The phrase "are profitable in a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the profitability of a business, investment, or venture within a specific context or sector.
Example: "Many companies are profitable in a competitive market, demonstrating their ability to adapt and thrive."
Alternatives: "are lucrative in a" or "generate profit in a".
"Investors are being very selective; Zipcar is trading well because it is establishing a new market and they are profitable in a number of their early markets".
The shares of most big drug firms now trade at a discount to the market, as promises of bright times ahead are marred by risk.To be sure, pharma companies come in for criticism not just because they are more profitable than those in other sectors but because they are profitable in a field, medicine, where money makes people uneasy.
At the same time, this provides a constant incentive to firms to take decisions which are profitable in a short time, for fear that their sources of finance will dry up if they make decisions which have short-term costs and long-term benefits.
"He had a real nose for medical investing and what could be profitable in a clinical environment.
This year, he said the plan was raise up to $20 million, enough to be profitable in a year.
One media analyst said that Mr. Karmazin, in recent private conversations, said "UPN will be profitable in a year".
"That lets us be profitable in a whole host of locations that traditional beverage machines would have a hard time operating in," Lee says.
Woehrle expects that the company will be profitable in a year or two, which is pretty good for a new small business.
At the same time, a bankruptcy restructuring has put The National Post, which was founded in 1998 and has never been profitable, in a competitive position many thought unlikely.
(James Surowiecki) To the extent that banks have managed to be profitable in a competitive banking sector, that still requires an explanation.
As Secretary [John Anthony] Volpe at that time indicated, it was expected to be profitable in a classic commercial sense in three years.
