Not exact matches
«While the company faces a number of significant challenges,
including the continued rise of Amazon and Google, its high margin and large sales figures enable the company
to generate significant free
cash flow, which it increasingly
returns to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.»
«We also continued
to invest in our commercialization capabilities, while
returning significant
cash to our
shareholders —
including a 16 percent dividend increase.
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
Peltz also proposed cutting other «excess» costs, adding debt, adopting a more
shareholder - friendly policy for distributing
cash from CyclicalCo / CashCo, prioritizing high
returns on invested capital for initiatives at GrowthCo, and introducing more
shareholder - friendly governance,
including tighter alignment between executive compensation and
returns to shareholders.
As one of the most diversified healthcare companies with 12 megabrands,
including Johnson's, Band - Aid, and Neutrogena, that are sold across 60 countries, J&J looks well poised
to grow earnings,
cash flows, and
shareholder returns for years
to come.
While some defend the buyback practice as a method of
returning cash to shareholders, others,
including my colleague Larry Fink, have argued that some companies today are focusing on maximizing short - term
shareholder value at the expense of investing in the future.
Areas where corporations have put this
cash to work
include: continued dividend increases and share buybacks, which
return capital back
to shareholders; ongoing investment and capital expenditures as well as research and development; and increasing productivity and lowering cost structures.
Return of Capital During the quarter, the company
returned over $ 28 million in
cash to its
shareholders,
including $ 16.5 million through share repurchases and $ 11.5 million in dividends.
During the quarter, the Company
returned $ 21.0 million in
cash to its
shareholders,
including $ 11.0 million in dividends and $ 10.0 million through share repurchases.
Some of these factors
include above average earnings per - share growth rates, above average
return on equity, excess free
cash flow, low debt -
to - equity ratios, and
shareholder friendly management.
Some of these factors
include above - average earnings per - share growth rates, above - average
return on equity, excess - free
cash flow, low debt -
to - equity ratios, and
shareholder - friendly management.
Lancaster Colony's dividend usually only consumes 30 %
to 50 % of its annual earnings and FCF, with rare exceptions,
including during years with large special dividends when the company
returns excess
cash to shareholders.