Over the trailing twelve months the company generated a return on shareholders equity of 26%, and net profit margins of 23%.
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Paribas, the country's leading merchant bank, said it would boost its return on equity by buying out minority shareholders in two big subsidiaries.
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.
Our ability to do this is a testament to our diversified business model, which has allowed us to serve more customers and continue to grow capital while at the same time generating record earnings and providing our shareholders with more return on their investment.
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But Hollywood producers have shareholders who expect a return on the money they invest.
Most companies use share buybacks or pay special dividends on their common stock to return excess cash to shareholders.
As of June 1, 2011, shareholders have seen a 700% return on their investment in Target Stores over the last twenty years.
Other research has shown that venture-backed companies run by women have annual revenues 12 percent higher than those by men and that organizations that are the most inclusive of women in top management positions achieve a 35% higher return on equity and 34% higher total return to shareholders.
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When the marginal return on investment from acquisitions risks being low, distributions to shareholders should be more substantial, Peris says.
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Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.
Major U.S. banks were required to deliver capital plans to the Fed by Jan. 9, and the central bank is now in the process of evaluating those reports, which include proposals on how and when firms intend to return capital to shareholders.
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Several companies have caught on the special dividend craze, deciding to return money to shareholders ahead of what could end up being a terrible fiscal cliff outcome.
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Further, when averaging the strategy's two ways of estimating shareholders' expected rate of return, shareholders can expect to earn 17.8% annually on their investment, which is very strong.
Raj, a professor at Bentley Business School, makes a compelling case that organizations that focus on the welfare of their employees, customers, vendors and communities, as well as their shareholders, outperform those who focus exclusively on financial return.
They waste a lot of money on defensive, low return projects instead of really making the full payout to shareholders.
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The Singaporean shareholders in the project hoped by now to be earning a return on their investments, but they are not, and may not for several years.
The strategy I base on WarrenBuffettWarren Buffett's approach to investing likes Pacific Sunwear because it has a very strong brand name, strong earnings predictability (EPS rose in nine out of the last 10 years), no debt, 18.2% return on equity over the last 10 years, an 18.1% return on total capital over the last 10 years and a management that has earned shareholders 22.8% on retained earnings.
The strategy I base on Warren Buffett 's approach to investing likes Pacific Sunwear because it has a very strong brand name, strong earnings predictability (EPS rose in nine out of the last 10 years), no debt, 18.2% return on equity over the last 10 years, an 18.1% return on total capital over the last 10 years and a management that has earned shareholders 22.8% on retained earnings.
Announcements like this one today are likely designed to ameliorate concerns by Freeport shareholders that Moffett is taking them on a quixotic and expensive journey of no return.
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Hedge fund manager David Einhorn has led calls for Apple to boost the return earned by shareholders, which he complains is dragged down by the low income the company earns on its cash hoard.
Mr Cook said at the Goldman Sachs technology investor conference in San Francisco on Tuesday that he and the Apple board were "seriously" considering new ways to return cash to shareholders, including the Greenlight proposal, which he then called "creative".
Pressed to show a decent return for shareholders, giant oil companies that would never have dreamed of selling out in the past are putting themselves on the block.
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