Tag: margins

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Starboard takes a stake in Qorvo. How the activist may help improve margins

Starboard takes a stake in Qorvo. How the activist may help improve margins

Qorvo logo of a US semiconductor company is seen displayed on a smartphone and pc screen.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCompany: Qorvo Inc (Q [...]
Cevian has a stake in Smith & Nephew. How it may help improve margins

Cevian has a stake in Smith & Nephew. How it may help improve margins

A logo sign outside of a facility occupied by Smith & Nephew in Austin, Texas.SIPPL Sipa USA | APCompany: Smith & Nephew (SN.-GB)Business: Smi [...]
How Third Point and Saddle Point may help boost margins at Advance Auto Parts

How Third Point and Saddle Point may help boost margins at Advance Auto Parts

An exterior view of the Advance Auto Parts store at the Sunbury Plaza.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCompany: Advance Auto Parts (AAP)Busines [...]
Sachem Head’s Andy Stafman joins Twilio’s board. Here’s how he may help grow margins

Sachem Head’s Andy Stafman joins Twilio’s board. Here’s how he may help grow margins

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesCompany: Twilio (TWLO)Business: Twilio is a software and communications solutions company. It operates a cloud [...]
How ValueAct may help boost margins at this Japanese medical device company

How ValueAct may help boost margins at this Japanese medical device company

Dobrila Vignjevic | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: Nihon Kohden  Company: Nihon Kohden (6849.T-JP)Business: Nihon Kohden is a Japan-based company engaged i [...]
Ancora picks up a stake in Elanco. How the investor may push to help improve margins

Ancora picks up a stake in Elanco. How the investor may push to help improve margins

Sally Anscombe | DigitalVision | Getty ImagesCompany: Elanco Animal Health (ELAN)Business: Elanco is an animal health company that delivers products a [...]
Merchants Can Avoid FX Costs That Shave Margins, Hurt Sales

Merchants Can Avoid FX Costs That Shave Margins, Hurt Sales

Introduction: Online merchants can branch out into new markets and geographies. But to do so, and to boost sales, they must [...]
Illumina plans cost cuts as it faces shrinking margins

Illumina plans cost cuts as it faces shrinking margins

A building on the campus at the world headquarters of Illumina is shown in San Diego, California, September 1, 2021.Mike Blake | ReutersIllumina on Tu [...]
D.E. Shaw spots an opportunity to boost margins at FleetCor

D.E. Shaw spots an opportunity to boost margins at FleetCor

Djelics | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: FleetCor Technologies (FLT)Business: FleetCor is a business payments company that helps businesses spend less by e [...]
Starboard nominates directors to the board at Rogers. Here’s how the firm could boost margins

Starboard nominates directors to the board at Rogers. Here’s how the firm could boost margins

Christopher Hopefitch | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesCompany: Rogers (ROG)Business: Rogers designs, develops, manufactures and sells engineered materia [...]
Caterpillar profit slides as costs and forex squeeze margins, shares down

Caterpillar profit slides as costs and forex squeeze margins, shares down

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc's (CAT.N) fourth-quarter earnings slid by 29%, the company reported on Tuesday, citing higher manufacturing costs a [...]
Starboard takes a stake in Splunk. Here’s how the activist investor may help boost margins

Starboard takes a stake in Splunk. Here’s how the activist investor may help boost margins

Skynesher | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: Splunk (SPLK)Business: Splunk is a leading provider of application software that collects and analyzes data from [...]
Activist Starboard takes a stake in Vertiv, and an opportunity to boost margins is in sight

Activist Starboard takes a stake in Vertiv, and an opportunity to boost margins is in sight

Kobus Louw | E+ | Getty ImagesCompany: Vertiv Holdings (VRT)Business: Vertiv designs, manufactures and services critical digital infrastructure techno [...]
SolarEdge sinks 19% as weak margins, forex rates weigh on Q2 results (NASDAQ:SEDG)

SolarEdge sinks 19% as weak margins, forex rates weigh on Q2 results (NASDAQ:SEDG)

mesut zengin/iStock via Getty Images SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG) is Wednesday's biggest loser on the Dow Jones average, -19.1%, after re [...]
rising costs are squeezing retailers’ margins

rising costs are squeezing retailers’ margins

Retail businesses in Singapore are grappling with higher costs as rents rise and energy prices soar, the Singapore Retailers Association said. Cost pr [...]
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