Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg Business News forecast an average profit of A $ 1 . 10 billion for Westpac.
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More than 90 percent of the beds are usually occupied, which helps generate above-average profit levels for the system.
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Meanwhile, average profit margins of dealers have been halved this year, and are now at 1.1 percent, CNW said.
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Still, sectors with stronger-than-average profit growth are more likely to weather the effects of higher rates than those that underperform.
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Stevenson said he " is comfortable " with analysts'average profit forecasts of C $ 0.90 a share for fiscal 1998.
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"With average profits of only 2 percent of revenues, these added costs start pushing you into negative numbers, " he said.
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Meanwhile, average profit margins of dealers have been halved this year, and are now at 1 . 1 percent, CNW said.
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The company's 66, 000 hourly workers'average profit-sharing check this year could come close to the 1994 record of $ 8, 000.
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Eight analysts surveyed by IBES International Inc . had anticipated an average profit of C $ 0 . 12 a share.
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Venture capital funds aim to reward investors with better-than-average profits in exchange for risking money on companies with relatively unproven track records.
