paper profit

noun

: a profit that can be realized only by selling something (such as a security) that has appreciated in market value

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So while the millions of shares would deliver Trump some $1 billion in additional stock, turning that paper profit into real cash is going to take some time. —

Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024 But even with that step back in price, Musk is looking at an on-paper profit of roughly $1.1 billion on his $2.6 billion investment. —

Chris Isidore, CNN, 6 Apr. 2022 Stock prices and business valuations go down as well as up — $1 in on-paper profit today could be $5 in real-world losses tomorrow. —

Nr Editors, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022 Tesla has already made around $1 billion in paper profit on its $1.5 billion bitcoin investment, estimates Wedbush Securities’ Daniel Ives. —

David Meyer, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2021 The reasons for these paper profits are disconcerting. —

Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2020 In other words, SoftBank is heavily reliant on paper profits. —

Tim Culpan | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019 In some cases, SoftBank's involvement in multiple funding rounds helped drive up valuations that resulted in paper profits for Son’s company. —

Peter Elstrom, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2019 In the past, this line has included paper profits from revaluing stakes in bike-rental and fintech startups. —

Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019