Sentences with phrase «higher profit margins from»

It has the power to transform residential real estate from a low - margin, high - risk industry to one in which higher profit margins from ancillary services enable us to survive a cyclical downturn.

While the relationship between economic deficits and surpluses is actually an accounting identity, some observers have argued that the surge to record profit margins in the past few years (mirroring the reduction in government and private saving over the same period) is actually a permanent reflection of higher profit margins from international sales.

Commercial mowing operations will realize an immediate benefit in reduction of labor and elimination of fuel costs, and a higher profit margin from resale of processed biomass.

Not exact matches

The company attributed the performance to its international business, where it saw higher expenses, lower profit margins and weaker gains from sales of assets.

«We estimate incremental profits generated from higher iPhone 8 sales could outweigh additional costs, achieving gross profit accretion of $ 1.3 bn, despite 1.8 pts of margin % dilution,» the analysts wrote in the note.

Growth from CenturyLink's broadband, hosting, and TV customers wasn't enough to outweigh decreased income from higher - margin legacy services, which led the Louisiana - based telecom to swing to a full - year loss from a 2012 profit.

This growth will come from Kayak expanding further into the hotel space, which has higher profit margins than airfares, from its popularity in the mobile market, and from using Priceline's global expertise to beef up Kayak's international presence.

Initially, the new joint venture suffered from high expenses and required huge investments in technology, all of which pressured profit margins.

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

These initiatives, along with similar moves in other markets, will likely weigh on profits at the outset, but Coke should ultimately emerge from this transition period as a higher - margin, less - capital intensive business.

Bloomberg reported that while Alibaba has entered many businesses outside e-commerce, these segments are far off from generating profits for the group and its main revenue driver will continue to be its core business thanks to the high margins this sector offers.

High - margin profits generated from the sale of products or services underpinned by valuable patents account for billions in profits.

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.

Now what: Abiomed's ability to leverage volume growth into higher profit - friendly margins is intriguing, but the stock is far from cheap.

With a boost from tech companies, the S&P 500's profit margins have reached multiyear highs.

QBE Insurance Group share price has slumped by over 6 per cent after it warned that higher - than - expected claims from its emerging markets division will have an impact on its first - half insurance profit margin.

With corporate taxes being cut to 21 % from 35 %, corporate profit margins before the tax relief already near record highs, and the window open to tax - efficiently repatriate foreign earnings, one would logically conclude that corporations should be in robust financial health.

The surge came from higher profit margins in the U.S. refining segment and gains from international asset sales.

Because of the higher profit margin with retail compared with wholesale, Fallon finds the cash flow from the tasting room helpful.

Treasury Wine Estates, the owner of Penfolds and Wolf Blass, is sitting on an $ 800 million pot of gold of luxury wines in its cellars, which should lift profit margins even higher in a buoyant business which is now making more profits from Asia than from its home base of Australasia.

Caltex Australia posted a 21 per cent increase in first - half benchmark profit, benefiting from higher margins on refining.

Instead, Marie invested her own money and, along with a business partner, started the brand from scratch, positioning it firmly in the luxury space, despite the higher profit margins promised by mass lines.

Italy has all the means at its disposal to start racing in this area, and a great incentive comes from the fact that investments made in e-learning have a better profit margin and a high percentage of success.

Selling a mix of old steel - bodied and new aluminum - bodied Ford F - 150s in the first half of 2015 probably didn't hurt, as the old models carried a much lower cost burden, and thus high profit margins, no matter the incentives to clear them from dealers» lots.

The production strategy, and separation from the Titan, make sense as the big sport - utility vehicle segment is low on numbers — Nissan sold just 12,737 in the U.S. last year — though still high on profit margins.

And if you're thinking to sell hard copies instead, since they are priced higher, your profit margin on those will go from a few dollars per copy to a few cents.

For every person who buys an e-reader from a bookstore is one less print sale, which often has a higher profit margin.

And while digital publications are typically sold at a lower per - unit cost, profit margins are much higher — from 41 percent to 75 percent as publishers make the transition from print to digital.

In contrast, other analysts grant that the market is highly valued, but point out that S&P 500 average profit margins have increased from 7 % in 2000 to 10 % today, meaning that paying a higher price - to - sales multiple is fair.

Buffett's transition that Klarman referred to above is one where he transitioned over the course of his career from a lower profit margin, higher turnover investor to a higher margin, lower turnover investor.

As we had seen following the BoJ announcement on September 24, the movement away from signaling ever increasing amounts of QE and negative interest rate policy (NIRP) means a better environment for bank stocks, as steeper yield curves imply better margins and higher profits for banks.

Since equity owners are only paid from the bottom line (profits), they will pay more for sales (Price / Sales) when the company has a high net margin (net income as percent of sales).

Meanwhile, the operating profit margin is likely to fall from 6.6 % to 5.4 %, albeit on higher revenues.

Setting all that aside, if we assume that profit margins of domestic businesses are, say, 30 percent higher than where they should be and will be, then we also need to figure out what percentage of equity market index earnings come from domestic operations.

The rising U.S. dollar (with over 40 % of the average S&P 500 companies» earnings coming from abroad) and the current record after - tax profit margins, combined with deflation, could result in significant declines in the earnings of the S&P 500 companies — just as the index hits record highs.

Profit margins are artificially high, and will come down somewhat from here, even if they remain above average.

So I think any potential contraction in fuel margins, on higher oil prices, is relatively limited — particularly with only a little over a third (& falling) of Applegreen's gross profit now derived from fuel.

The company benefited from higher sales volumes and metals prices, and improved profit margins.

As a result, investors could stand to reap high profit margins resulting from the affordability and availability of HUD homes on the market.

This can increase the profit margin for rentals because responsible tenants with dogs from our site rise to a higher level of responsibility.

According to Harvard Business Week, «The wheel of retailing is a concept that has been used to describe phenomena in which retailers use low - price strategies to build market share, to the point where the goal shifts from attracting new customers to building margins and profits through higher prices.

Annual shots bring in income on a regular basis, and profit margins from vaccines are high.

PetSmart continues to refine its retail model to put more emphasis on services, turning its stores into one - stop pet centers that produce higher profit margins than would typically come from focusing just on pet products.

Due to the high overheads of running a hotel as well as pressure from competitors and the expectation of customers, profit margins are often fairly slim in this.

There are two scenarios that we could potentially see: a rise in profits for Bethesda from players seeking narrative single - player experiences, or Bethesda suffering from narrow profit margins from high - budget AAA titles.

So I am speculating that there is no «day of release» App Store version because the developers want to make money, and the way to do that is to release on high - profit platforms, then after they recoup their development costs from the XBOX360 and DS sales, they will release a version to the App Store to rake in the profits without the stress of margins to concern them.

101 Incidents of ethical violations resulting in professional discipline and even criminal prosecution are on the rise.102 Faced with declining profit margins, firms have been accused of «overworking files» and overstaffing projects in an effort to increase billable hours.103 And they have bent the rules governing conflicts of interest.104 One survey indicated that one - third of the 30,000 clients interviewed felt dissatisfied with the representation they received from their attorneys, citing primarily a failure to communicate and inadequate attention given to their cases, suggesting that law firms are under pressure to increase their case loads without hiring new associates to staff them.105 The recent decline in professionalism is even further evidenced by a decline in pro bono commitment.106 Thus, new graduates face even heavier workloads, increased pressure to meet high billable requirements, and fewer pro bono opportunities.

The pricing for such a move to a larger firm usually involves: (1) a compensation cut for the acquired lawyers, a function of higher overhead and thus lower operating margins in many larger law firms; (2) the need for a profit for the acquiring firm to be derived from the work and revenue generated by the new addition; and sometimes (3), a deal feature that allows the acquired lawyers to monetize and harvest some of the built up value in their firm that would otherwise be lost if they were to wind down.

In a note to clients, Li said «Stop worrying about hardware... only positives from here on ``, and argued that BlackBerry's salvation would come from its burgeoning software business, which has recurring customers, high growth, and a 30 percent profit margin.

Seeing as most smartphone makers are getting rid of more and more items from the box to make the device cheaper (and its profit margins higher).