They learned their lessons in 2008 with regards to excessive leverage and by and large have
very good balance sheets, and so I think yes, they're expensive because part of their sales has been driven by very low interest rates.
Not exact matches
He attributes the company's survival to two factors: «We were a private company, and our
balance sheet was in
very,
very good shape.»
But, depending on the company, they may
very well need to know exactly how production efficiency is calculated, or why asset days matter, or how the purchase of a new computer system will affect the income statement and
balance sheet.
The
best way to prevent payroll fraud is to reconcile all
balance sheet accounts and payroll records monthly or, at the
very least, quarterly.
Intesa's
balance sheet remains
very strong with a leverage ratio around 7 %, one of the
best in Europe, and its liquidity far exceeds requirements.
In investing, a defensible position is a strong,
well - managed, highly profitable company with a pristine
balance sheet and
very little debt, and a stock price that trades at reasonable (or discount) valuations.
McDonald and Naughton look like decent acquisitions for Boro but they are completely going for broke — the
balance sheet might look
good after the departure of Johnson and the
best they can hope for is surely the play offs now — and that's a status it's
very hard to see them achieving.
In this scenario, it is
best to stick with stocks of companies that have zero to
very little debt on their
balance sheet, such as the ones we focus on in the premium stock picks section.
With the current shifts in retail, Williams - Sonoma has a
very,
very flexible
balance sheet, which is why I noted above that they're positioned as
well as any legacy retailer I can think of.
Balance sheets are strong, capital levels are
very high, asset quality is
very strong as
well.
«We want to make sure we buy long lead - life, low decline - rate assets at attractive valuations, with
good balance sheets, in order to survive the short - term and
very intense volatility we're seeing in the price of oil,» McKinley said.
«It has
very high margins, a scalable business model, and a strong
balance sheet, so it offers
good downside protection if energy prices soften,» Marks said.
According to New India Assurance, the ratings reflect the company's
balance sheet strength which A M
Best categorises as
very strong