But here's the silver lining: As the breadth and power of the market shrinks, the very best companies with true sales and earnings growth will see buying pressure and continued share appreciation.
One of the themes UBS and investment banks have been spouting in recent weeks is that companies with strong sales outside of Europe should benefit from the drop in the euro because their sales should translate into more revenue in euros, making for attractive year-on-year earnings comparisons.
The Cabot Market Letter uses a combination of technical and fundamental analysis and focuses on companies with accelerating growth in sales and profits, along with high relative price strength.
New cooperation with sales: In most companies, especially B2B, marketing and sales share the customer management process.
Collins focuses his investments on companies with strong recent growth in sales and earnings and exhibiting high relative strength in stock price performance.
Try to determine the biggest companies with a single benchmark--say, sales--and you wind up with a lopsided list, one cluttered with retailers, in that case.
Our list of the 100 Best Small Companies in America features outfits with remarkable sales and earnings growth.
Our list of the 100 Best Small Companies in America features outfits with strong sales and earnings growth across industries.
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Even financial services companies with poor performing funds and high sales loads find ways to justify offering only their funds in the employee 401(k) plan.
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One study by my organization, the Hudson Institute, has found that food companies with higher percentages of healthier food sales in their portfolios report healthier bottom lines.
Like many states, Texas requires companies with a physical presence there to collect sales tax.
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Tobacco companies are routinely threatened with every tax and sales restriction going, and are perennial fixtures on the list.
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Given the fall in the euro of about 15% since December 1, UBS recommends investors buy European companies with more than 40% of their sales outside Europe and are cheap relative to their global peers.
And the companies' stock prices have fallen along with SUV sales.
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.
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The new companies were so busy with technical development they had neglected sales outlets.
With some companies now seeing a pick up in sales, their bottom lines could see a nice jump.
Both companies said they expect a decrease in sales, with Howard noting industry analysts have estimated a drop of 6 percent to 8 percent.
Many of the Big Pharma companies have acknowledged their need to acquire companies with products that could help pep up their lethargic sales and earnings momentum.
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Richard Moroney, editor of Dow Theory Forecasts, advises his subscribers to seek safety in "clean stocks"--stocks of companies with straightforward businesses that have delivered consistent growth in sales and profits.
Earnings reports opened the season this week with a perhaps less than enthusiastic tone that some were expecting, as companies reported soft sales, offsetting factors like higher costs, and several cases of increased operational spending that were met with a slew of questions from analysts.
Consulting companies, especially those with clients in IT, marketing and sales, also have a need for employees with a background in analytics.
With the number of U.S. uninsured households at a 50-year record high, more companies are coming up with similar products, which may improve sales.
It aims to help provide Scottish food and drink companies with the resources, knowledge and networks to develop significant sales in the Asia Pacific region.
Novell already does business with 83% of Fortune 1000 companies, and its sales to big customers are growing faster than its business as a whole.
The suite has complete offerings for marketing, sales and support departments and both companies brought with them large pedigree lists of , branded consumer marketing customers.
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The Chinese investors are starting with smaller investments in Japan and analyzing the market: more than half of all Japanese companies so far targeted by Chinese investors are SMEs with annual sales of less than JPNY1 billion.
They also saw a slight improvement at companies accused of accounting fraud, which they said might be attributed to a well-documented pattern of cost-cutting and asset sales at once-highflying companies that played with the books to keep their abnormal growth rates going.
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