The measurements varied widely, ranging from sales to return on equity to earnings per share.
So Morgans Chief Executive Edward Scheetz is trying to expand by taking only a 30% interest in new projects and securing management contracts where Morgans is paid 7% of sales in return for its expertise and connections.
The company has been a featured Google Shopping partner and deploys technology to help merchants maximize sales and Return On Ad Spend (ROAS) with Product Listing Ads (PLAs), which has become an increasingly important channel for merchants.
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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.
Companies with women on their boards have been proven to lead to a higher ROI: they enjoy a higher return on equity by over 53%, a higher return on sales by over 42%, and a higher return on invested capital by over 66%.
Within his select industries, he finds companies that are cheaper than the peer average and sport better sales growth and return on invested capital.
"We expect comparable store sales growth to return to our longer-term 3% to 7% target range, " said Chief Financial Officer Michael Casey .
When choosing stocks, he concentrates on finding the right sector first and then drills down to equities with relatively attractive price-to-sales ratios and return on equity.
Perhaps the market is assuming US sales will quickly return as the domestic economy steadily improves, but that is an assumption we are not willing to concede.
Renault posted a 15% fall in net profit and said it expects new vehicles and fewer sales incentives would return its money-losing automotive operations to profit this year.
She says HP had more of a return on sales investment focus, rather than cash flow.
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The plan calls for a return to profitability by 2008 and a 2.5% return on sales by 2009.
Johnson et al are doing many good things, including the return of sales.
Time was that whenever the American utilisation rate went over 70% (as it is now), the return on sales of the big three car firms was at least 8%.
JCPenney is having one of its best days in quite a while as the stock price pops on new merchandise, the return of sales and a rumor of an REIT-like transformation.
And even when Mr. Kennedy has managed to get all the pieces in place, drug sales and violence can return to their earlier levels if the necessary follow-up and maintenance aren't done.
When asked by an analyst whether he still vows to return to sales growth this year, a promise he has made repeatedly and reiterated last November, Johnson appeared to leave the door open.
Both parties are coy about the details, but the arrangement does not seem to be giving KarstadtCoffee the 9% return on sales that it predicted so boldly when it signed up to the deal in 2001.
Fortunately, recently, professors Nick Bloom, Toby Kretschmer, and John van Reenen (from Stanford, the University of Munich, and the London School of Economics) conducted an extensive study examining the effect of family-friendly practices on hard variables such as firm sales per employee and return on capital employed, using a large database of firms from the US, the UK, Germany, and France.
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Superior information has kept the company's gross return on auction sales close to 9% for the past seven years.
"Our goal is to force Amazon to return to acceptable sales practices, " a publishing CEO wrote in a December 2009 email cited in the suit.
Say you are inspired by the person who bought the monkey and camel and decide to go out to garage sales yourself to replicate her return.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Baghdad has accused America and Britain of forcing the United Nations to stop a relief program that allows Iraq food and medical supplies in return for oil sales.
Lifestyle changes have driven a return of luxury goods sales in Russia (5 to 10 percent annual growth).
Many analysts think it has, and they predict that next year may see a return to 40% sales growth.
Faucette adds that the demand levels indicated by early U.K. sales do not point to a return to profitability for BlackBerry.
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Information in the form includes the expected power output, cost, terms of a power sales agreement, and a projected return on the investment.
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These teams outperform industry peers when it comes to profitability and return on assets, sales and revenue growth, quality of products and services, and employee engagement.
To improve your chances of getting full credit, provide a sales slip or gift receipt, return the item in new condition, unopened, and with all packaging material.
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The weighted average return on those repeat sales in 2012 was 4.87%, down from 7.2% in 2011, and the average holding period for those works was 9.3 years.
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