negative profit vs minus profit

Both 'negative profit' and 'minus profit' are correct, but 'negative profit' is the more commonly used and accepted term in English. 'Negative profit' is widely used in business and finance to indicate a loss, while 'minus profit' is less common and may not be as easily understood.

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negative profit

This phrase is correct and commonly used in business and finance to indicate a loss.

Use 'negative profit' to describe a situation where a company or individual has incurred a financial loss.

Examples:

The company reported a negative profit for the quarter.
The project resulted in a negative profit margin.

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When real prices are falling, it discourages stockholding for speculative purposes since a falling price trend implies negative profit from holding stocks.
Its universal service obligation, whose negative profit margin can be compensated for by the State, does not include the provision of a television signal distribution service to RTP [16].
Return on investments showed negative development in line with the negative profit results achieved by the four representative Union producers until 2008 and a positive trend in the IP due to the exceptional cost savings on pulp prices.
There is evidence of a reduced ability to raise capital over the period considered, inter alia given the negative profit margins involved in production and the importance of the product in the overall activity of the companies at hand.
In 2008 the company featured a negative operating profit and negative cash flow.
The other maintained routes are envisaged to have zero or negative net profit.
Karjaportti's operational profit remained negative, similarly to the preceding and the following years.
Such distortions are recorded as negative costs in the profit and loss account thereby increasing profitability.
Given the vastly negative development of the profit-related indicators, the viability of the industry can be considered to be at stake if this situation is not remedied.
Profit mark-up developments, as proxied by the gap between the annual rates of growth in the GDP deflator and unit labour costs, indicate that the slowdown in activity had some negative impact on profits.
Indeed, given the vastly negative development of the profit-related indicators, the viability of the industry is even at stake if - in the medium term if not before - this situation is not remedied.
This additional price pressure had a further negative impact on the Union industry which saw its profits and other financial indicators showing a strong negative trend from 2008 onwards.
The price recovery in the IP was insufficient to generate a profit and profitability remained negative at -1,37 %.
Negative goodwill immediately recognised in profit or loss
Pre-tax profit should increase from distinctly negative figures to about EUR [...] in 2006.
Turnover and cost developments had a negative impact on firms» profits.
Financial liabilities categorised at fair value through profit or loss include derivatives when their fair value is negative.
'... no terminal value can be calculated if the incremental profits net of AMS payments are negative in the final year of the period in question'.
The second two quarters however showed a very different picture, showing profit margins slightly above the break-even point or being even negative.
The numbers demonstrate that, despite certain negative developments, ČSA still made a profit in 2007 and 2008.

Alternatives:

loss
deficit
unprofitable

minus profit

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English. It may not be as easily understood as 'negative profit'.

While 'minus profit' can be used to indicate a loss, 'negative profit' is the more standard term in business and finance.