One of the most essential aspects of launching and operating a business is selling enough goods or services to pay for the company's costs. If a company can't earn enough to cover its costs, it loses ...

Dividend payout ratios can be one of the most important metrics when deciding whether to invest in a company. It indicates how much of a company's earnings it pays shareholders dividends. By ...

Business accountants measure financial performance and success in myriad ways, including the percentage or ratio known as "operating margin." Operating margin helps accountants and business managers ...

Heritage Insurance Holdings’ HRTG profitability is underpinned by its combined ratio, a key measure of underwriting performance in the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry. A combined ratio ...

Root Inc.’s ROOT profitability is underpinned by its combined ratio, a key measure of underwriting performance. A combined ratio — defined as sum of loss ratio and expense ratio — below 100% signals ...

Profitability in the US property and casualty (P&C) market historically comes with volatility in premium growth. Over the past decade, direct premiums earned rose more than 40 percent, according to ...

NextEra Energy is the largest U.S. regulated electric utility by market cap. But its profitability metrics have gone from leading the industry to lagging it in recent years. We will use NextEra Energy ...

ServiceNow, Inc. (NYSE:NOW) just reported healthy earnings but the stock price didn't move much. We think that investors have missed some encouraging factors underlying the profit figures. We've found ...