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cash cow

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. moneymaker, money-spinner, cash cownoun

    a project that generates a continuous flow of money

Wiktionary

  1. cash cownoun

    A product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows.

  2. cash cownoun

    Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money; a moneymaker.

  3. Etymology: An allusion to the dairy cow, which once acquired may be milked on an ongoing basis.

Wikipedia

  1. Cash cow

    Cash cow, in business jargon, is a venture that generates a steady return of profits that far exceed the outlay of cash required to acquire or start it. Many businesses attempt to create or acquire such ventures, since they can be used to boost a company's overall income and to support less profitable endeavors. The term cash cow is a metaphor for a dairy cow used on farms to produce milk, offering a steady stream of income with little maintenance.Cash cows are products or services that have achieved market leader status, provide positive cash flows and a return on assets (ROA) that exceeds the market growth rate. The idea is that such products produce profits long after the initial investment has been recouped. By generating steady streams of income, cash cows help fund the overall growth of a company, their positive effects spilling over to other business units. Furthermore, companies can use them as leverage for future expansions, as lenders are more willing to lend money knowing that the debt will be serviced. Cash cows can be also used to buy back shares already on the market or increase the dividends paid to shareholders. They usually bring in cash for years, until new technology or shifting market preferences renders them obsolete.

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  1. cash cow

    A cash cow is a business, product, or investment that consistently generates a steady and significant amount of income or profit with little effort or investment. It refers to a reliable, high-profit source that requires minimal maintenance. The term stems from the idea of a dairy cow which produces milk over its lifespan after the initial costs of nurturing and feeding. This solid and dependable return makes it possible for companies or individuals to support less profitable endeavors or new investments.

Wikidata

  1. Cash cow

    In business, a cash cow is a product or a business unit that generates unusually high profit margins: so high that it is responsible for a large amount of a company's operating profit. This profit far exceeds the amount necessary to maintain the cash cow business, and the excess is used by the business for other purposes. A firm is said to be acting as a cash cow when its earnings per share is equal to its dividends per share, or in other words, when a firm pays out 100% of its net free cash flow to its shareholders as dividends at the end of each accounting term. This also implies that the firm is not investing in product improvements and is essentially considering itself not in a growth market. This could be the case if a company sees the future of a product line as bleak as a result of some other technology taking away its market share. Risks of a cash cow include complacency, with management ignoring the need for change as market forces erode value; and ongoing turf wars between the management in charge of the cash cow and other managers trying to garner support for other products. That said, every business longs for a cash cow product. The BCG growth-share matrix developed by the Boston Consulting Group, still used by analysts in large companies, uses the term "cash cow" to describe business units experiencing high market share and low market growth.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cash cow in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cash cow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of cash cow in a Sentence

  1. Nicholas McQuire:

    He will understand the importance of all the assets, as opposed to, historically, AWS is just this thing on the side that was boring and was a cash cow.

  2. Charl Malan:

    The shares have fallen because of a total misunderstanding of the situation, first Quantum is not going to lose its assets. It is profitable, it is paying salaries and paying taxes... First Quantum won't sell the Zambia assets. Zambia is their cash cow.

  3. Pete Sessions:

    Any vendor monetarily benefiting from vile language in opposition to law enforcement is appalling. Woke culture is proving to be a cash cow that further divides our nation, i am for rule of law and for backing the brave men and women in blue.

  4. Femi Adesina:

    It's the country's cash cow. It has a bright future. It's just that transparency and accountability have to be introduced into how it operates and this is the beginning of that process.

  5. Ron DeSantis:

    First of all, it'd be a cash cow for them if they had Disney, but I'm worried that they would use that as a pretext to raise taxes on people when that's what they would want to do anyways and then try to blame Reedy Creek, so we're not going to give them that opportunity.


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