So he has been getting out of some sectors, such as cement, a sluggish low-margin business, and others, such as toiletries, where Tata's market share had melted as competitors grew stronger.
Computer-maker Dell reported strong top- and bottom-line growth during the first quarter, but sluggish gross margins left a bad taste in Wall Street's mouth, and shares slid Friday afternoon.
With the acquisition of Foster's, SABMiller will gain exposure to a market with high margins but sluggish growth.
Maytag's financial "deterioration resulted from sluggish top line performance and margin pressure caused by higher steel and energy costs," Moody's said.
The controller pushes the reactor poles in higher Riemann sheets and thus makes the closed loop system hyper-damped which ensures safer reactor operation at varying dc-gain while making the power tracking temporal response slightly sluggish; but ensuring greater safety margin.
Majestic issued a profits warning a year ago and its recent Christmas trading statement revealed sluggish sales growth and lower margins as it took on price-cutting supermarkets and discounters.
H.P., he said, is increasing its higher-margin businesses, while its lower-margin consumer business is sluggish.
In a report issued earlier this year, Martin Barnes of BCA Research showed that the rise in profit margins is linked to the sluggish growth of unit labour costs.
Circuit City Stores forecast a bigger-than-expected third-quarter loss yesterday on sluggish sales of items with higher profit margins, like wireless phones and digital satellite systems.
Many Republican states, including the Midwestern swing states that provided Mr. Trump's margin of victory, have experienced a more sluggish recovery over the last eight years — and are thus more invested in the change promised by Mr. Trump.
Most analysts said they had expected Japan's new discount rate cut because its economy is sluggish, partly because of a squeeze on export profit margins as the yen rises and exporters seek to retain their market share.
