E&P refers to an exploration and production
company Decline rates refer to the slowdown in the rate of production from an oilfield following a peak in production
Not exact matches
Bloomberg, the New York - based news and information
company, reckons the
decline had something to do with the Bank of Canada's decision to raise interest
rates, which compounded anxiety over the cost of housing.
He
declines to share specific figures but says sales are increasing at a faster
rate than did sales of Soylent 2.0, the neutral - flavored meal - replacement drink the
company introduced a year ago.
The
company declined to comment on the performance of its bonds or its credit
ratings.
After
companies from cable giant Comcast to satellite TV titan AT&T, which owns DirecTV, reported their fourth quarter results, the total number of pay TV subscribers dropped 3.4 % from a year earlier, the highest
rate of
decline since the trend of cord cutting emerged in 2010, analysts at MoffettNathanson Research reported on Thursday.
A leading web analytics
company says in a new report that traffic from Facebook to some of the top news publishers
declined at double - digit
rates in the second quarter of this year.
The
decline in the startup
rate hasn't cut the
rate of formation of two categories of
companies with very high potential for wealth creation and job creation: angel and venture - capital - backed businesses.
The recent popularity of junk goes counter to multiple warnings from Wall Street experts who believe the sector is in trouble due to looming interest
rate hikes and
declining earnings for
companies particularly at the lower end of the credit spectrum.
That number is an improvement on the 12 - percent
decline in subscription revenue AOL saw during the second quarter of last year, which was the lowest
rate of
decline in five years, the
company said.
Echelon is now focusing its growth on «smart» commercial & municipal LED lighting (although its fab-less chip business has apparently now stabilized after a long
decline), and if the lighting business accelerates (and it could, due to recent sales force hires and new products), I think there's a chance it can hit a break - even annualized revenue run -
rate of $ 40 million by Q4 - 2019 (pushed back from my earlier hoped - for timeline) at which point — assuming $ 14 million of remaining net cash (vs. an estimated $ 18 million at the end of Q2 2018) and 4.7 million shares outstanding (vs 4.52 million today), an enterprise value of 1x revenue on this 53 % gross margin
company would put the stock in the mid - $ 11s per share.
Muni demand from banks and insurance
companies should
decline somewhat after the large corporate federal income tax
rate cut from 35 % to 21 %, but we don't expect widespread liquidation of their portfolios.
The war between Shari Redstone and Dauman comes as the
company struggles to cope with
declining cable TV
ratings and plummeting stock prices and may impede plans to sell a minority stake in Paramount movie studio to outside investors.
Demand from individuals should remain steady given modest changes in top marginal tax
rates and the cap on state and local tax deductions, while demand from banks and insurance
companies should
decline given the lower corporate tax
rates.
Programs it deemed hits — «Scream» on MTV and «Lip Sync Battle» on Spike — failed to reverse the persistent
ratings declines plaguing the
company.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and
declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange
rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the
Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and
declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange
rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the
Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 20, 2016.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and
declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; cancelation of utility - scale feed - in - tariff contracts in Japan; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange
rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the
Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.
Should the corporate tax
rate decline to an average of around 18 to 20 percent, which is consistent with other developed countries, U.S. multinational
companies would likely be more inclined to repatriate those profits and tilt the balance back in America's favor.
But because the category grew at a faster
rate than Kraft's sales growth, the
company's share
declined slightly, a spokesman said.
† In 2009, Kentucky
declined to raise CCA's per diem
rate at one facility because the
company's prison was twice as violent as its state - run counterpart and because a suicidal employee smuggled in a gun and shot herself in the warden's office.
For background, the lawsuits claimed that after
declining a request to purchase advertising on Yelp, a number of positive reviews from businesses» listings on the reviews site mysteriously disappeared, downgrading the
company's
rating on the site.
In addition to the industrywide problem of
declining ad
rates and reader response to standard display ads, the edgy editorial content on its flagship vertical, Gawker, scares off many advertisers, leading to what
company co-founder Nick Denton himself acknowledges is a «Gawker tax.»
The
company said it expects its growth
rate to
decline over time.
In the years ahead, oil production will
decline to remove excess capacity, prices will again rise above costs, energy
company margins will recover, and market - level earnings will return to a normal
rate of growth.
Sales volume actually increased slightly, as did base pricing, but differences in exchange
rates and a
decline in what it can charge for rare earth elements outweighed those improvements, the
company said.
REVPAR at the
company's comparable systemwide North American full - service and luxury hotels (including Marriott Hotels & Resorts, The Ritz - Carlton and Renaissance Hotels & Resorts) increased 5.5 percent with a 3.7 percent increase in occupancy and an average daily
rate decline of 0.3 percent.
Which is why Moody's Investors Service says the global default
rate for non-investment grade
companies will
decline to 1.81 percent by the end of this year, the lowest since April 2008.
To create its list, the
company «relied on two factors: the overall home price growth
rate since 1991 (our growth factor) and the average odds that a homeowner in a particular market would have experienced significant price
declines within the decade after buying a home (our stability factor).»
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices,
declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange
rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare
rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
However, branded sales performed well in a
declining market with volumes up 3 %, the
company said, even though the impact of the exchange
rate has resulted in actual sales
declining.
In a related story, both
declining birth
rates and kids» drop in fast food consumption are hitting McDonald's hard, which is bad news for a
company already struggling against increasingly popular «fast casual» chains like Chipotle.
«It names and shames those
companies and reminds the world that breastfeeding
rates will continue to
decline as long as corporate promotion is allowed to compete with breastfeeding and undermine mothers» confidence,» it said.
The Glenview, Illinois - based
company been losing share in a U.S. market where the
declining birth
rate has hurt sales.
Although E. coli infection
rates have
declined somewhat since food production
companies began meeting new federal food safety regulations in 2006, cases of salmonella infection have remained steady for more than a decade.
Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or
declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping
rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the
rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest
rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the
Company's businesses resulting from the
Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the
Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the
Company in excess of what the
Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.
Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or
declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping
rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the
rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest
rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the
Company's businesses resulting from the
Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the
Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the
Company in excess of what the
Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.
This can be bad news for investors, because the
company only has an incentive to repay the obligation early when interest
rates have
declined substantially.
Continuously
declining long - term
rates created two tailwinds for his portfolio: 1) It continuously reduced borrowing costs for highly leveraged
companies; and 2) Drove up values of high yielding stocks (look at what utilities, MLPs and REITs have done over the same time period).
In David Fish's Dividend Champions list, you will find some
companies with
declining dividend growth
rates over the past 10 years.
Interestingly — and to the great relief of banks and auto finance
companies — delinquency
rates for non-household loans are either
declining or are staying flat.
Most of our investments have characteristics that have been associated empirically with above - average investment
rates of return over long measurement periods: a low stock price in relation to book value, a low price - to - earnings ratio, a low price - to - cash - flow ratio, an above - average dividend yield, a low price - to - sales ratio compared to other
companies in the same industry, a significant pattern of purchases by insiders, a significant
decline in share price.
Your New York Mortgage
Company is pleased to announce that as mortgage
rates decline, NJ, NY and CT homebuyers get reprieve from Fed.
Dividends of mortgage REITs have
declined substantially over the last two years as
companies adjusted their dividend payouts in light of higher interest
rate volatility and lower earnings forecasts.
«Because the
ratings of the collateral underlying the securities [financial guaranty insurance
companies or FGIs] insure have
declined, most FGIs need more capital to maintain their AAA
ratings.
Also quoting from the post at Accrued Interest, quoting from the Moody's report, «Moody's stated that the
ratings review was prompted, in part, by concerns about the deterioration in ABK's financial flexibility since the
company's $ 1.5 billion capital raise in March 2008, as evidenced by the substantial
decline in the firm's market capitalization and high current spreads on its debt securities, making it increasingly difficult to economically address potential shortfalls in the
company's capital position should markets continue to worsen.
-- The secular
decline in interest
rates has really exacerbated this EPS magic... Do the math, the v worst examples come from
companies with net cash.
It's possible there could have been reductions in net debt balances among the constituent
companies also impacting this, along with
declining rates.
Based on a schedule of rig activity and contract
rates provided by the
company, we expect the
company to report Q2 revenue in the range of $ 42 - 45m (> 50 %
decline sequentially).
The risk for bond investors that the issuer will default on its obligation (default risk) or that the bond value will
decline and / or that the bond price performance will compare unfavorably to other bonds against which the investment is compared due either to perceived increase in the risk that an issuer will default (credit spread risk) or that a
company's credit
rating will be lowered (downgrade risk).
DeBondt and Thaler attribute the earnings outperformance of the
companies in the lowest quintile to mean reversion, which Tweedy Browne described as the observation that «significant
declines in earnings are followed by significant earnings increases, and that significant earnings increases are followed by slower
rates of increase or
declines.»