Sentences with phrase «risk than the company»

Over the long term, companies that can consistently and reliably increase dividends paid to investors offer higher returns with less risk than companies that do not pay a dividend, or which do not consistently increase dividends paid to investors.

It's something that presents more risk than the company is willing to take on for a particular type of policy.

It's something that presents more risk than the company is willing to take on for a particular type of policy.

Not exact matches

The thing is, our companies are risk - averse — 13 % more so than American ones, according to a recent Deloitte study.

«We found that entrepreneurs who quit their jobs to found companies did have higher risk tolerance than those who remained employed.

With space ventures typically defined as high risk, high reward investments, Space Angels found the companies attract valuations many times greater than a typical technology start - up.

These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the unfavorable outcome of litigation, including so - called «Paragraph IV» litigation and other patent litigation, related to any of our products or products using our proprietary technologies, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers; data from clinical trials may be interpreted by the FDA in different ways than we interpret it; the FDA may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components of our filings for our products, including our clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and, for ALKS 5461, evidence of efficacy and adequacy of bridging to buprenorphine; clinical development activities may not be completed on time or at all; the results of our clinical development activities may not be positive, or predictive of real - world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment rate or reimbursement for the company's products or an increase in the company's financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company's products; the company's products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; and those risks and uncertainties described under the heading «Risk Factors» in the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10 - K and in subsequent filings made by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC»), which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

But the risk is more than worth it for early - stage companies seeking to build an agile business and infrastructure.

Connor says that smaller companies could draft a code themselves, especially if they are in a low - risk, low - liability field, and Fraedrich similarly advises that if you have more than 20 employees, it's time to consult an ethicist or human resources specialist.

More than a quarter (27.3 percent) of council members responding to a quarterly poll say U.S. trade policy is now the biggest risk their company faces.

Although European investors have, historically, been more risk - averse than Americans, that perception may be changing as more high - profile companies see successful exits, and their founders reinvest in the local startup ecosystem.

She has more than 20 years of experience advising Fortune 500 companies on significant corporate transactions, governance matters, securities, compliance, risk management, audit, and litigation matters.

Investors without private market exposure are also running meaningful concentration risk, not just in terms of the number of public companies (less than 4,000) relative to private companies (more than 6 million), but because publicly traded companies are now more highly concentrated within certain industries as a result of strategic M&A.

This means that as a franchisor, not only do you need far less capital with which to expand, but your risk is largely limited to the capital you invest in developing your franchise company — an amount that is often less than the cost of opening one additional company - owned location.

One reason is that small companies are leaner than large companies, so huge cost curtailment risks cutting beyond fat and into muscle.

TriLinc looks for established social enterprises in stable emerging markets that are ripe for growth capital and represent a lower risk than early - stage companies.

Just 5 % cited foreign - exchange fluctuations as a risk inherent in operating outside Canada, he notes, yet among the 500 companies engaged with foreign customers and suppliers, this was the largest single concern, mentioned by more than a third of respondents.

We believe the Statoil acquisition strengthens the company's business risk profile by adding an established, profitable c - store and fuel retailer with a strong market share of more than 30 % in the mature markets of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark with good growth prospects in riskier, more fragmented Eastern Europe.

Beyond then, we expect the company to sustain credit measures that are consistent with its intermediate financial risk profile, characterized by fully adjusted debt to EBITDA of 2.5x - 3.0 x, funds from operations to debt of more than 25 %, and EBITDA interest coverage of more than 5.0 x.

«I found it to be a bigger challenge to deal with the constraints of a holding company than having some risk and knowing we can deliver on it,» he says.

With Fox selling ad space at more than $ 5 million for each 30 - second spot, companies seeking brand visibility on the world's largest stage are risking an expensive disappointment if their commercials fall flat.

Cramer argues that United Rentals, a largely domestic construction equipment company, has better end markets and lower investment risk than Caterpillar.

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»).

Moreover, the possibility that the Company might sell Wynn Boston Harbor for less than its full long - term value in an attempt to «mitigate risk» by limiting the investigation is of even greater concern.

Tyler Lessard also quit last year as RIM's vice-president of BlackBerry Global Alliances and is now the chief marketing officer at Fixmo Inc. in Toronto, a mobile risk management company that attracted more than $ 23 million in funding last year.

The inherent risk with such acquisitions is that the parent company swallows up the scrappy upstart into what food industry veteran Alan Murray calls «the machine» — a hidebound, groupthink corporate enterprise — rather than learning from its entrepreneurial culture.

A California company called Dexcom connected a continuous glucose monitor (a device that had been around for more than a decade) wirelessly to a smartphone (or smart watch), allowing the user to read, plot, and share blood sugar levels with anyone, at five - minute intervals, all day long — and sending an alert when patients were at risk.

It is not in the best interest of a company to pay their employees less than fair value and risk creating high turnover.

«Show me a company with more than 10 percent of its business with one customer or more than half of its business in one industry and I'll show you a company at risk of being impacted by one company or one industry,» says Paul Weber, CEO of Entrepreneur Advertising Group in Kansas City, Missouri.

But here's a caveat: if you're the owner of a growing company that has unpredictable cash - flow patterns and sometimes - insatiable capital needs, the risks of a volatile stock market may be more than you can handle right now.

Mr. Janashvili brings to Rose & Company more than 20 years of experience helping companies develop their brands, manage reputational risk and respond to crises.

Courageous companies invest in R&D and offer incentives to employees who take chances, rather than punishing calculated risks that lead to failure.

LUSARDI: Question three has to do about risk diversification: «Do you think the following statement is true or false: buying a single company stock usually provides a safer return than a stock mutual fund.»

For instance, a Windows desktop exploit presents a higher risk than an FTP server exploit for most companies just because the FTP server may be used infrequently.

As I will discuss, the risk of distortion and inaccuracy is amplified because start - up companies, even quite mature ones, often have far less robust internal controls and governance procedures than most public companies.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

The logic being that the current investors and founders have more inside knowledge of the company performance and dynamics than a brand new investor and thus if the new investor is going to «pay up» they shouldn't take all of the pricing risk in the deal.

Research suggests businesswomen are not only more wary of risk than men but that companies with women at the top are more successful and in tune with their customers because their boards have a wider range of views.

Two issues with them: they are more micro than macro and they have more company - specific risk than the wood block ETFs.

Because the Fund may invest its assets in companies in a specific region, including Europe, it is subject to greater risks of adverse developments in that region and / or the surrounding regions than a fund that is more broadly diversified geographically.

But Gleb Polyakov and Igor Zamlinsky, two young entrepreneurs from Atlanta who are trying to create a full - blown company around a $ 400 barista - grade home espresso machine, say that risk is no different than for traditional small businesses.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

If pre-product, pre-revenue companies (i.e. loss making, just idea stage) can be valued for $ 10 — $ 20 million, why can't Financial Samurai, which is highly profitable, has six years of existence, can pay a nice dividend if it wants to, has way less risk than all these new startups, and can grow revenue by triple digits every year with promotion, be worth a similar range?

Similar to D&B, Experian captures information about your business» background, company financial information, credit score and risk factors, banking, trade, and collection history, liens judgments, bankruptcies, and your industry to create a 100 - point ranking for your business (but the data is weighted and scored differently than the PAYDEX score).

A company with negative working capital (more liabilities than assets) is generally seen as being in financial risk for increased debt (which may lead to bankruptcy).

It's tough to overstate how much analysts turned on the company, and Xiaomi ran its operations on loans rather than seek more venture capital, which might have risked cutting its value.

Investments in smaller companies may involve greater risks than those in larger, more well - known companies.

It, however, did include the requirement for companies to use boilerplate consumer protection and transaction receipt clauses as well as the ability for low or no risk companies operating with less than $ 1,000,000 in outstanding obligations to pay a $ 500 application fee for a two - year provisional license that can then be renewed.

And, since the process began, companies have cut investment spending each quarter by more than we expected, so this has been framed as a downside risk.

«It's a very unusual thing to do, because the insurance company would have deeper pockets than Gawker,» risk management consultant Larry Geneen told the Times.