Sentences with phrase «think shareholders interests»

Not exact matches

Neither cut was a particular surprise: Buffett had previously said he erred in buying Conoco at a peak price for oil (though now, of course, the commodity's rising price is putting a different cast on the investment) and he had publicly protested Kraft's 2010 purchase of Cadbury, which he thought not in the interests of Kraft's shareholders.

And so, I think there is very little risk in that regard but I mean, if there was something fully unanticipated that would happen, I would say that as a company, we would be fully prepared to do what was ever necessary and in the best interest of our company and our shareholders.

At the annual shareholders meeting this year, Buffett explained that he thought Berkshire Hathaway's intrinsic value grew at an average annual rate of about 10 % over the last decade, but he warned that future returns would be lower if interest rates remained near generational lows.

I didn't like it mainly because I thought the interests between Management and shareholders were not aligned.

In a rate environment we think of as normal (interest rates slightly higher than inflation), we believe these companies can earn 10 % on equity and if they don't have organic growth opportunities, can return all of it to shareholders.

So you would think that it would be in the best interests of WCB shareholders to sit back and hope that the ACT clears Murray Goulburn so that the competitive juices now abroad in Australian dairy might result in the highest possible return.

Or, in another, less accurate but more interesting way of thinking about it, it is what the brand is worth to its shareholders — the shareholders, in this case, being not necessarily the owners of the company, but the consumers who use the brand.

A new Elise is one thing to look forward to now, too — think 2020 — and highly probable as a controlling interest in Lotus primary shareholder, Malaysia's Proton, is being acquired by China's Geely.

I think the more interesting question is: why are the controlling shareholders reducing the share count so much?

KDUS could end up being a classic value trap, but we think it's worth a look at a discount to net cash, and two interested shareholders.

And again I want to reiterate, I don't know that we will find something, but I think it's our duty and I think it's in all shareholders» best interest for us to go out there and see if we can find something that's better.

My main point was that I think management incentives are aligned with shareholders here; Management desperately wants to grow AUM but can't do a secondary offering without significantly diluting their own interest (unless they ante up).

It will be an interesting opportunity to talk with Mitch about how he thinks about the vicissitudes of «relative performance» (three excellent years are being followed by one poor one) and shareholder twitchiness.

I suppose this is possible; after all, at the end of the day Nintendo and Game Freak are companies, and the main purpose of companies is to make money for their owners and shareholders, so if they think they can make money by releasing filler games, it would be in their best interest as a company to do so.

Do you really think that these owners, headquartered elsewhere and run by executives who are answerable to their foreign shareholders and boards are going to be more interested in the public interest of Ontario citizens than we are??

Once companies are spun - off from their parents, the newly traded entity can focus on growth and do whatever management thinks is in the right interest of the spin - off and its shareholders, and not in the interest of the parent company.