operating loss
Revenue below expenses
An operating loss occurs when a business's operating expenses exceed its revenues—the company spent more to run its operations than it brought in.
Distinguished from net loss, which includes non-operating items like interest and taxes.
The startup reported an operating loss of $2 million in its first year.
A company can survive operating losses temporarily but not indefinitely.
- red inkSymbol for financial loss
- in the redFinancially in deficit
- deficitAmount still owed
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- house of cardsStructure prone to collapse
break-even point · quarterly earnings · debt restructuring · layoffs · fiscal year · going concern · balance sheet · cash flow problems · economic downturns · market competition · labor disputes · product recalls · bottom line · write-down · tax write-off · turnaround plan · reputational damage · strategic partnerships
- financial lossesdeficit, write-off, write-down, bad debt, red ink
- tax lossestax write-off
- shortfallsdeficit, shortfall, budget shortfall, shortage, gap
operating lossoperating profit
Earnings from core activities
operating income · profit · net income · earnings · gain
operating, loss, operate, operation, operational, operationally, operative, operator, operates