Sentences with phrase «on measures of value»

The ACA has encouraged hospitals to evolve from a fee - for - service model to one based on measures of value, including patient satisfaction.

A teacher's contribution to a school's community, as assessed by the principal, was worth 10 percent of the overall evaluation score, while the final 5 percent was based on a measure of the value - added to student achievement for the school as a whole.

Not exact matches

IF you measure the value of a chief executive by the salary he or she takes and compare it to what heads of similar size companies receive, Andrew Forrest would come out on top in Western Australia year in, year out.

It is easy to measure the contribution of brake pad manufacturing to gross domestic product; it is harder to determine the value created by a team of Stantec Inc. architects and engineers on assignment in the Caribbean.

Since value depends on results, not inputs, value in health care is measured by the outcomes achieved, not the volume of services delivered, and shifting focus from volume to value is a central challenge.

«So you wouldn't want to use the same type of metrics and value measure for something that advertises on a subtle basis.»

It's the total earnings - per - share the market generates as a percent of the market's total value — a measure similar to the yield on bonds, where the yield rises when bond prices fall, and vice versa.

The true measure of value is the tangible contribution we make on a daily basis.

Given the massive budgets dedicated to event marketing, it certainly makes sense for marketers to seek out new and improved methods for measuring the success of an event, and the best practices for extracting value and determining return on investment (ROI).

A Pentagon spokesman told Defense News that while the US «values its defense relationship with Sweden,» it has discouraged countries from signing on to the ban, which has measures that «could potentially affect our ability to cooperate with parties to the treaty on issues of mutual interest.»

Gold bugs like Sprott have long warned about the impact of inflation, central bank policy measures and government spending on the value of fiat national currencies.

Value - based care is an emerging payment model that focuses on measuring a patient's health outcome against the cost of delivering the outcome.

Since the growth is not measured on a per share basis, Rosenstein claims management can drive up its payout by acquiring new production volume, even if it means diluting the value of its shares to purchase Rice's wells with stock, which Rosenstein believes is undervalued.

In the piece, Bacon shares her personal experience with a boss she detested, and explains that, done thoughtfully, measured consideration of the qualities we most dislike in others can shine a bright light on our own values, shortcomings, and aspirations.

CBO's measure of before - tax comprehensive income includes all cash income (including non-taxable income not reported on tax returns, such as child support), taxes paid by businesses, [15] employees» contributions to 401 (k) retirement plans, and the estimated value of in - kind income received from various sources (such as food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, and employer - paid health insurance premiums).

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

This again is why it is crucial that you do not rely on P / E ratios as accurate measures of value here.

Accountability should be measured on the basis of tangible industrial values, e.g., business viability 3 years after CICP purchase, along with demonstrated success in meeting client (government agency) needs.

NASDAQ Composite Index measures the market value of all domestic and foreign common stocks, representing a wide array of more than 5,000 companies, listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market.

This same mix of performance - based and time - based awards has been granted by the Committee for the past several years and reflects HP's primary emphasis on performance driven compensation, with the time - based awards providing a measure of retention value, which is also an important component of the overall executive compensation arrangement.

That's why we hold over 200 individual investment positions in Strategic Growth, why we diversify across industries, why I left complete put option coverage underneath the Fund's portfolio even in response to a favorable shift in our measures of market action two weeks ago (now neutral), why the dollar value of our shorts never materially exceeds our long holdings, and why even in the most favorable conditions, the Fund can establish leverage only by investing a small percentage of assets in call options (never on margin).

For years, Berkshire's book value was Mr. Buffett's preferred measure for comparing Berkshire's performance to the S. & P. 500 and he highlighted the comparison on a table on the first page of the letter.

Financial risk: The potential for gain or loss on a financial level measured in terms of revenue, return on investment, return on equity, shareholder value, profitability, debt level, capital expenditures and free cash flow.

Our models always capture the after - tax value of asset write - downs in our measure of invested capital, the denominator in our return on invested capital (ROIC) calculation.

Under this method, the compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized over the service period, which is usually the vesting period.

The RBC Housing Affordability measure, which has been compiled since 1985, is based on the calculated costs of owning a detached bungalow (a reasonable property benchmark for the housing market in Canada) at market value.

Pursuant to ASC 805 - 10, under the acquisition method, the total estimated purchase price (consideration transferred) as described in Note 3, Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation, is measured at the acquisition closing date using the fair value of the Company's common stock on that date.

Once you calculate the value of a conversion (either with an average sale, or average close ratio and customer lifetime value, depending on the nature of your conversion), you can measure conversions and assign a roughly accurate figure to the overall ROI of your campaign.

When you get to talking about GDP, there is a muti - page section which begins, «GDP is not, however, a perfect measure of wellbeing...» The section goes on to discuss things such as the value of leisure, the costs of pollution, the value of home production, etc..

SMP's compensation committee uses EVA because «the principles of an EVA program have a better statistical correlation with the creation of value for stockholders than a cash incentive program based on performance measures.»

Since corporations have to deliver cash flows both to stock holders and bondholders, the combined financial claims on a company are often measured using «enterprise value,» which includes the value of both.

At Oakmark, we believe CEOs should have one goal: to maximize the long - term value of the business (including dividends), adjusted for net - debt and measured on a per - share basis.

Based on this measure of «fair value,» the S&P 500 appears to be 20 % - to - 25 % undervalued.

The return of the structured products available on Fidelity.com is measured based on two points: point A (initial or starting index level, which is typically the closing value of the index on the pricing date) and point B (final index level, which is typically the closing value of the index on a date specified in the offering document).

Along with the deterioration we continue to observe in the order surplus as measured by regional and national Fed and purchasing managers surveys, actual industrial production and the value of new orders in manufacturing have contracted on a year - over-year basis.

The VIX is a measure of the premium value placed on S&P 500 option contracts.

[2] Economic Book Value (EBV) measures the no - growth value of the business based on its annual after - tax cash Value (EBV) measures the no - growth value of the business based on its annual after - tax cash value of the business based on its annual after - tax cash flow.

As disclosed in the proxy statement filed in advance of its 2006 shareholder meeting, in 2005 the Devon board paid CEO J. Larry Nichols a $ 1.1 million salary, a $ 2.2 million bonus (based on a non-formulaic assessment of performance), and stock and options with an aggregate grant - date value of more than $ 7 million (none of which was tied to performance measures).

This is based on the company's «Zestimate» method of measuring house values, as of January 2016.

A trade - weighted measure of sterling's value tracked by the Bank of England has fallen 4.7 percent so far this year, to 86.4 on June 7.

The Russell 2000 Value Index is a subset of the securities found in the Russell 2000 selected based on a «probability» of value as measured by their relative book - to - price (B / P) rValue Index is a subset of the securities found in the Russell 2000 selected based on a «probability» of value as measured by their relative book - to - price (B / P) rvalue as measured by their relative book - to - price (B / P) ratio.

Using weekly T - note yields (average of daily values measured on Friday) and contemporaneous S&P 500 Index levels since January 1962, and weekly dividend - adjusted levels of SPY and IEF since July 2002, all through January 2018, we find that: Keep Reading

Performance of the MSCI World Value Index compared to the MSCI World Growth Index is measured from the inception of the indexes on December 31, 1975 through March 31, 2016.

Indeed, when our measures of market internals have been unfavorable (signaling risk - averse investor psychology), the S&P 500 has historically lost value, on average, even during periods of Fed easing, falling interest rates, or interest rates pinned near zero.

But I suppose the value of one's mental state may depend on prayer & belief, how can that be measured I guess... (Though I suspect, in large part, it is only needed, because it is believed to be necessary to begin with O.o),

Hans Urs von Balthasar once commented on atheism's perennial value to Christian faith: «The frightening phenomenon of modern atheism may, among other things, be a forcible measure of Providence to bring mankind, and especially Christendom, to a more adequate idea of God.»

The clearest measure of the value that religious groups place on the profession is the low pay scale for Christian ministers and most other religious professionals.

The Church in Wales has announced new measures to ordain women as bishops while «making everyone feel valued in the Church, regardless of their views on the issue».

Which leads to the necessity of codes, rules, regulations, laws, mores, taboos and expectations, because it is only when someone measures up to something or doesn't measure up to something that it can be determined where they are on the value line.

«Nationalism shows its character as a faith whenever national welfare or survival is regarded as the supreme end of life; whenever right and wrong are made dependent on the sovereign will of the nation, however determined; whenever religion and science, education and art, are valued by the measure of their contribution to national existence.»