Why did a property group with rising operating profit post a loss of USD 5.2m?
Revenue and operating profit at the US property company both grew in the third quarter of 2026, yet the quarter closed in the red. The gap opened below the operating …
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Is a quarterly operating profit of USD 354m a real recovery for Boeing?
Boeing turned an operating loss of USD 4.8bn into a profit of USD 354m in a year in which its sales barely moved. The cost side did the work, and …
Why a more profitable Nasdaq ended September with less cash than a year earlier
Nasdaq grew revenue 20.9% in the third quarter of 2026 and earned USD 540m, yet its cash balance fell 22.3%. That gap is not a warning sign by itself. It …
Meta kept just 20.1% of its third-quarter revenue as operating profit
Meta Platforms grew revenue 26.1% in the third quarter of 2026, yet its operating margin fell to 20.1% from 40.1%. A business that sells more and keeps less is usually …
Where did Lockheed Martin's margin go in a quarter its sales rose 11.3%?
Lockheed Martin sold 11.3% more in the third quarter of 2026, yet operating profit rose only 7.1%, while cash jumped 71.8%. The cash is a snapshot of one date. The …
Super Micro Computer lifted net profit 112.7% and still spent more cash than its business brought in
The US server maker closed fiscal 2026 with a net profit of USD 2.2bn and an operating cash flow of USD -6.8bn. Growth this fast has to be paid for …
AT&T sold more in the third quarter of 2026 and kept far less of each dollar
AT&T's revenue grew in the third quarter of 2026, yet its operating profit fell 33.1%. The squeeze sits in the cost of running the business, not in depreciation. The lesson …
Equifax grew operating profit 3.6× as fast as revenue, and that lever does not only push upward
Equifax lifted revenue 9.6% in the third quarter of 2026, yet operating profit rose 34.4%. A credit bureau's costs barely care how many reports it sells, so profit outruns sales. …
Bank of America earned USD 9.1bn in a quarter, but its equity grew by less than that in a whole year
Bank of America lifted net profit by 26.6% in the second quarter of 2026, yet equity covered a slightly smaller share of its balance sheet than a year earlier. Profit …
Microsoft earned USD 134bn in a year and ended it holding less cash
Microsoft's net profit rose 31.3% in its 2026 fiscal year, yet the cash line on its balance sheet fell 30.8%. Profit and cash are different things. The gap points to …
Why NVIDIA's costs fell behind a 105.9% jump in revenue
NVIDIA's quarterly revenue rose 105.9% year on year, and its margins widened instead of thinning. Price and scale can both explain that, and they last for different lengths of time. …
Apple earned more per dollar of sales, and its equity grew faster still
Apple's net profit for the quarter to late June 2026 rose 27.1%, and its equity rose 63.3%. For a company known for paying out what it earns, the balance sheet …