Sentences with phrase «about shareholder value»

These companies generally seem to be the ones that care most about shareholder value... what a coincidence..!

He spoke with Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal about shareholder value and the problems with short - term thinking.

But Taylor argues that this number would be much higher if directors cared more about shareholder value or were not so loathe toward forcing CEOs out, largely for personal reasons.

«All companies and all CFOs should be concerned about shareholder value.

Not exact matches

The CEOs tend to be unassuming folk who ignore management trends to concentrate on the nuts and bolts of running a business — focusing on earnings per share instead of worrying about top - line growth, for example, and working to preserve cash flow instead of increasing earnings to build shareholder value.

Daniel Kurnos, an analyst at brokerage Benchmark Co, estimates that eHarmony, whose biggest shareholder is Madrone Capital Partners, has a market value of about $ 1 billion.

On the first workday of the year, months away from the close of the quarter, you have a chance to think about and discuss how your company's efforts transcend money or shareholder value.

What about its CEO's values, or the values of its biggest shareholder?

Pilbara - focused Flinders Mines has recommended its shareholders accept an improved takeover offer from private New Zealand company Todd Corporation that values the target at about $ 74 million.

Metals X looks set to succeed in its long - running battle for control of Aditya Birla Minerals, with the takeover target recommending shareholders accept an increased offer that values the company at about $ 103 million.

His last open letter to shareholders makes the point clearly about investing in creating value — «Berkshire's gain in net worth during 2016 was $ 27.5 billion, which increased the per - share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 10.7 %.

Beijing - based China Oceanwide — described by Genworth President & Chief Executive Officer Tom McInerney as «an ideal owner» going forward — is also the controlling shareholder of Hong Kong - listed China Oceanwide Holdings, worth about $ 1.6 billion by market value.

The key to future economic growth is about more than just increasing shareholder value.

When asked about how she'd grade her time at Xerox, she begins by talking about disruption in technology and the quest to «add value» to the world, to employees, to shareholders.

«We are excited about this transaction with Apollo, as it recognizes the value of CEC's global brand, strong cash flows and growth prospects while providing our shareholders with an immediate and substantial premium,» Michael H. Magusiak, the chief executive of CEC, said in a statement.

The shareholders are ultimately the «boss» of the board in the sense that the board serves as their proxy for enhancing intrinsic value, yet boards typically hear about shareholder concerns indirectly and often not attributed to any specific shareholder.

While a board of directors has a duty to maximize shareholder value by running a fair sales process, the Murdochs own about 17 percent of Fox and control the company through voting shares.

I believe that before any decisions about Wynn Boston Harbor are made, or any other material actions are taken that could have an adverse impact on long - term shareholder value, a reconstituted board must be in place.

The statement of claim also alleges that Ferro massively diluted the existing shareholders by issuing Soon - Shiong shares worth about 13 % of the company (Tribune says «The stock sales to Merrick Media and Nant Capital were approved by the Board of Directors and will provide valuable growth capital to allow the company to execute on its new value - creating business plan).

This release contains forward - looking information about the Company's actions to enhance shareholder value, including their potential benefits, that involves substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.

We are relentlessly focused on delivering shareholder value,» Mayer is quoted as saying in a press release about the earnings.

Playboy Enterprises said Monday that it had agreed to be taken private by Mr. Hefner, its founder and dominant shareholder, in a deal that values Playboy at about $ 207 million.

Per the Journal, Elliott's investment is about 2 percent of EMC's total equity value of $ 55 billion and would make Elliott the fifth largest shareholder in the Hopkinton, Mass. — based company.

At Berkshire Hathaway's recent annual shareholders meeting, an investor asked Buffett about the relevance of two popular measures of stock market value: 1) market cap - to - GDP, which Buffett once heralded as «probably the best single measure of where valuations stand at any given moment» and 2) the cyclically - adjusted price - earnings ratio (CAPE), which was made famous by Nobel prize winner Robert Shiller and was seen as accurately predicting the dot - com bubble and the housing bubble.

Gizmodo reports that complaint shareholder Fan Yuan has accused the company of making «materially false and / or misleading» claims about its handling of user data, and failing to disclose the ongoing situation has reduced the value of Facebook shares.

Valeant CEO Mike Pearson assured analysts that «all we care about is shareholder value.»

He also addressed speculation about a breakup, saying the company will be keeping an «open mind» and doing what it thought would create most value for shareholders.

«We hope this signals a change in the pattern of automatic corporate legal challenges that will evolve into meaningful engagement with shareholders about truly sustainable long - term value and success.»

Subject to all the usual qualifiers about empirical work, I note a new study of shareholder activism that suggests it does not creat value and can even be value destroying:

«As long as you're doing something that doesn't harm the value of the company, accelerating the benefits to shareholders is exactly what creating value is about.

At the annual shareholders meeting this year, Buffett explained that he thought Berkshire Hathaway's intrinsic value grew at an average annual rate of about 10 % over the last decade, but he warned that future returns would be lower if interest rates remained near generational lows.

That relaxation of restrictions itself has been controversial among a number of Tronc investors; poison pills often are designed to protect the interests of all shareholders» values, and investors have complained about the chairman and vice chairman's abilities to leverage more control, at smaller benefit to other shareholders.

But the uniqueness of the business model, the hidden value of the land on the books and the incremental benefit shareholders receive from higher oil and gas production and prices make it worth writing about.

Adam Smith's concerns about widely held companies rings true today when considering the loss of approximately $ 1.2 trillion in shareholder value amongst 25 of the world's largest banks or the approximately $ 900 billion in the world's largest mining companies.

One of the ways to intuitively appreciate how extra value is created by the exit transaction is to extend a more familiar concept about how shareholder value increases earlier in the company lifecycle.

We're talking about large, mature companies that, while not growing at breakneck speeds, churn out consistent profits and create long - term shareholder value.

«As we look ahead to the remainder of the year, we remain optimistic about our ability to execute on our priorities and deliver value for advertisers on our platform,» Twitter wrote in a letter to shareholders.

«PetSmart about 13 years ago committed most of its philanthropic activity to ending euthanasia of companion pets... And needless to add, that's 2.5 million dogs and cats needing food and toys, and driving revenue and shareholder value.»

I think it must have something to do with the con that conservatives have perpetuated on the stupid, that if they talk a lot about «family values,» those people won't notice that their real objective is to make sure that the American workforce gets the bare minimum in order to ensure that rich shareholders can continue to reap their millions without lifting a finger.

«He cares about creating value for not only our guests and our shareholders, but also for his franchise partners.

Ms Cheadle and other SurfStitch shareholders had questioned the value of the convertible note, given that the administrators valued EziBuy at between $ 188 million and $ 293 million, based on sustainable earnings of about $ 22 million.

Treasury has about 73,000 shareholders and a letter from chairman Paul Rayner on May 26 said the KKR proposal «did not reflect the fundamental value of the company».

The panel said shareholders had been confused about the value of Saputo's offer by two franked dividends WCB had planned to pay shareholders — but which were subsequently withdrawn — under a previous Saputo offer.

It's a way of thinking about how to create value for both stakeholders and shareholders.»

Third Point invests globally in equities and in credit, and frequently takes a constructive approach to engaging with management teams and boards of directors to bring about changes necessary to create shareholder value.

Altough this seems not so critical, cause the all insane shareholders of Tesla (I m not one of these) don t seem to give a damm about if Tesla is making money or not (any other car company values would crash), but over the years Tesla needs to make profit, and I doubt that this is possible.

Think about all of the enormous value Berkshire Hathaway created for shareholders during the last crisis in 2008 - 2009.

The goal with this exercise is to locate great businesses that are creating shareholder value, and begin learning more about them.

The authors seek to address the questions posed by «critics and regulators» about the benefits of hedge fund activism to shareholders and the claim that hedge fund activists «destroy value by distracting managers from long - term projects.»

In both cases, shareholders could stand to reap potentially substantial upside derived from the monetization of Avigen's remaining assets and could finally stop worrying about whether the Company will destroy its substantial cash value.