Sentences with phrase «basis by a metric»

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This is the fifth quarter in a row that global same - store sales have been positive, but the company has missed analyst expectations in this metric by 70 basis points or more.

Second quarter sales at Panera's company - owned cafes rose 4.2 % on a comparable basis, a metric that indicates a restaurant's health by excluding any gains from new store openings.

While U.S. News» overall rankings are based on numerous metrics, including GMAT scores, employment rates, and starting salaries, the specialty rankings are derived solely from nominations by business school deans, directors of accredited masters programs, and senior faculty in the schools surveyed.

That number is based on prescriptions by morphine milligram equivalents, a metric that takes into account the strength and dosage of drugs, but the total number of filled opioid prescriptions also dropped by 10.2 % per month, according to the report.

YouTube's audience retention metric lets you see viewership on a second - by - second basis.

I like this screener because it gives you a solid base of criteria — allowing you to sort by sector, exchange, share price, market cap, earnings per share, annual income growth, institutional holdings, and other key metrics — while also giving you access to all Canadian exchanges.

Things look equally bleak based on metrics typically used by investors to evaluate a borrower's ability to make payments: In Asia and Latin America, companies» debt now represents roughly four years of operating profits, up from fewer than two years prior to the financial crisis of 2008.

Shareholders did not back a proposal by the New York State Common Retirement fund requesting the bank to explain whether and how it has identified employees or positions «eligible to receive incentive - based compensation that is tied to metrics that could have the ability to expose Wells Fargo to possible material losses.»

Sales departments indicate the metrics by which their team will be judged, and the tool ranks employees based on their success against those metrics.

-- You can convince your VCs of reviewing on a monthly base only those metrics that will measure progress more accurately at this stage, instead of all the financial data which is not relevant — You can set up the right financial systems / software to help measure basic financial information, and allow your VC access to additional financial figures every quarter or by request If none of these work: — You can try convincing your VC of using the right metrics as well as the financial ones, and to be measured by a mix of both — You can hire a seasoned part - time CFO who can at least free you of the hurdle of putting the numbers together

Second, a suggestion — one way we try to have our cake and eat it too — aka link the Startup Accounting with Traditional Accounting — is to build the model by starting with a dashboard for the User Base metrics (registrations, activations, upsells, viral leads).

So our list of the top 100 is based on that put - up or shut - up metric: the total amount of funding captured by a startup.

To be fair, regarding the latter metric, Buffalo Wild Wings was quick to point out its same - restaurant sales decline still managed to outpace the broader casual - dining industry by 200 basis points.

Similar to Valeant, Mattress Firm executives were also incentivized by non-GAAP metrics, which removed stock - based compensation, and acquisition related costs.

In response to shareholder feedback, the company revamped its executive compensation program by introducing a formulaic bonus scheme (which included metrics based on TSR, production, expenses, and margins), conditioning equity awards on performance metrics (relative TSR and absolute cash flow), and reducing Mr. Nichols» salary by one - third.

Based on the price - to - book (P / B) metric, since 1995, value stocks, as defined by the Russell 1000 Value Index, have typically traded at around a 55 % discount to growth stocks.

This holds across metrics based on Earnings, EBITDA or Free Cash Flow: the cheapest 20 % of the universe by any of these metrics were the ones that underperformed the most.

We offer a quick response to loan applications by qualifying and evaluating business performance based upon a variety of important performance metrics.

Whitehead's «method of extensive abstraction» is used not only in his early writings in the philosophy of natural science but also in his later, more metaphysical, writings to abstract from the complexity of the relations which comprise the datum of sense - perception and to isolate by a conceptual analysis those relations which express a uniform metric structure, that is, to «exhibit» a basis of uniformity in nature.21 It is the sense in which this uniformity is «required» that is the crucial point for further investigation.

Bohm (1969, p. 18) has said that our physical theories are at present in a state of flux, that may lead to radical changes in them, such that current fundamental ideas, based on measure and metric, may also have to be replaced by new ideas, based on order.»

The Initiative's activities are focused on: Mapping out a course to a stronger, cleaner economy by establishing a 10 - year vision for making Canada a clean growth leader, supported by specific goals, metrics, and policy road maps Bringing together a diverse group of Canadian leaders who provide a balanced, evidence - based voice for implementing this vision Demonstrating...

«The actual metrics we're interested in fall into three main categories: The highest - level metrics address the outcomes we want to see in the world: amount of farmed animal suffering prevented, plant - based and clean meats» market shares, number of conventional meat meals offset by plant - based or clean meat, etc..

Then, when those same outcomes stick out like a sore thumb to bench one guy, he chooses somebody else with good (by the team's standards this series) outcome - based metrics.

Based on the underlying metric of expected goals, Chelsea were broadly equal to the rest of their top - six rivals, but they built up their advantage by edging a series of close games and conceding just four goals during that win streak.

The justice secretary seems particularly attracted to the idea of setting up new metrics for governors, for instance by evaluating performance on the basis of prisoner activity during the day.

«Jumpstart is an initial launching pad based on the quality of the candidate and the viability of the district in races where off - year progress is critical to success, while Red to Blue remains a program candidates earn by hitting specific metrics for their campaigns,» Ward wrote in the memo.

Impressions left by a large claw on the innermost toe on the dinosaur's front foot (the analog of the human thumb) indicate that the still - unknown species was located near the base of the sauropod family tree, and the sizes of the footprints — in some cases 70 centimeters across — suggest that the behemoths grew to reach 15 meters in length and weighed up to 10 metric tons, the researchers report online today in the Scottish Journal of Geology.

Now they are joined by informetrics, cybermetrics, webometrics and altmetrics, which might not be an accurate term, but it's sticky (more than social media - based complimentary metrics, that's for sure).

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.

If an endorsement by Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney's daughter, The New York Times or even Chuck Norris isn't enough to thrust you onto a particular presidential candidate's bandwagon, the Scientists & Engineers for America, a nonpartisan organization that advocates evidence - based debate and decision - making in Washington, offers another metric: their science platforms.Examining subjects like energy policy, healthcare, views on evolution, stem cells and the like, the Science, Health and Related Policies (SHARP) Network unfurls each candidate's positions (and past) in a wiki format.

Performance metrics based on values such as citation rates are heavily biased by field, so most measurement experts shy away from interdisciplinary comparisons.

The increases in frequency and duration metrics translate to 30 additional marine heatwave days per year by the end of the 35 - year period (p < 0.01; based on a linear trend) from a baseline level of about 25 days in the 1980s (Fig. 2).

Methods: Researchers Harish Shankaran, Haluk Resat and Wiley paired a new module - based systems theory approach with quantitative metrics for network function to show that receptor / ligand properties such as endocytosis can be described by just a few control parameters.

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030 — akin to taking 15 million gasoline - powered cars off the road in one year — by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK - based research firm Cerulogy.

Here we present a morphological, topological and metric analysis of the heart and arteries of mouse embryos harvested on embryonic day (E) 14.5, based on digital volume data of whole embryos analysed by high - resolution episcopic microscopy (HREM).

Then there is a proper psychology matching based on 60 different criteria and social metrics; sexuality matching that was designed particularly for the dating purposes by a proper psychologist; there's a combination of sexuality, psychology and interests which we call «a perfect match».

Our rating system called is transparent and ultimately visitors like your provide feedback by leaving a star rating based on 5 metrics.

eHarmony's Compatibility Matching System ® takes online dating in Cleveland to a new level by scientifically pairing singles in Cleveland based on metrics of other real - life successful relationships.

With Christmas just around the corner and 2017 drawing to a close, the IMDb has put together its list of the top ten most - anticipated movies of 2018 based upon its page metrics, with Avengers: Infinity War topping the pack in first place, followed by two more superhero movies in Black Panther in second place and Deadpool 2 in third.

Does it allow you to view data visualizations for each target market so that you can evaluate the metrics on a region - by - region basis?

Deeply seasoned in animosity toward the education reform movement, Los Angeles Unified held its traditional ground as charter schools were built around its schools, demands for merit pay for teachers were answered by corporate philanthropists and metrics - based teacher evaluation processes were published in the Los Angeles Times.

The waiver includes provisions to measure student progress by a number of different metrics and to evaluate teachers based, in part, on student progress.

Lesson objective: Convert metric measures of mass and capacity from larger units to smaller units by looking at the relationship between the metric system and the base 10 system.

Lesson objective: Convert metric units of length from larger units to smaller units by looking at the relationship between the metric system and the base 10 system.

These resources would better serve student achievement by making them totally dependent on fair, transparent, and independently validated metrics based on value - added to student learning.

The idea that teachers would be judged ineffective or, at best, developing based on a wildly inappropriate metric requiring higher rates of proficiency in 2013 could have, and should have, been picked up in a substantive review of the Syracuse APPR proposal by NYSED.

According to Noll's metrics and based on an average of what consumers would have paid before the price increases, he estimates that the publishers overcharged readers by $ 307,808,414.

Yet such metric - based systems can simultaneously increase the variety of books purchased by individual customers while decreasing the overall variety of books bought by everyone.

As was mentioned earlier, unsecured personal loans are credit - based, meaning that past credit performance of a prospective borrower is the most important metric used by lenders.

Using valuation and quality metrics based on empirically vetted academic research, the adviser believes QVAL will deliver positive alpha — higher returns than can be explained by the high - book - to - market value factor.