Last month, Apple reported a flat profit for its most recently ended quarter and executives predicted that revenue growth would continue to slow.
Woolworths' shares ended almost flat after profit dropped 17% on restructuring costs and sale of its Dick Smith electronics stores, but came in broadly in line with market expectations.
And Volkwagen AG, one of the last mass-market car makers still earning money in the region, warned of flat operating profit compared with 2012 on intense competition this year.
Even a 50 basis point increase in annual growth of customers per restaurant beyond our projections would boost our price estimate by almost 3% assuming we hold the total number of restaurants and profit margins flat.
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Chemical maker DuPont was the Dow's biggest loser, as it said that second-quarter profit growth was flat.
Revenue from audio products is down 13% and sales of video gear and TV sets are flat, pulling down overall profit margins--and total profits--by more than half in the past two years.
Golden Eagle Retail Group, one of the largest upmarket mall chains in China, said on Friday net profit was virtually flat in 2012 compared with a year earlier, underscoring the difficulty retail-related businesses had last year amid rising costs and slowing economic growth.
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Now, it seems, she needs another turnaround, with sales essentially flat the past three years and profit down.
The Association of American Medical Colleges reported last November that medical-loss ratios of for-profit HMOs paying a flat fee to doctors for treatment averaged only 70% of their premium revenue.
While we expect Pepsi Gross Profit Margin to remain flat over the Trefis forecast period, Trefis members expect the driver to trend below the Trefis forecast till 2012, and then trend above until 2016.
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Profit in that unit was flat, highlighting the cool-down in business spending across America.
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AOL's revenue has been flat, but the division's profit rose 37% in the first six months of the year.
For an example of an inefficiently priced stock, look at colorful CopyTele, which during its 20 years as a public company has been developing a flat-panel display with presumably immense profit potential.
At BMO, where investors heaved a sigh of relief because for once there were no large, unexpected charges, investment banking earnings slumped 7.5%, while profit from retail operations was essentially flat.
Actually, operating profit margins rise almost everywhere in the face of flat to declining revenues.
Shares were flat to slightly higher after the company reported its second straight quarterly profit.
Doctors in such hospitals are paid a flat-rate salary, like the employees of most for-profit companies.
Ventas will directly pay a management company a flat fee to run the homes and then takes all of the profit (paying taxes, of course).
Private residential construction companies, including remodelers, posted an adjusted net profit margin of nearly 4 percent in 2011, following flat margins in 2010 and -1 percent margins in 2009, Sageworks data shows.
Big Blue posted a nice earnings beat for the quarter, and raised its profit guidance for the full year, but revenues came in flat with a year ago, falling a tad shy of Street expectations.
Compared to conventional flat-panel TV sets, 3D sets are much more expensive and yield higher profit margins.
As the economy recovers, we expect profit margins to rise to around 18% by 2013 and stay about flat thereafter.
Big-box retailers rely on sales of movie discs, not just because of the profit they generate, but because they lure customers into showrooms where they may be enticed to buy flat-panel TVs and surround-sound systems.
Corning (GLW) announced on Wednesday that its profit dropped 53 percent in the fourth quarter but revenue rose 7 percent on stronger sales of glass for flat-screens.
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