CORPORATE PROFIT

  1. In economics, statistical metric summarizing the net income of companies listed in the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA). Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) quarterly, it is an economic indicator which computes net income using several different measures: profits from current production, book profits, and after-tax profits.
  2. Financial performance gauge of a company, which denotes earnings after deducting taxes and other expenses.