営業利益(えいぎょうりえき)

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(えいぎょうりえき)が増加(ぞうか)する: operating profit increases
• 営業利益(えいぎょうりえき)が減少(げんしょう)する: operating profit decreases
• 営業利益(えいぎょうりえき)率(りつ): operating profit margin
• 営業利益(えいぎょうりえき)予想(よそう): operating profit forecast

Similar words

• 経常利益(けいじょうりえき): ordinary profit — includes non-operating income and expenses (like interest), giving a broader picture of profitability
• 純利益(じゅんりえき): net profit — the bottom line after all expenses, taxes, and extraordinary items
• 売上総利益(うりあげそうりえき): gross profit — revenue minus cost of goods sold, before operating expenses are deducted