Sentences with phrase «driving higher profit»

The larger phone not only brings in more revenue but also drives a higher profit margin for Apple.

Lead nurturing is essential for all businesses that wish to drive higher profits and ROI.

Not exact matches

This imposes a higher cost structure but presumably, a profit - driven entity will find a less costly solution.

While it may feel like you're putting profits in the back seat, a higher purpose will serve you well and will ultimately drive sales and profits from those who believe in you.

In a report by McKinsey, staff engagement was higher than the industry standard despite profit - driven bonuses being lower.

This year, Drive replaced those 30 stopgap clients with 10 higher - revenue, higher - profit clients appropriately diversified.

Sujan Patel, co-founder of Web Profits US argues that as well as influencing consumers» future purchase decisions, high - quality blogs develop more inbound links, drive qualified leads and nurture those leads into sales.

A low multiple means that investors aren't expecting their gains to flow from rapidly rising profits, driven by reinvesting earnings at high rates of return — Warren Buffett's ideal.

LONDON, May 1 - BP's profits surged in the first three months of the year to their highest since mid-2014, driven by a recovery in oil and gas prices and rapid growth in production.

The company's annual profit hit a record high of 555 billion yen in the year to March 2009, driven by Wii sales.

Regional lender US Bancorp reported a 13.7 percent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, driven by higher interest income and lower taxes.

NEW YORK, April 26 (Reuters)- United Parcel Service Inc reported higher first - quarter net profit on Thursday, driven by strong package volumes in its core U.S. segment, but higher costs from Saturday delivery and nasty winter weather weighed on operating results.

The IATA expects higher profits to be driven by improved revenue, an increase in passenger and cargo demand and reduced interest payments as carriers pay down debt.

This firm's industry - leading distribution network has driven consistent profit growth, higher margins than competitors and a leading market share.

Early earnings season action, with strong results and weak stock performance, show that profits alone won't drive the market higher.

* MONDELEZ - QTRLY ADJUSTED GROSS PROFIT MARGIN WAS 39.4 PERCENT, DOWN 110 BASIS POINTS, DRIVEN BY UNFAVORABLE MIX, HIGHER COMMODITY COSTS & FREIGHT INFLATION Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:

Capital spending is driven by high profit margins and rapid earnings growth, which typically doesn't emerge until well into a new economic expansion.

Confident that President Trump would deliver on his campaign promises, anchored investors enthusiastically pushed U.S. equities sharply higher late last year and into this year, expecting a flurry of economically stimulative measures that would ultimately drive up corporate profits.

In its third - quarter shareholder letter, Tesla management said it expected higher per - unit vehicle production costs, driven by low - volume early production Model 3 units, to continue to negatively impact the company's automotive gross profit margin.

«The distinction amongst the sturdy pound and the weakening euro and rising marketplace currencies — with each other with weak point in these economies — assist to drive profit warnings from the internationally - uncovered FTSE one hundred to a document high.»

It's my view that 2018 could be the company's best year yet, as three major trends should drive its profit higher.

Likewise, its public stock portfolio is stuffed to the brim with banks, which stand to profit as rates drive margins higher.

Telus Corp. (TSE: T), the third - largest carrier, jumped to the highest in more than five months after hiking its quarterly dividend as third - quarter profit surpassed estimates, driven by growth in both its wireless and wireline operations.

Many ETF industry sources have told IndexUniverse.com that high - speed computer - driven trading has cut profit margins for market makers, and therefore seriously curtailed their incentives for taking on the financial risks associated with providing trading liquidity in particular securities.

This was particularly driven by mining companies, whose profits almost doubled from the December half of 2003, benefiting from higher commodity prices and increased production.

Figure 1, which shows the trends in average return on invested capital (ROIC) and cumulative after - tax operating profit (NOPAT) for the sector over the past few years, clearly shows that profits are flat to down and not driving stock valuations higher.

While demand for low - end, starter homes has driven the business historically, most of the construction activity has been at the high - end, where profit margins are richer for builders.

In summary, there are four major reasons for the high amount of sexual violence and overall violence in TV produced in the U.S.: (1) monopoly control of program production and distribution by a handful of powerful companies (2) the drive for profits far in excess of those enjoyed by the vast majority of U.S. businesses (3) a lack of accountability on the part of sponsors and

They violate health codes, torture animals, pay minimum wages with minimum benefits, prevent workers from unionizing, import plastic crap from China (Walmart), pollute the environment (Tyson), drive once proud poultry farmers into becoming wage slaves (Tyson), sell cheap products with high - profits produces by «modern slaves» in China and other third - world countries (Walmart),... WWJB?

There are three major reasons for the high amount of sexual violence and overall violence in programs: (1) monopoly control of program production and distribution by a handful of powerful companies; (2) the drive for profits far in excess of those enjoyed by the vast majority of American corporate business, and (3) the failure of the Federal Communications Commission to exercise adequate oversight of broadcasting.

Constellation Shares Hit Record High on Strong Results Constellation Brands Inc. reported a better - than - expected 16.6 percent jump in quarterly sales, primarily driven by robust demand for its beers such as Corona and Modelo, and the company raised its full - year adjusted profit forecast...

He said the broader target of getting towards 30 per cent profit margins for the whole business would depend on how hard Treasury drove internal shifts where it heavily invests behind the higher - end brands that are much more profitable.

Dean Foods saw its gross profit drop 8 % year - over-year to $ 1.8 bn, driven primarily by a 6 % decrease in reported volumes and higher mix of private label products, which the company intends to turn around with an enterprise - wide cost productivity program.

The real problems: A dangerously and unacceptably high doctor - endorsed C - section rate (over 32 percent), a for - profit medical system that puts money over moms, and a lack of childbirth choices, especially for women who have had previous C - sections, so severe it drives some families to choose unassisted VBAC birth.

Between legal expenses and the high - security field trials needed to comply with European safety laws — not to mention the risk that field trials will be destroyed — bringing a product to market can cost over $ 100 million, making developing GMOs so expensive only profit - driven agribusiness can afford it.

Meanwhile, researchers found that hospitalization rates at for - profit hospices were higher regardless of preferred practice implementation — suggesting that it is the organization of the hospice itself in terms of ownership that likely drive policies and decisions regarding hospitalization.

Despite the higher revenue, driven mostly by increased subscribers, IAC's profits declined due to a significant increase in marketing expenses for certain businesses.

If parents can choose among schools and new schools can enter the market, then schools that provide a subpar education in order to increase profits would be driven from the market by higher - quality providers.

By aiming your digital learning products at real user needs, you are more likely to get high engagement levels, obtain great user feedback and, importantly, drive your customers» all important KPIs — be it more sales, higher productivity, less incidents, no compliance breaches, or higher profits.

That, coupled with her connections to various for - profit education entities that stand to benefit from more choice - driven school systems, pretty much destroyed her credibility as a thoughtful, impartial leader of a high - stakes debate.

-- Education, where the drives to privatize K - 12 schools with vouchers and for - profit charters and dramatically reduce the state's commitment to public higher education remain in the full - speed - ahead mode.

According to organizers, the rally is being called «Win Back Wednesday» because public education must be «won back» from the profit - driven entities behind high - stakes testing and school privatization schemes and returned to actual stakeholders: parents, students, and educators.

I know authors who use indie presses and the cost of buying copies of their books from the indie is so high, they can't make a profit on their copies unless they jack up the price to a point where it drives potential customers away.

But the stock price is mostly driven by the fact that RIM is increasingly selling low - margin phones, not making the better profits on the higher - end phones that will fund this heavy development shift they're undergoing.

As such, a higher proportion of digital content sales would help drive operating profit growth.

It crystallizes the difference between Apple, which tends to keep prices (and profit margins) high, and Amazon, which likes to start low and drive lower in an effort to knee - cap the competition.

Prior peak earnings were, indeed, an artifact of unrealistically high profit margins and return on equity, driven by large amounts of debt - financed leverage.

Without increases in real wages or asset prices to drive consumer spending growth, and business profits damped by high input prices, the only bright spot I can envisage will be the US export sector, which benefits from a weak US dollar.

Revenue and profit growth is primarily driven by new stores, higher volumes, and used car price inflation.

Chocolate lovers here are crying into their Cadbury wrappers — and rival traders are crying foul, saying Mr. Ward is stockpiling cocoa in a bid to drive up already high prices so he can sell later at a big profit.