Total stockholder return fell by over 30 % and net income fell by almost 60 % in 2014 at staffing firm Kelly Services (KELYA).
The company's return on capital employed was very low — it was 2.8 %, compared to 6.8 % at Alcoa and 10.3 % at Nucor — and total
stockholder returns fell, underperforming the S&P 500 Steel Index.
The purchase gave another boost to the company's share price, which had already gone from $ 40 to over $ 60 in 2014, with a full year total
stockholder return of 64 %.
Dividend payments have contributed a third of total
stockholder returns over the longer - period and there is evidence that they may contribute more of returns in the future.
Kelly received a raise of only 25 % in 2014, based on figures provided to Fortune by Equilar, despite delivering a total
stockholder return of more than 126 % to shareholders.
With
total stockholder returns up by 51 % in 2014, solid net income growth, and return on capital employed of 16.5 %, Dr. Pepper Snapple outperformed its two larger rivals Coke and Pepsi.
OSUs are performance - based stock units under which the number of shares of Intel common stock that the recipient receives will range from 33 % to 200 % of the target amount based on three - year total
stockholder return (TSR) relative to a peer group.
One of the most widely used measures of firm profitability and
stockholder return is return - on - equity (ROE).