Profit warning meaning in English

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Definition

a profit warning: an announcement that a company's profits are likely to be bad idiom

Examples

  • "The last thing we need is profit warnings."
  • "As chief financial officer, I'd like to avoid issuing any profit warnings."
Exercise 1
True or false? The term "profit warning" means that a company alerts its shareholders to a sharp increase in profits.
True or false? The term "profit warning" means that a company alerts its shareholders to a sharp increase in profits.
This statement is not true.
This statement is false. In fact, when a company issues a "profit warning", it is alerting its shareholders to the fact that profits will be less than previously announced forecasts. A "warning" is a notice of a potential danger or difficulty. Examples: "WARNING! Danger of avalanche!" or "I warned you not to invest in that company."

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