Sentence examples for its underlying profits from inspiring English sources

However, its underlying profits showed it benefitting from an improving UK economy.

It said it expected underlying profits before tax to be at the top end of market expectations of £75-85m.

In a stock market statement, Sports Direct said that it now expected to miss its target for underlying profits of £420m.

Last year it produced underlying profits of £145m from a turnover of £1.2bn.

The property company suffered a "significant fall" in commercial property deals before the vote, it said, which pushed underlying profits at its UK commercial business down 54%, to £2.7m, in the first six months of the year.

Excluding the impairment charge on its property, Four Seasons reported underlying profits of £38.7m, down by 40% on the previous year.

The UK has seen growth for two quarters running and Vodafone should manage its first growth in underlying profits since 2009, with a guide figure of between £11.5bn and £12bn this year.

The company showed a profit in its third quarter, it reported on November 2nd, with underlying profits up 18% year-on-year.

Mike Ashley's Sports Direct International - never far from the headlines - has fallen 11p to 702.5p as it reported full year underlying profits up 20% to £249.3m, slightly below expectations.

Mike Ashley's Sports Direct International - never far from the headlines - lost 16p to 697.5po as it reported full year underlying profits up 20% to £249.3m, slightly below expectations.

Its comments came as it reported a 7% increase in underlying profits to £456m for the year to 31 March.