How to Use profit margin in a Sentence

profit margin

noun
  • The rate is based on an index, plus a profit margin.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • Its net profit margin is a fat 25%.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Its net profit margin is close to 24%.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But the result has been a steady erosion of its once-hefty profit margin.
    — Esha Dey, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Much more than his profit margin, Roach fears what the gas price spike will do to his top-line sales.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
  • This is because hard science is high-risk and doesn’t tend to have a short-term profit margin.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The interest rate for this loan adjusts based on the prime rate and a profit margin added to that rate.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
  • Costs of materials and land and labor costs are all part of it along with their profit margin.
    — Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Its net profit margin was less than 3% — razor-thin by business standards.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
  • But there is also just simply a profit margin and a profit protection as well.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Its net profit margin has been a little under 2% lately, which is about half of normal.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • That's when revenue growth and profit margin together should add up to 40%.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Pilgrim’s Pride’s profit margin rose to 22 cents per pound, up from 12 cents.
    — H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • When rates rise, the profit margin on the carry trade gets crunched, or vanishes completely.
    — Matthew J. Belvedere,paulina Likos,zev Fima,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
  • With a net profit margin of less than 3%, Walmart has no choice but to pass the higher prices on to consumers.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • The price of diesel and gasoline is determined by importers whose profit margin is capped at 12%.
    — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The gross profit margin is one of them — the portion that companies keep after paying just the direct costs to make or stock their goods.
    — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Glauser attributed Elf Bar’s quick rise to its profit margin.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Wendt at times earned more than a 90% profit margin, CBS News found in court records.
    — E.d. Cauchi, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Nvidia’s fourth-quarter gross profit margin declined, and its latest revenue topped forecasts by the smallest amount in two years .
    — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
  • That number will include the contractor’s overhead costs and profit margin.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But the question is, what kind of a profit margin, if any, is there, and how much of an inducement is that to continue on in this universe?
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Anglogold Ashani has a net profit margin of more than 23%.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Most business experts consider a 20% profit margin to be rich.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The company’s net (after tax) profit margin is 30%.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • When sales or purchases can be made with the likelihood of a solid profit margin, then don’t be afraid of China.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The company expects podcasts to have a higher profit margin than music.
    — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
  • And the result is a product with no revenue, no profit margin, and no visibility.
    — Simon Lucas, Wired News, 13 June 2025
  • That could cut into a company’s profit margin or decrease consumer spending.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • Denver Health roughly broke even in 2024, with about a 1% profit margin.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025

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