Sentences with phrase «margin decline»
In this case, the notion of profit margins declining.
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As such, the analyst sees a 55 bp gross margin decline in the fourth quarter and expects comp growth to remain under pressure for the next couple of quarters.
Supplier dealings with the big supermarkets have been under the spotlight as supplier margins decline due to the intense battle between rivals Woolworths and Coles.
In North America, Ford's market share declined by just over 0.5 percent and profit margins declined just over a percentage point to 7.8 percent, which Ford blamed on the higher commodity costs.
Specifically, NOPAT margin declined to 4 % (TTM) from 6 % in 2016.
The «recent stock price pressure reflects investor's concerns about organic growth momentum and blended margin decline,» said Ella Ji, an analyst at China Renaissance Securities in a report.
Last year was a difficult one, with net interest margins declining and higher loan impairment charges, says Fitch.
Unfortunately, despite record machine revenues, ExOne's fourth - quarter gross profit margin declined by 6.4 percentage points on an annual basis and 1.3 percentage points on a sequential basis.
Bed Bath & Beyond's top - line trends in the fourth quarter were better than expected, but at the same time gross margin declines accelerated from 174 basis points in the prior quarter to 213 basis points, Benedict said in a note.
Even if we assume Pilgrim's pretax margin declines to 12 % (from 14 % in 2014), if the company can grow NOPAT by just 3 % compounded annually for the next eight years, the stock is worth $ 34 / share today — a 42 % upside from current levels.
In the first part of the bull phase of the cycle, pricing / risk margins decline due to competition.
For almost a decade now, revenue's unchanged, while divisional margins declined relentlessly — from 20 - 23 %, to a # (0.5) million loss today.
The Mobile Business has been able to contribute more this past quarter primarily due to robust sales of the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 + but saw its operating profit margin decline slightly year - over-year due to strong component prices.
Gross margins declined in the quarter by 50 bps to 43.4 % but SG&A improved by 70 bps due to better leveraging of store salaries and marketing expense.
Chukumba, who expects the company to provide a «high - level» guidance for the full year, expects a 0.4 percent increase in the fourth quarter same - store sales and a 100 - bps gross margin decline.
And that margin decline could well carry into the coming financial year, said Jerry Liu, an analyst with UBS.
This means that Apple has effectively opted to hand chunks of market share to its rivals in exchange for slowing down or halting the margin decline.
User growth metrics slowed and margins declined but the cost of sales jumped in a big way.
And speaking of risk, interest coverage still looks fairly reasonable (despite the margin decline)-- so we face no real financial risk, or need for a debt adjustment:
While I'm a little puzzled & surprised at the scale of the revenue / margin decline in the past 18 months, I don't see any kind of secular decline / threat — it seems to be purely advertising - related.