Sentences with phrase «boost shareholder return»

More often than not, it seems, these deals are motivated by the desire to boost shareholder return — frequently to the detriment of the customer experience.

French foods group Danone is to sell a $ 1.9 billion stake in Japanese company Yakult in its latest initiative to boost shareholder returns.

The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton reported a 25 percent rise in underlying half - year profit on Tuesday, helped by robust metals prices, and said its focus remains on cutting debt and boosting shareholder returns.

If drillers are smart, they'll see the way investors responded to Anadarko's buyback and begin making plans to boost shareholder returns instead of just production.

After escaping Kraft Heinz's $ 143 billion bid, the Marmite maker said it will focus on boosting shareholder return.

All in all, dividends do tend to boost shareholder returns.

Both AGNC and NLY use a substantial amount of leverage to boost shareholder returns.

If you're invested in stocks, low interest rates typically boost the stock market because cheap capital allows companies to boost their bottom lines, which in turn boosts shareholder returns.

Ackman buys stock in companies he deems undervalued, particularly in the retail, restaurant and real estate industries, and urges changes he says will boost shareholder returns.

Not exact matches

The tech company has also returned an additional $ 151 billion to shareholders since its fiscal year 2013 in the form of share buybacks — a move that has reduced share count and boosted earnings per share by about 21 % in the past four years, according to Silverblatt.

The restructuring has led it to exit a raft of non-core operations, such as its business in Africa and units in Asia, in a bid to simplify its structure and boost returns to shareholders.

Corporations will boost sales and keep margins elevated allowing managements to both invest for growth and return cash to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.

Acquiring other brands from food companies under pressure from uppity shareholders could be one way of boosting returns.

In March, Qualcomm Inc, under pressure from hedge fund Jana Partners, agreed to boost its program to purchase $ 10 billion of its shares over the next 12 months; the company already had an existing $ 7.8 billion buyback program and a commitment to return three quarters of its free cash flow to shareholders.

Unwilling to make the same mistakes as his predecessors, who raised prices to boost margins and shareholder returns, chief executive Brad Banducci has made it clear Woolworths will continue to invest «materially» to underpin sustainable growth in supermarkets after decimating profits by sinking more than $ 1 billion into prices and service in 2016 and 2017.

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.

The key point is that, rather than diluting performance by investing cash flows from historic high - return projects into newer low - return projects, companies might improve returns and lower risk for shareholders by boosting dividends and buying back shares.

A strategy focusing on lower cost projects, stricter capital discipline and increased distribution to shareholders may boost group returns and lower risk.