Our inference is that a smaller share of complaints versus a larger share of business means the company's doing comparatively
better than an average company - a better measure than just focusing on the number of complaints.
If you bought
a better than average company its performance may make up for the fact that you did not pay a bargain price.
But XOM is
a better than average company trading far below the market multiple.
This ability to generate returns on each new dollar of capital they invest at rates of up to 10x
better than the average company while growing at rates approaching 3x the average public company makes these businesses very valuable.
Not exact matches
To date, the
company has acquired roughly 17,000 units at around $ 1.6 billion in portfolio value, and has
averaged better than 40 percent returns for its investors.
There were 140,430
companies created in the first quarter,
better than the
average (137,813) since the start of 2001, which is as far back as the data go.
Silicon Valley workers are famously
well - compensated: At Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and numerous other tech
companies, even interns earn more per month
than the
average American.
As an employer, if you want to keep an employee who is getting paid lower
than the
average, you either should have a great
company culture or a
well - known brand recognition.
Average growth rates tell a more dramatic tale; here the
best - financed
companies at start - up pulled far ahead, expanding sales by 2,074 % in five years, nearly 60 % faster
than the «less
than $ 1,000» set and 82 % faster
than the «$ 20,000 or less» group as a whole.
The
company also said it expects 2018 adjusted earnings of $ 5.40 to $ 5.70 per share,
better than analysts»
average estimate of $ 5.47, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. Revenue rose 5.3 % to $ 30.15 billion, above Wall Street forecasts.
Considering that the
average Facebook user has more
than 150 friends, a
company with just 100 employees can reach an additional 15,000 potential customers just by encouraging their employees to share special offers or
good news.
All U.S. employees working an
average of 20 hours per week at any
company - operated store — including Teavana, La Boulange, Evolution Fresh and Seattle's
Best Coffee stores — are eligible to choose from more
than 40 undergraduate degree programs at ASU, and they will earn full tuition reimbursement for each semester of full - time coursework completed.
Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting systems through
better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on marketing or increasing low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count, holding
average wages as low as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather
than retiring debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a
company's current stock price.
Discipline refers to the rigorous quantitative and qualitative methodologies used in the identification and selection of
companies that have:
better than average relative valuations; a track record of dividend growth and a sustainable payout level; and balance sheet strength.
An index of 1.00 is
average, and a number below 1, such as State Farm County's index, is
better (gets fewer complaints
than the
average company).
That's
better than average, which was 79 percent male for large Silicon Valley tech
companies in 2016.
Walmart's online sales grew just 10 percent in the third quarter, slower
than the 15 percent industry
average, while Target's grew 20 percent,
well below the
company's stated goal of 30 percent, the
companies announced last week.
In a correction
good young
companies often see the price of their equity fall more
than average.
That growth was driven by both chip shipment growth as
well as
average selling price growth, suggesting that the
company shipped a richer mix of products last quarter
than it did a year ago.
The
company's cash flow is a
better metric to use for profit and valuation, and investors are paying much less for cash flow now (even though it's very likely to rise considerably in the near term)
than they've been paying, on
average, for the last three years.
The cost of basic liability protection among these three
companies averaged $ 1,036 per year, which was 33 %
better than the citywide
average.
In cases where
companies just have an ESOP, research shows it is on
average a
better investment
than traditional retirement plans.
Most religious leaders are
better than average humans especially parents,
company bosses and political leaders.
«Part of my satisfaction is being a decision - maker in this
company and knowing that there's people making a living
better than average working for Pederson's.
That is a comparatively
good score: individual U.S. House races are generally quite difficult to poll, and the typical poll issued by
companies other
than SurveyUSA had missed the margin between the candidates by an
average of 7.3 points.
Of course, 2011 will go down as Summit's final year as an independent studio; the
company was recently acquired by fellow mini-major Lionsgate, a
company that had less
than half the domestic box office gross (and an even lower
average Metascore)
than Summit last year, but one that boasts a significant home video library as
well as a decent presence in television.
And on
average, the
company expects the hybrid to get 5 to 8 MPGs
better than the conventional Rogue.
Companies for debt consolidation offer
better interest rates with most creditors
than the
average consumer, enabling large reduction of payments through lowering or even elimination of interest charges from your credit.
Pick one
company you really like and that you think might do
better than average, and buy that one stock.
This
average figure was useful for ironing out the frequent ups and downs of the business cycle, and it was thought to give a
better idea of the
company's earning power
than the results of the latest year alone.»
Most loan
companies offer lower interest rates with higher loan amounts to people with
good or excellent credit, giving them more options
than those with
average or bad credit.
Long term dollar cost
averaging into quality
companies will always be
better than cash based assets on the dividends alone.
The
company's nominal rate and APR were both no
better than average, with the big banks providing
better numbers in more
than one instance.
The first item is a recently released report from the Investment
Company Institute (the trade group for mutual fund
companies) which revealed that the
average mutual fund investor's willingness to take risk is lower now
than it was two years ago before the market experienced its
well publicized unpleasantness.
When compared to the benchmark
averages (sometimes referred to «Lipper Averages «-RRB-, more than 60 % of actively managed stock mutual funds fail to outperform their segment indexes (in other words, if a mutual fund targets the oil and gas industry, you'll do better just buying an index fund targeting the entire oil and gas industry rather than buying an actively managed mutual fund that targeted only the «best» companies within the oil and gas in
averages (sometimes referred to «Lipper
Averages «-RRB-, more than 60 % of actively managed stock mutual funds fail to outperform their segment indexes (in other words, if a mutual fund targets the oil and gas industry, you'll do better just buying an index fund targeting the entire oil and gas industry rather than buying an actively managed mutual fund that targeted only the «best» companies within the oil and gas in
Averages «-RRB-, more
than 60 % of actively managed stock mutual funds fail to outperform their segment indexes (in other words, if a mutual fund targets the oil and gas industry, you'll do
better just buying an index fund targeting the entire oil and gas industry rather
than buying an actively managed mutual fund that targeted only the «
best»
companies within the oil and gas industry).
For this upcoming bull market, only few selected
companies (those can consistently report
better than average earning growth) can maintain that momentum.
High quality
companies have a way of making it through stock market declines in relatively
better shape
than the
average stock - especially when stocks are uniformly overvalued prior to the decline.
The
company's cash flow is a
better metric to use for profit and valuation, and investors are paying much less for cash flow now (even though it's very likely to rise considerably in the near term)
than they've been paying, on
average, for the last three years.
This result may seem counterintuitive at first, as it suggests results for really
good and really bad
companies (Q1 and Q5) are more likely to persist
than for
average companies (Q2, Q3, and Q4).
Rather
than try and decipher the different financial ratings, EbixExchange decided to create a composite index, which takes the
average percentile of the different life insurance
company's financial strength ratings assigned by the different rating services, A.M.
Best, Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch.
Even though using the 5 - year
average FCF yield on mid cap
companies (third
best single factor we tested) over the test period would have given you a higher return
than the 12 - month FCF yield, the results for the other market size
companies would have been a lot lower.
Phil explains that one can only fall back to the general conclusion that a
company, which is above -
average in other aspects, will probably perform
better than average in this regard as
well.
First, research shows low - performing
companies get higher premiums
than average - performing
companies, suggesting the market anticipates change for the
better.
If you're using the
average of several years, as the Shiller PE does, wouldn't it be
best to include unusual items, and to assume that history is
better than nothing in trying to predict the frequency and magnitude with which unusual items will hit the
company in the future?
These
companies are financially stable, and clearly help contribute to the fund's
better -
than - market -
average yield.
I know I am unusual in my dislike for leverage in
companies, but on
average less levered
companies do
better than those with more debt.
¹ Since 1928, the
average annual return of large US
Company Stocks has been a little
better than 9.5 %.
The biggest investment by T. Rowe Price's 2035 fund (T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund) holds just over 100
companies that it hopes will generate
better -
than -
average market returns.
Since then, he has achieved a
better -
than -
average investing record by buying large stakes in a handful of
well - established
companies.
With rates 57 % lower
than average cost of motorcycle insurance in Minnesota, GEICO's rates are much
better than those of other
companies we sampled.