For Apple, high profit-margins and invincible loyalty are the most valuable resources in the world.
But the combination of thin grocery-store margins and high e-commerce costs looks more like lose-lose - at least for now.
Verizon Wireless generated record-high margins and strong operational results, and Verizon's Wireline segment generated continued increases in revenues from FiOS fiber-optic services and strategic business services.
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Intel, ever a bellwether of the tech industry, still maintains high margins, but growth has clearly slowed, and, given increased competition, particularly from high-mobility devices, margins are likely to decline from this point on.
We believe this will limit the business model to high single-digit operating margins.
Managed care has largely achieved one-time savings by squeezing out irrationalities and high margins from the traditional fee-for- service system.
Despite charging what may seem high interest rates, MFIs typically have wafer-thin margins because of the high costs of making and collecting payments on millions of tiny loans.
Trevisani says the rapidly growing debt-free company has high operating margins and is gaining market share in diabetes treatments, giving it exposure to one of the fastest-growing global epidemics.
Certainly, this bricks and mortar retailer is a far more alluring investment than Amazon, with its sky-high valuations and slumping margins.
They will announce these commitments at a high-level meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York next month.
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As high-frequency trading matures, margins will tighten and firms will look for other ways to make money, such as institutional trading services and market-making, often gaining the expertise and technology through acquisitions or building upon their existing intellectual property.
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The days of 60% margins on high-end storage systems may be gone, but Darren Thomas, a former head of storage at Compaq and now chief executive of Zambeel, a start-up, says that storage remains the most durable part of the technology industry.
Lower margins for high-end functionality.
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Ken: Given the long-term contracts, high profit margins, and protection from competition, what is this company worth?
Moreover, perfumes and make-up have extremely high margins (which is why they are usually found on a department store's ground floor).
Sterling is so unsustainably high that importers are merely building up profit margins, curbing the anti-inflationary effects of a high pound and the inflationary impact of a fall.
It draws 43% of its revenues from manufacturing-related businesses with high incremental operating margins.
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As the company says, its first dollar invested is its last dollar and it therefore enjoys very high profit margins (around 70%-75%).
Profit margins, he says, are mean-reverting, meaning that at times when margins are high, investors should be willing to pay less per dollar of earnings.
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They sported high valuations on top of very high earnings, with profit margins at multi-decade highs.
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But we would run out of cash to make payroll, even with sky-high revenues, and essentially kill our margins.
"Markets are about surprise and expectations, and while most people expect high profitability, input-price inflation could hit margins, and the markets don't really have their eye on the ball about that, " said the analyst.
Profit margins are not only sky-high but guaranteed by regulators.
The analysts expect lower material costs and an appreciating Euro could help raise 2012 and 2013 EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) margins to a five-year high of 6.7%, rising to 9.7% by 2015 with increased sales growth.
Lastly, introducing high-end features breeds demand at the lower price points while Apple can learn how to maintain margins with higher-priced components.
The truth is the ISP business is characterized by wafer-thin margins, low barriers to entry, flat-rate pricing, intense national competition and high customer support costs.
Sure you can make a fortune selling watches, but high-end pieces are tough to move despite their high margins.
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Adjusted net profit margins were at a 10-year high average of about 6.5 percent in 2011, compared with nearly 5 percent in 2010.
Sanyo's home appliances are being undercut by rivals in China and elsewhere, but Canon's office-equipment continues to maintain high market share and juicy margins.
To maintain its technological edge and high profit margins, however, it must balance low-cost manufacturing abroad with the high-tech precision it achieves in Japan.
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