an occasion when a company announces that its profit for a particular period of time will be less than expected 盈利警告
Examples from the Corpus
profits warning• Engineering group Wheway dipped 5p to 7p after a profits warning.• After the profits warning was announced, the shares had slumped by up to 100p.
From Longman Business Dictionary
profits warningˈprofits ˌwarning noun [countableC usually singular] especially British EnglishBrE
FINANCE an occasion when a company announces that its profit for a particular period of time will be less than expected
The company issued a profits warning in May, telling investors that first-quarter numbers would miss forecasts.