profit centers
Money-making divisions
A profit center is a division or unit within an organization that generates revenue and is accountable for its own profits and losses.
Companies evaluate profit centers on their financial performance independent of other units: The retail division is our most successful profit center.
The term contrasts with cost centers, which incur expenses but don't directly generate revenue.
- moneymakersSources of revenue
- cash cowDependable income source
- earningsMoney gained from work
- bottom lineEssential point or conclusion
- revenueBusiness income total
subsidiary · division · segment · cash · returns · gains · contribution · financials · financial performance · revenue streams · operating income · income statement · business unit · sales · margin · yields · order · deal
- corporate strategymergers, acquisitions, divestitures, divestiture, synergies
- financial analysisnet income, EBITDA, ROI, gross margin, net margin
- cost accountingcost analysis, cost control, cost accounting, cost estimation, cost reduction
profit, center, profits, profited, profiting, profitable, profitability, profitably, unprofitable