Sentences with phrase «rates than larger companies»

Companies like Unique and Lighthouse, although small, provided residents of Chicago and Cook lower auto insurance rates than some larger companies like State Farm and Allstate.

Small and Medium Capitalization Companies: The earnings and prospects of small and medium sized companies are more volatile than larger companies and may experience higher failure rates than larger companies.

Value stocks» outperformance is even more pronounced for small and mid cap companies, because they tend to trade at even bigger discounts due to illiquidity and lack of analyst coverage, as well as being able to achieve higher growth rates than larger companies.

Smaller - sized companies may experience higher failure rates than larger companies and normally have lower trading volume than larger companies.

Small - cap stocks, generally considered to be the best marker of tax cut expectations because usually they pay higher effective tax rates than larger companies, rallied into mid-February.

Our analysis only took into account the biggest auto insurers, but as we found in our analysis of car insurance for teenagers, many smaller companies like Erie can offer lower rates than large companies.

Not exact matches

The entrepreneur already benefits from a significantly lower rate of taxation than larger companies pay.

Real - time landing page click data, peer reviews, product ratings and other metrics are helping companies at large become better decision - makers than any individual CEO could ever be.

That's a tough challenge for small companies whose foreign - exchange transactions are typically not large enough to qualify for the low - cost «Interbank Rates» reserved for currency swaps of more than $ 5 million.

The rate at which employees forfeit their stock awards, typically by leaving the company before fully vesting, is significantly higher at Amazon than at other large tech firms such as Alphabet and Apple, according to an analysis of company filings.

Dividend Growth Investing is an income strategy of investing in companies that have a barrier to entry (large moat) and consistent history of increasing dividends by a rate higher than inflation.

Canada's third largest mobile phone company says it plans to cut by more than half the rates it charges customers who use wireless data while travelling outside the country.

FedEx still offers an earnings growth rate that is high for large companies, yet we were able to purchase shares at prices that were first seen in 2003, even though earnings per share have more than doubled over the period.

This was supported by findings in the Equality and Human Rights Commission report in 2008 which said that at the current rate of change, it would take more than 70 years to achieve a gender balance in the boardrooms in the UK's largest 100 companies.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Companies for debt consolidation offer better interest rates with most creditors than the average consumer, enabling large reduction of payments through lowering or even elimination of interest charges from your credit.

The analysis involved a stock that faced a large investment decision, larger than the current enterprise value of the junk - rated company.

Another factor in the rating of renters insurance companies is that the company needs to have a contingency plan for losses larger than they've planned to handle.

One of the larger companies we reviewed coming in at more than $ 500 billion in total assets, Mass Mutual is is positively rated by all the 4 major financial reporting companies.

Overall, direct lender rates were lower than comparable quotes from the largest mortgage lending companies, like banks.

Fortune asked more than 3,000 senior executives, directors and securities analysts to rate the ten largest companies in their own industries on eight attributes of reputation, using a scale of zero (poor) to ten (excellent): quality of management; quality of products or services; innovativeness; long - term investment value; financial soundness; ability to attract, develop, and keep talented people; responsibility to the community and the environment; and wise use of corporate assets.

Dividend Growth Investing is an income strategy of investing in companies that have a barrier to entry (large moat) and consistent history of increasing dividends by a rate higher than inflation.

whilst australia's poor & marginalised — not a large number in a country with a total population of less than 23 million — pay disproportionately for all the Government increases in tobacco taxes at home, the fact is our highly - populated asian neighbours are taking up smoking at a rapid rate and no doubt adding some $ $ $ to tobacoo company revenues in the developed world!

Mid - to large - sized solar companies (defined for the purpose of this analysis as companies with a run rate of more than 200 installations in 2017) fell by more than 4,000 installations over last year.

The cost of capital is a substantial consideration in these projects, and Total can get access to large amounts of capital at lower rates than standalone solar companies.

This is due to the fact some companies offer a larger reduction in women's rates than other carriers.

In Canada group insurance is usually purchased through larger brokerage firms because brokers receive better rates than individual companies or unions.

Geico rounded out the list of the most affordable large companies for good drivers in Rhode Island, but had an average rate nearly $ 500 higher than Travelers.

However, if you do require non-standard auto insurance, companies that specialize in non-standard coverage may provide you with better rates than larger insurance carriers.

Another factor in the rating of renters insurance companies is that the company needs to have a contingency plan for losses larger than they've planned to handle.

For policies for more than $ 500,000, the rates are not as competitive because very few life insurance companies are willing to offer this option due to the large financial risk that is involved.

A good life insurance broker can navigate you through many question marks, compare for you premiums across dozens of different companies and often get lower rate than you would get on your own (e.g. because brokers may have some air to offer discounts on insurance products due to the large insurance volumes they make).

The company claims its blockchain system will be able to scale up to provide support for a large number of users and will be able to process transactions at a rate of more than 1,000 transactions per second.

«Issuance has been concentrated among higher rated companies and much larger deal sizes than we have seen in the past,» says Marks.