Sentences with phrase «stock in the company because»

Even though he believed it would fail, Buffett owned stock in the company because he thought the assets in the business made it a good investment, according to CNBC.

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''... Because we can't hold public stock as a fund, it's sort of a bummer for me when the company goes public, because then it moves on to someone else's plate and we don't hold the stake in it.Because we can't hold public stock as a fund, it's sort of a bummer for me when the company goes public, because then it moves on to someone else's plate and we don't hold the stake in it.because then it moves on to someone else's plate and we don't hold the stake in it.»

«Oddly because we can't hold public stock as a fund, it's sort of a bummer for me when the company goes public, because then it moves on to someone else's plate and we don't hold the stake in it,» he added.

Because founders have the upper hand, they'll retain an increasingly large share of the stock in, and control of, their companies.

«Because we are in the hospitality and recreation business, which is largely dependent on discretionary spending,» the company's latest financial report explains, «we believe that the weak housing market, increases in unemployment, decreases in air flights to Las Vegas, decreases in the value of stock and other investments, and the general tightening of spending on business travel have all affected visitations to Las Vegas and the spending budget of our customers.»

For an Italian company whose stock trades at a discount because of the European upheaval, but which is actually poised for global as well as American growth, see Fiat Chrysler (fcau) in Fortune's Investor's Guide story, «The 21 Best Stocks to Buy for 2017 — Before Trump Becomes President.»

Redstone remains firmly in control of Viacom and CBS because both companies issue two classes of stock, voting and non-voting.

More from the CFO Council: Trump's tariff proposal, trade war will be bad for both US and China: CNBC Survey Companies are taking action on gun control because politicians won't: CNBC Survey There's been an «overreaction» in Thai stocks to trade - war risks, says exchange executive

To get money back to the investors they have to be able to sell their shares in your company, either because you've sold shares on the public stock markets (called going public, or initial public offering) or because you've been acquired by another company.

AT&T: «Look, AT&T is, actually, I think, putting in a bottom because people are buying stocks [of] domestic companies that have high yields where the cash flow's good and I think that's ATT.»

On the one hand, these investors could be very happy swapping their current stock for shares in the acquirer's firm, because the long - term prospects for growth look strong in the post-deal combined company, and they're happy to share in that growth.

Just because a company succeeded in making the Fortune 500 does not mean it rewarded its shareholders — in fact, every year, at least a handful of corporations fail miserably in the stock returns department.

Earlier in the day, Tom Sepenzis, an analyst with Northland Capital Markets, upgraded the stock from a market perform to outperform because he's confident that the company will top consensus estimates.

This year could be a big one for Kraft, wrote Erin Lash, a senior stock analyst with Morningstar — in part because it's finally past the drama that comes with splitting a company.

«Jeff Bezos whiffed with the Fire phone last year and he realized he has to keep Wall Street happy because he pays people with stock,» Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said of the company's improved financial results in a Bloomberg report.

«If you anticipate the kind of huge appreciation in your personal wealth that could come from an IPO or a company sale, the best thing you can do is transfer stock to your heirs before the sale, because it will be worth much less then, and that minimizes the tax liability,» explains Allan Landau, a partner with Boston law firm Sherburne, Powers & Needham.

Investors love warrants because they offer an extra chance to share in a company's upside potential — in cases in which the warrant is exercisable at a preset purchase price that turns out to be less than the stock's market value.

The company was a stock darling in part because of the cult - like popularity of its black leggings and tank tops.

«In troubled times like these, public companies turn to the private - equity markets because they don't have the same financing opportunities that they might otherwise possess, either by selling more stock in the secondary markets or by borrowing whatever money they need from banks,» he sayIn troubled times like these, public companies turn to the private - equity markets because they don't have the same financing opportunities that they might otherwise possess, either by selling more stock in the secondary markets or by borrowing whatever money they need from banks,» he sayin the secondary markets or by borrowing whatever money they need from banks,» he says.

But since Luther plans to start awarding stock to employees, he may eventually switch corporate status because of a rule that limits the number of S - corporation shareholders in a company to 35.

Sørensen displaced last year's No. 1, Jeff Bezos of Amazon (who's now No. 87 thanks to HBR's new methodology), in part because his company made the decision to focus almost exclusively on diabetes treatment, which has driven up the company's sales and stock price.

«The current bull market is not going to end simply because «stocks have gone up too much»... The buyside is fairly cautious, seeing downside stemming from: (i) deflationary pressures of the 40 % year - over-year oil decline, deceleration in China, Eurozone weakness, and the fall in 5 - year inflation breakevens; and (ii) Fed monetary tightening... Capital stock is again showing signs of pent - up demand, and as a consequence, companies and households will have to invest.

Just because a stock rises in price, investors should not believe that it reflects a company's appropriate value.

I wrote the book because I believe that the best way to generate outsized results is to own stock in high - growth, private, early - stage technology companies.

The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost of manufacturing and transporting of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out of business.the cost of producing oil in middle east is less than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms of the stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.

I wonder whether LinkedIn's stock market plunge in February 2016 might have a similar effect (to a lesser magnitude because the underlying company is still great).

The fact that declines in the aggregate US stock markets were about 100 times as much as the gains for steel and aluminium companies illustrates that because the steel using sector dwarfs the steel producing sector, the net effect of the tariff policy is to reduce US competitiveness even before considering foreign retaliation.

The Board determined to adopt a «net long» definition of ownership because it believes that only stockholders with full and continuing economic interest and voting rights in our common stock should be entitled to request that the Company call a special meeting.

NEW YORK U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday while most other global shares rose, as investors were drawn to riskier assets because of upbeat earnings from companies in Europe and the United States.

Absent such details, the mood surrounding the company has grown shockingly grim because of a stock price that has fallen from $ 702.10 in September to $ 398.67 on Monday.

The following benefits are not subject to the HP Severance Policy, either because they have been previously earned or accrued by the employee or because they are consistent with Company Practices: (i) compensation and benefits earned, accrued, deferred or otherwise provided for employment services rendered on or prior to the date of termination of employment pursuant to bonus, retirement, deferred compensation or other benefit plans, e.g., 401 (k) plan distributions, payments pursuant to retirement plans, distributions under deferred compensation plans or payments for accrued benefits such as unused vacation days, and any amounts earned with respect to such compensation and benefits in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan; (ii) payments of prorated portions of bonuses or prorated long - term incentive payments that are consistent with Company Practices; (iii) acceleration of the vesting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or long - term cash incentives that is consistent with Company Practices; (iv) payments or benefits required to be provided by law; and (v) benefits and perquisites provided in accordance with the terms of any benefit plan, program or arrangement sponsored by HP or its affiliates that are consistent with Company Practices.

Both investors and companies tend to adore DRIPs — investors, because they're an easy way of acquiring stock without having to pay any broker's fees (and DRIPs also spare you the temptation of blowing your dividends on sneakers and tasting menus) Companies like offering DRIPs because they can disperse dividends without having to actually use cash, and because of that, many companies will offer stock at a discounted rate to those enrolled companies tend to adore DRIPs — investors, because they're an easy way of acquiring stock without having to pay any broker's fees (and DRIPs also spare you the temptation of blowing your dividends on sneakers and tasting menus) Companies like offering DRIPs because they can disperse dividends without having to actually use cash, and because of that, many companies will offer stock at a discounted rate to those enrolled Companies like offering DRIPs because they can disperse dividends without having to actually use cash, and because of that, many companies will offer stock at a discounted rate to those enrolled companies will offer stock at a discounted rate to those enrolled in DRIPs.

Often, they will buy shares in a company because they are «in play» (which is another way of saying a stock is experiencing higher than normal volume and its shares may be being accumulated or sold by institutions).

I am thinking of adding AHOLD as a stock in my portfolio because I think this company will continue to grow here in the U.S..

In part because of the unorthodox public listing, the company's stock did not begin trading until hours after the opening bell, as potential sellers and buyers were matched up.

Allegiant Travel Company finds itself on this month's Most Attractive Stocks list in part because of its consistent profit growth.

Because our model focuses on quantifying the market's expectations for the future financial performance of a company as embedded in the stock price, we need a more dynamic DCF model than the traditional models that force the valuation of every stock into a 5 or 10 - year forecast horizon.

When a firm announces, for example, that it plans to acquire another company, the target company's stock will generally rise in value, while the acquiring company's will fall, typically due to the uncertainty surrounding any acquisition and because the acquirer usually has to pay a premium over what the target company is worth.

Chilean stocks rose because labor's savings were being channeled into a rather small number of stocks in the large companies controlled by the oligarchy.

Because there is no public market for our common stock, our board of directors determined the common stock fair value at the stock option grant date by considering several objective and subjective factors, including the price paid by investors for our preferred stock, our actual and forecasted operating and financial performance, market conditions and performance of comparable publicly traded companies, developments and milestones in our company, the rights and preferences of our common and preferred stock, the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, and transactions involving our preferred stock.

After that, the company will look into things like purchasing wholesale businesses — deals that she said are possible in part because of their valuable private stock, which it seems as though, these days, every investor and broker wants to somehow buy.

«I have a very hard time investing in the stock market because those companies are ruining the environment,» she says.

The key to why the earnings aren't good enough and the stock is falling is this line in the company's shareholder letter: «Revenue came in at the low end of our guidance range because brand marketers did not increase spend as quickly as expected in the first quarter.»

However, for stock market companies, simply creating new shares or issuing stock options by fiat that are given away to employees without the company selling them at full value, existing shareholders would experience an economic dilution in profits (dividends) per share going down because of a larger number of shares and, importantly, in economic value, being given away (shares of the company are literally being simply granted to someone else, namely employees).

Because most of these ESOPs in stock market companies depended on actually financing and buying newly issued shares with credit rather than simply granting shares that brought in no new capital to the corporation, the dilutive aspects of these ESOPs were moderated.

Goldman Sachs is now the most heavily weighted stock in the Dow, because the Dow is silly, or because Goldman is the most important and representative American company, you decide (disclosure: I used to work there).

What is fascinating to consider, though, is that Microsoft's stock is up not only because the company has a vision that it is delivering on quarter - after - quarter, but also because the stock was depressed in the first place.

The group incentive nature of employee stock ownership and profit sharing makes this an effective way to create and reinforce a sense of common purpose, and to encourage higher commitment and productivity.23 It is also the case with ESOPs that the new ownership might not be viewed by the firm in the same way as other added compensation because the ownership is financed through loans to buy new capital as company stock, with Federal tax incentives, and the shares are not paid as normal wages and benefits out of company budget reserved for this purpose.

The large - cap managers stated that they may consider well - diversified, large - cap, mining stocks like BHP Billiton for inclusion in their portfolio, but that they couldn't consider other mining companies solely focused on gold or silver production because their smaller - cap size and share prices didn't meet their fiduciary mandate.

Management at a public company is under a great deal of pressure to meet quarterly earnings forecasts, because falling slightly short can cause a significant drop in the stock price.