at a profit

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Activists typically buy undervalued shares, press for strategic changes—such as leadership shift, asset sales, or a capital reallocation—and aim to lift the share price before exiting at a profit, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The couple’s Sherman Oaks abode would serve as their first official home as a family of four, before they offloaded at a profit for $2.99 million in 2014.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 16, 2025

The county could potentially consolidate some of its many offices there and then sell it later at a profit when the office real estate market recovered.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

Everton’s financial losses came despite selling a number of players at a profit of $60 million.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024

But Yossarian still didn’t understand either how Milo could buy eggs in Malta for seven cents apiece and sell them at a profit in Pianosa for five cents.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller