How to Use accretive in a Sentence

accretive

adjective
  • The deal is expected to be accretive to earnings per share in the first year.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 May 2025
  • But if the deal is as accretive as management expects, then this makes sense.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The return from a dividend is always accretive, and the yield puts a floor on the stock price.
    — WSJ, 29 June 2021
  • 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 company is well aware of this and has already commenced accretive M&A in the space.
    — Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
  • All buybacks will be accretive, but the magnitude of the gains is going to depend on how many shares are pulled out of circulation.
    — CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The accretive impact on revenue and margins will be more visible from full-year 2025 earnings, the firm said.
    — Sofia Celeste, WWD, 5 July 2024
  • The accretive impact on revenue and margins will be more visible from full-year 2025 earnings, the firm added.
    — Sofia Celeste, WWD, 11 July 2024
  • 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
  • There are also several billions of dollars worth of expense and network synergies that should make this deal highly accretive to earnings per share.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The deal will be accretive to Oracle’s earnings in fiscal year 2023, Catz said.
    — Brody Ford, Bloomberg.com, 13 June 2022
  • There are also several billion dollars worth of expenses and network synergies that should make this deal highly accretive to earnings per share.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • But what was exciting about Cisco over the last five years, certainly multiple accretive, is that this was a software company, right?
    — John Melloy, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • 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 deal will be accretive to EOG’s free cash flow, supporting its commitment to shareholder returns.
    — CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But is anyone really listening or saying anything accretive?
    — Bill Flederbach, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Premium valuations make fundraising accretive, which funds more purchases, which supports the story.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Our focus remains on growing our hash rate in a highly accretive manner by leveraging opportunities presented by the post-halving landscape.
    — Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2024
  • Today, the technique is becoming positively trendy, cash flow accretive and additive to shareholder value.
    — David Blackmon, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • There are also several billion dollars worth of expenses and network operational efficiencies that should make this deal highly accretive to earnings per share.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • There are also several billion dollars worth of expenses and network operational efficiencies that should make this deal highly accretive to earnings per share.
    — CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Plus, the spin is expected to be immediately accretive to Eaton’s organic growth and operating margins.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Amar emphasizes the accretive and reciprocal nature of the political discourse.
    — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 May 2021
  • Analysts were quick to come to Capital One’s defense , noting that the deal would still be accretive if Discover’s subprime portfolio was sold.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Investors are increasingly supportive, and the deals announced are actually typically earnings-accretive, and that's why even the acquirers' stock price tends to go up.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The deal is expected to complete in the second half of 2026, and is expected to be accretive to FedEx’s earnings in the first year after closing.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The emphasis on Country music is accretive, and the goodwill from those who attended this first iteration festival helps build the base from which sustainability will grow.
    — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The acquisition is earnings accretive and provides the REIT rental upside.
    — Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

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