cyclical company — UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS ► a company that has periods of high activity and high profits followed by periods of low activity and low profits: »The recent recovery has led to increased interest in shares of cyclical companies whose performance… … Financial and business terms
cyclical — cyclically, adv. cyclicality, n. /suy kli keuhl, sik li /, adj. 1. cyclic. 2. of or denoting a business or stock whose income, value, or earnings fluctuate widely according to variations in the economy or the cycle of the seasons: Selling… … Universalium
cyclical demand — ➔ demand * * * cyclical demand UK US noun [S or U] COMMERCE, ECONOMICS ► demand that changes in a regular way over time depending on the economic situation, time of year, etc.: »Many companies involved in the manufacturing engineering sector have … Financial and business terms
cyclical shares — UK US noun [plural] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► shares in companies that have periods of high activity and high profits followed by periods of low activity and low profits: »A stronger economy has driven up cyclical shares … Financial and business terms
Cyclical industrial dynamics — Industrial dynamics is the study of the means and processes through which industries change over time, through their own processes of evolution – as first analyzed by Joseph Schumpeter. It is the complementary study to that of an industry’s… … Wikipedia
cyclical stock — stock that tends to rise quickly when the economy turns up and fall quickly when the economy turns down. Examples are housing, automobiles, and paper. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * cyclical stock cyclical stock ➔ stock1 * * * cyclical… … Financial and business terms
Cyclical Industry — A type of an industry that is sensitive to the business cycle, such that revenues are generally higher in periods of economic prosperity and expansion, and lower in periods of economic downturn and contraction. Companies in cyclical industries… … Investment dictionary
cyclical — cy•cli•cal [[t]ˈsaɪ klɪ kəl, ˈsɪk lɪ [/t]] adj. 1) cvb cyclic 2) bus (of earnings, value, etc.) fluctuating widely according to changes in the economy or the seasons 3) bus cvb Usu., cyclicals. stocks of companies with cyclical earnings •… … From formal English to slang
cyclical stocks — /ˌsɪklɪk(ə)l stɒks/ plural noun shares in companies which move in a regular pattern (such as shares in a turkey producer might rise in the period before Christmas) … Dictionary of banking and finance
List of companies based in San Francisco — The following is a list of companies headquartered in San Francisco. Fortune 500 rankings indicated in parentheses. All ranking is based on the list of the Fortune 500 companies in 2008. Contents 1 Companies headquartered in San Francisco 1.1… … Wikipedia
Counter-Cyclical Stock — A type of stock in which the underlying company belongs to an industry or niche with financial performance that is negatively correlated to the overall state of the economy. As a result, the stock s price will also tend to move in a direction… … Investment dictionary