deals in the sector.

But those profits should not come at the sacrifice of operating your business in an ethical way.

At the operating level (gross profit less selling, general and administrative costs), the pretax margin should not be less than 10 percent.

PERILYA Mines NL has capped off its best six month performance, notching up a record operating profit of $ 6.2 million at its Fortnum gold mine in WA for the first half of the 2000 financial year.

Both companies are operating at a loss, and it's likely that investors are losing patience with promising tech companies that don't turn a profit, according to Mark McComsey, chief investment officer of Beverly Hills Wealth Management, a financial advisory firm catering to high net worth people and entrepreneurs, based in Los Angeles.

It has some other things going for it as well: it's generating strong operating profit growth in China and Latin America; it's done a good job of extracting cost savings and it's buying back shares at a healthy clip.

However, at nearly 63 times current earnings - a whopping p / e ratio, to be sure - even if the firm were to grow its profit to the level of Berkshire - $ 8.5 billion - it would still lack the liquid assets and marketable securities the house that Warren Buffett built has, and it would not have a diversified income stream, making it far more vulnerable to changes in the competitive landscape; a major concern when you contemplate that Google operates in an industry where dramatic shifts consumer behavior can happen overnight.

But we're able to hold the line on operating profit in China and with the strong performance of our brands outside of China, in aggregate, we have line of sight to at least 15 % core operating profit growth for the full - year.

On Tuesday night, Peterborough City Council approved a plan for a for - profit corporation to own and operate a new student residence at Trent University. I'm concerned that this may signal a new trend at Canadian universities; about a year ago, I blogged about a similar plan at the University of Toronto.

Operating profit at Alibaba advanced to $ 1.1 billion in the three months ended June, or 42 percent more than the combined profit of Amazon and EBay for the period.

Or we can stop trying to tax foreign profits, which will encourage firms to turn their domestic profits into «foreign profits»; that will let some companies escape tax on truly domestic activity, and put firms that operate only in the United States (and therefore can't hide their profits abroad) at a competitive disadvantage with multinationals.

At its current valuation of ~ $ 7 / share, OCLR has a price to economic book value (PEBV) of just 0.7, which implies that the market expects OCLR's after - tax operating profit (NOPAT) to permanently decline by 30 %.

In the year ending November 2017, operating profit at the Swedish fast fashion giant fell 14 percent to 20.6 billion kroner ($ 2.6 billion).

Looking at operating profit margins from continuing operations, we expect margin expansion of approximately 20 to 40 basis points on a full year basis compared to fiscal 2012 results.

As such consolidated operating profit (beia) impact is expected to be approximately $ 130 million, and $ 80 million at net profit (beia).

At Group level, however, operating profit margin remained unchanged at 3.7 At Group level, however, operating profit margin remained unchanged at 3.7 at 3.7 %.

Apart from base salaries, executives at Interactive Intelligence receive cash bonuses, paid quarterly, for achieving «gross profits on orders» and operating cash flow targets.

Finding ways to deny legitimate claims is standard operating procedure at for - profit insurance corporations, and the cost of premiums encourages employers to press injured employees not to report their injuries.

But give credit where credit's due — Woodside was the only large oil & gas company in Australia to record a profit in 2015 and continues to operate with a strong balance sheet and sufficient buffer at a break - even point of US$ 28.40 a barrel.

Importantly, Tesla said it expects its gross profit to grow at a much more rapid rate than its non-GAAP operating expenses in the coming quarters, positioning Tesla to «at least be profitable in Q3 and Q4 excluding non-cash stock based compensation,» management said.

Specifically, a recent analysis by Graham Secker, MS & Co.'s European equity strategist, found that recent disappointments in European corporate profits are a function of at least three important factors that may be reversing: idiosyncratic issues related to heavily skewed index exposure to financials and commodity - linked industries; weak operating profit leverage linked to declining emerging market sales; and less aggressive use of buybacks, tax optimization and non-operating cost reductions versus U.S. peers.

Operating profit margins improved even more, rising 370 basis points to land at 39.2 %.

But most people who spend $ 2,500,000 have enough smarts to make sure they hold operating profits at least flat to reach their base case payback period.

That would give you revenues of about $ 350B in 2025, Musk thinks they can operate at a 10 % net margin (which is rich for a car company, but quite reasonable for a tech company — which is what Tesla really is), yielding $ 35B in annual profits.

Or, «The Chinese owned and operated mines in northeastern BC appear to be aimed at nothing more than creating profits for offshore companies with questionable links to the government of China».

He can CLAIM he is a «prophet» operating at the edge, but if your living is made strictly by books, tours and on - line courses within the «emergent empire», you are not a prophet, but rather a «profit».

We are able to operate at a better economy of scale at a reduced - charge rate compared to a for - profit corporation that needs to make the revenue, and our costs of goods sold is typically less than that of a profit based company.»