Sentences with phrase «stock price declines»

Coming on the heels of a 26 % stock price decline in 2015, though, investors saw enough signs of progress to get back on board.

So what's with the steep stock price decline today?

A large stock price decline can destroy substantial amounts of intrinsic value due to its effects on morale, retention and recruitment, and the perception and reputation of a company.

Dividends increases continue even when stock prices decline Even when a dividend stock's price is falling, it still has a positive return component via the dividends.

However, since Central Garden & Pet's (CENTA, CENT) stock price declined by almost 25 % after investors reacted with vigor to «disappointing results», we thought we would provide a brief overview of what we think were the important aspects of the company's results.

Typically the higher a dividend the better the income generating ability of the stock, however, higher dividends can also imply an increased likelihood for a reduction in the dividend, which reduces income and tends to generate a capital loss as stock prices decline ahead of and after dividend cuts.

Because REIT stock prices are low, new stock issues would dilute the holdings of current investors and create pressure for them to sell, which would lead to another round of stock price declines.

This event is what triggered Pfizer's recent stock price decline of over 13 percent.

Siegel used an exhibit similar to Chart 1 («Years to break even after stock price declines,» below) to demonstrate the surprising mathematics behind this phenomenon.

The pressure to meet and beat analysts» forecasts, where missing earnings expectations may lead to significant stock price declines, often prompts management to focus on short - term quarterly earnings.

However, following recent stock price declines amid concerns over Model 3 manufacturing bottlenecks and reports of supplier constraints, Baron's Alex Umansky still maintains a positive outlook for the Silicon Valley - based electric car maker.

First Solar's stock price declined steeply after these defects and their cost and scope were revealed to the market.

If the S&P 500 were to return to being at a 2x price - to - sales ratio (still more highly valued than any previous market top), it would represent a 14 % stock price decline from today's level.

Estimate how Vanguard's suggested mix would have performed during the late 2007 - through - early 2009 slump, when stock prices declined nearly 60 % in value and investment - grade bonds gained about 7 %.

Transient institutions» selling in response to small negative earnings surprises is also associated with significant contemporaneous stock price declines.

In 2015 and early 2016, SLM's stock price declined due to a decline in earnings from selling new student loan originations.

What's great about temporary stock price declines is, like I mentioned, you lock in that low price / high yield.

So, the vast majority of the time, large cap stock price declines are mimicked pretty closely in timing and severity by mid and small cap stocks.

Kroger (KR) is starting to get the attention of value and dividend growth investors alike after its year - to - date stock price decline of 22 %.

As can be deduced, a put option is a bet on the underlying stock price declining in the future, therefore the put option holder locks in a higher future stock price when the put option was purchased.

While there will be short - term gyrations of stock prices when interest rates are raised, evidence suggests that there won't be the systematic stock price declines that we expect with bonds.

«More often than not, a yield that high signals a red flag because 1) a dramatic stock price decline occurred or 2) the company is paying out too much of its free cash...»

I thought it would be useful to the Board for us to clarify some of the confusion that has arisen as a result of Brookfield's press release in response to our letter of last Thursday, which has led to inaccurate press and analyst reports and contributed to GGP's Friday stock price decline.

«What they should know... is that when QE and QE2 lapsed in recent years, stock prices declined by 10 % — 15 % until magically they came back to live another day.

Like the vast majority of Japan - based firms, Daiwa's stock price declined in March.

«Part of the reason for the stock price decline in 2014 was likely due to the issuance of equity to acquire Severstal,» Racey said.

As earnings decline, the stock price declines even faster.

The view in designing and using OSUs was that they struck a balance between stock options and RSUs; they are performance - based and present significant upside potential for superior stock price performance while sharing some attributes of traditional RSUs by offering some value to the recipient, even if the stock price declines over the three - year measurement period.

In recessions, both earnings and stock prices decline, but stock prices nearly always bottom first.

Stock options are a different matter, particularly when managements simply lower their strike prices if the stock price declines.

Remarkably, this is true even when the dividend is cut provided that the stock price declines at a greater percentage than the dividend was lowered.

With fundamental results coming in largely as expected during the year, we believe the stock price decline was primarily due to industry and market pressures on its peer group, and we believe the current high free cash flow yield makes the stock an attractive investment.

So what: The biggest driver of these stock price declines is the volatility of the stock market.

Now, of course, if you are a regular reader of my website, you know that stock price declines are what you should get excited about because they represent great buying opportunities to own excellent companies that grow profits and dividends year after year.

Similarly, several other dividend stalwarts seem to have been falling on harder times as of late as their stock prices declined considerably driving their yields to attractive levels once again.

This would seem to fit with the thesis — that as the stock price declines, the ability of 3D systems to trade overpriced stock for companies with real earnings will decrease.

And if the S&P 500 were to return to being at a 1.5 x price - to - sales ratio (where it was at just a few years ago), it would represent a 35 % stock price decline.

In each of these transactions, the stock prices declined over 80 % from their liquidation value following the Board's decision to pursue a transaction, resulting in aggregate lost value in excess of $ 200 million.

The way you make money on the short sale is if the stock price declines.

If both companies» stock prices decline, they both lose price value, but only the Heart Company also loses value because cash was paid out.

Similarly, if a company's stock price declines, so does its weight share in the index.

If you set the strike price low enough, you can make money with covered calls even if the stock price declines.

In retrospect, Valeant's underlying businesses were not sufficiently durable to withstand the impact of the reputational damage caused by the stock price decline, negative media attention, and its impact on employee morale, retention, recruitment and the reputation of the company.

If you have a sizable benefit at the time you purchase the shares but the stock price declines sharply afterward, you can end up paying tax on phantom income if you make a disqualifying disposition.

If you don't have enough to cover the maintenance margin when a stock price declines, you could be in trouble.

Delays in the rebound could result in earnings forecasts getting cut and the stock price declining.

C ratings still generally provide investors with a reasonable margin of safety that the dividend is sustainable, but many signs are beginning to appear that a cut could potentially be on the way, it is important for investors to do further research before owning these names, as a dividend cut would likely bring a stock price decline.