Sentence examples for continued margin from inspiring English sources
David Lesar, the chief executive, said in the statement that Halliburton anticipates "continued margin pressure as global customers seek to lower their costs by securing cost concessions from their supply chain".
"We are expecting continued margin pressure," the research firm said.
Merrill Lynch said the online retail market remains competitive and expects continued margin pressure on the e-commerce industry.
Certainly not Productivity, which is down another 0.6% after falling 1% last month while Unit Labor Costs have jumped 4.5%, placing continued margin pressure on our Corporate Masters.
We remain skeptical of continued margin expansion, and we cannot identify the source of an acceleration in top line growth.
Standard & Poors Equity Research analyst Efraim Levy reiterated a hold opinion on shares of Dana Corporation and lowered the price target to $4.50 from $8 citing continued margin pressure.
Additionally, we continue to see ongoing slow growth in UK bus as a source of continuing margin pressure for the group's core unit.
Thus, our considered view is that the growth rate may slow without a further leg-up in acquisitive activity (we question whether this is what investors are looking for), but in any case we are uncertain as to the likelihood of upgrade opportunities in the medium term, also noting continuing margin risk.
Shares in the group sank nearly 15% to 275p in morning trading as Tim Steiner, Ocado's chief executive, said: "As the market remains very competitive, we are seeing sustained and continuing margin pressure and there is nothing to suggest that this will change in the short term".
Moreover, Levy said he believes higher costs and operating inefficiencies will cause continuing margin pressure for Dana, even during the companys restructuring.
According to a research note from Standard and Poor's, the shares are "trading above other discount peers while facing competitive pressures and continuing margin contraction".
