Sentences with phrase «costs as a percent»

The increase as a percentage of revenue was primarily due to an increase in the average instructor pay rate, as well as higher corporate compensation costs as a percent of revenue.

Additionally, as expected, SG&A as a percent of revenue, decreased 20 basis points and landfill operating costs as a percent of revenue also decreased.

The increase in instruction and educational support costs as a percent of revenues seems to indicate that management is trying to address the problem.

To gain perspective into food service performance, business officers can track the program's costs as a percent of revenue.

Measure that cost as a percent of your income - not a percent of the portfolio's value - to see how easy it is to afford.

The three most important factors in this judgment are the size of the rate reduction, the refinance costs as a percent of the balance and the life of the new loan.

Not exact matches

Companies such as Uber and Instacart stand to save a ton of money on labor costs — up to 40 percent, according to one study — by continuing to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than as employees.

As a rough — and perhaps unfair — comparison with a much more established competitor, PayPal's transaction efficiency ratio is 30 percent: It spent $ 1.2 billion on transaction costs in the first six months of 2015 to process $ 3.9 billion of payments.

As the auditing firm KPMG points out, automating repetitive administrative tasks has the potential to reduce operational costs by as much as 75 percenAs the auditing firm KPMG points out, automating repetitive administrative tasks has the potential to reduce operational costs by as much as 75 percenas much as 75 percenas 75 percent.

Shotwell told an audience at a satellite conference that the cost of using a previously launched SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to get to space could be as much as 30 percent less when compared to a new Falcon 9 flight.

An accomplishment resume, on the other hand, emphasizes accomplishments and results, such as «Cut costs by 50 percent» or «Met quota every month.»

As a non-profit organization, the company only charges a 1 percent fee to cover operating costs, compared to standard platforms that charge upwards of 10 percent.

Kimberly - Clark, which competes with P&G in diapers and paper towels, on Tuesday announced it is slashing about 13 percent of its workforce globally in a bid to cut costs as sales wane.

As the price of fuel has dropped, it's been taking up a smaller and smaller share of these expenses, to the point that now, he estimates, fuel only makes up about 15 percent of airlines» spending (assuming their other costs have remained roughly equal).

The surplus was still down 47 percent from a year earlier, with the trade balance remained in deficit as the yen's decline has pushed up costs of imported fuels immediately while its impact on exports will take some time to be fully seen.

She's more concerned about the skyrocketing cost of rents in the city, which have risen 200 percent in the past three years, and where a modest storefront like hers can go for as much as $ 17,000 per month.

In some states, the cost of coverage is expected to rise by as much as 25 percent, according to a report from the health care researcher Kaiser Family Foundation.

In addition, it gives the designers a low - risk way of entering the huge petite market (over 47 percent of American women are 5» 4» and shorter), and the retailer the ability to provide customers more variety in a cost - effective way as they're not investing in inventory that may or may not sell.

The President boosted the number of federal regulations affecting small businesses by 13 percent during his first term in office, leading governmental regulation and red tape to overtake sales, taxes and the cost / availability of insurance as small business's biggest problem, respondents to the National Federation of Independent Business small business survey explain.

Because markup is figured as a percentage of the sales price, doubling the cost means a 50 percent markup.

Higher prices paid to farmers, combined with lower imports, may increase grocery and restaurant costs for baked goods and cereals as much as 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday in its first forecast of food - price inflation for 2018.

Online retailers like Amazon and eBay charge a standard 15 percent commission that merchants calculate as they would any standard cost of doing business.

Although Spain's borrowing costs have fallen over the past two months on the back of the ECB's new rescue plan, the Spanish 10 - year yield is still hovering just below 6 percent - a level that has been seen as unsustainable since the crisis escalated in 2011.

If you haven't filed a 2014 return and owe taxes (as opposed to being owed a refund), you could be subject to the failure - to - file penalty, which could cost 5 percent of your unpaid tax bill each month it goes unpaid after the April deadline, and potentially up to 25 percent.

Updegrave adds, «As for choosing investments for your portfolio, I recommend you focus mostly, if not exclusively, on broadly diversified low - cost index funds or ETFs, many of which charge just.2 percent of assets or less in annual expenses.

Any company tempted to take a «see if they catch me» approach to avoid compliance costs needs to consider this: The fines for non-compliance can range as high as $ 20 million (almost U.S. $ 24 million) or 4 percent of global annual turnover — whichever is greater.

In other words, while costs are poised annually to outstrip the benefits as a percent of global gross domestic product as early as 2018, by the report's estimate, «the accumulated [emphasis Fortune's] global benefits of being connected should still outpace the costs through the year 2030 ″ by nearly $ 160 trillion.

The IRS RMD rules can be a bit confusing, and failing to satisfy your annual RMD can be expensive, costing you an excise - tax penalty of up to 50 percent on the amount not distributed as required, warns Manisha Thakor, director of Wealth Strategies for Women at Buckingham and The BAM Alliance, a community of more than 140 independent registered investment advisors throughout the country.

CHICAGO, May 2 - Kraft Heinz Co's quarterly profit beat expectations as the Tater Tots - maker benefited from tax changes in the United States and raised prices to counter higher input costs, sending shares up 4 percent after the bell.

In fact, it generates three times as many leads as traditional outbound marketing but costs 62 percent less.

Taser shares have gained 44 percent year to date, but have fallen 12 percent this quarter after the company lost the New York Police Department body cam contract to Vievu Safariland at a price that Taser described as «near or below cost.»

For example, design competitions run by TopCoder provided businesses development work for as little as 25 percent of the cost of the traditional methods.

For many clients, this type of optimized bidding has reduced lead costs as much as 80 percent.

But the FBA storage - and - shipping fee alone for this one jar would be about $ 4.44 — in part because of its weight — and that's before you factor in the cost for the seller to make or acquire the product as well as Amazon's 15 percent commission under the previous fee structure.

Major U.S. companies such as General Motors and Caterpillar were outsourcing aggressively to bring down costs and at the peak of the outsourcing movement, about 30 percent of call center jobs were sent overseas.

Morgan expects health costs to increase roughly 7 percent a year in retirement, partly from inflation and partly from increased usage, and suggests planning for health - care spending as a separate item.

January and February, as usual, will be the most cost - effective months for domestic and international flights, with average savings of 25 to 40 percent to destinations such as Chicago, Nashville, Minneapolis, Zurich, Milan and Singapore.

A study by JPMorgan calculated median annual health - care costs for today's 65 - year - olds at $ 4,660, but they project annual increases of 6.2 percent to 7 percent as that group ages, so that by 2036, when those people are 85, their median annual health - care spending will reach roughly $ 18,000.

As I wrote last week, small firms that didn't offer insurance to their employees cited a variety of reasons, but 79 percent called cost an important factor, while 76 percent said the same of firm size — their businesses were just «too small.»

Much of that cost will go into the franchise fee, which can range anywhere from $ 10,000 to $ 1,000,000 (with 10 to 20 percent off for veterans, as well as special financing), and 7 - Eleven requires a net worth of $ 100,000 to $ 250,000.

For example, as low - cost as BillFloat might be compared with charges for bounced checks, 3 percent per month works out to a near - Sopranos level of 36 percent annually.

By using the pay - as - you - go model, companies could save dramatically — up to 50 percent over five years, Forrester predicts — by increasing efficiency, postponing additional purchases, reducing staffing costs, and improving how they monitor and account for computer usage.

The global cost of cybercrime has now reached as much as $ 600 billion — about 0.8 percent of global GDP — according to a new report.

«Applying for H - 1B visas takes so much time that I, as CEO, should be spending doing other things,» she tells Inc. «It has absolutely hurt my business,» she adds, noting that her costs associated with hiring through the program have shot up some 24 percent, causing her to lower some salaries at her 65 - person business.

It costs 62 percent less than traditional marketing and generates about three times as many leads.

HITTING THE SKIDS: Tesla tumbled 6.6 percent to $ 281.86 after the electric car maker said it lost $ 745 million in the first quarter as it is still struggling to produce more of its lower - cost Model 3 sedan.

Furthermore, the 1 percent you pay to your money manager doesn't always cover the costs of buying and selling the stocks and bonds in your portfolio or the sales charges (also known as loads) and administrative fees charged by the mutual funds your manager puts you into.

Every company is looking to trim paper consumption and waste, and being green is only part of the reason: As much as 3 percent of corporate revenues are spent on printing costs, according to research by Gartner Inc., largely because of the high price of toner and inAs much as 3 percent of corporate revenues are spent on printing costs, according to research by Gartner Inc., largely because of the high price of toner and inas 3 percent of corporate revenues are spent on printing costs, according to research by Gartner Inc., largely because of the high price of toner and ink.

As a small group, we would face a whopping 30 to 40 percent increase in health care costs for 2014.

If they climb as expected to near 5 percent this year, home payments will cost more.