The phrase "a profitable sector" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an industry or market segment that generates significant financial returns or benefits.
Example: "Investors are increasingly interested in renewable energy, as it has emerged as a profitable sector in recent years."
Alternatives: "a lucrative industry" or "a thriving market".
Currently, PV solar energy is not a profitable sector by itself.
Had Mr Kim invested in more new businesses, then at least one sister company in a profitable sector could have rescued the rest.
This is a profitable sector that is increasingly global, focused on information and data services, and looking at the delivery of content to mobile devices.
Crow said it was wrong that a profitable sector such as oil and gas should still be debating whether trade union officials could be speaking to their members offshore.
They were a profitable sector.
In some cases, a business that is not in a profitable sector or poorly run will inevitably face insolvency.
In theory this means more clients, more work, more jobs and a more profitable sector.
If Japanese retailing is to have any hope of becoming a healthy and profitable sector, firms like Aeon and Ito-Yokado will have to build on these initial efforts and drive their suppliers and competitors to adapt along with them or exit the business.
The pharmaceutical industry is a large and profitable sector that utterly depends on novel research, but the mergers and takeovers of recent years have resulted in job losses and recruitment freezes.
They must perceive agriculture as a remunerative and profitable sector and the dissemination of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural areas play an important role in this regard," FAO Director-General, Graziano da Silva, said.
Bethlehem had paid $95 million for the subsidiary as a first step toward entering that profitable sector of the industry.
