Sentences with phrase «rate on the acquisitions»

The average cap rate on the acquisitions came to approximately 8.4 percent.

Lydon pegs the cap rate on the acquisition at 8.5 % and anticipates that the internal rate of return, or expected annual yield, will be 9.5 % to 10 %.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

the Company's share repurchase plans depend on a variety of factors, including the Company's financial position, earnings, share price, catastrophe losses, maintaining capital levels commensurate with the Company's desired ratings from independent rating agencies, funding of the Company's qualified pension plan, capital requirements of the Company's operating subsidiaries, legal requirements, regulatory constraints, other investment opportunities (including mergers and acquisitions and related financings), market conditions and other factors.

Naturally, his forecasts were derailed by a combination of a deluge in mortgage costs from the disastrous acquisition of Countrywide Financial, and years of extremely low rates that shrank the margins the bank earns on its giant loan portfolios.

There could be mergers and acquisitions in the German banking sector to offset the costs of low interest rates, a member of the ECB told CNBC on Monday.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

The strategy is to deliver a wide array of financial solutions providing advice on capital structure, acquisition finance, ratings, debt issuance, structured finance, and the management of currency, as well as interest rate risk.

The development follows a period in which record - low interest rates have enabled companies to lever up to embark on mergers - and - acquisitions activity and huge buybacks.

Once you have between 20 to 40 clicks, choose the one that's getting the best results, which means the highest click - through rate, the highest conversion rate, or the lowest cost per acquisition (CPA), depending on what makes the most sense for your business.

(2) The adjustment relates to an internal tax restructuring that lowered the tax rate on certain deferred tax liabilities recorded on intangible assets recognized in the Biomet merger acquisition - related accounting.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

He has an outperform rating on the stock because of «its attractive earnings and free cash flow growth profile, driven by existing operations and contributions from recent acquisitions.»

Other certain tax adjustments include internal restructuring transactions that lowered the tax rate on deferred tax liabilities recorded on intangible assets recognized in acquisition - related accounting.

Additionally, with the acquisition of General Electric's property loan portfolio, railcar leasing business, and specialty finance business, Wells Fargo is looking to expand market share while interest rates remain unattractive, i.e. buy business on the cheap.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

Our sales conversion strategies focus on creating campaigns to increase customer engagement and acquisition rates..

Four tech companies are bucking the downward trend: Amazon, Apple, Cisco, and Microsoft are on track to make more acquisitions this year than 2016 at the current rate.

Acquirers should be focused on the strength of the customer base, churn rate, customer lifetime value («CLV») and the associated customer acquisition costs.

On the surface, this makes sense, as most REITs rely heavily on debt to fund acquisitions of their properties, and rising rates will increase their expenses and cut into their returnOn the surface, this makes sense, as most REITs rely heavily on debt to fund acquisitions of their properties, and rising rates will increase their expenses and cut into their returnon debt to fund acquisitions of their properties, and rising rates will increase their expenses and cut into their returns.

Due to the acquisition of Jayco in July 2016, our rating on THO is suspended until we get more details on how this large acquisition affects the profitability of the firm.

According to a Custora study that analyzed data from 72 million customers shopping on 86 different retailer sites, online retailers have quadrupled the rate of customers acquisition via email to nearly 7 percent.

After building a go - to - market strategy, we focus on building a smart, data - driven content strategy to improve acquisition rates, lead nurturing, and sales engagement for the SaaS buyer journey.

Companies with solid balance sheets, that have better credit ratings and less debt - to - equity than peers, can weather economic downturns, make opportunistic acquisitions, waste less of their profit on debt interest, and easily absorb unexpected problems and keep moving forward.

On the buy side, record low interest rates had spurred takeover interest, considering private equity firms normally «aggressively geared» acquisitions, Mr Buckland said.

At the rate at which Mourinho rotates (he does not rotate) you will expect any new acquisition to have a very minimal impact on their title defence next season.

It sees synergy from acquisitions on the revenue and not cost side, as best practices in the US (such as higher conversion rates through newer technologies) could be transferred to other geographies.

As you start to get click throughs on your Adwords campaigns, you will also see the conversion rates and cost per acquisition performance start to build for each campaign, ad group, ad and keyword in your Adwords account.

The objective was to gain a better understanding of click through rates (CTR) and both conversions rates and costs (CPA or cost per acquisition), based on the first touch point for the visitor.

The objective was to gain a better understanding of click through rates (CTR), conversions rates and costs (CPA or cost per acquisition), based on the first touch point for the visitor.

Rules, dating - book laws, or funnels of date acquisition (or the conversion rate from the number of people you meet on Tinder to first.

In the near future, success will depend on accelerated rates of information acquisition.

Organizations applying for grants will be encouraged to focus on strategies that increase parent and family engagement and student learning time; improve school safety, attendance, and discipline; address students» social, emotional, and health needs; accelerate students» acquisition of reading and mathematics knowledge and skills; and increase graduation and college enrollment rates.

The authors find that statewide accountability measures fall into one of seven main categories of indicators: achievement indicators, such as proficiency in reading and mathematics; student growth indicators in multiple academic subjects; English language acquisition indicators; early warning indicators, such as chronic absenteeism; persistence indicators, such as graduation rates; college - and career - ready indicators, such as participation in and performance on college entry exams; and other indicators, such as access to the arts.

In 2002 - 2003 I did on on - line survey of «Teachers Applying Whole Language» to test my belief that teaching children to write the alphabet to a definable level of fluency (incorporating both rate and legibility) would facilitate the acquisition of literacy, and to my pleasure I found an overwhelmingly positive correlation.

Of course, our royalty rate is second to none and we believe in working WITH the author on their labour of love / ball and chain (choose appropriate) to create the best work possible for both sides of the partnership, rather than taking the faceless corporate mentality of content acquisition.

The truth is that acquisitions editors are on the lookout for talented new writers of first - rate novels — if they have wonderful plots, irresistible characters, and a smooth, captivating writing style.

Employing the pay per click search engines (Google, etc.) can be expensive: a 0.5 % conversion rate on clicks for which you have paid 25 cents / click gives a customer acquisition cost of $ 50, for example.

For our recent report on Canadian dividend stock we rate as a buy, read Acquisitions support dividend increase for Sun Life.

While the cost of debt for all REITs is currently cheap, National Retail appears to be very well positioned to continue earning a positive spread on its acquisitions if interest rates begin to rise thanks to its healthy cap rate.

And on the off - chance you get a credit card, your interest rate will be in the mid to high 20 % and you'll most likely be charged a security deposit or high acquisition fee.

[Based on this adjusted margin, I calculate another # 23 million in debt (at an assumed 5 % rate, for acquisitions etc.) would still limit finance expense to 15 % of adjusted margin — as usual, let's apply a 50 % haircut, just to be conservative].

All these look good for Kingspan, so if they utilised their «surplus» cash on an acquisition (for example), I see no risk / impairment to the business (& no impact on their usual working capital cycle)-- and obviously the return for shareholders should be far superior to an effective zero rate on idle cash!

Or, corporations will view higher rates as a sign of economic strength (it's there, you know) and go on a massive acquisition spree, pushing up stock valuations?

Based on the company's impressive growth this year, a time when Welltower's property acquisition has been slower than normal (due to management believing attractive deals are hard to come by), and the recent California mega-deal, I think that 4 % to 5 % is a reasonable growth rate that investors can expect.

Over the last two years Ms. Philbin and her team at the Hammer Museum have begun answering these questions firsthand as they try to build a first - rate contemporary art collection on a shoestring, starting with only $ 600,000 in annual acquisition funds.

As of early May, Colombo Hurd had increased customer conversion rate on mobile ads by a factor of three and reduced the cost of a new customer acquisition by 149 % with the new mobile marketing campaign.

We advised lenders on the US$ 33.75 billion bank and bridge acquisition financing for the Teva Pharmaceuticals US$ 40.5 billion acquisition of Allergan / Actavis Generics, the most significant acquisition ever by an Israeli company; GSO Capital, the credit rating arm of the Blackstone Group, in its new $ 1 billion in dedicated acquisition financing to financing Amaya Gambling Group's $ 4.9 billion acquisition of Israeli - owned internet poker giant Rational Group, creating the world's most significant publically traded i - gaming company; recommended lenders, arrangers or debtors in financings for a broad selection of other Israeli companies including the Tshuva Group, Park Plaza Resort Group, Alrov Group (acquisition financings for Café Royal Resort London and Lutetia Resort Paris), Avgol Fibers, Netafim and Eurocom.

Aaron Street: Yeah, and I think the thing to take away from this little conversation is if you're having client acquisition challenges in your firm, if there isn't enough coming in it could be because your marketing efforts are insufficient and you're not getting enough people to contact your firm but it's just as likely that there are opportunities for you to improve by working on your intake and sales conversion functions of getting the people who call or email your firm to convert into consultations and then clients at higher rates using a variety of client experience experiments and intake improvement experiments.