In the quarter, the company saw strong cash flow from machinery and power groups.
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He put clients into solid, growing companies with market-leading positions and strong cash flow.
Despite declines in production volumes, high oil prices are helping BP generate a strong cash flow.
Telecoms company, strong cash flow, decent profit margins, bought out and the equity replaced with debt.
It is growing fast, has strong cash flow and is listed in the Philippines.
CenturyTel management touted the deal as a combination of two great companies, both of which have strong cash flow.
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The company has also produced strong cash flow annually for the last decade.
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He has tripled the size of the network's digital platform with a mature Internet business that has strong cash flow.
All have attributes that make them targets, such as having plenty of cash, good balance sheets or strong cash flow.
It has strong cash flow, great customer relationships and is an active acquirer of smaller companies to continually add to its business.
It says its three chains there enjoy a strong cash flow but that the company is investing heavily to generate long-term growth.
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In order for me to consider a company fiscally fit it has to have little or no debt, and strong cash flow generation.
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And she says that strong cash flow generation points to further debt reduction and a reduced interest payment burden in 2012 and beyond.
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Market experts say these investors are still potential buyers of new offerings, but only by profitable companies with strong cash flow and proper corporate governance.
Monthly dividends, which are funded from a strong cash flow, have been steady at about 10 cents per share and provide a whopping 15% yield.
Examples like Ampad come to mind, where the management team had a business with strong cash flow, but had a poor plan for how to grow and maintain their business.
He sees a scalable, long-term growth story based on the rising consumption of fast food, strong brands that cater to local tastes, a dominant market position at home, strong cash flow and strong management.
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In telecoms, for instance, private-equity firms are mostly trying to buy established firms often former national monopolists that, while they might be threatened by internet telephony, have strong cash flow, physical assets and plenty of scope to improve the quality of management.
While the results were disappointing with declines of 11% in net sales and 9.3% in comparable sales compared to Q2 2011, strong cash flow during the quarter and a 67% increase in its dividend has caused the stock to gain nearly 15% after the earnings disclosure.
The run of strong cash-flow growth for leveraged loan issuers continued in the first quarter.
But both companies have strong free cash flow at well above 2010 levels (a better year all around).
We are also encouraged by URS' strong free cash flow generation, which is a result of its variable-cost focus.
It gets a perfect score on valuation, however, in part because of a big earnings yield and strong free cash flow.
Meantime, Mondelez will benefit from strong free cash flow, allowing it flexibility.
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Morningstar analyst Marisa Thompson, who follows the company, says more prudent cost management and improved capital discipline is driving higher returns on capital and strong free cash flow.
But this year, Sass says the market will rediscover and again favor the undervalued stocks in well-financed companies that have had long-term earnings capabilities, enhanced by strong cash-flow growth, and have been steadily paying dividends.
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He designs his portfolio as a Berkshire-look-alike, but he also hunts for companies with characteristics that Buffett opts for, such as strong free cash flow generation, efficient management performance and owns undervalued, productive assets.
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"We also think that Polaris has the financial strength to weather the downturn, as the company has no significant debt due until 2011, " says Hare, noting that Polaris can pay off short-term obligations with its strong free cash flow.
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