For the sake of argument, let's assume that asset generates $100,000 in annual income.
As the significance value is less than 0.05, the variables labour (No) and fixed asset generate a significant and unique contribution towards predicting the dependent variables (turnover, ships handled, and cargo throughput).
What if you ignore accounting rules requiring Pfizer's R&D spending to be expensed right away and treat it more like an investment in an asset generating wealth over the next five years?
Combined, those assets generated operating profit of $4.6 billion in the year that ended June 2011.
The entertainment assets generated $6.2 billion in revenue and $1.3 billion in operating income in the quarter that ended March 31.
Consider just one simple statistic: According to the U.S. Census, in the first quarter 2016 businesses with under $25 million in assets generated 48c in sales per dollar of assets, while those with $25 million and over generated only 13.4c, a ratio of 3.35 to one.
Mr. Ryan estimates that the company's $4 billion in assets generate $400 million a year in penalty fees.
Pension funds and other institutional investors are on the hunt for assets generating decent yields, particularly if the returns are uncorrelated to stockmarkets.
But in contrast with other companies that have recently filed for bankruptcy, including Enron, WorldCom has many more tangible assets, generating actual revenues, lawyers said -- improving the odds that the company could emerge from bankruptcy as a going concern.
Since Gary Wendt became chairman and chief executive of Conseco in June, the company has sold $1.1 billion in assets, generating enough cash to meet its obligations, A. M. Best said as it raised its rating of Conseco to A- from B++. Conseco shares traded as high as $8.56 before closing at $8.19, a gain of $1.25, or 18percentt, on the New York Stock Exchange.
