Sentences with phrase «for returning to profitability»

GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) deserves some credit for returning to profitability in late 2017, but perhaps investors are giving the company «too much credit,» according to Wall Street's newest bear analyst.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

«We are committed to long - term leadership and improved profitability of our mobile business and the decision to cancel Broxton for phones and tablets and SoFIA 3Gx / LTE / LTE2 enable us to move resources to products that deliver higher returns and advance our strategy,» the spokeswoman said in a statement.

But a shift in corporate culture in the 1990s that led to a single - minded focus on profitability and shareholder return actually proved counterproductive for Boeing, as it quickly lost ground to Airbus.

«The business has historically been a good investment for us,» chief operating officer Richard Nesbitt told analysts during a conference call, adding that he believes the division can return to past profitability levels.

«It will be difficult for Dollar General to maintain current levels of productivity and profitability as some consumers will probably return to other retail channels once economic conditions improve,» wrote Zoe Tan, an analyst with Morningstar, at the time of the announcement.

He praised publisher Katharine Weymouth (his niece) «and her outstanding team» for returning the paper «to cash - flow profitability the next year, and it remains there, making your job and Jeff's far easier.»

Going forward, it seems that BWW will need to find a way to continue appealing to consumers with changing tastes and preferences, while also better controlling costs to improve profitability, as the company seeks to deliver the above - average returns it historically yielded for investors until recently.

As practitioners, you know better than I what is required but the major focus clearly has to be on ways to restore profitability and rates of return, with all that that means for pricing services, cutting costs, changing bank structures, diversifying into other activities and so on.

We see the potential for EM stocks to again outperform in 2018 on rising profitability, higher valuations and investors returning to the asset class.

Coworkly, a side project that's currently dominating the majority of Arar's time, arose from a desire to fill a gap he's seen in Ottawa for many years now — namely, a community of startups that focus on venture capital and raising money rather than returning to the basics of bootstrapping and profitability.

The high capital levels provide a buffer for the relatively low level of profitability, but going forward management must take more steps to drive return on equity and return on assets to more acceptable levels.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

«I've known of Harry Wilson since he worked on the US Treasury's Auto Task Force and was responsible for saving General Motors and its thousands of jobs, while returning the company to a path of profitability,» Trichter said.

Profitability was recognized by the father of value investing Benjamin Graham in 1928 as a predominant driver of stock returns: It is undoubtedly better to concentrate on one stock that you know is going to prove highly profitable, rather than dilute your results to a mediocre figure, merely for diversifications sake.

This makes it easier to determine the profitability of the lease as well as the ability to sell for an amount that returns capital and profit.

Worldwide Operation — There is no getting away from the fact that HSBC are a huge international business and as such they have the size to ride out any storms on the banking world, which they have been doing with some level of success over the last few years, they are slowly getting back on track and unless any other major scandals emerge then it may be plain sailing for HSBC and they should return to profitability over the long term in no time at all.

The welcome effect is that people took it as a matter of course that stocks were real businesses bought for ownership, although stock buyers had the reputation of being slick and wily because their ownership positions were based on the current and future profitability of companies rather than secured bonds which had been the hallmark of traditional conservative investing accounts because property could be sold to return part of your principal in the event that the business failed.

John's approach is to examine a company's historical revenue, earnings, dividends and return on capital, alongside sensible ratios for debt, profitability, growth quality, and growth rate.

The banks have to return to sustainable profitability for the sake of the proper functioning of the economy (through enhanced capacity to lend) and also to repay the taxpayers who were put «all - in» to the sector by our political «leadership».

But despite the slow recovery, PulteGroup returned to profitability in 2012, started paying dividends again in 2013, and appears to be on course for better times.

For the investors who are familiar with the known dimensions of expected return (size, relative - price, profitability, etc.), chances are that you have decided to tilt your portfolio accordingly.

We used three measures to capture the pertinent information: return on equity (ROE) to reflect growth and profitability; the debt coverage ratio to represent the likelihood of default; and the accruals - to - average - total - assets measure defined by Sloan (1996) to quantify possible accounting red flags.12 To arrive at company - specific quality measures, we used the simple arithmetic average of each stock's percentile rank for these three variableto capture the pertinent information: return on equity (ROE) to reflect growth and profitability; the debt coverage ratio to represent the likelihood of default; and the accruals - to - average - total - assets measure defined by Sloan (1996) to quantify possible accounting red flags.12 To arrive at company - specific quality measures, we used the simple arithmetic average of each stock's percentile rank for these three variableto reflect growth and profitability; the debt coverage ratio to represent the likelihood of default; and the accruals - to - average - total - assets measure defined by Sloan (1996) to quantify possible accounting red flags.12 To arrive at company - specific quality measures, we used the simple arithmetic average of each stock's percentile rank for these three variableto represent the likelihood of default; and the accruals - to - average - total - assets measure defined by Sloan (1996) to quantify possible accounting red flags.12 To arrive at company - specific quality measures, we used the simple arithmetic average of each stock's percentile rank for these three variableto - average - total - assets measure defined by Sloan (1996) to quantify possible accounting red flags.12 To arrive at company - specific quality measures, we used the simple arithmetic average of each stock's percentile rank for these three variableto quantify possible accounting red flags.12 To arrive at company - specific quality measures, we used the simple arithmetic average of each stock's percentile rank for these three variableTo arrive at company - specific quality measures, we used the simple arithmetic average of each stock's percentile rank for these three variables.

There is potential for us to return to the same kind of profitability we had in the Wii and DS era within three years.

Partners can remove barriers such as understanding and talking about the unconscious biases around women's readiness for partnership; assisting women to bridge between maternity leave and returning to full - time practice; experimenting with flexible work arrangements for both men and women that do not reduce profitability and many other workplace initiatives that will assist women to stay in the law and help firms become more profitable.

Still no word yet on the possible merger with rival T - Mobile... Auto parts maker Delphi is buying autonomous car startup NuTonomy for $ 400 million... Overstock.com aims to hold the largest - yet initial coin offering, topping FileCoin's $ 257 million offering in August... Uber is adding a «long pickup fee» as part of an effort to make rides more attractive where drivers have to go a distance before starting the ride; the question is how it will go over with riders... AMD returned to profitability driven by sales of its Ryzen processor, per VentureBeat... Apple acquired New Zealand - based wireless charging firm PowerbyProxi for an undisclosed sum... TechCrunch reports that Honolulu has given final approval to a law that fines pedestrians who are looking at their phones while crossing a street.

Adept at returning struggling retailers to profitability by streamlining processes, meticulously monitoring customer pulse, and building pay - for - performance sales teams.

M&M Mars Inc. (Boston, MA / Los Angeles, CA) 9/2003 — 5/2005 Region Sales Manager • Oversaw all aspects of both the Massachusetts and Los Angeles sales territory for the Mars Inc. brand Flavia, a gourmet, single cup office coffee system • Held responsibility for managing five independent distributor partners, five outside sales representatives, and two customer service representatives, ensuring client service, brand development, market penetration, and profit growth • Led the territory from inception in September of 2003 to $ 3.5 million territory for the calendar year 2005, utilizing a sales team that finished 2004 at 21 % over target and 36 % over target in 2005 • Earned award for territory profitability — based on return on total assets — in 2004, also achieving the ranking of the top territory nationwide based on sales growth and cost reduction

The Profitability Index (PI) is a metric that property investors can use to evaluate whether the property under consideration meets their return objectives, thus providing a basis for rejecting or further considering an opportunity

This balance can be corrected in very few ways, and if we assume clawing back any significant piece of the commission pie is a non-starter, then implementation of a full - blown «home services» concept stands out as an alternative action for a return to reasonable and sustainable broker profitability.

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