Sentences with phrase «higher than the target»

He emphasized JPMorgan's ability in the new climate to earn a return on tangible equity of 17 percent, two points higher than the target before corporate tax cuts were enacted and nearly four points greater than the company delivered in 2017.

By taking this diversified and balanced approach, investors in the Growth Account have achieved an average return of 8.5 % before tax — higher than the target rate of 6 % — as shown in the chart below.

The agency typically looks for adaptive reuse projects to yield returns in the 10 percent to 12 percent range after incentives are factored in, so the estimated returns on the Christian Science Reading Room renovation would be two to nearly three times higher than that target level if the tax breaks were approved.

Citywide solid waste recycling goals were exceeded by 5 percent, and recycling at Olympic facilities was 23 percent higher than the targeted rate.

The measured uncertainty in location capability was 16 meters, much higher than the target of 3 meters, but this metric can be improved through future noise suppression techniques, increased sensor bandwidth, and improved digital algorithms that can accurately extract distance measurements, Howe explained.

The NY Fed has left Fed funds on average 6 basis points higher than the target since the emergency cut.

At the start of each month, companies who are not in the portfolio and whose earnings yield ranks higher than the target portfolio size are bought.

Companies which have been owned for more than one year and whose earnings yield does not rank higher than the target portfolio size are sold.

Analyze market trends and position opportunities to achieve higher than targeted success rates.

Not exact matches

Lockheed delivered 66 of the high - tech, stealthy fighters last year to the U.S. and allies, 40 percent more than in 2016, hitting its target.

It often makes sense to target one or more levels higher than where you want to get.

Cornell's decisiveness, along with a better - than - expected holiday - season increase in sales at the website and stores open for at least a year, has revived Target's stock: The shares have jumped 30 % under the new CEO, to all - time highs.

Around 90 % of all viruses that target mobile phones focus on Android, and that is an opportunity — especially given that the stakes for malfunctioning software are higher in cars than on smartphones.

Despite Icahn's verbal pummelling, most analysts have a Buy rating on the stock and target prices much higher than Icahn's offer to purchase the company for US$ 7 a share.

If you add up the GDP figures issued by the provinces, the sum is 10 % higher than the figure ultimately issued by the national government, which in itself is tweaked to hit politicized targets.

Realtors also have a much higher need for specific demographic targeting than most other industries.

Rather than launching new brands targeting discerning palates, big breweries have lately been stretching flagship brands like Bud Light, Miller and Alexander Keith's to include beers with higher alcohol, more nuanced flavours or even tinged with lime and margarita.

With the rise of the Law of Attraction / positive thinking movement and the pressure to set high, difficult to reach goals, leaders can easily set targets that are based on little more than blind hope.

Analysts have said Nintendo «s family - oriented game titles compete with smartphone games more directly than titles from rival console makers Sony (sne) and Microsoft (msft), which focus on high - end graphics targeting core gamers.

Presumably, he meant that HP plans to target unspecified locales where printer use is higher than elsewhere.

The grade control work is targeting a wide corridor of the highest - grade titanium mineralisation that exhibits greater than 30 % titanium dioxide.

Mo isn't planning to dump any of his stock in the near future, and Liston has a 12 - month price target of $ 135 — about $ 20 higher than where it's trading today.

The company has particularly targeted this campaign at developing countries like India where, according to the World Health Organization, more than 1,000 children under five die from diarrhea every day — the highest rate in the world.

Patch, as he likes to be called, has convinced more than 750,000 Canadians to join his fitness clubs through a philosophy of moderation and focus on a target market that sprawls from suburban moms to high - performance athletes.

The increase follows a rash of high - profile data breaches suffered by brands like Target, Home Depot and J.P. Morgan; the infamous «Backoff» malware package that compromised tens of millions of Target shoppers» credit cards in late 2013 also affected the in - store payment systems of more than 1,000 American businesses, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

For instance, Morningstar found that passively managed target - date funds tend to have fewer holdings in high - yield bonds and Treasury inflation - protected securities than their actively managed counterparts.

But for other targeted groups, like the superwealthy or high - tech workers, we're dealing with more myth than reality.

Resnick said that «pension funds are conservative investors and the things they buy aren't kicking off yield» that would justify higher investment targets than the ones they are setting now.

Aligning with Loblaw could deliver a broader demographic than the higher - end consumers targeted by Aeroplan, he said.

While they have higher costs than Spirit because they target business travelers and must maintain multiple types of planes, lower fuel prices in the past year have let them profitably chop their fares.

she'll not only answer your question, she'll tell you if that amount is higher than usual and even help you set a spending target for the rest of the month.

By narrowing in on shoppers who want higher - quality items than Walmart can offer but at better prices than department stores or boutiques, Target aims to charm this key demographic.

Of the more than 114 strikes against AQAP in Yemen, CENTCOM has only provided details on four, all of which involved high value targets.

Management has a long - term target of achieving a contribution margin of 40 % in the U.S. by 2020, and it believes things are running ahead of plan because of higher than anticipated revenue growth and moderate increases in content and other streaming costs.

Shares of Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) were trading higher by more than 6 percent Thursday morning after the company was named as a potential acquisition target.

The next major level is around these 1370 - 1400 levels, and that would be my first upside target, but it's possible we could move even higher than that longer term.

In setting base salaries at higher than pre-financial crisis levels and reducing target and maximum annual incentive compensation opportunities from pre-financial crisis levels, the HRC intended to establish a more balanced relationship between fixed and variable annual compensation to reduce the focus on short - term performance and the potential related risks.

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

On the whole, he added, without the Fed policies, the jobless rate would be higher than the current 5 % and the inflation rate would be even further below the Fed's 2 % target.

The complaint notes that before the investment committee changed the Intel TDP allocations in 2011, the fees for the Intel TDPs ranged from 65 basis points to 71 basis points — already higher than index - based target - date funds such as those offered by Fidelity.

The key that you have to remember is you will get a lot more bang for your buck by targeting a large number of lower - traffic terms than by targeting a small number of higher - traffic terms.

One of the disheartening things is that as my W - 2 income grows (our combined W - 2 income is about 70 % higher than it was 5 years ago) it becomes a harder and harder target to reach, AND it makes it harder and harder to give up!

Both companies are also frequently mentioned as takeover targets, since their market caps are higher than their annual revenues.

The treatment targets for individual CHPs are higher at the Tula branch than at other branches because of its strong performance.»

On the short - side of the yield curve, the consensus seems to interpret the Federal Open Market Committee's recent use of the word «gradual» as an indication that it will allow inflation to run higher than 2 % in order to make up for the last 20 years of below - target growth.

Given that Tesla's first quarter ends in less than two months, management must have a high level of confidence in this target.

A higher reference price, by contrast, suggests that a company is targeting profits rather than market share and might therefore generate few if any immediate reactions from competitors.

«In our research of high - growth sales and marketing organizations, we have found that buyers want predictive analytics applications to deliver fast access to their target accounts and transparency into the account insights that make an account more valuable than others,» said Craig Rosenberg, co-Founder and Chief Analyst at TOPO, a leading analyst firm for sales and marketing organizations.

You get analysts more interested in justifying higher price targets than in managing risk and preserving the long - term financial security of their clients.

The coin remains below the short - term declining trendline and the $ 50 level, and while the long - term picture is less constructive than the other majors after the recent break - out, another leg higher towards the range projection target at near the $ 58 - $ 60 range is still likely before a significant consolidation period.