Time for a step - change... Overall, it's a pretty
stable core business, so management needs to start milking it for cash to return to shareholders (via dividends / buy - backs), or else accelerate growth by ramping up its leverage & acquisition pipeline / spending (more acquisitions, bigger acquisitions, or both...)-- at this point, I'd still prefer a bet on the latter.
For existing clients, the switching cost becomes too important leading to a very
stable core business.
Not exact matches
The Fix: In early 2012, Spinak had «an epiphany» for how to improve the company's financials: Downsize to a
core staff of four employees to oversee the
business structure, and then rely on a
stable of independent contractors to fill other roles that were needed less consistently, such as account executives, Web designers, graphic designers, copywriters and videographers.
target and maximum levels, assumed, for Mr. Hoyt's Wholesale Banking Group, continued double - digit loan growth and favorable credit quality; for Mr. Oman's Home and Consumer Finance Group, improvement in the home mortgage
business due to cost control and expected improvements in the yield curve favorably affecting earnings from hedging activities; and for Ms. Tolstedt's Community Banking Group, growth in deposits, especially low or no - cost
core deposits, continued loan growth, and
stable credit loss rates.
These are large
stable companies which make up the
core of larger United States
business.
If this can be done, the proceeds can be used to invest in those
stable dividend growers and those can then form a better
core holding that you should never, if ever, sell (e.g. pipeline, telco, utility, bank, rail, energy company)... but only if some materail change in the their
business occurs that you unequivocally disagree with.
If
business development is at the
core of how everyone thinks and goes hand - in - hand with excellent work, the financial health of your firm will be more
stable.
Core's investment has stabilised the
business financially and has provided a
stable platform for future growth.