Sentences with phrase «lower quality companies»

(Note: agents are not allowed to tell you this, because the states don't want lower quality companies to gain a marketing advantage by mentioning the guaranty funds.)

High quality companies outperformed lower quality companies by almost 300 basis points annually over the test period.

As you can see, taking additional credit risk by lending to lower quality companies produces higher returns and higher volatility.

His neglect of the core idea in value investing, margin of safety, allowed him to do well as the lending bubble expanded, and low quality companies prospered.

But it's worth noting because if investors are being more sensitive to actual company operating performance, then the trend in relative performance between high and low quality companies may continue.

High - quality companies have returned about half what the equal - weighted S&P 500 Index has returned this year while the very lowest quality companies have returned almost 2.5 times the index.

Nearly 90 percent of higher quality companies beat their earnings estimates, while only about 60 percent of low quality companies beat their earnings estimates.

After enough poor quality business gets written, and premium rates decrease meaningfully, high quality companies exit lines of business, or buy reinsurance, and low quality companies begin to look impaired.

Based on a study that S&P performed using market - weighted portfolios of high and low quality companies, they found that high quality companies have outperformed both the market and lower quality companies over the long term.

Low quality companies bouncing back from a crisis that the Government / Fed bailed them out of.

What you have today is an environment where it is much easier to separate the quality companies from the low quality companies, in my opinion.

Not exact matches

Coles» food and liquor sales rose in the third quarter, with parent company Wesfarmers citing lower prices and improved service and quality for customers.

Even in the face of these exclusionary agreements that have unreasonably restrained competition, some companies, such as TreeHouse, have fought hard to win market share away from Green Mountain on the merits by offering innovative, quality products at substantially lower prices.

I've never yet found a company that could provide the finest quality and best service for the lowest price.

When companies prioritize their sourcing efforts and direct their attention to the outlet that brings in the most qualified candidates, they waste less time and resources on screening lower - quality talent.

Changes to Facebook's news feed as part of an initiative to crack down on the share of low - quality viral videos reduced the amount of time users spend on the network by 50 million hours a day in the fourth quarter, the company reports.

The article described how an internal investigation conducted by a company executive, Dinesh Thakur, who went on to become a whistleblower, reported appalling deceit: Ranbaxy scientists substituted cheaper, lower - quality ingredients in place of better ingredients, manipulated test parameters, and even bought brand - name drugs and used them in place of their own generics to win FDA approval.

I have years of experience in this market segment but recently opted to bring the same quality service that I offered through such and such big company but at a much lower rate.»

After going public in 2011, Demand was hit by an update to Google's indexing algorithms, which the company said was designed to weed out «low - quality» content.

M2C companies espouse high - quality products at lower prices because they make direct relationships with manufacturers rather than working through the traditional importer to brand to buyer relationships.

«There are companies that try to use brute force to solve these issues, such as employing hundreds of low cost, low quality workers in developing countries to look at each product image and annotate the details.

Credit card companies and mortgage lenders typically reserve their lowest rates and largest loans for people who have exhibited a quality track record when handling credit.

Behind this call is her expectation that this current era of loose monetary policy and tumbling interest rates may be coming to an end, which would put more pressure on companies with low credit quality.

By getting the best of the best (nothing lower than a rating of 4.45) and pay them with shares of the company, Juno would end up with more higher quality drivers, leading to improved service for its riders.

If the company had done its due diligence, it would have found that I would rather pay $ 1 more for the old recipe than the same price for a lower quality product.

Pros: Made with high - quality meat ingredients, freeze - dried to preserve flavor and nutrition, chewy texture is appealing to many cats, contains 45 % protein and 35 % fat, low in calories, completely free from grains and carbohydrates, made in the United States in company - owned kitchens

Made with high - quality meat ingredients, freeze - dried to preserve flavor and nutrition, chewy texture is appealing to many cats, contains 45 % protein and 35 % fat, low in calories, completely free from grains and carbohydrates, made in the United States in company - owned kitchens

The technology giant will change its search rankings to «help surface more authoritative pages and demote low - quality content,» a company executive said in a blog post.

The combined company will have lower costs, greater economies of scale, and the resources to provide U.S. consumers and businesses with lower prices, better quality, unmatched value, and greater competition.

From lowering prices on popular items and delivering everyday staples and locally sourced items through Prime Now to rewarding customers for shopping Whole Foods Market's quality products, the Amazon Rewards Credit Cards are another way both companies are working together to improve the lives of customers.

He is expected to discuss lower rates for middle - income taxpayers as an instant pay raise for everyday Americans, while arguing that lowering the corporate tax rate would make it easy for companies to expand — improving Americans» quality of life.

«I've been making a concerted effort to avoid lower - quality companies that appear cheap in relation to the market by considering industry structure, long - term financial returns, and balance sheet for each company,» says Friedman.

Without it, any preference for at - home companies in procurement leads to cartel - like higher pricing and lower quality goods and services.

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.

Find companies that consistently generate profit, earn a quality return on invested capital, and have a stock price where expectations for future cash flows are low.

The S9, according to the company, will feature the new ISOCELL sensors — one of which, delivers superior picture quality in low - light conditions by merging for closely related pixels to function as one huge pixel.

The ETF's sub-sector focus does an effective job allocating capital to higher - quality companies with lower relative valuations, the cornerstone of the value investing discipline.

«I believe (once again speaking for myself) that high - quality stocks should have an even bigger win over low quality than our GMO numbers suggest,» Grantham, the company's chief investment strategist, wrote in a newsletter.

The S9, according to the company, will feature the new ISOCELL sensors — one of which, delivers superior picture quality in low - light conditions by merging for closely related pixels to function as...

Through Income Solutions ®, you'll have low - cost access to multiple well - known, high - quality insurance companies that issue income annuities.

In the first quarter, the company said it removed more than 142,000 applications connected to Twitter that violated developer rules and were collectively responsible for more than 130 million «low - quality» tweets during the same period.

The company thrives on using technology to lower overhead costs while also providing a quality experience.

We are not suggesting that QBE is not a quality insurer, however it remains in its turnaround phase and there remain much cheaper companies out there where business - loss risk is a lot lower in our view,» he said in a note to clients.

There are big sectors of the market — food companies, for example — where companies believed to be of high - quality, with low single - digit growth, are trading at 20 - 25x free cash flow.

Vancouver, Wash. — Jan 11,2017 — Global, high - growth companies are more likely to invest in account - based strategies, cold calling, rigorous sales training, and data quality initiatives than their lower growth counterparts according to a survey of 200 sales and marketing organizations conducted in November 2016 by DiscoverOrg, the world's leading marketing and sales intelligence solution.

In our view you want to own the best 10 or 15 businesses you can find, and if you invest in low leverage / high quality companies, that's a comfortable degree of diversification.»

Valentum's investment policy favours companies with low - debt levels, high FCF yields and high quality management teams.

But the stock is still available for a P / E ratio of 14.96, which is absurdly low for a quality company in this market.

The fund's manager does a good job allocating capital to higher - quality companies with lower relative valuations, the cornerstone of the value investing discipline.

Investors should instead be focusing on good - quality companies with relatively low debt levels which are positioned to continue to benefit from diverse growth opportunities.