Automotive profit margins are already thin, with a successful rollout seeing profit margins just above 10 percent.
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Prices and profit margins Not surprisingly, prices and profit margins for prescription drugs in the United States dwarf those in foreign markets.
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Because OnePlus is working with thinner profit margins compared to other smartphone juggernauts, currency volatility can have a devastating impact on its profit margins.
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They could sell excitement at profit margins Amazon will never achieve from selling books and backpacks on the internet — profit margins that look a lot more like Apple's.
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Everyone, he says, acts like we have to make clothes in Bangladesh or Honduras, because it's good for profit margins, and what's good for profit margins is what business demands.
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Those higher profit margins mean a 10 percent increase in input costs from, say, silicon chips from China can be absorbed with slightly lower profit margins or by generating efficiencies elsewhere.
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Gross profit margins continue contracting, particularly for growth segments such as Cognitive Solutions and Technology Services & Cloud Platforms, although gross profit margins could recover as recent acquisitions and new businesses scale over time.
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"They're busy, but the profit margins aren't quite as high."
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GM's profit margins also improved from selling more expensive trucks.
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Spirit's results were helped by an increase in profit margins.
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That's what caused us to not have good profit margins.
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In addition, profit margins in the US would be thinner.
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Higher labor costs, if sustained, could squeeze companies' profit margins.
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The firm recommended companies with strong and sustainable profit margins.
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They expand product selection while giving Amazon better profit margins.
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Facebook's profit margins remain among the highest in big tech.
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That, in theory, should help them generate healthier profit margins.
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Why it matters: Profit margins are the tightest since 2017.
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Operating profit margins fell to 11.2 percent from 14.5 percent.
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And its leggings and athletic clothes carry high profit margins.
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Traders said good profit margins at packers supported the gains.
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Analysts described the figures as positive with strong profit margins.
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That, economic theory says, should lead to narrowing profit margins.
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These firms can then juice profit margins by cutting staff.
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Just out of curiosity what are your profit margins like?
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Profit margins were stable, he said without adding further details.
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Pharmaceutical companies continue to rake in the highest profit margins.
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But that unit reported lower income and thinner profit margins.
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The firm recommended companies with high and stable profit margins.
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Faster growth in wages compresses profit margins, other things equal.
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The improvement signaled the potential for profit margins to increase.
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Profit margins are also substantially higher for ads than hardware.
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The profit margins are extremely high in beauty, Cohen said.
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The Saudis are sacrificing profit margins to keep market share.
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All that while maintaining the profit margins that investors demand.
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IBM also saw profit margins drop across all its units.
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Bed Bath & Beyond's shrinking profit margins also came under attack.
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She advises her friends on production runs, pricing and profit margins.
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These sales, Toyota says, came at the expense of profit margins.
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Elliott has called on Pernod to improve profit margins and governance.
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But there are other ways that profit margins could be hit.
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But last year's 11.2% profit margins were an all-time high.
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I got to design meals and work out the profit margins.
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AutoZone also saw improvement in profit margins from a year ago.
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The company's results were helped by expanding sales and profit margins.
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"The profit margins off the expos are quite nice," she said.
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The German banking market is overcrowded and profit margins are slim.
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Campbell reported flat organic sales, however, and saw profit margins fall.
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Analysts said Boeing produced more aircraft at higher operating profit margins.
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Among them: improved prices for memory chips and bigger profit margins.
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We base business decisions on profit margins, not after-tax income.
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In addition, walled gardens inhibit innovation in favor of profit margins.
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United Rentals has been seeing its profit margins expand, as well.
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He insists prices rise primarily because corporations seek excessive profit margins.
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Profit margins are slim, Mr. Walker acknowledges, but they are rising.
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All of this makes for high expenses and low profit margins.
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But the profit margins were slim, and the city was expensive.
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By fixing those prices, the mills can secure their profit margins.
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Fitch expects this to improve the group's profit margins over time.
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The firm said investors should buy stocks with increasing profit margins.
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That meant narrow profit margins and regular haggling for each order.
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The transition is proving tricky though, and profit margins are low.
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So what are the highest profit margins in the toy business?
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Once that happens, profit margins will improve, most dramatically in Asia.
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Corporate profit margins also increased slightly during the three-month period.
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However, investors weren't convinced with the company's plans over profit margins.
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Child care centers in America operate on incredibly thin profit margins.
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"If profit margins are under pressure, that's a problem," he said.
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And its investments in electronic commerce are eating into profit margins.
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It would also pile significantly more pressure on refinery profit margins.
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Peloton's worth hinges on rapid growth and rising gross profit margins.
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The bottom line was helped by an increase in profit margins.
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It also has relatively low cash reserves and fairly thin profit margins.
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That would put pressure on drillers' profit margins, which are already slim.
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Many of these drivers of high profit margins are now under threat.
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Goldman cites new contract wins and expanding profit margins, among other factors.
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The challenge is integrating them without smooshing paying passengers—or profit margins.
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Grocery stores have extremely tight profit margins, so that's a big deal.
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Fleet sales have low profit margins and can depress new car values.
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That was partially offset by weaker profit margins in Exxon's refining business.
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Now those price cuts are putting immense pressure on its profit margins.
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This demonstrates that any threat to profit margins will ultimately displease shareholders.
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Convergence can expand profit margins through cost synergies and enhanced customer loyalty.
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When it comes to profit margins 3G's acquisitions consistently outperform their rivals.
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Profit margins increased to 18 percent from 16.5 percent a year ago.
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The company likes to take its time and work those profit margins.
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The tariffs, in this case, will erode US tech sector profit margins.
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Amazon's spending on infrastructure cut into its profit margins, driving down earnings.
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In Britain, the energy retailers aim for profit margins of 4-5%.
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One worrying trend, Cheong said, is falling profit margins among unrated entities.
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Its profit margins are the lowest of any industry except for retailing.
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Rising costs and lower prices are beginning to eat into profit margins.
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Investors were encouraged, however, by optimistic comments about the company's profit margins.
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Eight of the 15 highest net profit margins were at drug companies.
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The negative view is that higher wages will reduce corporate profit margins.
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Profit margins are now about minus 10%, so prices are rising further.
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This suggests there will be a further squeeze on companies' profit margins.
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Nationwide, newspapers started cutting costs to preserve no-longer-sustainable profit margins.
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There has been minimal discounting, which has buoyed G.M.'s profit margins.
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Nonetheless, the tree doctor's profit margins are better than some actual doctors'.
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Profit margins, store management, loan repayment, payroll, marketing — the list goes on.
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But those investments could also eat into profit margins, analysts have warned.
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Do the profit margins of large corporations matter more than the environment?
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Retailers' profit margins have dipped in recent years from fulfilling online orders.
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Other companies also are relying on price increases to protect profit margins.
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High profit margins paid for large staffs of reporters and editors who
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That industry's profit margins continue to be squeezed by low global prices.
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New products often fetch higher prices, which in turn boost profit margins.
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Another theory suggests that caregiving is a business with low profit margins.
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While the network remains profitable, overall revenue has declined, squeezing profit margins.
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The higher-priced, option-laden Model 3s could generate better profit margins.
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He also addressed how ABB will boost profit margins at the unit.
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Allstate noted strong home and auto insurance profit margins, among other factors.
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Restaurant owners say Grubhub's business model has cut into their profit margins.
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Rising interest rates should also put pressure on profit margins, McDonald said.
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Honeywell cited growing sales and expanded profit margins for its upbeat results.
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And while the airline's profit margins have improved, they still trail Delta's.
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The firm said Michaels faces challenges with revenue growth and profit margins.
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They also cited the company's recent track record in improving profit margins.
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The most aggressive invest heavily and eke out rather modest profit margins.
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Profit margins can be trimmed, wage hikes delayed and consumer prices raised.
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The firm recommended companies with high profit margins and return on assets.
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Even as sales growth has slowed, though, Amazon has increased profit margins.
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After years of big gains, some investors have seen profit margins shrink.
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The solar industry is known for intense competition and low profit margins.
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Buy Priceline on rising profit margins: Barclays Investors should buy Priceline as profit margins improve on more efficient ad spending, according to Barclays, which upgraded the shares of the online travel company to overweight from equal weight. 4.
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Traditional healthcare players have tried to reduce costs without losing their profit margins.
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JDR: And what do your profit margins look like when that flip happens?
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Squeezing profit margins, input prices rose at the fastest rate since late 2012.
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The company calls the quarter "solid" and notes an increase in profit margins.
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Firms argue that years of above inflation wage rises have eroded profit margins.
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But the digital growth comes at a cost to Western Union's profit margins.
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Accenture was helped by strength in new bookings and expansion in profit margins.
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In its most stressed scenario, store net profit margins still hit 10 percent.
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But the industry's steady profit margins are still an attractive target for critics.
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Investors have long been concerned about Tesla profit margins, especially the Model 3.
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And notably, the firm's expected profit margins expand over the same time frame.
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Naysayers have long questioned the profit margins on the company's payments processing business.
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Scania had long boasted some of the best profit margins in the business.
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Overall profit margins in that area should increase "materially," CFO Amy Hood said.
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AND ONCE PROFIT MARGINS FLATTEN OUT, THE COSTS COME THROUGH AND INTO PRICES.
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Revenue missed estimates, but improved profit margins helped mitigate the bottom line impact.
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Yet their addictive nature and high profit margins make them a profitable business.
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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-backed Reliance has been posting robust petchem operating profit margins.
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Goldman sees the potential for higher profit margins during the current business cycle.
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The stock market continues to rise, backed by high profit margins and revenues.
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The one thing Kraft Heinz had going for it was its profit margins.
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Those cuts helped boost profit margins, but that lever is tapped out now.
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The drugmaker's leaders had previously announced streamlining was coming, to boost profit margins.
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Online pricing services have contributed to the squeeze on new vehicle profit margins.
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Black said the initial risk in making a pivot is slimmer profit margins.
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Tesco is market leader in Thailand, which has the group's best profit margins.
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Profit margins are expected to grow to 60 percent by 2019, Nemeroff estimated.
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But profit margins and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization have improved.
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That came despite long-term planning moves that impacted short-term profit margins.
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Profit margins have increased in direct proportion to the concentration of the market.
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The additional competition would then push prices and profit margins back down again.
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It offers highly popular items online, but those sales carry lower profit margins.
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It's easy and important to call them out with their obvious profit margins.
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Low rates on loans have meant narrow profit margins for banks for years.
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One of the growing trends in Amazon's business is its fattening profit margins.
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Many have also seen disappointing profit margins, including healthcare giants like UnitedHealth Group.
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That has helped ZTO maintain profit margins as prices charged to customers decline.
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The company said portfolio changes have allowed it to increase its profit margins.
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He said AMD will likely generate higher profit margins from its new products.
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Profit margins had fallen in the prior three quarters, according to Refinitiv data.
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That has added pressure on kei manufacturers, whose profit margins were already narrow.
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Over time, hardware became a commodity and profit margins got thinner and thinner.
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Of the 10 companies with the highest profit margins, eight were pharmaceutical firms.
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But now that sanctions are back, Majid's profit margins aren't looking so good.
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Slim profit margins mean manufacturers are unwilling to shell out for factory upgrades.
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Despite this, the group's profit margins are around 12 percent — which isn't much.
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Gross profit margins should be between 38 percent and 39 percent, Apple said.
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Yes, but: Operating costs were high and cut into the company's profit margins.
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Even a cyclical dip in its profit margins was a sign of strength.
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But the gross profit margins on its devices are just about 8.8 percent.
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It claims it can grow profit margins for shops by up to 100%.
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The company's results were impacted by squeezed profit margins in its trucking business.
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And we have to deal with profit margins that are trailing the industry.
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Profit margins will likely roll over as well due to higher input costs.
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This would weigh on profit margins at the start of the new year.
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And when retailers slash prices to stay competitive, that eats into profit margins.
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A flatter yield curve puts lenders at a disadvantage by squeezing profit margins.
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Promotions were also less severe, he said, which should be helping profit margins.
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Controlling the consumer ordering platform will also help Mighty Quinn's improve profit margins.
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Starboard is said to be pushing for operational changes to improve profit margins.
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He predicts the airline can increase its profit margins toward the industry average.
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Higher steel and aluminum prices would also reduce profit margins for machinery manufacturers.
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This will lower their profit margins and reduce their potential earnings growth rates.
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So the higher price Amazon pays suppliers cuts into its gross profit margins.
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Profit margins for refiners rose to near-record levels on the market's dynamics.
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Walmart's investments to ramp up online will also dent the company's profit margins.
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But money and profit margins often serves as a red herring at times.
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The company said investments in employees increased expenses and thereby hampered profit margins.
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Slower growth in labor costs could, however, ease pressure on corporate profit margins.
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Slower growth in labor costs could, however, ease pressure on corporate profit margins.
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"We were pleased to see profit margins improve from a year ago as cost savings and increased sales of products with higher profit margins more than offset headwinds from higher transportation and input costs," Edward Jones analyst Brittany Weissman said.
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Profit margins were lower than a year ago, though revenue did slightly beat forecasts.
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The automaker halved its debt and was delivering profit margins of around 4.5 percent.
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Used vehicle profit margins fell to 6.3 percent from 7.3 percent a year ago.
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These could erode profit margins and cause another leg down in earnings estimates. 3.
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This is well ahead of schedule, and will contribute to profit margins in 2017.
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With many companies selling ARM chips, prices were low and profit margins were slim.
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Other automakers have warned that shifting to all-electric vehicles could undercut profit margins.
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Outcomes that will benefit working people as opposed to stockholders driven by profit margins.
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It has relentlessly squeezed their profit margins in recent years in search of efficiency.
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Goldman Sachs says investors have been getting increasingly wary of tightening corporate profit margins.
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But today most of its output is natural gas, where profit margins are lower.
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The documents highlight Postmates' gross profit margins, which we understand are now above 220%.
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Hyundai and Kia may also be prepared to squeeze profit margins to maintain sales.
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Beijing's crackdown on riskier lending has already stretched financing costs and hurt profit margins.
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Urban Outfitters saw an improvement in profit margins, as well, thanks to fewer promotions.
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They largely reflect economic imbalances, such as bloated profit margins, rather than cause them.
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ClassPass was seeing dangerously low monthly profit margins, and some months, going entirely negative.
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During 2015, the company's gross profit margins grew slightly and its cash flow increased.
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Microsoft's profit margins were also much bigger for business products than the consumer ones.
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Importers then either raise costs on consumers, lower their own profit margins or both.
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Competition is fierce and profit margins are thinner than for any industry except retail.
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The seeds boosted beet cooperatives' profit margins as they reduced labor and pesticide expenses.
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Profit margins on Roche cancer drugs may narrow, too, if Novartis's biosimilar strategy succeeds.
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Lopez Obrador urged gas stations to offer lower prices by trimming their profit margins.
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All of their profit margins dipped below 1% due to falling generic drug prices.
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Increasing their tax compliance may reduce the profit margins for the refiners and blenders.
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EA saw particularly strong results for digital game downloads, which have higher profit margins.
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"You would hope that people would put women's safety above profit margins," she adds.
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In August the group said it expected core profit margins to improve this year.
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Feng expects profit margins nationwide to average 300-400 yuan per pig next year.
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Competition at home and abroad will affect Uber's profit margins in the medium term.
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Target (TGT) announced sales and profit margins that fell short of investors' high expectations.
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Analysts say IBM's legacy hardware business is continuing to hurt growth and profit margins.
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He also wanted to lift profit margins to 7-8% over the medium term.
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Rising marketing costs are also cutting into profit margins, and revenue growth is slowing.
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By driving down costs, it could lead to a dramatic improvement in profit margins.
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They had hit on the magic formula of small profit margins and high volume.
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Executives said changes to its promotions helped franchisees' profit margins but hurt its transactions.
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That forces airlines to find cheap ways to attract customers without denting profit margins.
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When it comes to PBMs, patient care takes a back seat to profit margins.
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But neither building activity nor those supercharged profit margins are going to run indefinitely.
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It has good growth, high profit margins, consistent cash flow and low capital needs.
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Revenue was above forecasts, as well, aided by improved profit margins, among other factors.
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It is now about Gulf Oil, and TAG Heuer, and sponsorship, and profit margins.
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Although they have relatively small profit margins, they are handling a lot of money.
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This is primarily due to modest economic growth, contracting profit margins and ageing populations.
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The delivery services charge the restaurant a fee, cutting into already thin profit margins.
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So as the sales mix shifts to those countries, it could crimp profit margins.
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What will happen to jobs and wages in those industries with tighter profit margins?
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The move, which will free up hospital beds, could also negatively impact profit margins.
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That allows it to keep an eye on companies' profit margins and adjust accordingly.
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The potential for great profit margins has certainly caught the eye of bigger businesses.
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Even modest profit margins enable domestic tight oil producers to sustain and increase production.
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Amazon&aposs slowing growth and shrinking profit margins are keeping investors on their toes.
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JPMorgan feels the higher rates will impact profit margins and possibly subscriber growth rates.
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We merchants – and, in fact, most businesses – can only envy profit margins that extreme.
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Retailers Walmart and Target have similarly cited greater fuel costs as hurting profit margins.
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IBM saw profit margins fall across all its units, though earnings did best estimates.
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Unlike banks, merchants' profit margins are typically only 1 or 85033 percent on sales.
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Higher profit margins boosted Chevron's downstream business, which includes refining crude oil into fuels.
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Or they could choose to absorb higher costs and live with smaller profit margins.
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It is, on some level, a series about how whenever profit margins are introduced into any business, protecting and boosting those profit margins will take priority over the people they're supposed to benefit in the concerns of the managers who oversee those people.
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Brocade should be immediately accretive to Broadcom's profitability, given Brocade's more than 70% gross profit margins, versus Fitch's estimate of gross profit margins (adjusted for the impact of purchase price accounting, restructuring and stock-based compensation) in the mid-50s for Broadcom.
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Profit margins are extremely low, especially when you're trying to sell an affordable TV set.
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These providers have historically relied on identically mass-produced meals to maintain their profit margins.
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But many expected profit margins at Boeing's jetliner business to rise more than they did.
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That movement opens room for ethanol prices to rise as well, improving mills' profit margins.
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"Household and business spending should keep profit margins at sustainable levels," Wren and Kaplan added.
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Even as sales slowly improve, land and labor costs are rising and squeezing profit margins.
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At wireless companies, average revenue per customer is falling and profit margins are under pressure.
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Today's directors describe razor-thin profit margins on most studio movies, if any at all.
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By selling directly to users, dealers are slashing risk, cutting middlemen and boosting profit margins.
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Renaissance Capital says steel producers' profit margins may shrink as imports of cheap metal increase.
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Lower profit margins and investments to grow the segment further weighed on the bottom line.
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Profit margins on luxury vehicles tend to be much higher than those of economy models.
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Saikawa has since pledged to stop chasing share and instead focus on improving profit margins.
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And if and when autonomous vehicles arrive, eliminating drivers could result in hefty profit margins.
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Executives haven't been quiet about rising costs and the pressure they're putting on profit margins.
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DuPont had stronger sales in agriculture and other areas, as well as expanded profit margins.
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Adjusted profit margins increased to 7.1 percent of revenue from 5.8 percent a year earlier.
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The prices of unrenovated homes have climbed too high, the profit margins are too slim.
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That contrast comes from much bigger than expected profit margins for the solar equipment company.
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Even if SOEs are also drawn to its fat profit margins, some interventions look strategic.
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It has also warned that OLED profit margins would not reach those at liquid crystals.
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They say that could lead to thinner profit margins as consumers buy fewer pricey models.
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Higher incentive costs helped lead to lower-than-expected profit margins, impacting the bottom line.
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NO, THE PROFIT MARGINS ARE GOING UP. WE'RE STILL GOING TO MOVE IT DOWN THERE.
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The stakes are high in the lucrative truck market, where company profit margins are flush.
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However, profit margins are not the only problems that banks in Europe are facing currently.
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Companies, no matter how tight their profit margins, cannot afford to skimp on food testing.
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And profit margins are thin, so grocery stores are less willing to absorb the losses.
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The effects for businesses' domestic profit margins was clear, with 44 percent reporting a fall.
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"As the cyber insurance market develops, competition is likely to erode profit margins," Fitch said.
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Profit margins at convenience stores are not that different than for grocery stores, said Lenard.
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Goldman Sachs also cited the slowdown in China and signs that profit margins have peaked.
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New York hedge fund Elliott Management wants Pernod to improve profit margins and corporate governance.
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Investors appear to be focusing on smaller profit margins for the maker of virtualization software.
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"Manufacturers are looking for hardware components which are affordable and increase profit margins," Hodson says.
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"I've seen profit margins drop about 40 percent in the last five years," he said.
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Generac saw strength in all its markets, as well as an increase in profit margins.
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That kind of money will bring down Walmart's profit margins 0.5% annually, the analysts estimated.
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Even worse is the narrow profit margins that are an inherent part of the business.
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Profit margins fell across various business units, including ones viewed as future drivers of growth.
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Walmart mainly offers highly popular items right now, but those sales carry lower profit margins.
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And while competition provides great outcomes for consumers, it can wreak havoc on profit margins.
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The contrary view is that industry consolidation is a logical response to shrinking profit margins.
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He pointed out that in the meantime, Overstock has higher operating profit margins than Amazon.com.
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Generic injectables are prone to shortage because of low profit margins and high production costs.
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The defense contractor reported revenue below Street consensus, however, and lower profit margins, as well.
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Aircraft manufacturers typically make larger profit margins on the larger models within a specific category.
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Winnebago benefited from acquisitions that diversified its product mix, as well as expanding profit margins.
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It all sets up for a pickup in returns on equity and expanding profit margins.
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Profit margins were further eroded by a hike in employee wages in the fourth quarter.
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And it predicted flat operating expenses through 25, which analysts said should help profit margins.
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So our profit margins are down around our ankles – often just 1 or 85033 percent.
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Ceding that ground to the upstart actually improves their profit margins and return on capital.
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Even Lululemon, the athleisure pioneer, has been struggling with falling profit margins and rising inventory.
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The mantra driving Atkins and others is quality over quantity — and much higher profit margins.
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Profit margins in July rebounded from a two-year low $3.85 a barrel in June.
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The company's profit margins will suffer if it can't raise prices, according to the note.
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Profit margins were far smaller, and are sometimes negative, for some other classes of consumers.
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Company executives said they expect to stabilize the Victoria's Secret business and improve profit margins.
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At ControlTek, tariffs have eaten into profit margins, although business as a whole hasn't suffered.
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That suggests companies have little ability to increase their bottom lines by expanding profit margins.
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That decision is likely to eat into Tesla's thin profit margins in the first quarter.
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But Australia's banks have also maintained some of the largest profit margins in the world.
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Already some manufacturers have noted that their profit margins have been hurt by rising costs.
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In truth, payday loans will continue at lower profit margins — stripped of the debt trap.
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It's not clear how Instagram's profit margins compare to that of the core Facebook app.
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It simply means that profit margins will expand, and after-tax profits will be larger.
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In addition, profit margins are enduring their longest late-cycle contraction in post-war history.
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RBC said Chewy has strong sustainable fundamentals, including upbeat revenue growth and expanding profit margins.
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The return to profitability for Navistar comes as it increases market share and profit margins.
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Lopez Obrador urged gas station operators to offer lower prices by trimming their profit margins.
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These are expected to keep growth modest in 2018 and weigh on companies' profit margins.
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To be sure, analysts did focus on the big risk over Alphabet's falling profit margins.
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Facebook has enjoyed unbelievably high profit margins for a company with a relatively small staff.
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Seagate and Western Digital shares will suffer from declining profit margins, according to Evercore ISI.
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"Profit margins have eroded over time for the floral industry," said Texas A&M's Hall.
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However, a decision to hike employee wages weighed on profit margins during the fourth quarter.
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As a new business with paper-thin profit margins, I just can't have any liability.
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A gasoline supply glut would pressure prices and weaken profit margins for refiners, Shepard said.
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Digital and traditional media must be combined for all audiences, advertisers and profit margins alike.
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"Amazon comes into the space with such unbelievably deep pockets and a clearly demonstrated willingness to operate at either extremely low profit margins or no profit margins at all; it does make them kind of a threatening player," said one high-ranking TV exec.
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Wealth management firms should not be aiming for the 60 percent or 70 percent profit margins.
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But those drugs should ultimately result in better health for patients, not just wider profit margins.
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You can make a strong argument that the third quarter was the peak for profit margins.
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Yet SAP has never achieved the 40 percent profit margins that Microsoft boasted at its height.
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These mega-retailers have pushed the food companies to keep prices low, which hurt profit margins.
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And developers are being forced to often invest in these at the expense of profit margins.
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S&P reported the Blues' gross profit margins for the individual market went up in 2016.
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At the same time, convergence can expand profit margins through cost synergies and enhanced customer loyalty.
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Profit margins have risen by nearly four-fifths since 1980, and are above the European average.
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Security concerns could limit 5G in rural areas, where smaller carriers operate at lower profit margins.
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On one hand, high-end production for audiobooks would cut into publishers' already-thin profit margins.
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Still, profit margins were rising in 32% of the corporate economists' firms, up from 23% previously.
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Instead they're concentrating on trucks, SUVs, and crossovers, which have higher profit margins and growing demand.
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But oil refiners doubt that summer demand will be strong enough to boost their profit margins.
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Profit margins in the region, however, dipped to 8.7 percent from 8.8 percent a year earlier.
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He sells about US $703 million of mangoes each season, though his profit margins are small.
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Once those orders are filled, Foxconn may be able to recover from its low profit margins.
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That came despite record deliveries of its electric cars, with profit margins falling during the quarter.
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But analysts cautioned that slower credit growth would eventually take a toll on banks' profit margins.
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However, it was less popular with franchise owners, who said it stretched profit margins too thin.
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Strong apparel sales helped boost revenue above forecasts, but profit margins fell from a year ago.
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The profit margins of rural providers are low, and affording more expensive equipment brands is difficult.
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Revenues and profits have since grown handsomely; profit margins now rival those of German premium carmakers.
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The refinery's previous operator, Valero Energy, idled the complex in 2012 because of low profit margins.
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She jokes the profit margins are too small in regular candy, and there's too much competition.
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The bottom line: Investors have worried that lower rates will hurt banks' profit margins and income.
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It's just the latest example of CEO Jeff Bezos' willingness to sacrifice profit margins for growth.
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But all that spending is cutting into Amazon's profit margins, resulting in lower-than-expected earnings.
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With higher fuel costs squeezing profit margins, airlines are scaling back on capacity despite strong demand.
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Profit margins of company market insurers are expected to remain within the bounds of current ratings.
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But it'll be a tricky sale for news publishers who are increasingly facing tighter profit margins.
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Unlike the government, private prison companies must also take their profit margins out of their budgets.
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But the cartels realize their biggest profit margins in synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine and fentanyl.
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Investors appeared concerned with a surge of spending at the company that hurt its profit margins.
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The new capacity, combined with soaring crude prices, has eroded profit margins for producing refined fuels.
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Pernod is under pressure from U.S. hedge fund Elliott to improve profit margins and corporate governance.
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The networking and storage company was helped stronger industry trends as well as expanding profit margins.
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Profit margins for Telstra's mobile division came under pressure due to intense competition in the market.
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Despite Iraq's current financial crisis, he says, profit margins are around 50%: few of them fail.
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Google's growing revenue and resilient profit margins were especially impressive in light of its expanding headcount.
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Analysts say this could accelerate food inflation, potentially benefiting retailers' profit margins in the short-term.
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This unconventional, multi-pronged approach makes for better customer service and leads to better profit margins.
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Investors were discouraged that Target did not raise its guidance and worried about its profit margins.
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The reticence is hampering profit margins at big banks, which make money off managing clients' assets.
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Wendy's also said higher commodity costs hurt profit margins by 1.7 percentage points during the quarter.
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MTU typically makes higher profit margins on spares and maintenance activities than on delivering new engines.
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Those actions ate into profit margins and contributed to the severity of the industry's eventual crash.
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KB Home saw average selling prices rise by 12 percent, with profit margins expanding as well.
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CNNMoney reports the tariffs raised costs for Whirlpool by $85033 million and squeezed its profit margins.
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The firm is looking for new revenue streams as competition and regulation hits its profit margins.
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The tariffs could erode the profit margins of the F-150, which has aluminum body panels.
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And if wages and other costs come in higher than expected, profit margins could get squeezed.
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Improved profit margins at big Spanish companies may allow them to absorb the higher labor costs.
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The store gets higher profit margins and customers get cheaper prices than with outside name brands.
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Revenues were 225 percent higher, net income 200 percent higher, and profit margins 30 percent higher.
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I know that gun manufacturers do not want their profit margins affected by gun control laws.
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Still, executives cautioned on Wednesday that profit margins would begin to thin in the coming year.
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The financial crisis accelerated that shift, tipping many factories with razor-thin profit margins into bankruptcy.
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The luxury home builder's revenue came in below forecasts as lower prices hit its profit margins.
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The finance, insurance and real estate industries said that profit margins were on the rise overall.
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Healthier menu choices, which carry higher profit margins, are also helping Costco maintain food court prices.
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Dwindling demand growth, low profit margins and mounting losses have also made the sector less attractive.
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Of course, the market is almost surely going to reduce expectations for profit margins over time.
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Amazon instead focused on keeping costs low and reinvesting sales profit margins into growing the business.
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Kozmo scrambled to boost its profit margins as investors began to back away from the company.
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Exxon also suffered from weaker profit margins in its chemical and refining business in the quarter.
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Profit margins at steel mills also remained strong enough to encourage greater output, according to analysts.
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The acclaimed winners appear entrenched, their platforms self-reinforcing, profit margins sturdy, growth rates near-automatic.
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In that environment, Ford's rivals chose to stick with steel, and aim for higher profit margins.
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It said apparel sales were up more than 10%, which also helped strengthen Target's profit margins.
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Amazon's known for taking razor-thin profit margins in order to price products lower than competitors.
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Fossil said profit margins will increase this year as it enhances its focus on wearable technology.
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Mr. Daniel was contemplating firing up his generator, but that would cut into his profit margins.
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Pacific Gas & Electric and other utilities can't raise their profit margins, state regulators ruled on Thursday.
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These firms are able to generate higher profit margins, possibly at the expense of their customers.
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Cutthroat competition among Android smartphone makers has made profit margins in the Android market razor-thin.
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ConAgra's results were helped by strength in profit margins, as commodity costs fell and productivity savings increased.
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The company raised its full-year forecast as well, as volume growth increases and profit margins expand.
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But executives expressed concern about the effects of the strong U.S. dollar and tariffs on profit margins.
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The company also estimated profit margins in the fourth quarter would mostly carry into the first quarter.
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The company has increased volumes of Canadian crude at its refineries to try to boost profit margins.
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McKinney says we're already seeing that happen, and in time it may start affecting corporate profit margins.
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The company is known for having some of the highest profit margins in its industry, they added.
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Glencore has taken action to reduce supply as, like other miners, it seeks to boost profit margins.
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Profit margins on TVs are infamously razor-thin, and better ads could be a boon to manufacturers.
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It has profit margins to maintain and users to gain and a stock price to worry about.
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So adopting the new fintech ethos of zero fees and transparent pricing makes for thinner profit margins.
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Pharmaceutical companies have the largest profit margins in the health care industry, hovering just above 20 percent.
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Trian has reportedly held discussions with the money management firm about cutting costs and improving profit margins.
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While Exxon sold more chemicals, profit margins came under pressure because the industry has recently added capacity.
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Strong profit margins spurred China's steel production this year, reaching a record 81.13 million tonnes in May.
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Investors have also been rewarding companies with high and stable gross profit margins, according to the data.
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Some companies also accepted lower profit margins in order to keep from passing higher costs onto consumers.
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Revenue was slightly below forecasts, but Ford reported record profit margins both globally and in North America.
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He said that the company had fewer discounts this year, which would lead to better profit margins.
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They observed trends in what they call "corporate markups" – basically gross profit margins adjusted for capital intensity.
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Fund transfer fees, which offer hefty profit margins to Brazilian lenders, could also have their days numbered.
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One will be the potential positive of rising wages at the cost of lower corporate profit margins.
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Sales last month occurred disproportionately at the higher end, where profit margins are often greater for builders.
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They also want to see whether Tesla sacrificed profit margins in its efforts to ramp up production.
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The combined firm projects relatively slow growth in revenue, a jump in profit margins and rapid deleveraging.
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Ten years ago, Ackman tried to get McDonald's to re-franchise its stores to improve profit margins.
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What's happening: Amazon saw fatter profit margins this quarter, leading to stronger than expected earnings per share.
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With well-established brands and profit margins reaching over 50% the status quo makes for solid business.
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How can European companies achieve critical scale, which might aid their profit margins and their overseas ambitions?
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According to FactSet, the S&P's collective after-tax profit margins have dropped to 10.7% from 11.3%.
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For Huawei, they're also less of a success, since they have lower profit margins than pricier devices.
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There are two obvious threats which might bring that about: falling profit margins and rising interest rates.
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That trend bucks conventional wisdom that lower rates squeeze banking profit margins, putting pressure on stock prices.
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At the same time, Jefferies cut Aetna to "hold" from "buy," citing pressure on Humana profit margins.
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Apple, like Amazon, owns its data centers, so every new service it releases holds tantalizing profit margins.
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The discounts show Amazon's willingness to trim profit margins to better compete with more affordable grocery giants.
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That meant revenue per passenger was down, but the airline's profit margins were "still strong," he said.
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The hedge fund wants management to franchise more of its stores, increase sales and raise profit margins.
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Boeing is driving down costs to increase profit margins and compete on sales against European rival Airbus.
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The projects in Shanghai and Guangzhou are situated in prime areas, which lead to satisfactory profit margins.
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And profit margins and valuations for food delivery should be higher than the taxi service, Cruz notes.
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But profit margins on the new vehicle side were "very difficult, it was very competitive," he added.
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Chain retailers argue that it would increase the cost of foreign products and devastate their profit margins.
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Meanwhile, Dotdash increased revenue by 35 percent to reach $30.1 million, with expanding profit margins in Q23.
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The TV business is in decline and the companies that remain operate on razor-thin profit margins.
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But it is entering a part of the market where competition is intense and profit margins slimmer.
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He said rail profit margins are slim, and delays can quickly put a trade in the red.
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They've pumped up the carbonation because that means using less syrup, which in turn increases profit margins.
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Winnebago said the acquisition was expected to be immediately accretive to profit margins and earnings per share.
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Some antitrust experts say high profit margins may even discourage companies from developing new and improved products.
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Net income more than doubled to $22018 billion, underscoring the company's renewed focus on growing profit margins.
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But private companies have no incentive to compromise their profit margins for health and safety of citizens.
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The profit margins were higher on meals, and it helped her use produce that was not selling.
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The online seller is bringing its firepower to a grocery industry plagued by razor-thin profit margins.
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Profit margins are high and Danone and its rivals are all trying to boost their market presence.
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He backs his thesis by highlighting hypervalued stocks, weakening market internals, shrinking growth, and waning profit margins.
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A food distribution network requires refrigerated storage and a fleet of trucks — and profit margins are low.
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And when you do that and you go head to head, it always hurts your profit margins.
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Apple is, by its own standards, in a bit of a lull in terms of profit margins.
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The plant's profit margins, he says, are extremely high -- at least triple those of potatoes and onions.
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Wealth management revenue rose slightly from a year ago, with profit margins holding steady at 27 percent.
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In the near term, though, these investments will hamper profit margins, management told analysts and investors Tuesday.
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Business surveys point to a steady string of layoffs as orders weaken and profit margins are squeezed.
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Asda is Britain's most profitable grocer however as, unlike rivals, it has opted to protect profit margins.
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The funds also pressuring the company to improve profit margins by selling more of its own labels.
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These companies typically achieve much higher profit margins than the airlines whose tickets they help to distribute.
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"We're experiencing rising earnings, elevated profit margins, a global synchronized recovery and the potential for tax reform."
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That came as many refineries curbed output or conducted maintenance in the face of weaker profit-margins.
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As the economy heats up, costs are climbing and starting to eat into relatively fat profit margins.
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Some politicians have backed that call, urging companies not to put profit margins ahead of public health.
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For some, that will mean accepting smaller profit margins, while for others it will mean higher prices.
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"It's just the other factors" — like rising rents and shrinking profit margins — that "are insurmountable," she said.
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Amazon's international operations lost about $2.4 billion over the past four quarters, although profit margins have improved.
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Some businesses, especially retailers, may need to pass along higher labor costs to maintain slim profit margins.
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And it's always worth remembering that luxury auto brands mint heftier profit margins than mass-market badges.
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The company said it was open to improving its profit margins, another topic broached by Third Point.
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It asserts that a healthy SaaS company's revenue growth rate and profit margins should sum to 22%+.
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Culp expects industrial operating profit margins to expand in 2019, but warned free cash flow faces headwinds.
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That narrows profit margins for U.S. companies and makes them unwilling to shell out significant wage increases.
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"Profit margins for fentanyl and methamphetamine are driving the drug trade by the cartels," the statement said.
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"Several retailers reported that tariffs were raising costs and hurting profit margins," the Fed's Richmond office reported.
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Delta's profit margins are also consistently higher than United's margins, as well as those of other airlines.
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The rising cost of labor can quickly cut into profitability at restaurants with already thin profit margins.
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In recent years, however, fierce competition has eroded Wesfarmers' profit margins despite billions of dollars of investments.
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The retailer said profit margins were weaker for some of its brands due to increased promotional activity.
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Some retailers likely deployed steeper and more frequent discounting, which in turn puts pressure on profit margins.
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BofA analysts said Wall Street is too bearish when it comes to its view on profit margins.
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The stock is under pressure, however, on concerns about profit margins and a sharp rise in expenses.
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Juul is attempting to inoculate its profit margins from upcoming regulation and using black institutions as cover.
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Also, better than expected on total revenue per available seat mile, as well as its profit margins.
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Tata said its focus was profit margins and unit economics, and not just growing sales via discounts.
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Apple also expects profit margins of 270 percent to 25 percent, slimmer than the 211 percent expected.
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This is because higher rates dent profit margins for businesses and thus the available returns for investors.
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That has brought about a supply shortage which is pushing prices even higher and widening profit margins.
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Amazon has the luxury of a forgiving investor base that's been trained to expect low profit margins.
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The idea was that boosting traffic through hubs would lead to greater efficiencies and higher profit margins.
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Packers increased slaughtering at other plants after the Tyson fire to take advantage of soaring profit margins.
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But for some, the extra sales from delivery also mean lower profit margins and major operational changes.
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They add little value, create and artificially inflate the cost of care to boost their profit margins.
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This, in turn, could create problems for corporations' long-term planning, as well as their profit margins.
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But it added that competition for land in top-tier cities could intensify, eroding developers' profit margins.
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It did not contain any key-performance-indicator data or information about expected revenue or profit margins.
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"Stock with low labor costs will outperform as wage inflation accelerates and squeezes profit margins," wrote Kostin.
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The profit margins on consumer electronics is significantly lower than streaming services, where the real growth is.
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When he took over as CEO, the wealth management business was generating single-digit pretax profit margins.
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"Considering the profit margins at Transavia, it's only natural to want to develop the activity further," Gagey said.
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For Fanatics, the bet is on the upside of sales growth versus the downside of smaller profit margins.
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It didn't hurt that they had picked product categories in watches and sunglasses that boasted big profit margins.
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Such steepness theoretically increases profit margins for banks, and greater bank activity is generally better for economic growth.
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In contrast, 23G has rapidly transformed the consumer industry by slashing costs, cutting jobs and raising profit margins.
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Granted, she's been psychologically eaten up and spit out by Spacer's Choice and its desire for profit margins.
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The company's profit, however, was 81 percent below year-earlier levels, due to falling sales and profit margins.
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Critics of AWS have said its profit margins could become too thin as the cloud segment becomes commoditized.
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Higher profit margins in the U.S. and gains from divesting in international assets offset the impacts from downtime.
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"With 97% profit margins, it's no secret that traditional ISPs overcharge and underdeliver," said Bender, in a statement.
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"Retailers have thin profit margins, and they'll likely be forced to raise prices on products impacted," says Gold.
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Current customer renewals will be vital to maintaining growth and profit margins in the near- to medium-term.
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Refinery profit margins have gotten crushed, as the earnings of ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Phillips 66 showed on Friday.
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With profit margins hovering around 4% or higher for many companies, that equals billions of dollars of profit.
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That was a relief given recent worries that bad debts and rising regulation costs would depress profit margins.
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Russia's Azov Sea offers mostly shallow-water operations with small size cargoes, which may mean lower profit margins.
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Beyond the close link these custom products have to their museum's collection, they also offer better profit margins.
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Apart from higher productivity, one way the economy might absorb higher pay is if firms' profit margins shrink.
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A steeper yield curve, where the long end is higher than the short end, widens lenders' profit margins.
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For any products surviving on razor-thin profit margins, that could mean the difference between life and death.
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Projections from T-Mobile and Sprint of sharply higher profit margins for the merged firm suggest another priority.
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Still, there's some skepticism from the financial community that Target's investments will continue to weigh on profit margins.
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Because stores do not earn their wide profit margins from the doorbusters and limited quantity, big ticket discounts.
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Many retailers' profit margins have dipped in recent years due to investments in their e-commerce supply chains.
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Everything we've been told about the MoviePass business model is complex and relies on exploiting thin profit margins.
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The profit margins at grocery stores aren&apost exactly huge and expensive tech could easily wipe them out.
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Pepsi's profit margins expanded and it saw its best increase in organic beverage sales in nearly three years.
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They only look cheap because their shrinking profit margins haven't caught up to their P/E ratios yet.
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The industry has warned that squeezing their profit margins may force them to drop clients with low assets.
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DSW reported a fourth-quarter loss of 7 cents per share and profit margins fell by 3 percent.
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But it has been known to do periodic payroll culling, in part to keep those profit margins high.
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In a triumph of profit margins, New Line Cinema's "Lights Out" racked up $290 million in its debut.
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Revenue was below forecasts, however, but Express noted a significant improvement in profit margins in its earnings release.
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More critically, Wall Street was waiting for the profit margins, which have been moving downward in recent years.
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Damage to the profit margins of U.S. companies could prompt global investors to shy away from U.S. assets.
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While such a move could encourage banks to lend out more, it could also hit their profit margins.
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The surge came from higher profit margins in the U.S. refining segment and gains from international asset sales.
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With both corn prices and ethanol profit margins sinking, such a signal is needed now more than ever.
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Garmin saw better-than-expected results in all its units, as well as higher-than-expected profit margins.
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The company said it was disappointed with the results, pointing to a decline in its gross profit margins.
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Shopify's business was "trending in the right direction," he said, adding that profit margins would come over time.
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The travel website operator TripAdvisor reported lower revenue growth and profit margins in the second quarter, disappointing analysts.
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Surely American firms would not tolerate increased parts and products from China which would dilute their profit margins.
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Digital freight brokers like Convoy and Uber Freight have much lower profit margins than those of traditional brokers.
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The trucking industry has narrow profit margins, and carriers are primarily concerned with saving as much as possible.
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Investors have fled stocks partly because of rising interest rates, which raise borrowing costs and reduce profit margins.
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"Profit margins are at the forefront for companies at the moment due to global market slowdown," he said.
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Promotions are also less severe, he said, which could entail better profit margins in the company's fourth quarter.
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At this point, Google's business model involves minimizing effort in these areas while maximizing profit margins, he said.
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Adjusted North American profit margins for full-year 212 were 2000 percent, down from 211 percent in 2000.
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In a triumph of profit margins, New Line Cinema's "Lights Out" racked up $2875 million in its debut.
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Chinese manufacturers also signaled an improvement in pricing power in March, which could ease pressure on profit margins.
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It added that the reduced utilization of capacity at its biggest plant in Singapore will hit profit margins.
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But most of your revenues ends up in American dollars, so the profit margins expand as a result.
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Prolonged monetary easing has strained Japan's regional banks by narrowing the profit margins of their core lending operations.
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She declined to predict when GE Power would regain the double-digit profit margins it had in 2016.
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But maintaining tight profit margins depends on relentlessly shaving time and costs on the road, industry veterans said.
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There's a reason Porsche posts some of the juiciest and most envied profit margins in the car business.
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This speaks to today's high profit margins — boosted in part by madly profitable winner-take-most tech giants.
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That could particularly hurt smaller companies, which tend to be privately owned and often have thin profit margins.
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Premier Li Keqiang continues his drive to reduce fees, taxes and red tape that cut into profit margins.
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When companies are able to produce more efficiently, they can absorb higher labor costs without sacrificing profit margins.
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In reality, credit card issuers make the largest profit margins on consumers with the worst credit (FICO) scores.
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Pricing pressure from giant retailers depressed the profit margins on brand-name paper towels, tissues and toilet paper.
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The grocery industry is notoriously a tough one on profit margins and adding delivery only compounds the challenges.
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And sales of Tesla's older, more expensive models have recently plummeted, and these generally have fatter profit margins.
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If Congress instead forced these companies to pay the federal minimum wage, their profit margins would drop dramatically.
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Unfortunately for Azar, the new coronavirus doesn't care about profit margins or returns on investment at drug companies.
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The luxury home builder also saw revenue come in below forecasts as lower prices hit its profit margins.
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The practice increases profit margins, but often exploits the workers by keeping their wages and social protections low.
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He responded by launching an efficiency drive, promising to expand profit margins by 5 percentage points through 2023.
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The public should demand answers about the link between profit margins, the expansion of detention and prolonged incarceration.
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Oil refineries, rushing to turn the crude glut into higher demand for fuels, have seen profit margins rise.
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Even aside from politics, rising wage growth looks set to reduce profit margins over the next several years.
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Furthermore, air fares have come down significantly, reducing profit margins while costs have stayed the same or increased.
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"Amazon is more focused on driving volume and improving service at the expense of profit margins," said Sebastian.
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"These are important products for us from a profitability standpoint," Engle said, declining to disclose specific profit margins.
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For the moment, the startup's primary focus is to reduce costs and increase profit margins for small merchants.
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To regain La Croix's "it" brand status, National Beverage slashed prices, which is shrinking the company's profit margins.
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"Companies with strong business models and high profit margins will be more resilient in any downturn," he said.
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Investors view higher rates as a positive sign for banks as it increases the profit margins on loans.
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And in some areas, such as tablets (not to mention profit margins), Apple is still a clear leader.
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But these carmakers, already operating with wafer-thin profit margins, must still invest heavily in anticipation of that moment.
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In August, Westpac raised some home loan interest rates to preserve profit margins in the face of higher costs.
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Profit margins for this chic party planning company aren't where they should be, and Corcoran isn't happy about it.
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Winnebago saw smaller profit margins during the quarter, though cost saving initiatives and pricing adjustments helped offset higher costs.
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P&G's profit margins have also been squeezed, hurt by rising commodity costs, shipping expenses and foreign exchange rates.
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The output prices sub-index fell below the 50-mark to 49.8 in November, boding ill for profit margins.
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Companies were able to raise their prices to customers only marginally in response, suggesting greater pressure on profit margins.
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Payment processing businesses typically boast mediocre profit margins, but those margins can grow as a company processes more transactions.
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He said that National Beverage's strategy to reverse its sales slump — slashing prices — is shrinking the company's profit margins.
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Juan keeps his overhead costs low and profit margins high by getting his product shipped from Colorado or Oregon.
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He said the insurer is growing globally and has protected its profit margins from possible changed in the sector.
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That boosts profit margins industry-wide, even for refiners that are not directly involved in the trade, he added.
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It has now lost 2000 percent of its value against the euro, wiping out the Irish producers' profit margins.
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He also said the firm expects operating profit margins to be near the lower end of its prior guidance.
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With industry profit margins already on a knife's edge, lower export prices could push them deep into the red.
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These brands offer the retailer higher profit margins since it can set its own prices and bypass any middlemen.
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Those high profit margins enable predatory lenders to buy the best lobbying firms that money can buy, after all.
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Portuguese banks suffer from a squeeze on profit margins from low interest rates, high costs and murky asset quality.
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The state refiners hope that the improved flexibility will boost refining profit margins toward the levels of private firms.
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They therefore must rely on third-party distributors — often to the detriment of their profit margins and working conditions.
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With this bolstered luxury portfolio, Lux could prove fruitful for Airbnb as higher-priced listings have greater profit margins.
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Hormel also raised its full-year earnings forecast, due to increases in pork segment profit margins and other efficiencies.
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Some fuel producers were forced to make extended curbs to their output as profit margins fell into the red.
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He said that broadband companies have very high profit margins, which enable them to sell double and triple packages.
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If it is legit, however, the statement makes clear that the stakes are higher than just Cellebrite's profit margins.
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And the profit margins of the Big 4 and of a whole host of companies are also historically high.
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Good organic growth in the mid-single digits and moderately improving profit margins are expected over the ratings horizon.
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A dozen companies had net profit margins above 30% in the first quarter, 9 of which were pharma firms.
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Because profit margins were low on books, he obtained a consignment space and began selling antiques, Solomon tells PEOPLE.
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Changchun had used these poor quality products to increase its profit margins, rising to become China's biggest vaccine maker.
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Automating more of the business will enable the bank to cut costs and improve profit margins, the sources said.
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In the past two years, suppliers made profit margins of between 14% and 17%, compared with 9% for planemakers.
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These discounts once again damaged its revenue and profit margins in both wholesale and stand-alone stores, Idol added.
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The company expects that the new product's profit margins will be similar to those for its current meal kits.
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The likely explanation: a combination of higher costs and — in some cases — pricing pressure that is eroding profit margins.
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Citi's re-ranking of its list is based on expected momentum this year for revenue growth and profit margins.
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Despite soaring sales, Alibaba's profit margins have been squeezed by rising competition and heavy investment to fend off rivals.
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Pretax profit margins for restaurants vary, but the industry average is razor thin, between 2 percent and 6 percent.
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The other cash cows include housing and meal plans, and that's where the profit margins for schools really soar.
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Worries that profit margins at banks would be hurt hit the shares on Monday, with SBI falling 2.6 percent.
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Despite record profits, strong profit margins and sales that show no sign of slowing down, auto stocks are tumbling.
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Profit margins fell across its various business units, including ones that the company is counting on for future growth.
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The deal: Kate Spade announced it was considering a sale in February since it wasn't achieving competitive profit margins.
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"Managing mutual funds typically remains an insanely profitable business, with pretax profit margins often exceeding 50 percent," he said.
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Experts and even industry officials say Trump's policies are likely to make a marginal difference, potentially increasing profit margins.
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Standard & Poor's warned last week that competition for land in top-tier cities could intensify, eroding developers' profit margins.
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One problem was a decline in operating income due to shrinking profit margins as Walmart and subsidiaries like Jet.
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Oil prices have nearly doubled from multi-year lows a year ago, weighing on profit margins at several airlines.
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The analysts believe the company is unlikely to offset lower profit margins with increased sales volumes and cost savings.
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But it's prioritized the production of more expensive versions of the car in order to keep profit margins high.
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It is also setting a goal of 20 percent profit margins by 2020, compared to 15.3 percent in 2016.
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Elliott's campaign to improve profit margins and corporate governance at Pernod has fuelled concerns that no company is immune.
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A significant increase in profit margins for ConAgra's consumer foods business was among the positive factors for the quarter.
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In the article, Penn said the conversation over tequila and food turned to profit margins in the movie world.
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McKinsey, a consultancy, says profit margins and growth fell at the majority of American asset-management firms in 2015.
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Apple could even resist the "good enough" trap and surprise and delight new iPhone buyers if profit margins allow.
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Lodha expects to sell this project over a prolonged period in order to potentially benefit from higher profit margins.
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They account for a smaller portion of U.S. GDP and stock market value, and they have similar profit margins.
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Unlike digital chips, analog chips can be made cheaply with older equipment, which translates to more consistent profit margins.
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Mike: Man, what if your job was looking at how much companies' profit margins grew or shrank every day?
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They account for a smaller portion of U.S. GDP and stock market value, and they have similar profit margins.
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Friis added that higher production costs for more complicated jewellery in new materials would put pressure on profit margins.
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The orders will help increase sales and profit margins by 2 percentage points in 2021 and 2022, it said.
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Chevron attributed the weakness in its refining and marketing business to lower profit margins on sales of refined products.
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Microsoft's net profit margins are a whopping 30% of total sales compared to net margins of 22.5% for Apple.
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At their peak in the late 90's, seven publicly traded media companies saw profit margins at nearly 30%.
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Light trucks and SUVs are a cash cow for automakers and have the highest profit margins in their fleets.
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It enables new services, it can be sold at healthy profit margins, and it's harder for competitors to copy.
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It delivers 20 profit margins before interest and tax, and 4 percent revenue growth, relatively high for aerospace suppliers.
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Small businessmen, however, say Moon has got it wrong, and there will be less work as profit margins suffer.
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Artisan told Reuters that it too wants the Power Grids spinoff, which would help ABB boost its profit margins.
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Across the industry, profit margins have come under pressure as fees fall and fierce competition mounts for clients' money.
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And the company has overall gross profit margins of 22018%, in an encouraging sign for its future financial health.
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One weakness for Wal-Mart has been that its profit margins have dipped slightly due to more aggressive promotions.
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Sadly, this lack of oversight provides a perverse incentive to pad profit margins at the expense of the poor.
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Airlines are hoping big data might prove one antidote to the pressures of tight profit margins and intense competition.
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Shares of International Business Machines Corp tumbled 68.063 percent after its profit margins fell short of Wall Street expectations.
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Perhaps that's why drug companies see average profit margins that are nearly eight times larger than health insurance plans.
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As Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory kicks into production, investors are warming to the potentially massive profit margins it could yield.
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The data storage company Seagate Technology said its third-quarter profit margins and revenue would be lower than expected.
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Private-label brands typically have higher profit margins than their national brand counterparts because they cost less to make.
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The maker of surgical instruments saw higher profit margins and increased use of its da Vinci robotic surgical systems.
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The move could hurt revenues and profit margins for Cisco's switching business, the company's largest business segment by revenue.
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Gross profit margins fell to 33 percent for the quarter, down from 34.5 percent in the year-ago period.
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Saudi producers have also benefited from subsidized energy and feedstock costs, so lower crude prices compress their profit margins.
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By the numbers : Profit margins at Aetna and Mednax were both above 7% in the first quarter this year.
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But AWS has operating profit margins of 26 percent, making its profitable growth extra important to Amazon's future success.
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"Tech giants' profit margins are likely to get squeezed, but their overall business may get bigger," the magazine says.
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That should enable major energy firms to take advantage of economies of scale and increase their profit margins further.
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Kohl's was also struggling to grow profit margins amid a "competitive promotional environment," where excessive discounting was the norm.
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Embraer warned last month that profit margins are likely to suffer next year as it ramps up E2 production.
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That would force companies to either raise prices or accept smaller profit margins, or some combination of the two.
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It has been raising some of its insulation and roofing prices in an effort to improve its profit margins.
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Carmakers have struggled to maintain profit margins faced with the rising costs of making electric, connected and autonomous cars.
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At the same time, a glut of plastics factories worldwide has prevented producers from raising prices, hurting profit margins.
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In addition, the company has much lower profit margins in the rest of the world than in North America.
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It's just that analysts had gotten it into their heads that profit margins were going to rise as well.
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Mr. Durant said that city lawmakers failed to consider how a seemingly small fee can cut into profit margins.
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And in an industry that stays aloft on thin profit margins, that future is a dark one, Abdelghany says.
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Ford has average profit margins of about 6 percent in recent years, short of its goal of 8 percent.
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A GMO report highlighted the four components of stock returns: earnings growth, dividends, price-earnings ratios and profit margins.
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Like Mr. Hashmi, Mr. Jorgensen said he liked the higher profit margins that 7-Eleven's private-label products offered.
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Profit margins in the petrochemical sector fell 13% in 2019 from a year ago, the biggest hit since 2008.
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Perhaps more important than the sector's rapid growth is that it commands higher prices and generates bigger profit margins.
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The company's disappointing sales come as it focuses more on shoring up its profit margins by shutting underperforming stores.
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Others analysts note that the company's profit margins are much higher than at peers like General Mills and Kellogg.
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But softer-than-expected profit margins at J. C. Penney and fewer transactions at Kohl's continued to spook investors.
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And, remember, these are companies generally growing not much faster than nominal world GDP, with admittedly attractive profit margins.
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Input and output price growth are expected to accelerate, allowing firms to begin restoring profit margins, the survey showed.
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Solvay aims to move away from commoditised high-volume products toward more high-tech solutions with better profit margins.
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It said on Tuesday it expected a 5.0% to 5.75% decline in the unit's net profit margins in 2020.
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Small businesses typically have smaller profit margins and fewer ways to reallocate funds if their business model suddenly changes.
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The brand brings not only a different range of customers, but also hefty profit margins and an upmarket aura.
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Besides bringing the chain back to its roots, revamping its bar business also means sales with higher profit margins.
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Airlines, which operate on slim profit margins, are strategically cutting back on future flight routes that aren't filling up.
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Grocery stores often operate on 2000% to 26% profit margins, and they rely on revenue from SNAP redemption spending.
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"GREAT RUN" McDermott had launched an efficiency drive, promising to expand profit margins by 5 percentage points through 2023.
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Notably, profit margins are expected to shrink across all sectors for only the fourth time since 1990, he said.
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Profit margins have risen to their highest since 2011, but largely due to cost-cutting and consolidation, not growth.
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Lonmin has been struggling with shrinking profit margins due to high costs, operational issues and stubbornly low platinum prices.
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TeamViewer generates core cash profit margins of 52% and was profitable in the first six months of this year.
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Elliott's campaign to improve profit margins and corporate governance at Pernod has fueled concerns that no company is immune.
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It also raises costs of exported vehicles and parts, making Japanese products less competitive overseas and denting profit margins.
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The profit margins of the largest industry players such as Dignity are high by international standards, the watchdog said.
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One weakness for Wal-Mart the second quarter was that profit margins fell slightly due to more aggressive promotions.
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Stifel is getting more bullish on AMD shares because of the chipmaker's rising profit margins and market share gains.
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A lack of rain, global competition and fluctuating prices are squeezing profit margins of many growers in the region.
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The profit margins on growing and selling marijuana are so high, he's confident he will make back the money.
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The outbreak of tariffs threatens to slow the world's two largest economies and eat into record-high profit margins.
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"Slower economic growth hampers revenue, while paying tariffs and dealing with supply chain disruptions hurt profit margins," said Lynch.
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Now, the bad news for investors: Profit margins could be worse than what a lot of people are forecasting.
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The strategist noted companies with high profit margins and return on assets can do well in an inflationary environment.
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That helped preserve bank profit margins but failed to pass rate cuts on to customers beyond a certain level.
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The technique cuts the cost per plane in the early stages of a project, smoothing profit margins over time.
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But the bank has seen its profit margins cut by low central bank interest rates and tough capital rules.
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Its profit margins will get better and better as its costs fall more quickly than those of its competitors.
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Profit margins in North America for the first nine months of 2015 will show a rise to 10.9 percent from 103 percent, and the company's full-year 2015 North American profit margins will be about 1 percent higher than they would have been if the reporting change had not been made, Rowley said.
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While this has lowered banks' borrowing costs, the pressure it has put on their lending rates has hurt profit margins.
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And other companies, notably Jack in the Box, ultimately recovered their reputations for safety as well as their profit margins.
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Investors will watch these large multinationals for indications of how the strong U.S. dollar is affecting exports and profit margins.
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This has put the squeeze on locations like Surat, India, a major diamond-cutting hub, leading to lower profit margins.
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Both companies have said that the deal has been starving them of raw supplies and wiping out their profit margins.
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Oil producers and servicers have struggled to maintain profit margins as the price per barrel declined from $100 to $36.
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They must either scale back their reliance on Chinese manufacturers or get comfortable with higher costs and slimmer profit margins.
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Secondly, they suggest concerns over profit margins potentially being hit by a relative jump in labor costs and finally, cyclicality.
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Corporate profit margins in '94 were half of current levels and rising fairly fast, offering an extra boost to earnings.
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That's fine, for now, but the company obviously wants to get a place of stability and wide profit margins eventually.
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However, persistently low oil prices and weaker profit margins in Exxon's refining business weighed on earnings for the full year.
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Newell also raised its full-year forecast, as it sees improved cash flow and better profit margins from its restructuring.
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Profits should also hit the top end of its guidance, since profit margins should be about 1% better than expected.
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Cord-cutting will continue to put pressure on profit margins at the combined company, which will also become highly indebted.
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Every year the Brazilian government sets minimum prices for several commodities, considering production costs and minimum profit margins for farmers.
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The investment will cut into Amazon's profit margins, and the company gave lower-than-expected earnings guidance for the period.
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THE SHADOW OF ELLIOTT Pernod is under pressure from U.S. hedge fund Elliott to improve profit margins and corporate governance.
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Competitors including Coach and Kate Spade have also been working at culling promotions to preserve profit margins and brand image.
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Rising oil prices have begun to bolster their upstream drilling segments, but have squeezed profit margins in their refining operations.
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Software names especially are big hits this year because of their big profit margins and insulation from the trade tensions.
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By paying workers a base salary of $302.84 USD a month, the factory is able to keep profit margins higher.
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AutoNation's reported profit margins on vehicle repair services and used vehicle sales are higher than those for new car sales.
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Airlines often have a tense relationship with GDS providers, which typically achieve much higher profit margins than the airlines themselves.
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On the whole, scientific publishing has become a market increasingly characterized by consolidation, soaring subscription fees, and rising profit margins.
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The deal is the company's largest strategic acquisition and is designed to bolster its cloud business and increase profit margins.
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Boeing is cutting costs to boost profit margins and compete for orders against European rival Airbus amid slowing jetliner sales.
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Without a cable bundle, these companies can charge customers a higher price for internet and improve their own profit margins.
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As workers' wages grow, companies' profit margins may also come under pressure, reducing, somewhat, the capital income of the rich.
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Analysts had expected PPI to fall 3.3 percent, extending a more-than-four-year decline which has eroded profit margins.
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The company did say, however, that it expected profit margins to be pressured by slower housing demand and increased incentives.
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The automaker has been under pressure from Wall Street investors to improve its product lineup and lift flagging profit margins.
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However, some Chinese refiners said they were concerned that a rally in global oil prices would erode their profit margins.
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If it hopes to compete, the Japanese automaker will need better quality lithium-ion batteries that don't squeeze profit margins.
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The expectations for its ad business and cost forecasts could hurt profit margins, particularly in the fourth quarter, Facebook said.
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Pilgrim's Pride had a record streak of net profit margins of 5.5 percent and above in the last four years.
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Many balked at the idea of selling the drug, or due to low profit margins or fear of being robbed.
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He noted the consumer business was doing well, with profit margins now improving, suggesting a bright outlook for the business.
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Increasing profit margins and a $5 billion stock buyback announced in October should also help Alphabet's stock price, he said.
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Imports of iron ore fell for a second time, reflecting waning restocking demand at steel-mills as profit margins narrow.
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The company has the scale and long-tail strategy to forgo profit margins in hopes of quickly gaining market share.
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Shares of International Business Machines Corp tumbled nearly 7.4 percent after its profit margins fell short of Wall Street expectations.
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The company said the acquisition was expected to immediately add to profit margins and earnings per share after it closes.
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And with land values so high and profit margins so slim, developers have every incentive to hype the sales pitch.
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Sandy Munro, president of Michigan-based Munro & Associates, said the car generates net profit margins in excess of 30 percent.
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On the company's earnings call with analysts, Lake was asked what the lower-price push would mean for profit margins.
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Wall Street typically recoils when the Fed hikes rates, which raises borrowing costs and tends to narrow corporate profit margins.
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Exxon's chemicals business earned $1.1 billion, down $79 million from a year ago, as weaker profit margins weighed on results.
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The household products maker also saw revenue beat estimates, but did see its profit margins impacted by higher commodity costs.
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The automaker announced it was accelerating plans to boost profit margins by cutting capital spending and discontinuing some vehicle lines.
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Underlying market conditions, such as rising earnings estimates, strong corporate balance sheets and record profit margins, remain favorable, he said.
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Both at home and abroad, Exxon's profit margins fell while it spent more to grow its future production of chemicals.
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However, the stock is being pressured by a drop in profit margins, sparking concerns about an escalating grocery price war.
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Costco's stock is being pressured by a drop in profit margins, however, sparking concerns about an escalating grocery price war.
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The higher costs are prompting builders to put up fewer starter homes and more expensive units to maintain profit margins.
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Caglayan agreed to meet in person, and asked Zarrab details about the illegal deal and its profit margins, Zarrab testified.
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Farmers often operate on small profit margins, so a massive hit like that could force many out of business altogether.
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Annualized, that would mean nearly $85033 in revenue per North American user, which enables Facebook to achieve astounding profit margins.
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On Thursday, Kroger's earnings revealed just how competitive the grocery business has been, with food price deflation pressuring profit margins.
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Another concern for stocks: companies have been warning for a couple of months about rising wages eating into profit margins.
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Pro tip: Many businesses sell for anywhere from five to 10 times EBITDA (this measures the profit margins for companies).
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With his appointees, Mr. Ackman sought to turn the railroad around with a focus on increasing efficiency and profit margins.
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However, Fitch believes that an investment-grade profile would require stronger and more sustained profit margins and positive consolidated CFO.
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Facebook's profit margins also took a hit, because of the legal expenses and fines associated with the FTC privacy investigation.
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With an eye on improving profit margins, the company plans to continue to cut marketing spending in the fourth quarter.
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That means profit margins will get slimmer if mining costs don't fall by 2020, when the next drop is scheduled.
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Although this would not hit a significant part of their profit margins, it would bring further uncertainty to financial markets.
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As Alibaba's profit margins shrink, investors will put more pressure on the company to extract profit from its newer business.
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Gross profit margins fell to 66.9 percent of sales from 67.7 percent a year earlier, and EBITDA margins dipped too.
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One of the most common concerns they relay — and one he agrees with — is that corporate profit margins are unsustainable.
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Stiff competition, heavy regulation and high operating costs make for some of the lowest profit margins in the petroleum industry.
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In the near term, Stitch Fix said it continues to expect profit margins to decline as those investments ramp up.
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Asian refining profit margins for gasoil with 10ppm sulphur content were at $15.34 a barrel over Dubai crude on Friday.
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Rising wages are expected to eat into corporate profit margins, weighing on companies that are already projecting much slower growth.
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Its North American adjusted profit margins declined to 8.4 percent in the fourth quarter from 10 percent a year earlier.
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With that squared away, Hyundai decided to move upmarket in search of higher profit margins and clientele with deeper pockets.
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Macy's warned on Tuesday that its profit margins are shrinking, sending the company's shares down by as much as 7%.
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Lower markups may mean lower profit margins in the short term, but they also help boost customer loyalty over time.
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Unlike peers, Amazon runs on razor-thin profit margins because it sinks most of its profit back into its business.
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Automakers are keen to tap into that growth because trucks and SUVs tend to have higher profit margins than sedans.
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It poses a conundrum for airlines that are trying to capitalize on robust travel demand — albeit at smaller profit margins.
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It is also battling e-commerce giant Amazon, whose advanced investment in technology helps it leapfrog traditional stores' profit margins.
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And investors are worried that profit margins might shrink because of higher wages and commodity costs driven up by tariffs.
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Many of them, like local restaurants and retailers, operate leanly, with tight profit margins and just enough people on staff.
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Kellogg – Goldman Sachs upgraded the cereal maker's stock to "buy" from "neutral," predicting accelerating organic sales and improved profit margins.
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And SpaceX, for all its successes, is still a fairly small company, with thin profit margins on its rocket launches.
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He wanted Nissan to reach 8 percent profit margins and 8 percent market share in the countries where it operated.
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A sharp plunge in crude oil markets triggered by the erupting Saudi-Russia price war has also boosted profit margins.
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Case studies: Prices for U.S. steel continue to fall and, if the weakness continues, it could eat into profit margins.
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Even if wage inflation were to increase, much of that could be absorbed by corporate profit margins, leaving prices unchanged.
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BNP Paribas said it was facing problems with negative interest rates, shrinking profit margins while keeping up with technology investments.
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Amazon can apply its classic playbook of taking razor-thin profit margins in order to price products lower than competitors.
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Many see 2018 as a potentially decisive year for the A330neo with consequences on the profit margins of both planemakers.
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A continued push among firms to stay competitive also limited the increase in prices that they charged, pressuring profit margins.
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The problems have encouraged ACS to focus on less risky activities, but that in turn is weighing on profit margins.
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Its best business remains selling popcorn, soda, and other concessions, for which it earns profit margins in excess of 80%.
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The higher sticker prices generate fatter profit margins that's helped Ferrari offset a slowdown in sales in the second quarter.
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Small businesses often don't have the same profit margins to absorb rising health-care costs as their big-business competitors.
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Profit margins are being squeezed by factors such as falling revenues from capital market units and higher bad-loan provisions.
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And if deals work out well, a chief executive should benefit on other metrics, like share price and profit margins.
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Pay attention to profit margins Wall Street will still be paying close attention to the numbers as well as governance.
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In the car business, with profit margins of $1,000 per new car sold, that's like selling an additional 4,000 cars.
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The company said profit margins on its marketplace exchange plans exceeded its expectations, contributing 12 cents per share to earnings.
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By which it means a time when it will not have a negative effect on price or Glencore's profit margins.
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In turn, the companies see increased worker productivity, better retention, the ability to recruit top talent, and higher profit margins.
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On the day the deal was announced, Lowe's also reported quarterly earnings that fell short as profit margins were squeezed.
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The move is designed to boost profit margins in order to counteract falling drug prices in the United States. Amazon.
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But pressure on profit margins and key credit metrics would lessen over the medium term due to changing industry dynamics.
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"These are companies with tremendous revenue growth and terrific profit margins and huge upside to their business prospects," Golub said.
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Their profit margins are extremely thin to start with; without reliable income streams it becomes even harder to stay afloat.
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More broadly, the Cincinnati company's profit margins were squeezed, hurt by rising commodity costs, shipping expenses and foreign exchange rates.
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The company has often reported higher profit margins than Fiat Chrysler in North America, where the companies are direct competitors.
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Companies like Fiat Chrysler, the manufacturer of the Wrangler, also set prices in China that allow somewhat higher profit margins.
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Revenue also beat forecasts, but the data storage and cloud infrastructure company also saw a slight shrinkage in profit margins.
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Revenue for its most recent quarter also exceeded Wall Street estimates, though the increased spending cut into its profit margins.
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Piper Jaffray wrote in Monday&aposs note that the investment would most likely continue to affect Amazon&aposs profit margins.
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The amount the Langleys pay depends on the brand, expiration date and condition, but the profit margins are reliably high.
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The ads direct customers to delivery apps that charge steep fees and cut into the restaurant's already thin profit margins.
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Firms that dominate can enjoy profit margins of up to 20% per order, although Delivery Hero's are only half that level.
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Because of the pressure on new vehicle profit margins, "we have to grow the business where we have opportunity," Jackson said.
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Revenue also beat forecasts, but investors appear to be focusing on a drop in profit margins compared to a year ago.
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The brokerage said the carmaker's premium Model 3 sedan will also not produce better profit margins than a conventional BMW (BMWG.DE).
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But even when Uber does become profitable, he says the company's business model is unlikely to rake in huge profit margins.
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However, the company is pushing back its IPO to focus on reducing the cost of customer acquisition and improving profit margins.
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Pressured by tight profit margins, chefs tend to err on the side of caution, which can result in under-cooked steaks.
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But it costs less to run an app than the meetings, and the savings have shown up in its profit margins.
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She cited several factors including a steepening yield curve — which improves banks' profit margins — "healthy balance sheets" and less regulatory pressure.
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Driven by attractive profit margins, they've tried to adapt to and counter our technological and other efforts to root them out.
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The underwear maker also issued worse than expected full-year guidance for 2017, despite improvement in profit margins and international sales.
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Bank of America warned Monday that profit margins could drop on the back of Brexit and uncertainty over Trump's tax policy.
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Enjoying good profit margins in 2017, Asian refiners had cranked up processing to a record 23 million bpd by last October.
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Analysts expect this effect to swing in Inditex's favor over the next 153 months with a consequent boost to profit margins.
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Lululemon in December warned that profit margins were unlikely to fully recover until 2017 and cut its full-year earnings forecast.
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Net profit margins were also squeezed to their lowest level in two years, with sectors like information technology particularly hard hit.
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Operating profit margins in North America fell to 6.5 percent, down 90 basis points on the same period a year ago.
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Investors should sell shares of General Mills because of weakening sales, declining profit margins and elevated valuation, according to Goldman Sachs.
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Cheap gasoline has undercut the already-narrow profit margins for smaller cars while stoking demand for trucks and sport utility vehicles.
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Chevron has seen tighter profit margins in its downstream business, which focuses on refining and selling fuels like gasoline and diesel.
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Amazon said the pay raises would benefit more than 350,000 workers, which is likely to cut into its thin profit margins.
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Razor-thin profit margins make it difficult for restaurant operators to balance higher labor costs without raising prices or cutting jobs.
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Stocks may have moved permanently higher, and indeed corporate profit margins are very high compared to post World War 2 norms.
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Refinery profit margins expanded earlier in the downturn as the price of oil — the feedstock for gasoline and diesel fuel — fell.
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It would focus on infrastructure, which Taylor said offered higher profit margins and where cost inflation was not quite as acute.
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The company saw its Mexican profit margins fall to less than 35 percent from 45 percent in just a few years.
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In the current period, higher labor costs, costlier fuel and the ongoing pricing battle are weighing on the carrier's profit margins.
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Amazon reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday that reflected an ongoing change at the company: less growth but fatter profit margins.
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Bagels are labor-intensive, but customers balk at paying more than a few bucks for them, making profit margins whisper-thin.
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More optimistically, if the combined firm had the same profit margins as the median of the American giants, ROTEwould be 13%.
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Treating data as labour means tech giants' profit margins are likely to get squeezed, but their overall business may get bigger.
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The three companies are positioned in fast-growing markets and enjoy profit margins that are higher than the existing LFF group.
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Chicken farmers' profit margins have probably been kept thin by the rising price of feed and a surge in domestic production.
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He said a combination of solid economic indicators and cost-cutting should help GM maintain profit margins of around 10 percent.
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Bridgewater Associates estimates U.S. equities would be 40% lower than where they are today without the consistent expansion of profit margins.
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That's good for the company, because it stands to benefit from the program's higher profit margins, according to FastCompany (via Engadget).
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With profit margins of over 30 percent and strong pricing power, Camilleri inherits a business that is firing on all cylinders.
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Kapelushnik said for certain sneakers, if he can get them at retail price, profit margins can be upwards of 1,000 percent.
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Another whammy: Beleaguered industries like dairy are facing already-bad profit margins and are reliant on corn to feed their cows.
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Ford Motor Co has, however, said it would not hike prices on its imported cars for now, crimping its profit margins.
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The firm said its upgrade is based on improving revenue and profit margins in Microsoft's ongoing shift to cloud-based business.
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Handset makers like Samsung and Apple enjoy greater profit margins on high-end phones like the Note7 or iPhone 6S Plus.
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Adjusted profit margins for the quarter rose to 7.1 percent of revenue from 5.8 per cent of revenue a year ago.
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However, the home goods seller also gave current quarter earnings guidance below Street estimates, as it struggles with declining profit margins.
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Second, higher costs of labor and basic materials such as steel and plastics are hurting many companies and impacting profit margins.
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Family-owned grocery stores operate at razor-thin profit margins and dollar stores can pressure them with lower prices, experts say.
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The huge investment needed to build vehicles yields low profit margins compared with tech companies that make software or cell phones.
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Growing volumes and rising interest rates will more than offset narrowing profit margins caused by increased competition, the consulting firm said.
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"On the expense side, those extra costs are going to eat into automakers' profit margins," said Cox Automotive analyst Michelle Krebs.
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The price difference may be just a few cents for shoppers, but it can lead to bigger profit margins for Amazon.
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The firm thinks comparable sales numbers will bottom out this summer, it will take longer for profit margins to bounce back.
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Reuters calculations showed average daily steel output hit its lowest level since March as producers cut output amid shrinking profit-margins.
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Essential's $700 price tag aims to present more "pro-consumer" profit margins than competitors like Apple and Samsung, De Masi said.
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Meanwhile, Verghese said that profit-margins in the company's coffee business would be under pressure in the first-half of 2019.
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The company just announced that it will make its flagship poultry products antibiotic free, allowing it to potentially boost profit margins.
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But Wall Street isn't yet buying in to Square's promises of 20 percent to 25 percent growth and fat profit margins.
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Investors, collectively, have been unwilling to pay up for lush current earnings, which could be the result of unsustainable profit margins.
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Intel's CEO Brian Krzanich said he expected lower profit margins for the data center business at an investor meeting in February.
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In the same week Volvo reported a fall in 13 profit margins and said margins would remain under pressure this year.
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They did not look at the thousands of restaurants, neighborhood stores and grocers in Berkeley that operate on small profit margins.
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In the U.S., companies that import technology from Japan will see their profit margins squeezed by the strengthened currency, she said.
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There was also the fear that Wal-Mart's lower price may have eroded EarthKind's profit margins and hindered Block's growth plan.
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" Franken called that "shorthand for gutting any environmental or consumer protection measure that gets in the way of corporate profit margins.
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Investigators also sought evidence that BT Italy and suppliers contrived sale-and-leaseback transactions to artificially boost sales and profit margins.
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Each location is expected to have average annual sales of $3.3 million and operating profit margins of at least 22 percent.
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Wolverine said it was benefiting from its moves to expand profit margins, and that it has accelerated its store restructuring plan.
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The Saudi stock index gained 13 percent, with petrochemical companies, whose profit margins tend to benefit from higher oil prices, outperforming.
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While that statistic speaks volumes about the power of iPhone profit margins, it also shows competitors are creeping up on Apple.
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The money continues to flow despite rising pressure from some investors for drillers to prioritize better profit margins over expanded production.
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N) reported a slide in its second-quarter profit margins, as it cut prices more aggressively to compete with Amazon's (AMZN.
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Half of firms are also still reluctant to pass on prices, even if that means higher costs eat into profit margins.
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Profit margins have been razor-thin for some time, but the business is facing new fee pressure from struggling asset managers.
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Even the level of success that Disney's having with Marvel and Star Wars and everything, the profit margins are not fantastic.
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Corporate profitability is improving as profit margins, which are still below their historical average, have come off the lows in 2016.
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Target kicked off a busy earnings day across retail with sales and profit margins that fell short of investors' high expectations.
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Domestic companies using imported steel try to make a case that tariffs would raise their prices and squeeze their profit margins.
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Trump has repeatedly threatened to cut subsidies for the ACA, and insurers worried that would put their profit margins at risk.
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Executives said they anticipate being in "fast growth mode" for a while, as the company prioritizes market share above profit margins.
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Snap needs a second act, and hardware like this can have very good profit margins — and be quite difficult to copy.
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At the same time, the miners say increased energy prices and wage demands are driving cost-inflation and eroding profit margins.
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For years, many VCs and entrepreneurs have valued revenue growth — even if it meant negative gross profit margins — over everything else.
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That's prompted some car brands, like Ford, to drop sedans from their lineups — especially the smaller cars with tiny profit margins.
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He is optimistic over the company's subscription revenue business, which will allow it to raise its "recurring revenue" and profit margins.
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Some have warned they would have to quit the United Kingdom if trade barriers after Brexit wipe out their profit margins.
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So he ordered an immediate halt to the upgrades, which undercut profit margins and undermined the Haven's main selling point, exclusivity.
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Despite weak demand, however, the survey showed some companies were able to rebuild profit margins by raising prices of their goods.
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Van Bylen also told Welt am Sonntag that profit margins at Henkel's U.S brands Purex, Dial and Sun had been improving.
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It also said ZTO inflated profit margins by keeping certain low-margin segments of its business out of its financial statements.
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What is more, the promotions Chipotle's competitors have been running to attract its turned-off customers have eaten into profit margins.
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The analyst said UPS' profit margins are declining due to "pressure from e-commerce growth," specifically citing its business with Amazon.
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However, intense competition limited how much they could pass higher prices along to customers, raising the specter of slimmer profit margins.
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Retailers' profit margins are often down around one or two percent because, unlike swipe fees, retailing is a hyper-competitive industry.
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These products are a way to differentiate Target and boost profit margins while still being able to offer customers affordable prices.
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The level of consumer discounts, which can erode profit margins and undercut resale values, "remains the larger concern," the consultancies said.
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But since launching a new business plan last year, the luxury group's core profit margins have been falling year-on-year.
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Starboard believes the stock is undervalued and that it can boost its profit margins, according to The Wall Street Journal. Cars.
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The company has R&D-driven expertise in plant biotechnology and breeding that enables high profit margins and strong cash flows.
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Wall Street has also been adjusting to new regulations that force it to take on less risk, eating into profit margins.
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Canada Goose's quarterly results and profit forecasts beat analyst expectations, but said higher labor costs and expansion investments hit profit margins.
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The figures announced on Tuesday did not specify profit margins for the new car, although Tesla sold mostly higher-priced variants.
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The people are suffering because AT&T's business model prevents them from wiring these communities and still meeting their profit margins.
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Despite being a multibillion-dollar industry, the profit margins for big-budget video games, where crunch is prevalent, have been shrinking.
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The sector is highly regulated, and profit margins can be slim — meaning less money is available to fund more dynamic changes.
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Payday lenders say the rules would dry up credit, but their more likely concern is a cut in their profit margins.
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Reuters calculations showed average daily steel output hit its lowest level since March as producers cut output amid shrinking profit margins.
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Efficient Operations Drive Better Management Making AT&T's operations more efficient would provide benefits that go well beyond higher profit margins.
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It's important to note that Amazon's profit margins aren't actually that low, depending on what kind of company you consider Amazon.
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Goat and lamb meat have low profit margins compared with that of pork; pigs breed profusely and have more omnivorous diets.
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Several of them said that much of those costs have not been passed on to consumers, resulting in lower profit margins.
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The profit margins on Medicare are "razor thin," said Laura Kaiser, the chief executive of SSM Health, a Catholic health system.
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The rate of revolutionary change has slowed, and chip companies have focused more on price competition, leading to lower profit margins.
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Casino has often struggled within the competitive domestic French market, where a price war among supermarkets has dented retailers' profit margins.
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More expensive parts mean smaller profit margins for independent repair shops, which could disincentivize from using Apple's Independent Repair Provider Program.
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"The profit margins are so fantastic (that) these packers have every incentive in the world to figure this out," Smith said.
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Sales started softening, and while 3G's cost-cutting efforts resulted in robust profit margins, the stock dropped as investors got nervous.
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The administration could sell the refiners supplies from the strategic petroleum reserve to help cushion the blow to their profit margins.
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It is under pressure from U.S. hedge fund Elliott, which holds a 2.5% stake, to improve profit margins and corporate governance.
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Low interest rates have pressured profit margins of Australian banks as the amount they earn from lending to customers have diminished.
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If investors no longer have the promise of high profit margins, they may abandon the biotech industry, venture capitalists told STAT.
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Chapoulaud-Floquet, the architect of Remy Cointreau's push towards higher-priced spirits to drive profit margins, will be replaced on Dec.
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As most of its sales are generated by own-branded products, the group's profit margins are higher than typical food retailers'.
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Ford has been working to effect a turnaround in its operations to improve profitability as Ford's automotive profit margins have shrunk.
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He said companies will be forced to choose between raising prices on goods or absorbing the hit to their profit margins.
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He said its profit margins, a large potential market, and solid executive team were all reasons he was persuaded to buy.
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Additionally, analysts said Tesla's weaker than anticipated numbers may belie other underlying issues, such as slowing demand or lowered profit margins.
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Layoffs and branch closures across the UK have been surging amid what Reuters identifies as a period of tightening profit margins.
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"Several increased prices of final goods but struggled with low-profit margins due to tariffs on raw materials," the report said.
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Gap needs to find a balance during the holidays, between exciting shoppers with deals and keeping its profit margins in check.
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Tesla (TSLA) lowered the price of its Model X SUV by $3,000 to $79,500, noting improved profit margins on that vehicle.
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Tesla – Tesla lowered the price of its Model X SUV by $3,000 to $79,503, noting improved profit margins on that vehicle.
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Snack cakes still produced some of the highest profit margins in the food industry and Hostess cakes were particularly well-known.
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If the dollar doesn't strengthen as expected, for example, import-dependent industries, especially those with lean profit margins, could face disaster.
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That could see profit margins getting squeezed at companies that are not able to pass on higher costs to their customers.
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While the profit margins at Macy's were slimmer than investors liked, there wasn't anything buried in its earnings that spelled trouble.
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The expenses have added up and eroded profit margins, although Walmart appears to be further along in the process, analysts said.
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However, high utilization rates could lead to oversupply of gasoline in the coming months, which would dampen refiners' future profit margins.
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Baird equity research analyst Colin Sebastian said a shift toward hardware sales and away from pre-owned products pressured profit margins.
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He plans to take a hit to his profit margins rather than raise prices to cover the cost of the tariff.
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Supporters argue carefully planned, targeted promotions with global suppliers allow them to achieve a sales boost while still maintaining profit margins.
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Hershey – Bernstein upgraded the chocolate maker to "outperform" from "market perform," noting that lower input costs could significantly expand profit margins.
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