1.
operating profit; operating income
The profit earned from a company's core business operations, calculated by subtracting operating expenses from revenue.
営業利益が増えた。
Operating profit increased.
今期の営業利益は過去最高だった。
This term's operating profit was the highest ever.
売上は伸びたが、営業利益は前年より減少した。
Sales grew, but operating profit decreased compared to the previous year.
A key financial metric that appears frequently in business news and corporate earnings reports. Represents the profit from a company's main business activities before accounting for non-operating items like investment income or interest payments.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 営業利益が増加する: operating profit increases
- 営業利益が減少する: operating profit decreases
- 営業利益率: operating profit margin
- 営業利益予想: operating profit forecast
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 経常利益: ordinary profit — includes non-operating income and expenses (like interest), giving a broader picture of profitability
- 純利益: net profit — the bottom line after all expenses, taxes, and extraordinary items
- 売上総利益: gross profit — revenue minus cost of goods sold, before operating expenses are deducted