Sentences with phrase «highly cyclical industries»

Even blue chip dividend stocks can fall on hard times, especially when they operate in highly cyclical industries that depend on volatile commodity prices.

Owning an index - like portfolio of Canadian stocks means having a large exposure to the highly cyclical industries, specifically energy (24 per cent of the S&P / TSX composite index), materials (17 per cent) and industrials (5 per cent).

Aside from the risk of slowing economic growth in the U.S. and the G7 countries, there is a strong risk that global earnings may slow enough to spook equity investors, especially those who are overweighting highly cyclical industries.

«Anderson is trying to replace that highly cyclical industry.»

Not exact matches

Given the energy industry's dependence on commodity prices, the sector tends to be cyclical and profitability can be highly variable.

While a number of simple measures of valuation have also been useful over the years, even metrics such as price - to - peak earnings have been skewed by the unusual profit margins we observed at the 2007 peak, which were about 50 % above the historical norm - reflecting the combination of booming and highly leveraged financial sector profits as well as wide margins in cyclical and commodity - oriented industries.

Impressively Ray would go on to run Micrel nearly another 20 more years and that's no small feat when you consider how highly competitive and notoriously cyclical the chip industry is.

Manufacturers of industrial equipment, hardware, and tools not only operate in a highly cyclical and competitive environment, but also have to evolve to meet the ever - changing demands of the various industries they serve.

The move comes at a time when U.S. new car and truck sales are at an all - time high and investors are watching closely for signs of a possible downturn in the highly - cyclical industry.

First, keep in mind that this industry is cyclical and highly capital intensive, meaning that sales and earnings can be somewhat volatile.

While the company operates in a highly capital intensive industry, the nature of its military and government contracts also locks in relatively high profitability, resulting in cyclical but relatively stable and generous profits and returns on shareholder capital.