Sentences with phrase «better than shareholders»

The so - called Oracle of Omaha has often said that Berkshire can invest far better than shareholders could or would, Kass notes.

Not exact matches

Shareholders deserve better than this.

Even Viacom (VIAB) has seen better than expected results, despite being embroiled in a power struggle between CEO Philippe Dauman and controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone — and despite criticism for its lackluster stable of fading brands like Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.

In saying that the government stands with «consumers» — rather than citizens or voters or, God forbid, shareholders — Clement diminishes the federal government's importance, making it nothing more than the complaints desk at the Better Business Bureau.

EMC is no doubt hoping that Glass Lewis's endorsement of the deal will be enough to persuade undecided EMC shareholders who are skeptical that a newly combined company would be able to better compete in a fast - changing technology landscape than either Dell or EMC by themselves.

Looking out on the next decade, Jobs may well be asking himself a variation of that very question: After creating more than $ 150 billion in shareholder wealth, transforming movies, telecom, music, and computing (and profoundly influencing the worlds of retail and design), what should Steve Jobs do next?

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The article's author, Steve Denning, dissects the main theme of Martin's book, which is that the current practices around maximizing shareholder value actually do more harm than good:

Buffett is right that, for most of his stock - picking history, shareholders have likely been better off leaving their money in his care rather than siphoning the cash into their own accounts by way of dividends: Since 1965, Berkshire Hathaway stock has delivered annualized returns of nearly 21 %, more than double the S&P 500.

It is good for the investing public to know that the company is making decisions about things like dividends with the best interests of shareholders in mind, rather than the best interests of the CEO.

Shareholders have a right to good governance, and that right doesn't depend on concerete outcomes, any more than a client's right to zealous legal representation does.

CEO Kotick said in a statement, «We should emerge even stronger — an independent company with a best - in - class franchise portfolio and the focus and flexibility to drive long - term shareholder value and expand our leadership position as one of the world's most important entertainment companies... The transactions announced today will allow us to take advantage of attractive financing markets while still retaining more than US$ 3 billion cash on hand to preserve financial stability.»

Shareholder Allan Gray chief investment officer Simon Mawhinney said the Latin American sale was a «very good deal» for shareholders, and a better result than winding it up, which shareholders might have pushed for if it hadn't sold..

«Another problem is that buybacks send a message of fatigue, that management doesn't have any good ideas for using the cash, other than giving it back to shareholders.»

Unilever posted better - than - expected first quarter revenues and increased its quarterly dividend by 12 % as it continues to appease shareholders after a failed takeover attempt by Kraft Heinz.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Their stock soared 26 % after reporting much better than expected earnings on $ 120 million in quarterly revenue (disclosure: I'm a Grub Hub shareholder).

In 1982, using interviews and proxy statements, they examined compensation programs at 90 major U.S. companies to determine whether return to shareholders was better for corporations that had incentive plans for top executives than it was for those companies that had no such plans.

It simply means that the transaction needs to be policed to ensure that management pursues the shareholders» best interests rather than their own.

The idea that such shareholders know better than management how wide Delta's seats should be is patently absurd.

And as usual, advisory firms like Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) are joining with the public pension funds to demand governance reforms that perform better in theory than in practice.

Moreover, the corporate - rate cut has been widely seen as better for firms and shareholders than actual workers.

Notice of any proposal that a shareholder intends to present at the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders, but does not intend to have included in the Company's proxy statement and form of proxy relating to the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders, as well as any director nominations, must be delivered to the Company's Secretary by mail at 1 Infinite Loop, MS: 301 - 4GC, Cupertino, California 95014, or by email at [email protected], not earlier than the close of business on October 31, 2014 and not later than the close of business on November 30, 2014.

The more than 50 resolutions addressing lobbying expenditures, John Keenan of AFSCME Capital Strategies wrote in the report, allow investors to ensure that «lobbying is consistent with a company's expressed goals and being done in the best interests of the company and shareholders.»

Now cleaned up and well capitalized, Citi's market cap today is about $ 160 billion — though any loyal shareholders are still nearly 90 percent worse off than in 2005.

[1] By monetizing IP better than anyone else, Disney has a unique ability to grow through acquisitions in a way that creates real value for shareholders, as evidenced by its rising ROIC.

FTI said the EziBuy proposal would deliver the best overall return to creditors and had less execution risk than the Cheadle DOCA, which is backed by SurfStitch's management team, led by Justin Hillberg, SurfStitch co-founder and creditor Lex Pedersen and other large shareholders.

As a corporate lawyer I know better than most that a corporation's duty is to its shareholders, not its employees.

As you know as well as I do, the beginning and growth stages there is not much give back to shareholders other than in the form of stock price increases which are not guaranteed.

As a shareholder, you do well to place more emphasis on risk than on reward.

The finding appears to extend to the macroeconomic level as well — shareholders in the larger economy got a much bigger bang for their buck when cash was returned to them as dividends than when it was deployed into capital expenditure.

Pepsico is probably well - known to most shareholders, although the fact that the company is more of a food business (Frito - Lay) than a beverage business is often overlooked.

Although Diawa's stock price has more than doubled over the past six months, we continue to believe Daiwa has significant upside and will remain a good investment for our shareholders.

Watkins has been in the top job for more than three years and she inherited a mess, including a product portfolio dominated by premium high - priced products largely in decline as well as a tense relationship with major shareholder The Coca - Cola Company (TCCC).

How do we regulate food and farming markets so that they deliver the outcomes of human well - being, ecosystem health and farmer viability as first priorities, rather than shareholder value?

I don't really know if Arsene really does know best or if he should call it a day but what I do know is that we as fans pay more for our tickets than anyone else in the UK and that we have a 33.3 % shareholder who is the richest man in the uk BUT HAS NO PLACE ON THE BOARD....

Well, the record shows that the declarations by our majority shareholder and CEO are no more than hot air which have come our way before which have yielded nothing but consolation prizes while we surrender the change of winning big to the new breed of bigger clubs.

On a tangent Jon my son (he's 4) asked me why he should support Arsenal, I said «well because I do, you're granddad does and your great granddad did» I was going to say its because of the values and principles that our club has but then I stopped myself because I have no idea what they are anymore other than paying a has been manager and over hyped players a fortune for non achievement while being owned by a majority shareholder that has no interest in the club other than as a business and having a board that view the fans as the gift that keeps on giving.

Or technically and to save all their faces, ask him to resign, which as we all know is just a device to lessen the awful truth for the clubs «reputation» with the «stupid fans», which is how this arrogant club sees us; evidenced never better than by Sir Chips (Disdainful) Keswick to the shareholders at the AGM.

Corporations can use duty to shareholders to justify making charitable donations (PR value), withholding charitable donations (damage to bottom line), keeping bad employees (avoiding litigation risk), firing bad employees (avoiding employee error risk), focusing on long - term gains (building sustainable profits), focusing on short - term gains (returning the best quarter than can be had), selling spyware to the Chinese politburo (profits), withholding spyware from the Chines politburo (avoiding regulatory intervention), and so on.

The stock's price to free cash flow ratio is lower than those of all its major competitors except Pfizer, suggesting that not only are cash flows strong, but shareholders are getting good relative value for their investments.

As he wrote in Forbes, he thought these firms were better off dead than alive from the viewpoint of shareholders.

«Rather than causing confusion, the proposal would eliminate confusion by giving shareholders something they would otherwise lack — the simple chance to choose the best among all of the candidates, rather than between two slates of candidates.»

If companies can not find a better way of spending its net income to boost overall returns than paying out dividends for the owners, then it makes senses for them to pay out dividends so that shareholders can take the money and invest in elsewhere.

Conclusion When it comes to proven track records, quality management teams, and shareholder - friendly corporate cultures, it doesn't get much better than Hormel Foods.

We believe mutual companies that are beholden to the policy holders are better choices than the companies that only answer to their shareholders.

A good Score (i.e., value of 1) is assigned if the current ratio exceeds two, or net current assets exceed long - term debt, or 10 - year history of positive earnings, or 10 - year history of returning cash to shareholders or EPS are at least a third higher than they were 10 years ago.

Writing in this year's letters to shareholders, Berkshire vice chairman Charlie Munger said that Berkshire would «almost surely remain a better - than - normal company for a very long time» even if Buffett left tomorrow and even if his successors were «of only moderate ability.»

The analyst ought to use both tools a good deal of the time.Aside from those times when a corporation, or its control shareholders, are seeking access to equity markets, usually an occasional occurrence, American business seems to be run much more with a Resource Conversion emphasis than with a Going Concern emphasis.

Obviously, it is better to invest in a fund that is a success than one that is a failure, but being a shareholder in a fund that closes is not usually a financial disaster for U.S. investors.