While management believes that these non-GAAP adjusted financial measures provide useful supplemental information to investors regarding
the underlying performance of the company's business operations, investors are reminded to consider these non-GAAP measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, financial performance measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Not exact matches
You won't get the same quarterly disclosure
of the
underlying assets»
performance as with pure - play public
companies, says Richard Nield, a portfolio manager with Invesco.
Lately, the sheer volume
of buybacks has prompted complaints among academics, politicians and investors that massive stock repurchases are stifling innovation and hurting U.S. competitiveness — and contributing to widening income inequality by rewarding executives with ever higher pay, often divorced from a
company's
underlying performance.
Organic Net Sales is a tool that can assist management and investors in comparing the
Company's
performance on a consistent basis by removing the impact
of certain items that management believes do not directly reflect the
Company's
underlying operations.
Adjusted EBITDA and Constant Currency Adjusted EBITDA are tools that can assist management and investors in comparing the
Company's
performance on a consistent basis by removing the impact
of certain items that management believes do not directly reflect the
Company's
underlying operations.
Adjusted EBITDA is a tool that can assist management and investors in comparing the
Company's
performance on a consistent basis by removing the impact
of certain items that management believes do not directly reflect the
Company's
underlying operations.
Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to assist in comparing the
Company's
performance on a consistent basis for purposes
of business decision making by removing the impact
of certain items that management believes do not directly reflect the
Company's
underlying operations.
The
Company believes Adjusted EPS provides important comparability
of underlying operating results, allowing investors and management to assess operating
performance on a consistent basis.
«We believe that the market
performance of a share
of common stock, over an extended period
of time, is likely to follow the business
performance of the
underlying company» Lou Simpson
«Active Value Investing offers a rare combination
of focus on value
of underlying companies with appreciation for the effect
of market dynamics on portfolio
performance.
Management uses certain
of these non-GAAP measures, including Adjusted EBITDA and segment Adjusted EBITDA, as key metrics in the evaluation
of underlying Company and segment
performance, in making financial, operating and planning decisions and, in part, in the determination
of cash bonuses for its executive officers and employees.
It is a combination
of banking on mr market's generousity and the
underlying long term
performance of your
companies.
An equity indexed annuity is an insurance product offered by insurance
companies that, for exchange
of your money, will link the
performance of your annuity to some type
of underlying market index like the S&P 500, Dow Jones, Gold, etc..
Although I can't promise past
performance will translate into future returns, I'm confident that our investment process is capable
of identifying high quality
companies that trade at significant discounts to their true
underlying value.
* Guarantees are backed by the claims - paying ability
of the issuing insurance
company and do not apply to the principal amount or investment
performance of a variable annuity's separate account or its
underlying investments.
1 Source: Ned Davis Research analysis reflecting the
performance of groups
of companies underlying the Russell 3000 Index, a measure
of the broad U.S. equities market, and
of the MSCI EAFE Index, a leading index
of developed markets outside North America.
Guarantees are backed by the claims - paying ability
of Jackson National Life Insurance
Company ® or Jackson National Life Insurance
Company of New York ® and do not apply to the principal amount or investment
performance of a variable annuity's separate account or its
underlying investments.
Guarantees are backed by the claims - paying ability
of Jackson National Life Insurance
Company ® and do not apply to the principal amount or investment
performance of a variable annuity's separate account or its
underlying investments.
The fund seeks investment results that generally correspond to the
performance of the
underlying index that aims to identify
companies that have strong quality scores relative to their peers, while also looking at the value scores
of the securities to avoid those quality
companies that are potentially over-priced.
According to Graham, Investing consists equally
of three elements: You must thoroughly analyze a
company, and the soundness
of its
underlying businesses, before you buy its stock; you must deliberately protect yourself against serious losses; you must aspire to «adequate,» not extraordinary,
performance.
Other factors include an investment's objective, strategy, asset mix, and management, as well as the
performance of the
underlying companies, market
performance, economic conditions, and political stability.
The
Underlying Index is designed to provide exposure to the
performance of equity securities
of robotics - related and / or automation - related
companies.
The second principal feature
of a stable value fund is a «wrap contract» issued by an insurance
company or other financial institution that provides a guaranty that investors will receive the «book value»
of their account, the value
of their initial investments plus interest accrued at certain intervals
of time that reflects the
performance of the
underlying bond fund.
3 Guarantees are based on the claims - paying ability
of the issuing
company and do not apply to the investment
performance or safety
of the
underlying funds.
The
underlying data must support the claim and must include the actual
company performance of all clients it initially enrolled and incorporate the cost
of the service in the savings equation.
We need to survey the
company through different lens — focusing instead on three distinct components
of Alphabet's corporate empire, while making one additional but critical accounting adjustment, to apprehend a more realistic picture
of the
company's
performance, prospects &
underlying fair value.
Listed investment
companies also offer another potential
performance advantage (vs. ETFs) for smart & somewhat contrarian investors — the opportunity to maybe buy at a significant NAV discount (when the fund / market is temporarily out -
of - favour, or somewhat unknown to the average investor), and to ultimately sell at a much smaller discount or even an NAV premium — which can really magnify & enhance
underlying market / fund returns!
Variable Life Insurance is a special type
of a Permanent Life Insurance policy in which both the death benefit and the cash value depend on the investment
performance of the
underlying assets, usually one or two investment accounts known as «separate accounts» (or «sub-accounts») within the insurance
company's portfolio.
They are contracts issued by a life insurance
company that provide a variable rate
of return based on the
performance of underlying investment options.
It is a contract issued by a life insurance
company that provides a variable rate
of return based on the
performance of underlying investment options.
«If you choose universal life insurance or variable universal life, you should also check out the
underlying performance of the investments available from the
company.»