Sentences with phrase «on shareholder returns»

But giving most of it to shareholders, paying down debt, investing organically through Project Spring and focusing on shareholder returns is a great sign for the future.

A good book on how «outsider» CEO's have had an impressive impact on shareholder returns, definitively a must.

«Management and our board of directors consistently focus on shareholder returns, whether through investments in new initiatives, acquisitions, share repurchases, or now, dividends on our common stock.

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Do it yourself Frustrated with b - schools» focus on shareholder returns, Gifford Pinchot founds the Bainbridge Graduate Institute in 2002 to offer socially responsible M.B.A.'s.

Exxon Corp, the largest repurchaser of shares over the past decade, has rejected shareholder proposals that it add three - year targets based on shareholder return to its compensation program.

Not exact matches

The company, which has been looking to sell the business since April, said it would return 245 million pounds ($ 371.6 million) of proceeds to shareholders through a special dividend, and use the rest for bolt - on acquisitions.

Performance assesses criteria such as return on capital and shareholder return to determine which leaders are generating the best financial results.

Return on equity is the ratio of annualized net income less preferred dividends to average shareholders» equity for the periods presented.

Apple will also likely reveal plans to return more money to shareholders, along with details on sales in China and growth in services.

Core return on equity is the ratio of annualized core income less preferred dividends to adjusted average shareholders» equity for the periods presented.

Average annual core return on equity over a period is the ratio of: a) the sum of core income less preferred dividends for the periods presented to b) the sum of: 1) the sum of the adjusted average shareholders» equity for all full years in the period presented, and 2) for partial years in the period presented, the number of quarters in that partial year divided by four, multiplied by the adjusted average shareholders» equity of the partial year.

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.

Finally, the fourth conundrum is that as companies grow larger and management falls prey to the fallacy that it only exists to maximize shareholder short - term return on investment, companies become risk averse.

Or should we now focus on execution of our core business, reduce our risky bets and maximize shareholder return.

But a shift in corporate culture in the 1990s that led to a single - minded focus on profitability and shareholder return actually proved counterproductive for Boeing, as it quickly lost ground to Airbus.

Kevin O'Leary, a well - known investor on ABC's Shark Tank, opined that «businesses are designed to provide returns to shareholders — not to solve problems of communities.»

More recently, the New York - based Elliot set its sights on reforming the Hyundai Motor Group, pressing the South Korean auto giant to adopt a holding company structure and improve returns to shareholders.

In return for its 42 percent stake in Indus Towers, Vodafone will get between 26.7 percent and 29.4 percent of the Indus - Bharti Infratel combine depending on the options two other shareholders in Indus - Idea and private equity Providence - exercise.

Now we can begin delivering on two of our most important priorities — returning a higher level of that capital to our shareholders and improving Citi's overall returns,» Citi CEO Michael Corbat said in a release.

FEATURE: Takeovers are a powerful way of delivering short - term returns to investors, as the Total Shareholder Return data released by Morningstar and applied to 700 companies on the Business News BNIQ database.

«We will continue to strengthen our investor confidence through various policies for returning profits to shareholders based on our improved performance.»

Indeed, on the company's last earnings call, CFO Luca Maestri said that it will continue returning as much as it can to shareholders.

While in office, he took revenues at the company from $ 1.2 billion to over $ 47 billion with a total shareholder return of 1632 %, or 15 % on an annualized basis.

Kleiner Perkins is believed to be the company's largest outside shareholder, with one source saying that it will generate around a 20x gross return on its investment.

The percentage of respondents who said companies should repair their balance sheets is now on par with the percentage who said companies should return to cash to shareholders.

In a note, analyst Michael Senno wrote that «as an owner of sports cable networks and teams, we believe that MSG is well positioned to capitalize on the increasing value of premium sports content, which should result in AOCF and free cash flow growth above its peers and, combined with incremental leverage, lead to solid shareholder returns.»

Here's some more color on returning cash to shareholders from Butters» note: «Share repurchase programs have become a very popular way of returning capital to shareholders over the years.

When profits are distributed as dividends to shareholders, they are subject to further tax — a double tax, some argue — on their individual returns.

At today's prices, industry forecasts of three million barrels per day by 2020 are likely to underestimate production by a bit, but the real kicker will be on the value of that production to all concerned — governments, via taxes and royalties, and shareholders will all suffer much lower returns from this development than they would have expected less than a year ago if prices stay where they are today.

More traditional investors say Elliott's swoop on a company does not necessarily mean better returns for long - term shareholders.

Then dividends may be distributed to the shareholders who must pay a tax on the money when they file their personal tax returns.

«The completion of the BG transaction, which we are expecting in a matter of weeks, will mark the start of a new chapter in Shell, to rejuvenate the company, and improve shareholder returns,» Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said in a statement on Wednesday.

Apple on Tuesday announced a plan to return $ 100 billion to shareholders in a massive stock buyback, confirming recent optimism around tax reform.

But Exxon pays half its annual bonus in cash immediately and in its proxy, it cited one - and five - year return on average capital, current - year and five - year average earnings, and current - year as well as the ten - year average annual shareholder returns as part of the justification for its pay.

Assuming the CEO mantle at Canadian Western Bank on March 7, Chris Fowler inherited a track record of 99 consecutive profitable quarters and a Buffett - like 4,147 % return for shareholders — or 17.5 % a year on average.

Instead, it has concentrated on returning cash to shareholders through buybacks and dividends; earnings per share have risen nearly 40 % since the last quarter of 2014, while the quarterly dividend is up 43 %.

He says that's not just because it is the right thing to do from an environmental perspective, but because, as always, he's focused on getting the biggest return for his shareholders.

(S - corporation shareholders report corporate financial results on their personal tax returns, just as partners do.)

HOW do shareholders know whether a company is delivering an adequate rate of return on their investment

The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton reported a 25 percent rise in underlying half - year profit on Tuesday, helped by robust metals prices, and said its focus remains on cutting debt and boosting shareholder returns.

This is coming at a time when shareholders are demanding financial discipline and a better return on investment from shale drillers, another development that Papa believes will hold back production growth.

Seventy - five percent of the grant is based on Disney's total shareholder returns compared with the S&P 500 Index.

2014 CEO compensation was based on the CMDS Committee's assessment of Morgan Stanley's performance and shareholder returns as strong, with room for continued progress, and Mr. Gorman's individual performance as exceeding expectations.

«We are moving forward with a continued sense of urgency on our four strategic priorities: narrowing our focus on clients, products, and geographies where we can grow profitably; driving for efficiency; growing through innovation and optimizing our data assets and client relationships; and returning excess capital to shareholders,» he added.

Kelly received a raise of only 25 % in 2014, based on figures provided to Fortune by Equilar, despite delivering a total stockholder return of more than 126 % to shareholders.

Apple has also been ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine's list of «America's Most Admired Companies,» as well as No. 1 among Fortune 500 companies for returns to 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

Based on the above example then, if the liquidation preference is 2.0 X, Seed investors are guaranteed 2.0 X times their money back assuming the startup returns at least $ 500,000 to its shareholders (i.e. 2.0 X the $ 250,000 Seed round size).

UBS analyst James Coghill on Monday raised concerns about the resumption of QBE's $ 1 billion buyback, of which $ 139 million has be returned to shareholders, wondering if QBE was giving «ongoing hollow promises».