Sentences with phrase «well by a good margin»

So that's what we did, and did well by a good margin, and did despite being vulnerable in the short run to guys who had better off - the - line pace.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Small - business owners chose Donald Trump as the candidate who would best address their needs by a significant margin: 44.36 percent, as compared to Hillary Clinton in second place at 16.39 percent.

Betting on other spreads has worked better with refining margins increasing sharply this year, as heavy demand for distillates has boosted those margins by more than 50 % in the last two months.

The hope is that customers will be drawn into the restaurant by the Dollar Menu and then tempted to buy a product with better margins.

«We had a good start to the year with improving top - line momentum and continued progress in margin expansion driven by strength in Europe and AMEA,» said Dirk Van de Put, Chairman and CEO.

The mall - based mobile stores, at 1,400 square - feet only 3 % the size of a regular Best Buy, were opened a decade ago well before the smartphone boom ushered in by Apple's iPhone and when margins were higher.

«These types of «good debt» give far lower interest rates for people with good credit than the typical margin rates offered by brokers,» she said.

Even with Project Scorpio's ostensible performance perks, it's hard to imagine Microsoft's Xbox One selling so well, month over month, that it manages to outpace Sony by sufficiently consistent margins to reverse the broad trajectories of this console generation.

Apple has bested Samsung as the number one global smartphone maker, but only by a razor - thin margin.

Best Buy began opening these stores more than a decade ago, before Apple Inc's iPhone was launched and when margins in the business were high, Best Buy Chief Executive Hubert Joly told employees in a letter, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.

Most of Tesla's competitors are planning to release battery - powered SUVs by 2019, a segment with higher demand and better gross margins.

With the final Lions handed out, it's clear by any measure that the 62nd International Festival of Creativity in Cannes has been Canada's best — by a wide margin.

At a broader level, that generally means companies selling commodity products are good candidates because commodities by definition are high - volume, low - margin products and services.

Analysts estimate the combined carrier could dramatically increase its profit margin by combining the two wireless networks, as well.

Undoubtedly, we are not one to succumb to complacency, and if the order can ship faster or we can further dip into our margins to secure a better price quote, we surely would not be bound by our claim of consistency.

The S&P / TSX Venture Index was off just 0.55 percent, besting the larger capitalization stocks by a significant margin, as these stocks took most of their losses in prior periods.

If these numbers aren't being reached, the company is better off keeping its costs variable (by using contractors) until the firm can reach these margins.

The balance of opinion reached its highest level in five years and indicates that, by a solid margin, businesses across the country saw better indicators of future sales than 12 months ago.

Another fact that is not well known is that typical jewelry companies raise the cost of their items by margins of roughly 200 % to 300 %.

While a number of simple measures of valuation have also been useful over the years, even metrics such as price - to - peak earnings have been skewed by the unusual profit margins we observed at the 2007 peak, which were about 50 % above the historical norm - reflecting the combination of booming and highly leveraged financial sector profits as well as wide margins in cyclical and commodity - oriented industries.

While it represented the second - consecutive quarter of decline, the adjusted figure topped consensus expectations by roughly a nickel, thanks to higher gross margins and better - than - anticipated growth in revenues.

The telecom company continued to show solid share - net growth in the December quarter, supported by stock buybacks, good cost management, wireless margin improvement, and increased penetration of U-verse, its broadband, video, and IP telephone service.

I argued that at best, quantitative easing was a pricing operation that worked at the margin by increasing -LSB-...]

«I support [Trump's] policies, but this public waterboarding of one of the greatest people Alabama has ever produced is inappropriate and insulting to the people of Alabama who know Jeff Sessions so well and elected him so often by overwhelming margins,» Brooks said in a statement.

Capital spending is driven by high profit margins and rapid earnings growth, which typically doesn't emerge until well into a new economic expansion.

We may very well have a better first quarter GDP figure driven by inventory building, but there is no substantial basis to expect robust growth in GDP, profit margins, or capital spending.

Segment operating earnings declined from a loss of $ 3 million to a loss of $ 11 million, reflecting a lower gross margin percentage driven primarily by an increase in supply chain costs as well as higher carrot costs.

«Tesla reported mixed 1Q results after the close yesterday, marked by better than expected revenue, margin, & EPS but accompanied by a bigger than expected cash outflow and record net loss.

It is also a function of the stage of much of our careers where we aren't interested in playing small ball with incrementalism on how to squeeze out an extra 5 % of margin by optimizing the Internet slightly better.

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«While monetary policy will remain extremely easy, low rates by themselves do not guarantee that risk assets will perform well, especially since profit margins are extremely high (i.e. the risk is to the downside).

In addition, it's a good idea to look operating margins (operating earnings divided by sales).

Looking at international trading, Fidelity and Interactive Brokers are, by a wide margin, the two best choices.

My assumption is that Amazon will have robust Echo sales numbers for Q4 that exceed analyst expectations by a significant margin and apparently exceeded demand projections by Echo inventory planners as well.

Good macroeconomic policies can, we trust, make some difference at the margin by creating a stable environment in which others can carry out the important work to understand and address these real problems.

Brokers make a good part of their money by collecting interest on margin loans.

A group of well - known economists for the Survey of Professional Forecasters assigned just a 3 % chance of the economy shrinking by any margin in 2008.

Leveraging that «margin» through reinvestment into new, better - financed startups («R&D») by the newly enriched shareholders... that's pure gravy.

These are the best rates since the second week of November 2016, and the best rates of this year by a decent margin.

Yet even with the median and average prices settling after the highs, they were still above 2016 levels by a good margin for the year.»

Specifically, SNA's NOPAT margin is much higher than the 9 % earned by Stanley Black & Decker, which is one of the best comparables in the tools industry.

While Canadians also say by a wide margin (45 % to 28 %) that their provincial government does a good job of managing gambling activities, there are also serious concerns about government management of negative impacts.

The corporate sector appears to be well - placed to fund ongoing capital spending, with corporate profits increasing by 13 per cent over the year to the December quarter and profit margins at their highest level in over a decade.

If the average fund return was 15 % and nearly 40 % of managers beat their index, there's a good chance that a lot of «professionals» lagged the rest of the market by a wide margin.

And if the recent margin cuts by the CME are enough to entice speculators back into the leveraged market, gold may very well go back above 1700 shortly.

The analysts said that they are convinced that the NetApp Inc business model should support an operating margin better than the 16 % target set by management...

As a result there is a good chance that there are significant savings to be had by cutting expenses, resulting in improved margins.

In going to the wilderness he goes to the margin, where he is surrounded by the possibilities — by no means all good — that orthodoxy has excluded.

In going to the wilderness she goes to the margin, where she is surrounded by the possibilities... by no means all good... that orthodoxy has excluded.