Sentences with phrase «margin expansion»

Therefore, it might be difficult to count on further margin expansion in the future.

This was unusual and excellent, but we do expect channel operating income to grow faster than revenue growth, and that will drive margin expansion as we move into 2017.

The significant margin expansion during the first quarter 2015 was mainly driven by a 16 per cent reduction in the company's operating costs.

Over the long - term our company has a creative access, operational discipline and financial foundation to generate growth and margin expansion for our shareholders.

Well we know that earnings are driven by the business cycle and the resulting profit margin expansion / contraction.

Our solid performance mark a completion of another outstanding year for Take - Two, highlighted by growth in net bookings, earnings and cash flow along with margin expansion.

Continued subscriber and advertising growth coupled with the transition from print to digital media across various operating subsidiaries should drive consistent margin expansion over the next several years.

Management has positioned its core retail business for sales growth and margin expansion which will act as the primary catalyst to drive the shares higher.

Analysts said the fourth - quarter results, which include healthy margin expansion, was positive.

Looking at operating profit margins from continuing operations, we expect margin expansion of approximately 20 to 40 basis points on a full year basis compared to fiscal 2012 results.

What we know, however, is that most PE funds around the world are not particularly good at margin expansion.

A combination of modest margin expansion and revenue growth would easily blow out a projection for 5 % growth in owner earnings.

Well, if margin expansion is falling short, don't forget I've 5 years to make it up — so hopefully increasing revenues & greater economies of scale bail me out].

«There is so much gross margin expansion potential for us in our business model this year, we can not afford to lose time / speed,» Seifert said, according to an official transcript of the event at AMD provided after the presentation.

It was a good quarter for Illinois Tool Works, and management's full - year guidance implies continued margin expansion and earnings growth.

A lot of excess bottom - line growth here, propelled by a combination of significant share repurchasing activity and impressive margin expansion.

MO is already saturated in the US and can only grow with margin expansion through efficiency improvements and price increase.

«These drivers are underpinned by still low real yields, robust global growth, profit margin expansion due to US tax reform and increased US share buyback activity due to repatriation.»

Earnings growth will also be driven by margin expansion in the crane segment.

We believe margin expansion could be positive for the stock, as this has been a bit of a controversy on the name,» he said.

There's a certain survivorship bias that augurs in favour of enjoying margin expansion when CAD falls rather than aggressively pursuing top - line growth.

«We generated strong first quarter growth in adjusted EBITDA, as adjusted, which was up 34 percent, driven by continued VPG improvement and development margin expansion in our key North America segment,» said Stephen P. Weisz, president and chief executive officer.

We are much more worried about Coloplast because the valuation is extremely elevated (57 % premium) and there is little scope for further EBITDA margin expansion which will be drag on profit growth going forward as top line growth is expected to slow down over time.

In fact, the company is likely to be the only China - based name to achieve margin expansion in the bottom half of 2015.

While it's encouraging to see lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices spiraling upwards, the oligopolistic market structure ensures that only the established players like SQM (SQM: NYSE), Albemarle (ALB: NYSE), and FMC (FMC: NYSE) should see margin expansion from higher prices as their fixed cost structures are in place and variable costs are falling due to a mixture of lower oil prices and currency depreciation.

«We believe US equities are transitioning out of a recovery rally and into a period of lower returns as the benefits of margin expansion and share repurchases prove to be already priced in and a return of faster revenue growth becomes a prerequisite for another re-rating higher.

RBC analyst Derek Spronck said in a report that WSP's growth profile from a combination of organic growth, acquisitions, and margin expansion makes it attractive for investors.

So we expect that the hardware story this current fiscal year to be a growth story driven largely by Exa and a growth story not just on the top line but also great margin expansion to go along with it.

Compared to the third quarter, revenue jumped while total costs ticked down, resulting in meaningful margin expansion.

While Paypal has a larger total addressable market — due to its online growth and international presence — Square is taking market share in brick - and - mortar and has strong margin expansion relative to Paypal, the analyst said.

With conservative margin expansion for a business that is growing rapidly and with...

«Our fourth - quarter results were consistent with our guidance and reflect continued momentum in strategic areas such as cloud and Services margin expansion,» added NCR Chairman and CEO Bill Nuti.

Should investors be at all worried about your ability to drive incremental margin expansion over the next year in light of the fact that outsourcing growth is clearly outpacing consulting growth?

Operating margin also outperformed and came in at 9.8 percent, which exceeded the analyst's 8.0 percent estimate and implies a four - point sequential margin expansion.

NetSuite's high - end pricing has to raise questions about its ability to achieve significant margin expansion going forward.

CFO Rob Knight who is partly responsible for UNP's large margin expansion created the Network Planning Group.

Margin expansion remains a key strategic initiative and we remain on track to achieve our 2012 target of over 12 percent,» said Stephen P. Weisz, president and chief executive officer.

For years, the region's headlong growth and margin expansion obscured some of these issues.

In a report published Tuesday, Pacific Crest Securities analyst Brad Erickson reiterated an Overweight rating on shares of Ambarella Inc (NASDAQ: AMBA) with a price target raised to $ 96 from a previous $ 78 given a growth and margin expansion trajectory through 2018.

JPMorgan has upgraded Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc (NYSE: BFAM) to Overweight from Neutral, saying the company continues to sustain multiple growth drivers and is entering a period of above - average margin expansion.

JPMorgan's Alex Yao maintained a positive stance on the gross margin expansion outlook for JD.Com Inc (ADR)(NASDAQ: JD), while expressing caution regarding operating expense ratio outlook.

Fortunately, the company's continued expansion into new products and faster growing markets means that it should be able to leverage 4 % long - term sales growth into 7 % to 9 % EPS and FCF per share growth thanks to ongoing margin expansion (larger economies of scale and higher margin product mix) and 1 % to 2 % annual share buybacks.

There's v little in the way of listed - peer companies globally — I think KWS Saat (KWS: GR) is the best example, and nicely illustrates (see p. 3 of their latest annual report) the possible growth & margin expansion opportunities ahead for Donegal.

And the impact of the placing's unfortunate, I suspect management would have achieved much of the 2012 revenue & margin expansion regardless.

Margin expansion reflects process innovation and initial decommissioning of old infrastructure