Sentences with phrase «strong profit growth»

The reluctance among business leaders to spend, despite sitting on money from strong profit growth during the recovery, stems from low consumer confidence.

IBT Education has reported a five per cent drop in net profit to $ 14.1 million for the half - year to December 2005 but has forecast strong profit growth in the current six - month period.

J.P. Morgan raises its rating to overweight from neutral for New York Times Company's shares, predicting strong profit growth over the next two years.

These trends have manifested in strong profit growth so far this year.

To date, there has been only a gradual upturn in investment despite strong profit growth and positive business sentiment (Graph 11).

As a result, mining and financials companies, which both reported strong profit growth, account for a much larger share of listed companies» profits than of GOS.

Highlights are: sales volume boosted by acquired cocoa business: up 11.8 per cent, supported by emerging markets, Gourmet and outsourcing strong profit growth: earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) up 21.4 per cent, net profit up 14.5 per -LSB-...]

«Apple is a approaching a tremendous period of product cycle strength, with anticipated launches of a new iPhone, a 7.85 - inch iPad and a refreshed 9.7 - inch iPad that are likely to drive strong profit growth and corresponding stock appreciation,» Hargreaves said.

Strong profit growth and a cheap valuation earn this stock a spot in January's Most Attractive Stocks List and make it this week's Long Idea.

Strong profit growth and a cheap valuation earn Oclaro (OCLR: $ 7 / share) a spot in January's Most Attractive Stocks List and make it this week's Long Idea.

Strong profit growth has meant that firms have been able to rely relatively heavily on internal funds to finance investment (Graph 29).

While falling world interest rates have reduced the servicing cost of foreign debt over the past two years, this has been offset by rising dividend payments on foreign holdings of Australian equity, reflecting the strong profit growth of Australian companies throughout this period.