Sentences with phrase «per cent margin»

Those most in favour of e-books were predictably under 30 year olds who only preferred the printed book by a 28 per cent to 27 per cent margin.

With many pre-election polls pegging both parties at 34 per cent, that is within the typical 3 per cent margin of error.

But what we also see here is that voters, by a 64 to 37 per cent margin, say that the state is headed in the wrong direction rather than on the right track.

According to these numbers, Renzi should have exceeded Bersani by approximately 73 per cent; however, Bersani won the polls with a 10 per cent margin in the first round (and over 20 per cent in the second round).

In 2012, President Mahama made 5.4 million votes, but this number dropped to 4.7 million in 2016 to clinch him a 44.4 per cent margin in the overall votes cast at the presidential polls on December 7.

«To achieve its 10 per cent margin guidance, we expect the company will need to deliver an additional $ 61 million in underlying earnings improvement... in order to achieve this, we expect Schweppes will have to deliver reasonable pricing growth,» he said.

Operating income was $ 72 million last year, for a 4 per cent margin, which was up from 2.3 per cent in 2015.

EBIT increased 11.3 per cent to $ 320 million from a 15 per cent margin.

Not exact matches

That's led to cases where some firms, such as Canopy Growth Corp., have reported gross margins in excess of 100 per cent.

As well, the company's gross margins before fair value adjustments shrunk from 58 per cent of sales or $ 12.5 million, compared to 64 per cent of sales or $ 6.2 million in the fiscal third quarter a year ago.

Some publicly traded companies have boasted that their all - in costs are in the range of 70 cents to $ 1.75 per gram which translates into profit margins of more than 80 per cent.

Shares in engineering firm Monadelphous Group fell sharply today after it posted a 27 per cent slide in profit on the back of lower activity in the resources and energy sectors and predicted contracting margins would remain under pressure.

Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group has posted a 4.9 per cent fall in first - half profit to $ 24.3 million as a result of lower construction margins in the tough market.

The ballot count from Saturday's vote was 1,793 opposed versus 1,278 who supported the multi-billion dollar project — a margin of 58.4 per cent to 41.6 per cent.

The conclusions there are that the watch business is big, generating about $ 60 billion a year, and that margins on them are good too, at about 60 per cent.

The U.S. fuel margin decreased 17 per cent to 15.66 cents per gallon driven mainly by the volatility from a rapid rise in crude oil prices in the quarter.

When correcting the model to include current profit margins, the effects of cord cutting, the impact of Turner's current contracts with pay - TV companies and other factors, Petrocelli said, Shapiro's model shows that cable bills would actually decrease by 54 cents per month per subscriber.

Shorten told Nine last week that PHIs «are making 25 per cent profits» — which is just wrong (though why would we expect a former director of AustralianSuper with fiduciary duties over the nation's largest retirement fund to know the difference between a profit margin and a return on equity?)

As opposed to publicly listed private hospital operators Healthscope and Ramsay, whose margins have steadily grown from 15 per cent in FY11 to 18 and 17 per cent in FY17 collectively (bear in mind their vastly larger fixed - asset bases skew these figures in comparison with the capital - light insurers).

The insurers» collective profit margins have fluctuated moderately from 4.3 per cent in FY08, to 5.5 per cent in FY11 to 5.1 per cent in FY17.

The top three US equity benchmarks closed mixed with the Dow slipping as IBM plunged 7.5 per cent after it reported narrower profit margins in the first quarter and no revenue growth unless one factors in help from a weak US dollar.

By contrast, a typical retailer enjoys margins of about five per cent.

Given 85 per cent of Caltex earnings are from fuel - related sales and refining margins, «even the smallest level of electric vehicle penetration would have a material impact on earnings,» the fund wrote on its website in October.

The net interest margin fell seven basis points to 1.93 per cent from the year - earlier period and was down 5 basis points compared to the previous first half.

That's a measly 1.8 per cent profit margin, or about $ 4 per passenger.

After the analyst asked a question about whether the company could reach its 25 - per - cent gross margin target on the Model 3, chief financial officer Deepak Ahuja said recently imposed tariffs, more expensive commodities and higher labour costs factored into the company's guidance.

Proposed changes to passive investment rules are seen as unfair by a margin of more than two - to - one over small business owners who think it is fair (55 per cent versus 22 per cent).

The energy sector rose by 11 per cent, largely reflecting strong oil prices and refining margins and several exploration successes.

Although it is less than 2 per cent of total household debt, growth in margin lending has accounted for over a fifth of the rise in banks» personal lending (excluding credit cards) since 1996.

According to Laurentian Bank analyst Mona Nazir, the hotel business is expected to eventually rival its air and leisure business in terms earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), though with significantly better margins of 25 per cent, as compared to Transat's margin of 3 per cent.

On a recent call with analysts, chief financial officer Denis Pétrin indicated the Ocean Hotel margin was 35 per cent at the time that Transat sold its stake.

Margin lending by banks and brokers grew by 3.6 per cent in the June quarter, somewhat slower than the increase of around 10 per cent in each of the previous three quarters.

Imported car prices rose by 2.5 per cent in the September quarter 1999, possibly reflecting some rebuilding of wholesalers» and retailers» profit margins.

Margin lending for direct purchases of equities and placements with managed funds rose by 5 per cent in the December quarter, to $ 15.2 billion.

Environics said the margin of error for a sample of this size is plus or minus 3.4 percentage points, with a confidence level of 95 per cent.

The background environment was one in which demand in Australia — which grew by over 5 1/2 per cent in 2007 — outstripped, by a significant margin, any plausible estimate of growth in potential supply.

The profit margin in the australian residents health insurance (Arhi) division was also lower than expectations, dropping by 6.4 per cent for the six months to December 31.

QBE Insurance Group share price has slumped by over 6 per cent after it warned that higher - than - expected claims from its emerging markets division will have an impact on its first - half insurance profit margin.

While the average indicator rate on large business variable - rate loans, at 8.0 per cent, is now higher than the corresponding rate for small businesses, the all - up borrowing cost to large business remains lower than for small businesses since customer risk margins for the former are, on average, finer than those for the latter.

In its full year results announced in February, the group's insurance profit margin of 9.7 percent was near the top end of guidance of 8.5 percent to 10 percent, while its COR was within target range at 93.2 compared to 94.3 per cent for the previous corresponding period.

In 2016, Mr Neal announced the insurer would hike prices after it's insurance margins in its Australia and New Zealand business fell from 14.8 per cent in the first half of 2015 to 8.9 per cent in the first half of 2016.

The corporate sector appears to be well - placed to fund ongoing capital spending, with corporate profits increasing by 13 per cent over the year to the December quarter and profit margins at their highest level in over a decade.

* EasterTrend Survey Conducted by Research Management Group for Walmart Canada, the online survey of 796 shoppers has a margin of error is 3.5 per cent.

But as long as 1) inflation remains low, 2) profit margins remain wide (remember the $ 1.5 trillion tax cut package passed in December slashed the corporate rate to 21 per cent from 35 per cent), and 3) GDP is also not expected to go backwards, stocks will probably remain supported.

** Valentine's Day Trend Survey Conducted by Research Management Group for Walmart Canada, the online survey of 787 shoppers has a margin of error is 3.5 per cent.

It hopes to increase its percentage margins to the mid-teens by 2011, from the 2006 confectionery margin of 10.1 per cent.

The higher - margin strategy is part of the reason why Mr Clarke said Treasury wasn't really interested in buying the $ 1 billion - plus Accolade Wines business now destined for an ASX listing in early 2017 under 80 per cent owner CHAMP Private Equity.

Mr Durkan first accused multinational suppliers of price gouging soon after joining Coles from Britain in 2008, saying Australian consumers were paying at least 10 per cent and as much as 100 per cent more than British consumers for packaged groceries because suppliers had been making excessive profit margins in Australia and relying on annual price increases for margin growth.

Morningstar analyst David Ellis tips sales growth into the lucrative Japanese market via Challenger's distribution relationship with MS Primary, but also forecasts margins to contract by 3.95 per cent to 2022, reflecting this changing product mix.

Secondly, the aforementioned Food and Grocery Council published research last year that found the gross margins of FMCG suppliers in Australia fell from 41 per cent in 2010 to 38.5 per cent in 2013, and that their EBIT margin levels were 7 per cent lower than a sample set of its international comparators.