Managers clearly want to own these large cap financials, but a combination of a slowing economy and the Fed's manipulation of the credit markets is making
sustained top line growth elusive.
Not exact matches
After spending ~ $ 600 million you would have a service that was self -
sustaining and have a high -
growth value of 10x
top line revenue of $ 500m — or five billion.
Mr Ma is in a way channelling fellow e-commerce pioneer Jeff Bezos over at Amazon, which for years bled losses but assuaged nervous shareholders by
sustaining breakneck
top -
line growth.
Granted, operating profit increased 8.1 %, and adjusted EPS by 13.3 % — quite respectable, but the bottom -
line won't
sustain this level of out - performance with that kind of
top -
line growth.
According to AESC member search and marketing headhunter firm Heidrick & Struggles, «companies are expecting more from their VP of Sales than industry knowledge, tactical sales management, and charismatic leadership skills; They are also demanding well - rounded general management abilities to ensure that
top -
line growth is both
sustained and profitable.»