unprofitable
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In May, tiny, unprofitable Astrotech, which touts “Moon-based semiconductor and quantum computing applications,” soared as much as 2,600% on 9,000 times its typical trading volume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The company has reported cumulative losses of nearly $160 million since going public, through the end of July, and remains unprofitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
It stated that all five New Zealand provinces were cumulatively unprofitable across the past six years, with current holders the Hurricanes posting a loss of $1.4m in 2023 and almost $2m in 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Among those was a broad programme to privatise unprofitable state-owned enterprises -- long a guarantee of lifelong so-called "iron rice bowl" employment for millions but which drained public finances.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Mr. Sharpe and the new investors made us sensible of how unprofitable were the products of crayon, quill, and fiddle.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
