Sentences with phrase «point decrease compared»

For the first quarter of Fiscal 2017, the Company's consolidated pretax profit margin was 10.9 %, a 0.2 percentage point decrease compared with the prior year.

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In tandem with that reading, 9 percent of repsondents said they planned to decrease head counts at their companies in the next 12 months, which represents a decrease of two percentage points, compared to the third quarter.

Twenty - five percent of people who started new businesses in 2015 were aged 20 to 34, a decrease of nearly 10 percentage points compared to 1996, according to a Kauffman Foundation report released this summer.

Compared to last year, gross margin decreased 150 basis points for the quarter and was down 220 basis points for the year.

SG&A expenses declined 2 % or $ 70 million to $ 3.47 billion, or 27.7 % of sales, a decrease of 50 basis points as a percentage of sales compared to last year.

Sales and marketing expense was $ 854 million or 11.9 % of net revenues compared with $ 832 million or 12.4 % of net revenues for the third quarter last year, a 50 basis point decrease in these costs in relation to revenue.

ISM ®'s New Export Orders Index registered 57.7 percent in April, a decrease of 1 percentage point when compared to the 58.7 percent reported for March, indicating growth in new export orders for the 26th consecutive month.

Not surprisingly, NERA shows far superior economic outcomes for this scenario, with U.S. GDP decreasing by half of one percentage point compared to a no - policy scenario in 2025.

Gross margin was 33.1 % compared with 34.4 % for the same period last year, a 130 basis point decrease.

The average FICO score on all closed loans was 724 in February 2014 compared to 745 in February 2013, or a 21 - point decrease.

The Welsh unemployment rate has also decreased at a slower rate than the UK average, down 0.1 percentage points in Wales compared to a 1.2 percentage point drop across the UK.

The 2016 data show a 16 percent decrease in new diagnoses compared to 2014, the year the Governor announced the three - point plan.

«When these dates were compared with radiocarbon data from tree rings, we noted decreased levels of carbon - 14 — indicating increased levels of solar activity — at these same points.»

One report found significantly greater decreases in gray matter volume in children with autism scanned at two time points (age ~ 11 and at 30 - month follow - up) compared with TD children (Hardan et al., 2009).

The last point of the article is key — if you're concerned, that probably means you've noticed a recent decrease in your libido compared to the level you're used to experiencing.

The gap has decreased from 16.3 percentage points to 15.6 percentage points, but only 58.6 per cent of boys start school with the expected level of development, compared to 74.3 per cent of girls.

Popularity begins to decrease at lower GPAs for young black men than young black women (3.25 GPA compared with a 3.5), and the rate at which males lose friends after this point is far greater.

After two years of using the 5Essentials framework, data, and support from UChicago Impact to implement an improvement plan, Pasteur's survey results on Teacher - Teacher Trust improved by 13 points, compared to a one point decrease across the district overall.

At the high school level, the district saw a 1 - percentage point decrease in graduation rates in the 2015 - 2016 school year compared to the year before with 79 percent of MMSD students graduating from high school in four years.

The average FICO score on all closed loans was 724 in February 2014 compared to 745 in February 2013, or a 21 - point decrease.

* has spent a number of years studying and learning about their breed * is active in one or more breed clubs or similar groups and thus is in regular contact with other people in the breed * knows their breeding stock inside and out for several generations back * has an «eye for a dog» and has developed a detailed picture of the type of dog they're breeding toward * almost always compete in some in some sort of activity with their dogs (conformation, working activities, obedience etc.) so as to have a realistic idea of how their dogs compare to others of the same the breed * is knowledgable about the hereditary problems that occur in their breed and has the appropriate tests done prior to breeding in order to decrease the likelihood of their occurance in their pups * considers temperament important * is knowledgable about the mating and whelping of dogs in general, so as to minimize the chances of injury or death to the breeding dogs * is extremely concerned with the quality of the homes that their puppies are destinied for, to the point of not performing a breeding if they don't feel good homes will be available for the pups * never has more dogs of their own than they are properly able to care for * is willing and able to educate and build a relationship with their puppy buyers * is honest * uses spay / neuter contracts and / or limited registration to prevent the casual breeding of their puppies * is ALWAYS willing to take back a dog of their breeding if a puppy buyer can not keep it for any reason.

Operating margin reached 0.1 per cent for the quarter, representing a slight decrease of 0.7 percentage points as compared to the second quarter 2015.

The purpose of this was to see how 38 % is comparing to this ratio - I do suspect that when you have to determine the likelihood of a record in a large data set, one would expect to likelihood to decrease with number of data points participating in a «race» increasing.

One study directly assessed the brain functioning of children in foster care using the popular method of examining levels of cortisol, the hormone produced in response to stress in humans.25, 26 Children who are exposed to high levels of stress show unusual patterns of cortisol production.27 Foster children exhibited unusually decreased or elevated levels of cortisol compared to children reared by their biological parents.28 Such findings are consistent with the literature, which points to the importance of the parent - child relationship in buffering the stress responses of children.

Results indicate CCPT children demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in disruptive behaviors compared with the RM group across 3 points of measurement.

Self - rated child depression decreased significantly in the intervention group (3.7 points per year), compared with the comparison group (0.85 points per year).

The group mean of PLL group caregivers increased 9 points in the Ready for Action subscale, compared with the group mean for the control group caregivers which decreased at posttest.

Corporate spending on equipment decreased at a 4.5 percent annualized pace in the third quarter, compared with the 4.8 percent drag previously estimated, and subtracted 0.3 percentage point from growth, the report showed.

When compared to the prior quarter, each property type's occupancy decreased by 0.2 percentage points.

In addition, the average Medicare mix for the last 12 months decreased by 116 basis points compared to the average for the previous 12 - month period (April 2015 to March 2016).

When compared to the prior quarter, independent living occupancy increased by 0.2 percentage points, while assisted living occupancy decreased by 0.1 percentage points.

• Thirty - one percent report significantly higher household expenses compared to 12 months ago, a 7 percentage point decrease and the lowest level since June 2010.

The borrowing margin improved to LIBOR plus 125 basis points, a decrease of 150 basis points compared to the previous margin of 275 basis points.