With most S&P 500 companies having now reported Q4 2015 earnings, there's been four
consecutive years of declining net income — both GAAP and «non-GAAP.»
It has posted three
consecutive years of declining market share, for example, as value - based competition chips away at its core franchises.
A poorly managed expansion plan had resulted in five
consecutive years of declining revenues, even as the larger market grew.
Overall, 2016 marked the fifth
consecutive year of decline in the overall PC industry, with a 5.7 % dip in PC shipments from 2015.
Sales at Mattel dropped 11 % last year, the fourth
consecutive year of decline.
Out of the UK's total of 5.7 m small businesses, only 1.7 per cent applied for a loan or overdraft last year, the fifth
consecutive year of decline since 2012.
2017 marked the 3rd
consecutive year of declining exits, much of which can be attributed to companies staying private longer due large supplies of late stage capital (hello, Softbank).
Almost ten years later, the outstanding size of the CDS market is hovering just over $ 10 Trillion, the result of eight
consecutive years of decline.
«On top of all that, U.S. coal exports fell 23 percent in 2015, the third
consecutive year of declines,» Feaster said.
This is the 8th
consecutive year of declines since consumer insolvencies peaked in 2009.
The biggest decline came from the United States, where emissions dropped by 0.5 %, or 25 Mt, to 4 810 Mt of CO2, marking the third
consecutive year of decline.
Answer: You guessed it — «d.» According to the Medical Liability Monitor, «The cost of medical malpractice insurance dropped 1.1 % for three bellwether medical specialties in 2017, which would be the 10th
consecutive year of decline except for a 0.2 % increase in 2015....
Not exact matches
This marks the fourth -
consecutive year a «Call
of Duty» game has seen its first - month sales
decline.
Slumping demand for diet sodas sold by PepsiCo and Coca Cola propelled a
decline for the broader industry, as overall sales
of carbonated soft drinks dropped for the 11th
consecutive year in the U.S.
After six
consecutive quarters
of decline, the fourth quarter results for total annuity sales were flat, compared to this quarter last
year, at $ 50.8 billion.
However, the dramatic
year - long
decline in U.S. drilling activity is taking a toll on production, causing U.S. crude stockpiles to
decline for a record ninth
consecutive week, with a drawdown
of 2.34 MMbbl reported for the week ending July 15.
Nor is he deterred by the fact that the number
of births in the U.S.
declined for a sixth
consecutive year in 2013, to 3.93 million.
Procter & Gamble said its net sales for the quarter fell to $ 15.6 billion, down 1 percent from sales
of $ 15.78 billion a
year ago, marking the thirteenth
consecutive quarter
of declines.
The global weakest links tally
declined for the fifth
consecutive month in February 2018, reaching a two -
year low
of 189 as
of Feb. 26.
After 29
consecutive quarters
of positive gains, the brand's same - store sales
declined 0.5 percent in Q2,
year - over-
year.
While the two countries remain upbeat on their $ 100 billion bilateral trade target for 2015, this
year's JEG is taking place against a backdrop
of seven
consecutive months
of declining trade volumes.
The index registered its second
consecutive monthly
decline after climbing to a 13 -
year high
of 60.8 in August on the back
of a
decline in supplier deliveries and new export orders.
The U.S. added 1.3 million owner households over the last
year and lost 286,000 renter households, the fourth
consecutive quarter in which the number
of renter households
declined from the same quarter a
year earlier.
Still, the debt - to - GDP ratio has
declined for four
consecutive quarters, and 34
of the 47 countries in the survey have lower ratios than they had a
year earlier.
The Dow Jones Industrial average has now
declined for three
consecutive quarters, only the third such string
of losses in 40
years.
European new - car sales rose a third
consecutive month in November, the longest period
of gains in four
years, as demand for autos from Volkswagen AG and Renault SA contributed to signs that an industrywide
decline is ending.
If the index reports a
decline in fourth - quarter earnings, it will be the first time the index has reported three
consecutive quarters
of year - over-
year declines since the first quarter
of 2009 to the third quarter
of 2009.
If this is the final revenue
decline for the quarter, it will be the first time the S&P 500 has seen four
consecutive quarters
of year - over-
year revenue
declines since the fourth quarter
of 2008 through the third quarter
of 2009.
After posting 22
consecutive quarters
of year - over-
year revenue
declines, the company finally returned to growth.
Globally, Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI),
declined in 2017 for the first time after five
consecutive years of mostly double - digit growth.
Despite this long transition
of posting 20 +
consecutive quarters
of declining revenue, IBM has finally posted its first revenue growth in nearly six
years.
While sales at Australia's top branded food and grocery manufacturers were flat or in
decline last
year, according to IRI data, Procter & Gamble's sales have risen for two
consecutive years despite the sale
of brands such as Duracell, Nice n Easy, Cover Girl and Max Factor.
This means another
year of pain for shareholders and Watkins has warned profits would be lower in calendar 2014 than last
year, confirming the company is heading for its second
consecutive year of earnings
decline.
It is the first
decline in growth reported by the country following seven
years of consecutive growth, having reached a record high
of $ 1.62 billion in 2016.
«According to IWSR, the U.S. beer market
declined 0.5 percent in 2017, [and] total U.S. beverage alcohol con - sumption
declined for the second
consecutive year by 0.2 percent,» says Jessica Robinson, vice president
of portfolio brands with White Plains, N.Y. - based HEINEKEN USA.
Orland Park residents recycled fewer tons
of materials in 2012 than the previous
year, making it the second
consecutive year the village has seen a
decline, a representative from Waste Management said.
Membership in the National Congress
of Parents and Teachers rose for the third
consecutive year last
year, reversing a 20 -
year pattern
of decline, according to pleased pta officials.
GM is on track to deliver its third
consecutive year of year - over-
year decline in rental volume and mix.
-- 2016 Q1 Sales: up 51.9 % to 3,474 — After five
consecutive years of improvement, Grand Cherokee sales
declined 12 percent in Canada last
year, as U.S. Grand Cherokee sales reached a ten -
year high.
IDC reported that the tablet market is in
decline for the second
consecutive quarter in the first quarter
of this
year.
So when manufacturing dynamos like Caterpillar (CAT) experience 43
consecutive months
of year - over-
year declines in sales, or when quarterly sales for S&P 500 constituents fall for six
consecutive quarters, you ought to wonder if central bank accommodation (i.e., manipulation) can keep the U.S. stock train moving forward indefinitely.
«
Year - over-
year home values in the United States
declined for the 11th
consecutive quarter, falling 6.9 percent to a Zillow Home Value Index
of $ 190,400,» says the company.
Florida posted the nation's highest foreclosure rate in October for the second
consecutive month, but filings in Broward County
declined from a
year ago.One in every 312 homes in the Sunshine State was in some stage
of foreclosure last month, according to...
Consecutive double - digit
declines were the norm for 2015 and a few
years prior — every reporting period since December 2011, the Administrative Office
of the U.S. Courts reports.
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* Achieved 4
consecutive years of growth in a secular
declining industry for Western Region and turned around national vertical market sales from negative to positive after 6 months for the first time in 4
years.
It was the fourth
consecutive month
of year - over-
year declines.
It marked the 20th
consecutive month
of year - over-
year declines in home values.
After gradually climbing for three
consecutive years, the
decline in existing - home sales in 2014 resulted in a slight reduction in REALTOR ® business activity and income last
year, according to the 2015 National Association
of Realtors ® Member Profile.
Carol Bulman, CEO and president
of Jack Conway, REALTOR ®, the largest local independent real estate firm in Massachusetts, is facing 62
consecutive months
of year - over-
year inventory
declines in their market.