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management approved a share buyback program of $400 million over the next 24 months, which will be supported by the company’s free cash flow generating capacity.
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the company expects full-year 2020 capital expenditure in the range of $3.4-$3.6 billion.
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growth catalysts: in the past six months, the company’s shares have increased 17%, outperforming the industry’s gain of 2%.
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with around $797.5 million in cash and cash equivalents, the company’s quick ratio stands at more than 1.3, ahead of most peers.
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engineered solutions (37%): the segment is a global leader in the designing and assembling of industrial products and motion-control systems.
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the company, which has plans to invest $1,100-$1,275 million in 2019, expects oil production to improve 20% year over year during the year.
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revenues by segment environmental services revenues of $578.09 million increased 1.2% year over year.
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the improvement can be attributed to the absence of a $433 million write-down from the re-measurement of deferred taxes as a result of the tax reform recorded in 2017.
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meanwhile, olive garden’s to go business, which offers online ordering at selected locations, is also growing rapidly (increasing 12% year over year in the fiscal second quarter).
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the company reported earnings of $0.56 per share against the prior-year quarter’s loss of $0.46.
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as of mar 31, 2020, the company had a long-term debt (net of current portion) of $36,058 million compared with $38,537 million on dec 31, 2019.
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however, as part of the company’s capital deployment plan, the investment manager successfully reduced its debt by $94 million in a deleveraging transaction in the fourth quarter of 2017, leading to enhanced financial flexibility in the future.
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reasons to buy: eastman chemical’s shares have lost 4.6% over a year, outperforming the 12.3% decline of the industry.
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during the fourth quarter, the company’s retail electric and gas utility customers grew 0.6% and 0.5% year over year, respectively.
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though the company witnessed a decline in revenues (tax-equivalent basis) in 2019, the same saw a cagr of 10.7% over the last five years (2015-2019), mainly driven by loan growth.
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these efficiency initiatives are anticipated to generate pre-tax revenues and expense benefits of $110 million, including $20 million from tax efficiencies in 2017.
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ott segment strong: in the reported quarter, the ott segment registered a 1.3% growth year over year.
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the company’s roe of 10.43% compares unfavorably with roe of 16.36% for the s&p 500, reflecting that it is less efficient in using shareholders’ funds.
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this has made the company confident about achieving 3-4% sales growth and ebitda margins of 13% to 14% by 2021.
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recent news diageo strengthens tequila category with casamigos buyout – jun 21, 2017diageo is set to acquire the u.s. fastest-growing premium tequila brand, casamigos, in a deal worth $1 billion.
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annual dividend per share is projected at c$2.87, reflecting a dividend pay- out policy of 65-75%.
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total debt as of mar 31 2020 was $447.2 million, up 1.6% from the level as of dec 31, 2019.
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revenues came in at $8.3 billion, slightly ahead of the zacks consensus estimate of $8.2 billion and up 1% year over year notably, excluding the costco-related business and the effect of foreign exchange rates, adjusted revenues climbed 8% driven by higher adjusted card member spending and net intere american express acquired 2.7 million new card users globally and “card member spending grew 8%”.
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tac for distribution arrangements was up 15.6% sequentially and 57.2% year over year.
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shares worth $10- $15 million in each quarter of fiscal 2018.
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eog resources’ total company production in 2019 was 298.6 mmboe, comprising 55.8% crude oil and condensate.
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business nas net loss was down 27.5% to 27,375 from 37,734 in the third quarter of last year.
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last earnings report integra’s q4 earnings surpass estimates, margins up integra delivered adjusted earnings per share of 68 cents in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 4.6% from a year ago.
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real estate, energy and natural resources’ net sales (7.2%) were $118 million.
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more personal computing operating income rallied 22.5% (up 32% at cc).
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retirement and investor services (ris) (56% of 3q18 total operating revenues) provides retirement and related financial products and services primarily to businesses, their employees and other individuals.
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margins take two’s gross margin was 53.5% compared with 38.6% reported in the prior-year quarter.
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at first quarter-end, cash and cash equivalents of the company was $2,021 million compared with its current debts of $2,464 million.
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adjusted earnings per share is expected between $3.00 and $3.05 for 2020.
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long-term debt as of mar 31, 2017, was $2,499.0 million, down from $2,750.4 million as of dec 31, 2016.
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adjusted ebitda is expected to be $15-$17.5 million, higher than the previously stated $12.5-$15 million.
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average capacity utilization increased to 81% from the year-ago level of 80%.
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the company’s net debt fell 10% year over year to $5,614 million at the end of the first quarter of 2020.
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also, the company's margin profile suffered in the quarter from higher costs of sales, increasing 7.8% year over year.
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on a constant currency basis, revenues grew 5% year over year.
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westlake chemical bumps up share buyback, hikes dividend – aug 17, 2018westlake chemical’sboard has authorized the repurchase of an additional $150 million of shares of its common stock under thecurrent share repurchase program.
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for fiscal 2017, the board of directors has sanctioned $277 million capital expenditure program.
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margins although gross profit inched up 0.3%, gross margin contracted 60 basis points to 48.2%.
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segment details net sales for coach came in at $875.4 million, down 9% year over year.
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