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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Since the launch of its Axon 2 AI-based advertising technology in the second quarter of 2023, the company has seen explosive growth. Let's take a close look at the company's Q3 results and whether the stock is still a buy. The company's legacy apps business, meanwhile, saw revenue increase 1% to $369 million. from 69.3%

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The company late last year scored its first product approval and proved the efficacy of its potentially game-changing technology. As mentioned, this top investor looks for companies developing technologies today that could be transformational down the road. All this means revenue growth will take time too.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Despite this substantial size difference, the two companies have some similarities. 30), Palantir's revenue soared by 30% year over year driven precisely by large enterprise customers adopting the company's Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP). In the company's third quarter (for the period ended Sept. Comparing BigBear.ai

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Under the guidance of CEO Alex Chriss, who took over the payments company in January, PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) is taking steps to improve the business and boost the company's margins , which have been declining over the past several years. Here's what investors can look for from the payments company.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

This is why investors looking at the sector should probably consider sticking to the biggest and best companies, which generally means integrated energy giants like Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and TotalEnergies (NYSE: TTE). If anything, the company has been speeding up its plans. The company's stock price is even lower than that of Chevron.

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JUNE 22, 2023

billion In late 2008, commercial real estate company General Growth Properties was spiraling toward bankruptcy. Then in April 2019, the company indeed filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, making it the largest bankruptcy ever in the real estate sector. But Ackman believed the company still had valuable assets.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

It invests in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities operated by other healthcare companies. Meanwhile, the bulk of its portfolio, 83.3%, consists of rental properties that other healthcare companies operate under long-term triple net ( NNN ) master leases. Its leverage ratio is currently around 4.76, which is within its 4.0-5.0

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AUGUST 5, 2023

After enduring its worst plunge since 2008, the stock market has staged an extraordinary recovery in 2023, with each of the major market indexes soaring more than 20% from their recent lows -- and the year is far from over. This has caused some Wall Street pundits to announce the beginning of a new bull market, at least by that measure.

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DECEMBER 28, 2024

Its founder, Cathie Wood, believes software companies are the next big opportunity in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, predicting they could generate up to $8 in revenue for every $1 they spend on chips from suppliers like Nvidia. See the 10 stocks If Wood proves to be right about AI software companies, here's why C3.ai

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JANUARY 5, 2024

The stock's valuation was hovering well below its peers, still hobbled by a poor reputation and memories of its 2008 government bailout. At their core, banks are essentially leveraged bets on a lending portfolio. Banks typically use debt, or leverage, to boost those returns. What can we expect from Citigroup moving forward?

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Shares of Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) were trading lower last week following the online pet products retailer's third-quarter results, despite the company increasing its full-year guidance. Gross margin continues to be a focus for the company, and it saw a year-over-year improvement of 80 basis points to 29.3%. Gill has since taken his profits.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

It has investment-grade credit, backed by a low leverage ratio and primarily long-term, fixed-rate debt. The company expects its investment spending for the year to range between $225 million and $275 million. The company has been selling off non-core properties, including movie theaters and educational properties.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

This year, some notable companies have cut or eliminated their dividends. However, while some formerly reliable companies have disappointed investors on the dividend front in recent years, others have continued to make their payments no matter what. The company has been on an acquisition-fueled expansion binge in recent years.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Growth stocks have enjoyed a long period of outperformance since the global financial crisis of 2008, but value stocks have historically delivered higher returns over the long run. Altria: A major tobacco company with a mouthwatering 9.7% One of the most enduring debates in investing is whether to favor growth or value stocks.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

The company's low-risk cash flow profile has been on full display over the past two decades. The company has a reasonable dividend payout ratio of 60%-70% of its stable cash flow. The company also has a strong investment-grade balance sheet with a low leverage ratio that should be in the middle of its 4.5-to-5.0

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

When looking for a stock with millionaire-maker potential, I typically gravitate toward companies with small valuations, rapid growth, and a pathway to profitability. And legacy automakers like Ford Motor Company and General Motors announced plans to shift capital expenditure to the new opportunity. But what about the others?

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

In particular, the excitement relates to how companies are offering holistic solutions to customers for all their financial services needs. Through the first nine months of 2024, the company reported a 20% year-over-year increase in gross profit. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $43,533 !

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MAY 6, 2024

Investors should look for broken stocks, not broken companies. The current drop is the worst since the financial crisis in 2008. There's no doubt Starbucks is struggling, but there are some essential facts to know before you write the company off. Don't forget the company's ability to return cash to shareholders.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

Last quarter, he bought more than 7 million shares at his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway , bringing the position value up to $16 billion. It could be its leverage to rising oil prices. As an oil company primarily exposed to upstream operations, Occidental is particularly exposed to changes in oil prices. billion position.

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JULY 30, 2024

This long-term approach allows companies to address their challenges while investors benefit from reinvesting their substantial dividends, potentially leading to significant compound returns. These companies have strong brand recognition, stellar yields, and trade at a significant discount relative to the S&P 500.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The company is a dividend darling, having increased its payout every year since 2009. While revenue growth has been a struggle for the company in recent years, it is looking to change that with its NJOY business. The company said the brand gained 2.8 The company generated $5.4 The company also bought back 13.5

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

While it is primarily known for its e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform, the company also boasts a budding subscription business (Amazon Prime), a streaming service (Prime Video), and an advertising operation. A prime deal so good you can't resist Amazon can be a challenging company to value.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Companies tend to split their stock when they already have positive momentum, so it's important to not attribute too much causality here, but much of the time a stock can do extremely well in the year following a split. Investors are smart to pay attention to which companies might be next. billion people daily. That's big.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

Chevron is built around diversification There are companies that drill for oil and natural gas, which make up the upstream segment of the oil industry. And there are companies that refine and process oil and natural gas and turn them into things like gasoline and chemicals in the downstream segment of the industry.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

A rare milestone Many companies have long records of increasing their dividends. For example, there are over 400 stocks on the Nasdaq Dividend Achievers list, companies with 10 or more years of consistent dividend growth. However, the number of companies with longer track records of dividend growth is much smaller.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

Since the company's 2019 initial public offering, the stock has gained over 800%, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 index. In its fiscal 2025 second quarter (ended July 31), a key metric for the company was its annualized recurring revenue (ARR), which reached $3.9 billion, up 32% year over year. Image source: CrowdStrike.

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DECEMBER 1, 2024

Many companies return a portion of their profits to investors in dividends. Some companies really pay their investors well. AGNC Investments can boost its investment return by using leverage (borrowing money) to buy additional MBS. The company's growth-focused investments should increase its cash flow.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Instead, various offerings, like bank accounts, loans, credit cards, and insurance products are all offered via the company's mobile app. It focuses on leveraging the popularity of smartphones and the internet to provide a superior user experience in a market that's not known for that.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

These two companies are for you. Over the decades, you could have repeatedly bought stock in his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , at its peak valuation and still made money over the long term. history: The financial crisis of 2008. Now, the company is posting record profits.

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JULY 14, 2023

Companies pay dividends from free cash flow, the money left over after expenses and fixed asset purchases. If a company offering a high yield pays out more than its free cash flow (often by taking on debt), it depletes its value. It is because they are leveraged -- they buy securities and then borrow against them to purchase more.

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JULY 13, 2024

One of the most remarkable companies in the last two decades is arguably Amazon, which rode the e-commerce tailwind to great success. After all, the company is already worth more than $2 trillion in market capitalization. MercadoLibre Inc (NASDAQ: MELI) , the leading e-commerce company in Latin America, is one of those candidates.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

The opportunity for the company's Square and CashApp ecosystems to gain an expanding slice of an estimated $205 billion addressable market highlights a significant runway. Several trends underpin a long-term outlook, including Block's ability to leverage its multiproduct platform.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is already the undisputed leader among international oil companies. The oil company believes its best days lie ahead. That's a very healthy growth rate for a company of Exxon's massive size. The company isn't banking on higher oil and gas prices to fuel its plan. million barrels per day.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

3D Systems 3D Systems isn't the company that it used to be. The company fell short of analyst expectations on both ends of the income statement. Recursion is a clinical stage techbio company. Recursion is hoping to reinvent the drug discovery process by leveraging AI and machine learning. Now it's struggling.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The energy company currently offers a dividend yield of more than 6%, which is very attractive compared to other income options. As Ebel points out, Enbridge is one of the few companies in the entire market that has delivered 25 or more years of consecutive dividend increases. That helps drive its view that it can continue growing.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

The company is now on a much firmer financial foundation after it significantly enhanced its liquidity. Meanwhile, it has a conservative balance sheet with a low leverage ratio. Only two other REITs and less than 80 publicly traded companies currently have reached or exceeded that milestone. Those moves have started to pay off.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

There are numerous companies that cut a check for investors every quarter, and these dividends act as a useful source of passive income that you can use to augment your earned income. As an income investor, you should prioritize companies that have a track record of increasing their dividends over the years. Revenue rose 5.5%

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