Profitability Ratios

Definition of 'Profitability Ratios'
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Profitability ratios address a company, business, or enterprise’s ability to generate earnings in a specific period of time in light of expenses and costs. As such, profitability ratios represent a family of concepts such as return on equity, return on assets, and profit margin, that should be used together to draw sound conclusions about an investment opportunity.