Captives Quote by Charles Koch

“Several researchers have found that companies that spend the most time offering guidance on quarterly earnings deliver significantly lower long-term growth rates than companies…

— Daniel H. Pink

“The obsession with quarterly earnings came about because personal compensation was increasingly tied to what happened to the share price. Improving market capitalization became…

— Michael Farmer

I have almost no interest in quarterly reports. Running a business or investing in a business based on quarterly earnings doesn't make any sense…

— Gerry Schwartz

People ought to invest in us because they like our company and the way they run it. We still do quarterly earnings guidance, but…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

If you truly want to innovate, there will be some failures, and this can be difficult for some organizations - especially public companies managing…

— Lynne Doughtie

One of the big problems with growth investing is that we can't estimate earnings very well. I really want to buy growth at value…

— David Dreman

Investors have been too willing to buy stocks with strong reported earnings, even if they do not understand how the earnings are produced.

— Alex Berenson

The big picture is: the main thing you should be concerned about in the future are incremental returns on capital going forward. As it…

— Joel Greenblatt

“In most companies, you have to justify so much of what you do—to prepare for quarterly earnings statements if the company is publicly traded…

— Ed Catmull

Focus on return on equity, not earnings per share.

— Warren Buffett

“Being able to think and invest very long term and not worry about current earnings or Wall Street analysts can be a major competitive…

— Daniel Pecaut

Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.

— Natalie Merchant