Sentences with phrase «of operating leverage»

Well, because of the operating leverage of the business, if management can get it just right and the pulp and paper market are somewhat stable, the company could make a boatload of money.

Because of the cyclical nature of the business and the high level of operating leverage ABH needs a very conservative capital structure to reduce the possibility of future bankruptcy.

Different unlevered firms have different costs of equity capital because they have different levels of sales volatility, and different degrees of operating leverage.

These include a typically higher representation of cyclical sectors in markets outside the United States and ta generally higher level of operating leverage in these markets attributable to higher fixed costs and less flexible labour.

These include a typically higher representation of cyclical sectors in markets outside the United States and ta generally higher level of operating leverage in these markets attributable to higher fixed costs and less flexible labor.

«To Marathon's way of thinking, it is not wise to introduce financial leverage into a business that already has a high degree of operating leverage.

Another, perhaps more common, situation is when a business has a high degree of operating leverage.

Not exact matches

In other words, he claims that B of A can keep growing — and keep in mind that operating leverage should keep profits growing far faster than revenues — without without any boost from retained earnings.

«So, from an operating leverage point of view and a financial point of view, we need to be more rigorous,» he said.

Like start - ups, hackers operate in cells and leverage a personal network of contacts to monetize their illicit product.

«The opportunity for Toys is difficult given the amount of leverage it had when it entered bankruptcy, as well as its current operating trends,» said George Schultze, distressed specialist and head of Schultze Asset Management.

Since the leveraged buyout, SRC's sales have grown 40 % per year and are expected to reach $ 42 million in fiscal 1986; net operating income has risen to 11 %; the debt - to - equity ratio has been cut from 89 - to - 1 to 5.1 - to - 1; and the appraised value of a share in the company's employee stock ownership plan has increased from 10?

«For a lot of these big producers they get operating leverage out of higher volumes, so they will survive in the low cost model.»

Swinburne added that a deceleration of ad revenue growth «meaningfully reduces the company's ability to drive any operating leverage.»

Understanding what features are supported by the types of operating systems your application intends to leverage would help you target users with a certain range of handsets.

The stable outlook reflects our view that ACT's strong market position in North America and Scandinavia and its continued operating efficiency will insulate it from margin pressure in this highly competitive industry, contributing incremental earnings and generating strong free cash flow for debt reduction that should result in leverage declining quickly to about 3x by the end of 2013.

-- The stable outlook reflects our view that ACT's strong market positions and its continued operating efficiency will insulate it from margin pressure, resulting in leverage declining quickly to about 3x by the end of 2013.

The fact that vulnerability - leveraging malware is increasingly dominant among detections means that there are a lot of unpatched operating systems and third party applications and software — and these are easy targets.

We are also reaching the stage of generating true operating leverage.

Our full - year forecast remains on track to achieve operating leverage of approximately 200 basis points on the same basis.

(On the flip side, this situation leads to a special type of investment operation that actually causes people to seek out ownership of bad businesses when they think the economy is likely to recover given that they experience bigger upswings as the operating leverage effect happens in reverse.)

Highland Capital Management also operates a liquid alts exchange - traded fund: The Highland / iBoxx Senior Loan ETF (SNLN), which tracks the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index, itself a subset of the Markit iBoxx USD Leveraged Loan Index.

If a company has high operating leverage, and sales decline, it can have a shockingly disproportionate effect on the net income of the firm.

In fact, certain types of loans will require that a business maintain a balance of equity and debt (called «leverage ratio») that is appropriate for the stage of business and the industry in which it operates.

This opens up a world of possibilities to companies operating in these towns and helps leverage the region's existing competitive advantages.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

SeedUps Canada, a leading equity crowdfunding platform operating out of Calgary, is joining a growing number of platforms that are leveraging their own technology to self - crowdfund their company.

Venture capitalist Alex Taussig describes the financial aspects of scalability in this way: «Businesses that scale are businesses with operating leverage.

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Specifically, a recent analysis by Graham Secker, MS & Co.'s European equity strategist, found that recent disappointments in European corporate profits are a function of at least three important factors that may be reversing: idiosyncratic issues related to heavily skewed index exposure to financials and commodity - linked industries; weak operating profit leverage linked to declining emerging market sales; and less aggressive use of buybacks, tax optimization and non-operating cost reductions versus U.S. peers.

The company recently delivered its first quarter of GAAP pre-tax profit since Q4 2012, due in part to progress in improving operating leverage and the lowest quarter of stock - based compensation expense in more than three years.

The «hidden leverage» of operating leases is not going to stay hidden any longer.

Management claimed that these investments will pay out by the middle of 2018, and that the operating leverage that investors were expecting by 2017 YE should become apparent then.

Total operating expenses as of the most recent fund annual report are 2.23 % of which 0.46 % is the cost of leverage.

«We're excited to work with an exempt market dealer that operates similarly to the way we do — leveraging technology and innovation to disrupt an industry to the benefit of the public.»

The hidden leverage of operating leases continually catches us unaware.

The investment team leverages its 30 + years of investing experience, network, and operating experience to focus sales and marketing expertise, go - to market strategy, and talent development.

Too many churches and organizations operate in a silo without collaborating and leveraging the strength of others.

Oceans Omega operates as a lean company with eight employees, so it complements its resources with those of its partners to leverage its technology.

«We have the best of both worlds because we operate locally but have Heineken as our parent company, which provides us with relationships and centralized buying power that we can leverage,» Graves says.

The key elements of our business strategy are to build and enhance leading brands, focus on opportunities in high - growth and high - margin categories, increase presence in high - margin channels and packages, leverage our integrated business model, strengthen our route - to - market and improve operating efficiency.

Operating under the core philosophies of 80/20 business processes, customer - back innovation and a decentralized entrepreneurial culture, ITW's seven industry - leading segments leverage the ITW business model to generate solid growth with best - in - class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative, customer - focused solutions are required.

Has anyone noticed the similarity between the way Terry Ryan operated as the Twins GM and what Bill Bellecik has been doing in terms of bringing in rejects, retreads, and injured guys from other teams hoping to leverage some marginal remaining talent?

It may be pertinent to mention that the book value of the power plant which is currently estimated at USD 325 million after five (5) years, with a life cycle of around 15 -20 years, will be handed over to the Government as a debt free asset which can be used to leverage and raise financing as a collateral or else the Government may choose to sell the operating asset to any investor who may not like to take any development risk, hence the plant being operational and in its best conditions.

Our aspiration for the next five years is to pool knowledge of our individual operating environments and leverage that knowledge to help our customers realize their business goals.»

All capital budget items shall include justifications based on return on investment, leverage of other revenue sources, payback period, impact on credit rating, relative value in reducing operating or capital costs, or other such appropriate measures typically utilized to justify and prioritize such expenditures.

«By being able to collect and process a lot of information about individuals that can be leveraged with understanding how the brain operates, there may be things we can do that had not heretofore been possible.»

Changing drivers» behavior To leverage the potential load of electric vehicles on to the grid in an impactful way, a vast majority of the cars will need to be plugged - in simultaneously, which is to say the cars will need to be aggregated and operated as one.

The Hellman Family Foundation Alzheimer's Research Program at Gladstone, which operates in collaboration with the Memory and Aging Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), leverages infrastructure, resources and research from Gladstone's existing Taube - Koret Center for Huntington's Disease Research.

The charter concept is based on deep commitment to quality and equity; schools of choice operating autonomously from traditional districts can serve as incubators of innovation and leverage market forces to ensure more students have access to exemplary public schools.