It has also been experiencing negative EPS growth and revenue growth over the last three years.
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Apple still has some tough compares until it can show any kind of EPS growth.
PepsiCo affirmed its 2013 guidance of 7% EPS growth and revenue gains in the mid-single digits.
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We believe the stock can garner a mid-teens multiple for its 20-30% organic EPS growth.
Too few people acknowledge that EPS growth is a byproduct, not an end in itself.
And its PEG ratio is just 0.4 based on a consensus 5-year EPS growth rate of 21%.
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Analysts expect General Mills to produce 8% EPS growth into 2014 on a 4.5% increase in revenue.
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We finished the year with a strong fourth quarter that resulted in 27% EPS growth, excluding special items.
This would be the second of the last three quarters that the EPS growth rate has been negative.
Over the past 10 years, EPS growth of Japanese companies has been nearly double that of its peers.
Moreover, the consensus analyst long-term EPS growth rate projection is 12% for PSMT, versus a 14.5% industry median.
Right now we believe that investors are factoring in a sub-10% long-term EPS growth rate for the company.
Over the past three years, he notes, the company has generated on average 45% EPS growth, with results beating expectations.
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In 2009, with many firms still struggling to get back on track, Aeropostale posted EPS growth of more than 54%.
This misguided focus on quarterly numbers, though part of a strategy to improve EPS growth, actually degrades long-term shareholder value.
We delivered 17% full year EPS growth, making 2010 the ninth consecutive year we exceeded our annual target of at least 10%.
Its strengths include EPS growth of 115% and 93% over the past two quarters, bolstered by revenue gains of 41% and 61%.
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Share buybacks to amplify EPS growth are simply the cherry on top.
Rather, EPS growth and increased shareholder value, or the opposite, result from management initiatives that play out over years, and certainly not over 13 weeks.
The Lynch strategy likes its impressive 27.8% long-term earnings per share growth rate (based on an average of the three- and five-year EPS growth rates).
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Its second quarter results surprised followers in June with a 2.5% rise in profits from continuing operations and forecasts of double-digit EPS growth in 2012.
Apple trades for 15.2 times expected 2012 earnings and analysts figure on a 5-year EPS growth rate of 22.5%, giving it a PEG ratio of 0.67.
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Frankly, I would not bet the farm on the industry as a whole achieving anything near 14.5% EPS growth rate over the next three to five years.
Even if the Street is willing to accept the notion of powerful sales growth, can we assume it will continue to be at least matched by EPS growth.
This still represents year-over-year EPS growth between 115% and 122%.
Also, the long-term EPS growth rate of 36.68%, based on the average of the three- and five-year historical EPS growth rates, exceeds the 15% minimum that the strategy requires.
It is no surprise that Microsoft initiated its dividend when its growth slowed to around 13%, and currently sports a 25% trailing payout ratio with EPS growth of around 10.5%.
Now, look at the projected long-term (assume three to five years) 17.5% EPS growth rate and notice how modest it is compared to what Apple has achieved in recent years.
The stars were aligned for Netflix as its stock price has more than tripled year to date, with blistering EPS growth of 47.5%, 48.1%, and 34.6% in the last three quarters.
The company expects to see its operating ratio to be around the high 60s by 2015, while average annual EPS growth should average between 10% and 15% off of their 2013 base.
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