Sentences with phrase «of shareholder profit»

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And yet the «payout ratio» of dividends to profits remains a modest 22 %, which indicates Nike can easily afford more shareholder raises in the future.

But equally powerful is the belief that on Wall Street and in boardrooms the sole responsibility of a corporation is to maximize profits for shareholders.

With any expenditure aimed at bettering employees, the environment, and community instead of maximizing profits for shareholders, there arises the conflict between shareholders and corporate social responsibility.

But if Moynihan hits his mark and returns all of B of A's profits to shareholders, with earnings now in the $ 20 billion range, the yield would rise to 8.5 %, and the total return to more like 12.5 %.

«There is a widespread and completely erroneous belief out there that there is some sort of legal duty that corporate managers have to «maximize profits» or «maximize shareholder value,»» said Cornell law professor Lynn Stout, author of «The Shareholder Value Mshareholder value,»» said Cornell law professor Lynn Stout, author of «The Shareholder Value MShareholder Value Myth.»

After all, the tourism industry is often portrayed as one that helps mostly - white Northerners visit places where they pay mostly - brown inhabitants of southern climes to call them «sir» or «ma'am» — with the profits going largely to the mostly - wealthy shareholders of the cruise - line or resort chain.

He gave it a name and a face: a modern Robin Hood helping the working class by stealing from himself — and perhaps from shareholders of other companies whose bosses are now also putting employees ahead of profits: #imwithdan!

These types of companies do not pay federal taxes at the corporate tax rate, but rather pass along profits and losses to their shareholders — in many cases, the business owners themselves — who are then taxed at the individual rate.

«And if enough jurisdictions do it, then the shareholders of America will realize that they've got fewer after - tax profits to divvy up than continue to pay CEOs outrageous salaries.»

For the full year, Quebecor earned a profit attributable to shareholders of $ 369.7 million or $ 1.53 per share in 2017, up from $ 194.7 million or 80 cents per share in 2016.

Industry payout ratios — the share of profits returned to shareholders — are only 10 % to 20 %, says Rutten.

Return on average common equity (ROE), a measure of how well the bank uses shareholder money to generate profit, was 6.4 % in the quarter, down from 14.7 % a year earlier.

With legal B corporation status, companies are allowed to favour social impact over profit without the risk of being sued by shareholders.

As business leaders answer that question, they are redefining the role of business in society and reassessing the notion that the primary purpose of a company is to deliver profits for its shareholders.

For the purposes of the EPS calculation only, the net profit for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders has been adjusted to include the coupon, net of tax, on the perpetual bonds.

Net profit attributable to SES shareholders of EUR 98.2 million (Q1 2017: EUR 128.4 million) included a positive tax contribution related to the recognition of a deferred tax asset following the entry into service of SES - 16 / GovSat - 1 which is not expected to repeat.

Consequently, net profit attributable to SES shareholders was EUR 98.2 million (Q1 2017: EUR 128.4 million) and earnings per share was EUR 0.19 (Q1 2017: EUR 0.26) after deducting the coupon (net of tax) for the group's hybrid (perpetual) bonds.

South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics (ssnlf) named a new generation of top managers Tuesday and promised to reward shareholders with $ 26 billion in payouts to 2020, as it reported record third - quarter profit.

The three shareholder - friendly policies the company announced include retirement of treasury stock, quarterly dividends payment and mid - and long - term profit goals.

These findings echo those of the 1994 classic «Built to Last,» in which Jim Collins and Jerry Porras reveal that over a more than 60 - year period, purpose - guided companies earned six times more for their shareholders than their narrowly profit - focused competitors.

In 1991 Hannigan started the office products company Give Something Back and committed to earmarking the company's profits for nonprofit organizations instead of shareholders or investors.

Ping An Boosted Net Profit Attributable to Shareholders of the Parent Company by 11.5 % in Q1, Distributes 30th Anniversary Special Dividend

The new wave of shareholders are likely to insist on ever - growing profits — this at a time when many people are expressing doubts about the company's room for growth.

(The reason for the jump: Amazon analysts and shareholders had braced for an expected loss of 13 cents per share, but the mega-retailer reported instead that it was in the black for the quarter — a 17 cents per share profit.)

At a recent Nasdaq luncheon Q&A, Schultz was challenged about his expansive view of «corporate social responsibility»: Was it not the role of the corporation simply to maximize profits for shareholders, who in turn can use the proceeds to do good in the world if they choose?

The retailer said Thursday it earned a profit attributable to shareholders of $ 275.7 million or $ 4.10 per diluted share, compared to $ 246.8 million or $ 3.46 per diluted share in the same quarter a year earlier.

But instead of distributing these profits back to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks, many have chosen to retain sizable cash cushions to ensure future access to capital amid a shaky global banking system.

From the point of view of executives and shareholders, cash profit sharing can make sense because the profit share is only determined after the year of performance has passed.

«At the end of the day Unilever is a shareholder - owned business, and shareholders are voracious for profits,» she says.

Business Insider has written about a lot of this before, including the fact that Acthar, and its importance to Mallinckrodt, has become a serious concern among its shareholders — and made the drugmaker a target for short sellers who profit from the stock's decline.

Don't misunderstand these figures, most of the profits went to shareholders and managers also did well, but this is beginning to look like a new form of capitalism where employees may also have potential access to a piece of the pie.

I've described the tax in terms of the income to which it applies; that is, the wages to workers and the profits to shareholders.

«Ultimately, the growth of Model 3 and the profit associated with it will help us accelerate the transition to sustainable energy even faster,» Tesla said in its fourth - quarter shareholder letter.

First, dividend stocks usually have time - tested business models and relatively clear long - term outlooks — otherwise they wouldn't be sharing a percentage of their profits with shareholders.

The performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of any Incentive Award (other than Options and stock appreciation rights) that is intended to qualify as Performance - Based Compensation depends shall relate to one or more of the following Performance Measures: market price of Capital Stock, earnings per share of Capital Stock, income, net income or profit (before or after taxes), economic profit, operating income, operating margin, profit margin, gross margins, return on equity or stockholder equity, total shareholder return, market capitalization, enterprise value, cash flow (including but not limited to operating cash flow and free cash flow), cash position, return on assets or net assets, return on capital, return on invested

* ROLLS - ROYCE: Britain's Rolls - Royce stuck to its profit and cash flow guidance for 2018 in a statement made ahead of its annual shareholder meeting, and said it was making progress with a plan to repair some problematic engines more quickly.

You can gauge the interest in responsible investing simply from the increase in shareholder proposals being filed about ESG issues and the exponential growth in the number of questions being asked by institutional investors, researchers and clients - and as a CEO, I have to make trade offs that may not be in the best short term profit interest of the Bank but are viewed in our best long term interest.

It is in some ways genuinely refreshing to hear a CEO speak this way, in terms of responsibilities and moral obligations that transcend the narrow dogma of shareholder value and Milton Friedman's shallow remark that «the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.»

The deals can present potential conflicts if contracts are awarded without a competitive bidding process or if associates profit at the expense of the company and its shareholders.

More than two - thirds of income at pass - through companies (so named because their structure makes them exempt from the corporate income tax, and their profits are instead taxed upon distribution to shareholders) goes to the top 1 percent.

This firm has a long history of profit growth, over four decades of dividend growth, and an executive compensation plan that properly incentivizes executives to create shareholder value.

But instead of plowing those profits back into new investments, a lot of companies have chosen to give cash to their shareholders via buybacks or dividends.

Obviously, REITs tend to be less favorable since they are required to pay out 90 % of their profits to shareholders vs. purchasing equities and paying long term capital gains rate when selling shares.

There is also the more common business ethics excuse that it was done for profit and the benefit of the shareholders.

(Return on equity is a figure that gives a sense of a company's ability to generate profit from shareholders» investments.)

Return on equity: a measure of profitability that calculates how many dollars of profit a company generates with each dollar of shareholders» equity.

Most of the time non-GAAP earnings are blatant misrepresentations of profits for the benefit of corporate insiders at the expense of regular shareholders.

So on the $ 1 of profit, 64 cents was taxed on its way to the shareholder.

But after the S.E.C.'s rule change, companies started using more of their profits to buy their own shares, in the process giving their shareholders a bigger piece of the company.

Most big finance firms are public companies these days and have shareholders to answer to, but seem to share much greater portion of its profits with their employees.