How to Use accretive in a Sentence

accretive

adjective
  • Vista will pay cash for the unit and expects the deal to be accretive to earnings in fiscal 2022.
    Patrick Kennedy, Star Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The return from a dividend is always accretive, and the yield puts a floor on the stock price.
    WSJ, 29 June 2021
  • Dometic expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter of this year and to be accretive to Dometic’s earnings per share in 2022.
    Eric Smith, Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2021
  • So there are a lot of accretive steps companies can take.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The deal will be accretive to Oracle’s earnings in fiscal year 2023, Catz said.
    Brody Ford, Bloomberg.com, 13 June 2022
  • The financial terms of the acquisition haven’t been disclosed, but Starboard expects the deal will be accretive by the end of the second quarter this year.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • When Dina Bshara’s musician husband lost all his gigs due to shelter-in-place, Bshara, who still works full time, decided to put her assembly skills and accretive eye to a test.
    Flora Tsapovsky, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Therefore, Arm will need to be a strategic target that furthers the acquirer’s market share—there is no other outcome as accretive does not work with these numbers.
    Beth Kindig, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The transaction will be immediately accretive, Lores said, and won’t impact HP’s ability to continue to return cash to its shareholders.
    Joe Williams, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • It is expected to be immediately accretive to Numinus' revenue and gross profit, and, based on forecasts and efficiencies of scale, will shorten the timeline of Numinus' path to profitability.
    Jackie Bryant, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Amar emphasizes the accretive and reciprocal nature of the political discourse.
    Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 May 2021
  • Today, the technique is becoming positively trendy, cash flow accretive and additive to shareholder value.
    David Blackmon, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The transactions include stock and cash and are scheduled to close in the fourth quarter, pending regulatory approval, and would be immediately accretive, with Simmons officials estimating earnings per share would rise about 7.5%.
    Andrew Moreau, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2021
  • Gupta thinks that the market was ascribing virtually zero value to this segment, making the transaction accretive to the valuation multiple.
    WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Vista Outdoor expects the transaction to be immediately accretive to earnings, excluding transaction costs, transition costs, and inventory step-up.
    Steve Larese, Outside Online, 6 July 2022
  • Those last words—obsession and dedication—sound not unlike Erdem’s own creative process, which is intellectual, thoroughly researched, accretive, and always reaching for greater understanding.
    Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Energy efficiency, these days even transitioning to renewables—that’s accretive.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Value creation strategies vary by business size, maturity, and industry, and can include achieving operational excellence, executing accretive acquisitions, or expanding customer offerings.
    Roman Matatov, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023

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