Companies with low levels of consolidation include those in insurance, pharma, and the professional, scientific and technical services category
Companies with low levels of automation must identify, streamline and automate high - impact business processes.
«Our investment strategy is premised on purchasing long equity securities of
companies with low levels of debt on the investee company's balance sheet.»
What you need to know is whether you're dealing with a healthy
company with low levels of debt and plenty of cash to service it, or a troubled company that is heavily in debt (leveraged) and cash - poor.
Not exact matches
When we get asked to help post-acquisition
with the integration / implementation phase, those competing
low -
level and mid-
level interests are still there, still undermining the acquisition, even if the deal was and is the right move for the
company overall.
The strong first quarter aside, the
company's overall revenue has fallen in back - to - back years when measured in U.S. dollars,
with 2014 net income ($ 593 million) sinking to its
lowest level since the recession - racked 2009.
This vacation deficit is not that surprising, «when you consider that consumer confidence still hovers at relatively
low levels coupled
with uncertainty about the economy and specifically consumers» own job security,» said Laura Mandala, managing director of Mandala Research, a tourism and travel
company.
There's an added
level of urgency to Viacom's dispute
with Dish, because if it agrees to accept
lower rates from the satellite
company, that could have a ripple effect on the deals it has
with other satellite and cable distributors.
The animal - welfare standards, along
with the
company's sustainable - seafood policy (it sells no fish at
low levels of abundance), Responsibly Grown ratings, and decision to become the first national grocery chain to label whether products contain genetically modified organisms, all show a bit of Mackey's libertarian streak.
Moreover, Moody's said the ranks of the
lowest level of junk bond issuers are growing,
with an 8 percent quarterly increase and 27 percent growth annually, thanks in large part to weakness in oil and gas
companies.
«This can happen
with the conversion of accrued interest, warrants, or if the initial funding
level is too
low and you have to renegotiate a deal to keep the
company operating.»
«The rationale behind the law is that the other employees in the
company with lower titles will naturally benchmark themselves against the crappiest person at the next
level.
Together they vividly show how the amount of debt leverage can vary between healthy firms
with low debt
levels and plenty of cash to service it and troubled
companies that are heavily leveraged and cash - poor.
He argued that while Nvidia is interested in «full blown
Level 5» self - driving cars that don't require any human monitoring, the
company's mapping and sensor tools can also be used to support cars
with lower levels of autonomy.
With shares trading this
low, a
company that is still generating some
level of profitability in today's oil and gas market and the added bonus of a distribution that is designed to not break the bank suggest that perhaps Emerge is undervalued and worth another look.
At
low levels of income that definitely makes the Sole 401K (
with the $ 18K employee contribution) a better way to shield from taxes, but if someone were to work for a regular
company with a 401K in addition to his / her own business, you only get a total of $ 18K as an employee across all plans.
Only a combination of ignorance and alchemy would reward this higher
level of earnings
with a high P / E, when the source of the earnings was the acquisition of
companies valued at
low P / Es.
Valentum's investment policy favours
companies with low - debt
levels, high FCF yields and high quality management teams.
Favourable attributes associated
with boutiques include: 1: Managers who think independently 2: A lack of benchmark - hugging 3: A reasonable, incentive - based remuneration 4: Less run by committee, meaning decisions can be made quickly 5: Less bureaucracy and
company politics to deal
with than at big firms 6: Higher
level of employee ownership and investment in own funds, aligning employee and client interests 7:
Lower staff turnover
Investors should instead be focusing on good - quality
companies with relatively
low debt
levels which are positioned to continue to benefit from diverse growth opportunities.
When a
company receives
low support for its say - on - pay proposal, we believe the compensation committee should provide some
level of response to shareholders» concerns, including engaging
with large shareholders to identify the concerns driving the opposition.
Well run
companies with low debt
levels and diverse operations should do well in such an environment.
From the perspective of someone interested in making investments
with 20 + year holding periods in mind, you need to be careful of owning banks because of the debt to equity
levels involved in the investment, you need to be wary of technology
companies because they must constantly be innovating to remain profitable and relevant (unlike, say, Hershey, which could stick
with its business model of selling chocolate bars for the next century), and retail stocks which are always subject to the risk of a new
low - cost carrier arriving on the block.
Even so,
with the market's valuations today being cheaper than the two previous times that the S&P 500 traded at these
levels — and
with the yields on the two primary alternatives, bonds and cash, being very
low by comparison — this could be a great time to own
companies by investing in th stock market.
It found that executives at
companies in industries
with high common ownership were paid 25 % more than executives in industries
with lower levels.
These include 6,500 product choices
with reduced sodium, as GMA member
companies have been reformulating products to provide
lower sodium options to help consumers achieve healthy sodium intake
levels.
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In Japan, a system of lifetime employment in many big businesses, a tradition of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a
company sharing risks and rewards
with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to
low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries
with comparable
levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countries.
There is also little incentive for
companies to try to license and develop new
low - level waste sites, because nuclear plants, which generate most of that waste, have managed to dramatically reduce their volume and store more on site, according to Todd Lovinger, executive director of the Low - Level Radioactive Waste Forum, a nonprofit that is helping state compacts comply with the low - level waste l
low -
level waste sites, because nuclear plants, which generate most of that waste, have managed to dramatically reduce their volume and store more on site, according to Todd Lovinger, executive director of the Low - Level Radioactive Waste Forum, a nonprofit that is helping state compacts comply with the low - level waste
level waste sites, because nuclear plants, which generate most of that waste, have managed to dramatically reduce their volume and store more on site, according to Todd Lovinger, executive director of the
Low - Level Radioactive Waste Forum, a nonprofit that is helping state compacts comply with the low - level waste l
Low -
Level Radioactive Waste Forum, a nonprofit that is helping state compacts comply with the low - level waste
Level Radioactive Waste Forum, a nonprofit that is helping state compacts comply
with the
low - level waste l
low -
level waste
level waste law.
Treatment plants in Pennsylvania are accepting Fortuna wastewater
with much
lower levels of radioactivity from the
company's wells there, Kessy said, but if plants can't take the higher concentrations, it could be crippling.
«Nearly all crops in the U.S. are treated
with herbicides and pesticides, and may leave behind very
low residue
levels on some foods,» says a Kellogg
Company customer service spokesman.
As a perfectly absurd example of how doctors have been wrongly influenced by the drug
companies... about 8 years ago, I was a perfectly healthy 28 year old, in great shape, exercising daily, eating a balanced healthy diet full of antioxidants and quality nutrition, no smoking, and
with no real risk factors for heart disease, and just because my cholesterol
level has been consistently measured over 200 for my entire life, my doctor recommended I consider using a cholesterol
lowering statin drug.
In their favor, they are a fresh entrant
with low overheads and have experienced top
level players on board from the
company that know mobile the best, Nokia.
Meanwhile, Sam (Shia LaBeouf) is trying to secure a
low -
level entry position in a
company run by the wacky John Malkovich (this despite dating an international supermodel) and is no longer involved
with his former robotic pals.
In «Hello, My Name is Doris,» Doris Miller (Sally Field) not only spent decades working for the same
company as a
low level worker and the only one apparently over the age of thirty - five, but spent who knows how many decades taking care of her mother, devoting the best part of her life, in a Staten Island home bursting at the seams
with junk?
Oscar winner Julia Roberts as a sassy,
low -
level law - office worker who becomes obsessed
with a case involving a California utility
company that's accused of polluting the drinking water in a small town.
In a contained capsule measuring roughly 10» by 150»,
with one toilet for fifty men and humour in the spread of crabs in close
company, Das Boot is a unique war journal in that it locates the true horror of conflict in the
low -
level hum of the roiling anticipation of it.
They are really as
low as they can get,
with entry
level Kindles costing $ 79 and
companies trying to follow suit.
From the devices we have seen from Dell in the past, we get the sense that the
company was going to only focus on entry -
level Android slates, shipping them
with low resolution displays and older versions of Android on board.
The
company first released its entry -
level $ 79 kindle last year, and now that device has been updated
with new fonts and crisper text at a
lower price.
While
low rates and sluggish wage growth have allowed profit margins to remain at record
levels, large U.S.
companies continue to struggle
with the competitive headwind caused by a stronger dollar, which has hurt revenues and estimates of third quarter earnings.
The
company itself also boasts dedicated customer service ideal for people both new and experienced
with investing, extremely
low costs and fees, and automatically optimized investments for every
level of risk — and the service asks your age and investment goals to help you figure out the appropriate risk
level.
Companies that have low levels of business activity or who do not carry on active business will trade on the NEX board, while companies that are actively carrying on business will remain with the main TSX Venture Exchange st
Companies that have
low levels of business activity or who do not carry on active business will trade on the NEX board, while
companies that are actively carrying on business will remain with the main TSX Venture Exchange st
companies that are actively carrying on business will remain
with the main TSX Venture Exchange stock list.
With cash on corporate balances sheets at high
levels and dividend - payout ratios at their
lowest levels since the start of the 20th century, there's good reason these types of
companies make a good investment.
I like their debt duration, and TCF's shareholding, but the LTV's outside my comfort zone for a UK property
company and there are plenty of cheaper bargains out there
with a
low level of gearing.
Investors in student loan
companies and for - profit colleges are assuming that
with both a Republican president and control of Congress there will be a reduced federal role in education lending and a
lower level of enforcement efforts.
However, considering the unexplained operational problems this
company clearly faces, along
with the threat of continued massive dilution, a purchase of shares at these
low levels amounts to speculation as opposed to value investing.
Despite this backdrop, you rewarded yourselves
with additional cash at a time when the
company apparently didn't have enough money to buy back its own stock, despite the record
low levels.
They screen for
companies with at least a moderate dividend yield, a history of rising dividends,
low levels of debt and a
low payout ratio.