net operating earnings

基本解释

Operating earnings exclude investment and derivative gains and losses. He didn't mention net income.
營業利潤不包括投資和衍生品損益。
The article analyzes the development trends of operating earnings and net profit in BASF and Dow Chemical in the third quarter of 2009.
分析了2009年第三季度巴斯夫公司和陶氏化學公司的營業收入、淨利潤變化等經營業勣情況。

Net operating earnings is among the most basic definitions of performance for a publicly-traded company, but it turns out that just betting on businesses that grow that metric the fastest is not the safest or most lucrative way to approach the market.
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