profit margin
noun
: the difference between the cost of buying or making something and the price at which it is sold
The company has one of the highest/lowest profit margins in the industry.
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My business operates in [ State your industry] and currently generates [$X] in monthly revenue with a [profit margin %].
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Alejandra Rojas, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
For fiscal 2025, lower shrink expenses increased TJX’s gross profit margin by 0.2 percentage point.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
Gross profit for the quarter was $2.03 million, with a gross profit margin of 64%, compared to $1.42 million and a 68% margin in the previous year.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
Where reciprocal tariffs could hit Americans’ pocketbooks hardest Unsurprisingly, the tighter the profit margin, the likelier a company is to pass on extra costs to consumers.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
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Alejandra Rojas, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
For fiscal 2025, lower shrink expenses increased TJX’s gross profit margin by 0.2 percentage point.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
Gross profit for the quarter was $2.03 million, with a gross profit margin of 64%, compared to $1.42 million and a 68% margin in the previous year.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
Where reciprocal tariffs could hit Americans’ pocketbooks hardest Unsurprisingly, the tighter the profit margin, the likelier a company is to pass on extra costs to consumers.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for profit margin
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“Profit margin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20margin. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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