Sentences with phrase «high capital intensity»

Despite the high predictability of tidal energy's resource and timing, long construction times, high capital intensity and low load factors will most likely rule out significant cost reductions in tidal technologies in the near term.

For companies with a high capital intensity and lots of debt there a big risk that someone else will reap the benefits of the recovery after shareholders have been wiped out.

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Below is a sampling of industries, arranged by highest growth and lowest capital intensity, culled from data provided by independent research firm IBISWorld.

Combined with low capital intensity — which means that a relatively low capital base is required to grow the business — the result is the potential for an extremely high return on investment.

This combination of capital intensity, low - margins and economic sensitivity is probably why automakers trade at such low multiples and offer high yields.

As seen below, KO has generally maintained a return on invested capital in the teens or higher for the past decade, which indicates a durable and consistent business with low capital intensity (licensing brand formulas to restaurants and bottlers).

Rising costs and high - capital intensity of production and extraction have become entrenched across world agriculture, mining and energy sectors.