And overall, its growth in revenue and gross profit is stable, while its growth rate in net income, on quarter over quarter basis, remains impressive.
Harvey Nichols' luxury range did not help its sales, however, even though gross profit margins remained stable at around 44%, it said.
This bodes well for Wal-Mart as we maintain our bullish take on the company driven by expected improvements in sales metrics (like revenue per square foot) and stable profit margins.
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Yahoo, which competes with Google and AOL in the search business, is seeing relatively stable profit margin of 42% since 2008 by our estimates, and we expect the margin to rise slightly over the coming years as Yahoo benefits from its partnership with Microsoft.
Therefore, I want to see a history of sales and profit growth along with stable to rising earnings estimates.
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The company is continuing to bet it can wring profit growth from an aging stable of drugs.
Even as Biogen wrestled with assorted issues, profit margins have remained relatively stable, and revenues have continued to grow.
Apart from this, the continued demand for its premium network HBO, and the high dependence on stable cable networks business will ensure future profit growth for the company.
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Private, for-profit nursing homes and other nursing care facilities have experienced stable revenue growth and improving profitability in recent years, according to a financial statement analysis by Sageworks, a financial information company.
In earnings news, Europe's biggest primary insurer by market capitalization, Allianz, gained 0.3% after it said it will be keeping its dividend for 2011 stable, despite a 50% decline in net profit for the year.
But everything about Berkshire Hathaway, including its vast stable of brands, defies convention in seemingly all ways but profit.
With regional bourses again taking a battering, some of the best defensive plays remain shares of companies with relatively stable earnings - and Singapore shipyards harbor some of the brighter profit outlooks in an otherwise tempestuous environment.
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