"profitable prospects" is correct and usable in written English.
When used in the context of business it means a positive development or outlook that may lead to increased revenue or other financial benefits. For example, "The company is looking forward to a number of profitable prospects this quarter."
In petroleum geology, for example, a common goal is to guide oil-well drilling programs so that the most profitable prospects are drilled and those that are likely to be of marginal economic value, or barren, are avoided.
But Searles, who also happens to have an economics degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, had some concerns about whether Newsom could attract blue-chip, profitable prospects to participate.
Oil groups such as BP and Shell have both recently sold stakes in their North Sea interests to smaller, independent players as they look for more profitable prospects elsewhere in the world.
To do that, the company is refocusing on smaller niches in cancer, inflammation, neuroscience and branded generics — and slashing as much as 30 percent of its own research and development spending in the next two years as its scientists work on only the most potentially profitable prospects.
Though profitable, prospects for growth were limited, and Bhat spied a larger opportunity to serve the growing Indian consumer market.
On the other hand, if you narrow your focus, and finish that book you've been meaning to write, or target only the most profitable prospects in your business, you'll achieve success in those areas, which will clear the way for your next goal.
However, with tiger parts attracting a high price on the Asian health potions market, poaching remains a highly profitable prospect in this impoverished region.
We go all around the world looking, trying to identify companies with durable competitive advantages and long-term profitable growth prospects.
Asks Lutts: "What company serves a mass market, is profitable, has terrific prospects for growing revenues and earnings rapidly, can ride a wave of societal evolution and is not yet loved by the majority of investors?" He comes up with AeroVironment, a big player in unmanned aerial drone aircraft for the military and a leader in battery technology for electrically powered vehicles.
"Never in a decade have Nissan's operating performance, financial situation and prospects for profitable growth been as good," he said.
He also told reporters today that the company would have to spend $250 million to make the Exodus assets profitable by 2005, a prospect that did little to inspire investors.
