Sentences with phrase «gross margin business»

The coupon business — selling discounted offers online — is a high gross margin business.

Not exact matches

In an interview with Fortune on Wednesday, GBH Insights analyst Daniel Ives said he believes Apple's Services business generates gross margins in the «mid-50 % range» and easily tops the iPhone's margins.

The company reported one of its best quarters in years just over two weeks ago, touting its growing gross margins, new cloud offerings and steady legacy businesses.

Daily deals can still make sense for businesses with high gross margins, no product costs, and low incremental costs.

There is an old adage in business that you can't make up for negative gross margin by increasing sales volume.

«The third quarter revenues and gross margins were at the top end of our targeted range, and non-GAAP earnings per share exceeded the top end of our range, with each business showing progress,» stated Gregg Lowe, Cree CEO.

The business had a great product, high gross margins and a loyal customer base.

While the company was putting some emphasis on profitability — a second - quarter report to investors in 2015 obtained by Canadian Business highlights improvements to product margin and gross profit, for example — it continued spending heavily on marketing.

He also focused on the high gross margin segment of the business.

For instance, the ratio of gross profit to net sales can be used to determine whether the company's profit margin is in line with that of similar businesses.

«Actually E-Commerce is not that those margins are eroding; it's that those gross profit margin percentages are lower than others, and those businesses are actually growing very fast.

Dig Deeper: Inc.com's Guide to Tracking Gross Margin and Income Tracking Your Critical Numbers: Learn Some Key Ratios and Create a Number Dashboard Now that you have a handle on these critical numbers, and how to calculate them, you can then begin to use ratios to understand the health of your business.

We believe the adjustments are useful to investors as an additional means to reflect cost of revenues and gross margin trends of our business.

But if I took the product out of it, and said here's a business that went from zero to $ 100 million in two years, they have the fastest growth in paid subscribers at 67 percent gross margins, that's a really interesting business.

Though there are numerous metrics attractive to potential buyers, all businesses should be closely tracking revenue, gross margin, customer lifetime value and customer acquisition cost.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

Echelon is now focusing its growth on «smart» commercial & municipal LED lighting (although its fab-less chip business has apparently now stabilized after a long decline), and if the lighting business accelerates (and it could, due to recent sales force hires and new products), I think there's a chance it can hit a break - even annualized revenue run - rate of $ 40 million by Q4 - 2019 (pushed back from my earlier hoped - for timeline) at which point — assuming $ 14 million of remaining net cash (vs. an estimated $ 18 million at the end of Q2 2018) and 4.7 million shares outstanding (vs 4.52 million today), an enterprise value of 1x revenue on this 53 % gross margin company would put the stock in the mid - $ 11s per share.

Xiaomi posted a gross profit margin of just 8.8 percent for its smartphone business in 2017 compared to 60 percent for its internet services business.

The company's decision to expand its footwear and international businesses, which carry lower gross margins, also continued to weigh on profitability.

Certain statements in this press release regarding the Company's expected future shipment volumes, gross margins, business prospects and future quarterly or annual results, particularly the management quotations and the statements in the «Business Outlook» section, are forward - looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ matbusiness prospects and future quarterly or annual results, particularly the management quotations and the statements in the «Business Outlook» section, are forward - looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ matBusiness Outlook» section, are forward - looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially.

Certain statements in this press release regarding the Company's expected future shipment volumes, gross margins, business prospects and future results, are forward - looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially.

This advantage is in stark contrast to businesses in other sectors that work against comparatively low gross margins.

IT service providers who adopt Continuum's fully integrated platform can achieve unprecedented gross margins in their managed services business, which is not possible using alternative software - only solutions.

We also have experienced, and may experience in the future, gross margin declines in certain businesses, reflecting the effect of items such as competitive pricing pressures, inventory write - downs and increases in component and manufacturing costs resulting from higher labor and material costs borne by our manufacturers and suppliers that, as a result of competitive pricing pressures or other factors, we are unable to pass on to our customers.

Declines in or sustained low interest rates causing a reduction in investment income, the interest margins of our businesses, estimated gross profits and demand for our products;

A firm that has high gross profit margins from a sustainable business from a core product like bleach, laundry detergent, or chocolate, to provide an illustration, is going to be much harder to put out of business when the economy turns down than one that has razor - thin margins.

If we are unable to reduce and / or maintain a sufficiently low level of costs for designing, manufacturing, marketing, selling and distributing and servicing our electric vehicles relative to their selling prices, our operating results, gross margins, business and prospects could be materially and adversely impacted.

As previously noted given the lower gross margin and operating margin profile of the Stuart Weitzman business relative to the Coach brand, it will be a negative impact to consolidated gross margin rate.

With lean and simple operations, the business boasts continuously high and steady gross and net margins of c. 80 % and c. 65 % over the past year, respectively.

With notable synergies, the business boasts strong and stable gross margins of c. 28 % over the same time period.

The business model of NowRx is driven by the fully automated end - to - end robotic dispensing system and a very low cost overhead associated with its «virtual pharmacies», which creates room in the company's gross margin to enable free delivery.

In fact, both gross profit margin and net profit margin are two common key performance indicators (KPIs) that businesses closely monitor.

In Page's most recent quarter, it posted double - digit growth in gross profits in every region, except the U.K. Given the company's significant exposure to the permanent placement market — a high - margin business — we believe that strong top - line trends will continue to grow Page's profits in the coming years.

The company's response of incremental investments in its online business is weighing on its profits to the point where gross margin has fallen for 25 consecutive quarters.

Gross margins provide an easy but effective way of looking at one element of a company's business operations.

Comparing gross margin figures for multiple companies within the same industry can also be useful in signaling which businesses have the most efficient operations.

■ If we view early - stage companies as a «product» that our province «manufactures», then selling those companies at a 5x return on invested capital (i.e. 80 % gross margin) is a pretty good business model.

The showrooming phenomenon has resulted in lower gross profit margins and increasing focus on customer retention that often takes the form of a subscription business model and a membership mentality.

Our proprietary point - of - sale system also helps stores stay on course for achieving high gross margins of approximately 60 %, which translates to a faster return on investment, greater profits and the opportunity for rapid growth to multi-store businesses.

However, the company said the financial performance of its Australian ingredients business - the gross margin of which dived 25 per cent to $ NZ9 million - is «still not satisfactory».

Such statements include declarations regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company and its management, including those related to cash flow, gross margins, revenues, and expenses are dependent on a number of factors outside of the control of the company including, inter alia, the markets for the Company's products and services, costs of goods and services, other expenses, government regulations, litigations, and general business conditions.

The PPT leads on to a great worksheet where students need to use their knowledge and calculate and analyse the gross and net profit margins from a number of businesses.

Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company's reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company's products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and / or increases in component costs could have on the Company's gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company's need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company's business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company's dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company's international operations; the Company's reliance on third - party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company's dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company's products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company's sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings.

The Samsung partnership allows Barnes & Noble to get back into the business of selling e-books and digital content without being saddled with enormous R&D costs and the risk of unsold inventory: B&N's gross margin was decimated when Nook devices flopped during the 2012 and 2013 holiday seasons.

Despite notebooks raking in a gross margin of less than 4 percent last quarter, the market is expected to see an increase in 2012 when ASUS and Acer shift their focus back to the notebook business.

However, just as important are the gross and operating margins that reveal the profitability of the company's main businesses.

Breaking down the business segments, margins on the retail side are much better, with gross margins in the 42 % range compared to 6.1 % on the wholesale side.

This benefits businesses with high gross margins that can afford higher fixed percentage payments.

The aftermarket business generates approximately $ 120 million in annual revenue and claims gross margins in excess of 50 %.

Management's current target is a Services business with over a 30 % gross margin.