The phrase "a profitable entity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a business or organization that generates a profit or has financial success.
Example: "The startup quickly established itself as a profitable entity within its first year of operation."
Alternatives: "a lucrative business" or "a financially successful organization."
Although both Groups are profitable, valuable economic assets and although the Telegraph Group is somewhat more valuable than the Chicago Group, International can continue as a profitable entity without either one of them.
Neither one of the two groups is "vital"—i.e., "necessary to the continuation of [International's] life" or "necessary to [its] continued existence or effectiveness". Rather, a sale of either Group leaves International as a profitable entity, even if it chooses to distribute a good deal of the cash it receives from the Telegraph sale to its stockholders through a dividend or share repurchase.
AOL isn't today a profitable entity.
So how was Chelsea able transform from a club incurring such gigantic losses to a profitable entity?
The theory is that this not only makes it more useful to users, but it introduces entirely different (and potentially more lucrative) business opportunities that set the company up to become a profitable entity further down the line.
Altschool is a B-corp, a special type of corporate structure where the goal is to not only be a profitable entity, but to also have a positive impact on society.
During her six years there, Mary Kay led the company's largest operation and turned it from having a negative cash flow to a highly profitable entity.
Jenny launched a major operational restructure of Hanco ATM Systems, turning it from a business that was making a huge loss in competitive markets to a thriving, profitable entity operating across Europe.
Jackson changed the way the industry functioned: both as an artistic persona, and as a financial, profitable entity.
His first career was 27 years at AT&T where he created and ran AT&T's Professional Services Division, developing it into a US$200M profitable entity.
Mr. Bolster is credited both inside and outside his organization with making CNBC a highly profitable entity with mass appeal by incorporating some of the flashy graphics and hype associated with local television news while applying some of the bare-knuckled sales tactics emblematic of local markets.
