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operating income

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noun

  1. revenue from business operations after operating expenses are deducted from gross income.


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Brown-Forman expects organic sales to be flat in the new fiscal year, with a 3% to 5% decline in operating income.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Entrata has a separate property-management-facing website, RentDynamics.com, that promotes RentPlus as a way for property managers to increase net operating income.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

For FedEx as a whole, before the spin, including Freight, Wall Street projected almost $94 billion in sales and $6.5 billion in operating income.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

This supply/demand imbalance contributed to another quarter of record operating income for Carpenter.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The occasion marked the 14th consecutive quarter that Nvidia’s revenue and operating income beat Wall Street’s targets, only for the stock to immediately fall.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

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