Shareholders will get a bit more of that largesse this year though, as Apple doubled its capital return program.
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The National Grid is privately owned, is a monopoly, and is highly regulated as to rates of capital return and so on.
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Shelling out billions for an acquisition would be an easy excuse for Comcast to cool its heels on capital return for a time or even pull back.
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Aside from whether investors choose to value potential earnings growth over profit stability, McDonald thinks there may also be some differentiation this year based on capital return.
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When we spoke in October he predicted the swell of special dividends and sped-up payouts that have been announced since Election Day, but he does not see the long-term capital return strategy of companies changing.
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The prevailing concern of investors is still on the return of their capital, not the return on capital.
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And when we rank businesses, we say 50% return on capital's better than a 2.5% return on capital.
We analyzed 26 industries (excluding trading companies) of the Global 2000 and scored each company on long-term and short-term sales growth, profit growth, return on capital and total return to shareholders.
To find these companies we analyzed 26 industries (excluding trading companies) of the Global 2000 and scored each company on long-term and short-term sales growth, profit growth, return on capital and total return to shareholders.
Mr. Cameron's tactics don't appear to have been very effective: He burned political capital in return for nothing.
By doing so balance sheets would improve and the community banks could raise private equity capital and return to the business of banking.
Citigroup, meanwhile, saw the Fed block its capital-return plan, just as it did in 2011 to BofA, which did not even propose raising its dividend or buying back stock in 2012.
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Turning his back on former allies in the struggle for independence, Dr Banda gave diplomatic support to South Africa's white rulers, who built him a palace and a new capital in return.
Historically, Rackspace return on capital has run in the 30%s although, since the purchase of their new corporate headquarters, the fully-burdened return on capital has been increasing from 9% in 2009 to 14% year to date.
In fact, until this year Kimberly-Clark pretty reliably offered investors the things giant consumer-goods producers in mature markets have historically provided: Stability through downturns, plush capital-return policies to make up for the limited growth potential, and no big surprises.
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When the cost of capital goes up, the return on capital must also increase, or the economy will liquidate itself.
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Long and short of it was, if IR could get back the market share it was losing while at the same time boosting its return from capital assets, Kumar could return the operation to a sound footing even without touching the mass fares or laying off staff.
It would increase the cost of capital to companies and could potentially change the way we return capital to shareholders.
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But the example of Japan suggests that nervous savers may be happy to receive nothing at all from their accounts if they think that is the only safe option: the return of capital becomes more important than the return on it.
Companies with more women on their boards outperformed rivals, with a 42% higher return on sales, a 66% higher return on invested capital and 53% higher return on equity.
When capital gains taxes are lower, the expected return on capital is higher and stimulates more investment activity.
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The pipe companies instead are benefiting from declining capital needs, improving free cash flow, attractive return of capital.
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The fund has had an abundance of unrealized capital gains, which it distributes to shareholders as a return of capital.
By providing some security for the most speculative exposure, it would decrease capital costs for needy member states, allowing them to return to capital markets more quickly.
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Perhaps leading venture-capital firms will return to financing baby start-ups, which they long ago abandoned.
"We're thinking 2012 is the right year for us to return capital, " Pandit said.
The tax authorities are offering Russians return capital to local banks and receive lower taxes on the transaction.
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At the same time, these banks will probably begin to return capital more aggressively through share repurchases and higher dividends.
Among the criteria for shorting: companies whose earnings have deteriorated or whose cost of capital exceeds its return on investments.
He has been actively pushing Apple to return capital to shareholders, going so far as to sue the company over corporate governance matters in February.
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