«The appended financial statements reflect «accounting» earnings that generally include our proportionate share of earnings
from any underlying business in which our ownership is at least 20 %.
What he meant was that in the short - term security prices fluctuate purely based on the opinions of market participants, and can deviate widely
from the underlying business values.
Whenever investing is detached
from the underlying business, it becomes the trading of mere ticker symbols.
He learned from Ben Graham that the key to successful investing was the purchase of shares in good businesses when market prices were at a large discount
from underlying business values.
«The appended financial statements reflect «accounting» earnings that generally include our proportionate share of earnings
from any underlying business in which our ownership is at least 20 %.
Job reallocation — «a broad measure of labor market churning resulting
from the underlying business dynamism of firm expansions, contractions, births, and closures» — has also been declining for decades.
Not exact matches
The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their
underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment
from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily
from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.
Another
underlying cause for the shift is that students seem to be more comfortable assuming the risks of starting a
business from scratch.
We analyze key operating metrics on a constant currency basis as this helps identify
underlying business trends, without distortion
from the effects of currency movements.
Management believes that organic growth is an important metric for measuring the operating performance of our
business as it helps identify
underlying business trends, without distortion
from the effects of FX movements.
This can allow you to more easily compare the return you are actually earning
from the
underlying company's
business to other investments such as Treasury bills, bonds, and notes, certificates of deposit and money markets, real estate, and more.
2 The percentage change has been calculated using actual exchange rates in use during the comparative prior year period to enhance the visibility of the
underlying business trends by excluding the impact of translation arising
from foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, which is considered a non-GAAP financial measure.
What I am interested in is acquiring as much ownership as I can in a broad collection of wonderful
businesses; firms that reward me, my husband, and our family with our share of the sales and profits
from the
underlying productive enterprise.
The panels brought together more than 200 inspirational and insightful professionals
from both
business, academia, NGOs and the public sector to discuss what opportunities
underlie five of the global, systemic risks we face.
We believe it is useful to exclude non-cash charges, such as depreciation and amortization and share - based compensation expenses,
from our Adjusted EBITDA because the amount of such expenses in any specific period may not directly correlate to the
underlying performance of our
business operations.
Adjusted income (loss)
from operations is a measure of profitability used by Cigna's management because it presents the
underlying results of operations of Cigna's
businesses and permits analysis of trends in
underlying revenue, expenses and shareholders» net income.
This proactive adoption of the principles
underlying the corporate governance code has set Takeda apart
from other
businesses in Japan.
The International segment reported a loss
from continuing operations before income taxes of $ 1.3 million on a US GAAP basis and an
underlying pretax loss of $ 1.0 million in the fourth quarter, versus a loss of $ 5.1 million for both measures a year ago, driven by the addition of the Miller brands, volume growth and positive pricing in Latin America and Australia, cost savings in MG&A, and cycling the substantial restructure of our China
business in 2015.
Synthetic CDOs transfer the credit risk on a portfolio of (typically)
business loans
from the issuer of the securities to the investor, but do not involve a sale of the
underlying claims on the
businesses.
Much of Reckon's spend on this part of the
business has been tagged as «new
business initiatives» and excluded
from underlying earnings.
We still like the
underlying business and management team, but after tripling
from our initial purchase price, the stock is close to reaching our estimate of its fair value.
Market volatility will wreak havoc with day - to - day valuations, but if the
business or
underlying assets that generate the income are fundamentally sound, then we know with confidence that the cash flow
from our model portfolio won't be radically interrupted during uncertain times.
CCA's SPC preserved fruit
business recorded a small
underlying profit for the year, benefitting
from reduced depreciation.
As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for
business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts
from the deeper
underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.
Questionable: None of these balance sheets are in great shape, but aside
from the banks, their
underlying businesses are likely stable enough to bear the strain.
Eventually we rely on cash flows
from businesses to validate the value of the
underlying businesses.
He has a B.S. in Finance
from the University of Oregon, which is helpful since some of the research
underlying the strategy was conducted at the university's Lundquist College of
Business.
If a well - understood
business is offered to you at half or less than its
underlying intrinsic value two to three years
from now, with minimal downside risk, take it.
But noting the
underlying momentum of its US
business, and likely cost savings to come
from its two major acquisitions, we should hopefully see it grow into its current market cap over the next year.
Identifying the growth potential of its core
business, recognizing the (
underlying) intrinsic value to be ultimately realized
from its non-core assets /
businesses, and exploring the value enhancement opportunity (s) to be exploited with these disposal proceeds... all this paints a picture of a very different company & a dramatically higher share price.
Of course we all want dividend growth
from the companies we own because in general that means there's growth of the
underlying business.
Nothing I have said so far could be construed as taking the position that security price movements are completely disconnected
from the «financial status» of the
underlying business.
A lot of the growth in the
underlying business has to first go to offsetting this multiple contraction before you can start profiting
from it.
Since value investors attempt to buy securities trading at a considerable discount
from the value of a
business's
underlying assets, a liquidation is one way for investors to realize profits.
[Note: For Ex-Cash calculations, Tax affected Financial Income should be excluded
from EPS to properly evaluate the
underlying business — as follows:
All this emotion can push the share price a long way
from the intrinsic value of the
underlying business.
While it is easy to identify outstanding
businesses, it is more difficult to select those which can be bought at significant discounts
from their true
underlying value.
This emphasis on earnings
from operations as reported and on perceptions of growth by analysts and money managers permitted these people to ignore rather completely other factors that tend to be extremely important in any balanced analysis for which GAAP is useful: e.g., strength of financial positions; understanding the
underlying business; and appraising management not only as operators and stock promoters, but also as investors of corporate assets and financiers of
businesses.
It was a great
business with a temporary problem (one division got swindled and had losses, which threatened to spread to the wider company, but the
underlying business was still very sound and the brand value
from the customer's view wasn't damaged).
Axiom will initially embed Kira into its M&A Diligence and Integration offering to source relevant clauses
from those contracts, thus enabling more efficient interpretation and structuring of contract data, which
underlies the insights Axiom provides to its clients» legal and
business users.
Arguably worse than contradicting the existing master services agreement are statements of work that actually reference the «wrong»
underlying legal contract and incorporate capitalized terms or
business concepts
from other legal contracts.
As the quotes below illustrate, over the years, I have received a great deal of positive feedback
from students about the use of HBS cases: «The course was especially helpful for me due to the HBS case studies [that] exposed students to
business considerations that are at play in M&A»; «There were moments when the class felt more like a
business school class (which I loved) and I believe these helped us to understand the
underlying rationales behind the transactions... we were discussing.»
They saw how we manage our
business,
from the management of instructions, through triage, case management, to analytics and the
underlying data, and they said that they would like to replicate and tailor our model to their own in - house counsel functions.
Although this modern
business model may appear radically different
from the traditional brick and mortar law office model, the
underlying principles of an ethical law practice remain the same.»
Sandra's recent experience includes: Advising on claims arising
from sales transactions in an insolvency, including the possible avoidance of antecedent transactions under the IA1986 Acting on misfeasance claims Providing strategic advice on partnership and minority shareholder disputes in order to seek to manage the
business disputes effectively and expeditiously in the interests of preserving any potential on - going,
underlying business and goodwill
Those markets in question, financial, tax, accountancy, regulatory, though each is different
from the other, have
underlying elements such as the fact that they are driven by changing laws of one kind or another and are professional adviser markets in which qualified people trade on the basis of expertise, professionalism, ethics and trust to gain and retain
business.
Adjusted Operating Earnings Adjusted operating earnings is the measure used for management purposes to highlight the Company's results
from ongoing operations and the
underlying profitability of our
business.
For those already familiar with cryptocurrencies and the blockchain, Ethereum is either the bastard child threatening to overthrow Bitcoin
from its rightful place as king of the cryptos, or the long - awaited savior that will bring the tech
underlying Bitcoin to new heights and a mainstream awareness, thereby launching a future full of decentralized organizations, new
business models for the young entrepreneur, and safe, legal smart contracts that manage your
business for you.
The benchmark study «provides insight
from nearly 4,000 human resource professionals about employment screening best practices» and «explores key issues, trends, and
underlying business drivers affecting background check programs of U.S. organizations,» explained Whyte.
Blockchain, the technology
underlying bitcoin, has been separated
from the virtual currency and real estate pilots in the Netherlands, Cook County, and Tbilisi, Georgia are already demonstrating its potential to revolutionize digital databases and trusted
business transactions.