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MARCH 3, 2024

The dual engines of Block: Powering payments and personal finance Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey founded Block, then known as Square, in 2009 with the mission of helping small and medium-sized businesses accept credit card payments. Here's why Block could be a no-brainer for investors today. Block projects a gross profit of $8.65

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JUNE 14, 2023

These specialized investment vehicles can avoid paying income taxes by distributing at least 90% of their profits to shareholders. At the end of March, the average yield on Ares Capital's debt securities rose to 12% at their amortized cost, compared to just 8.9% a year earlier. As a result, its net interest margin expanded to 7.5%

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AUGUST 7, 2023

It's been a tough past couple of years for Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) shareholders. We've seen plenty of highly touted, publicly traded companies end up imploding, punishing all-too-patient shareholders as a result. Amazon stock wouldn't fully recover losses suffered between 2000 and 2001 until 2009. Investors are throwing in the towel.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

year over year, while its adjusted operating EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) increased by 10%, fueled by higher payments for recyclables and overall price increases. When Berkshire bought Burlington Northern Santa Fe in 2009, Buffett said railroads transported goods "in a very cost-effective way.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2024

ET Tuesday after outlining its "strategic plan to drive sustainable growth and enhanced shareholder returns" through 2027. Return $40 billion to shareholders through dividend payments and share repurchases over the next three years. Revenue growth averaged across the two prongs of the project should be in the low single digits.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $300,143 !* Overall, we are proud of the continued progress we're making and are pleased with how it has positioned us to drive profitable sales growth and capture growth opportunities while creating long-term shareholder value.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Ares Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that provides financing for middle-market companies (businesses that generate between $10 million and $250 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) every year). It invests between $30 million and $500 million in debt and equity in each company.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $338,103 !* If youre worried youve already missed your chance to invest, now is the best time to buy before its too late. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $48,005 !* million in Q4 compared to $3.5

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

last year to 48.1%, and its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) margin rose from 14.5% That latter development would be fantastic for the company, as positive FCF would allow Freshpet to grow without further diluting shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 31, 2025

And the company reported adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of $283.6 While it helps young companies maintain cash reserves and motivate employees by giving them a stake in the company's success, it dilutes shareholders' ownership claim on the business. But this figure adds back $142.4

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Unfortunately for shareholders of the e-commerce giant, the milestone is a bitter one. That result was good enough for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) to improve to $119 million compared to $100 million in the prior-year quarter. 2014 initial public offering at $29 per share.

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JUNE 23, 2024

times the adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) it generated over the past 12 months. Although Pfizer's stock price is down, the pharmaceutical company has steadily raised its dividend payout since 2009. AT&T racked up a lot of debt building out its 5G infrastructure. dividend yield.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) soared 66% year over year to $138.2 It repurchased $300 million worth of shares in the quarter from its largest shareholder, BC Partners. The gross margin and SG&A improvements helped drive increased profitability. from $0.15. billion and $3.12

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JANUARY 22, 2024

It does this by investing in debt or equity to companies with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) between $10 million and $250 million. BDCs use leverage to boost their payouts to shareholders, which could exacerbate losses in a poor economic environment. Ares Capital's debt-to-equity of 1.03

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $311,551 !* for the full year, strong levels of NII per share and DNII per share to fund our record level of annual shareholder dividends, and a new record for NAV per share for the 10th consecutive quarter.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Furthermore, expenses as a percentage of revenue declined, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) margins expanded by 320 basis points. Plus, the company's letter to shareholders had not yet been published. Not only is the user base growing fastest outside the U.S.,

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $361,026 !* Looking ahead, we will remain highly focused on our disciplined capital allocation approach, balancing capex optimization, accretive growth, and strong shareholder returns. billion in the quarter.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The key difference is you had your come-to-rationality moment somewhat forced upon you in 2008, 2009, and Canadians, as a collective, went the other direction and put their foot down on the accelerator. There's basically, three inputs into determining your payment: the amount you borrow, the interest rate, and the amortization period.

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MARCH 9, 2024

With Salesforce generating significantly more profit and cash flow than it ever has before, it's able to not only invest for growth and do it in a disciplined way, but now being a bigger, more mature company, it can actually fulfill its promises of returning excess capital to shareholders in different ways. Let's put it that way.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $340,411 !* increase in our monthly cash dividend to common shareholders. increase in our monthly dividend beginning with the dividend payable April 15 to shareholders of record as of March 31st.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $340,048 !* This overall sales performance drove adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow growth, and we returned over $280 million to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases. Ken will share more details shortly.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, you’d have $363,671 !* I would like to add my welcome to Winnie, I look forward to working with you to create value for our shareholders. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $45,954 !*

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $340,048 !* We will continue to invest in differentiated capabilities to drive performance across our platform with excess capital returned to shareholders through share repurchases. We expect U.S. We anticipate U.S.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $376,324 !* The primary expenses that were greater percentage of net sales in the current year period were hurricane-related costs, retail labor and depreciation and amortization, partially offset by a decrease in professional fees.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $320,756 !* We also delivered significant capital return to shareholders, raising our dividend by 15% and completing $900 million of share repurchases. And then, the beginnings of starting to amortize those retentions.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $340,048 !* billion to shareholders with $1.3 billion to shareholders in the quarter, including 1.3 And I wouldn't -- look, we're amortizing the benefit of that tax move of years to go. billion and debt of $6.3

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

After launching the business in 2003, we opened our first satellite office in Houston in 2009. I have great confidence in their ability to deliver for our clients, business partners, and shareholders for many years to come. In 2012, we sold our first franchise to JC and Patti Harter.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) grew 8% in the fourth quarter 2024, and management projects another 5% growth in 2025. billion was returned to shareholders, with $8 billion going toward share buybacks and $7.7 The combined shareholder return amounts to an 11.5%

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $340,411 !* We are confident we can continue making meaningful progress on this front going forward, driven by our organic cash generation and scheduled amortization payments.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

As we usually do, we will start with our shareholder letter and open the call to questions. To our people, partners, and shareholders, net revenues of $751 million were at the midpoint of our guidance for the quarter, and adjusted operating margin of 7.3% Gary Friedman -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Great. Thank you, Allison.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $365,174 !* Excluding after-tax intangible asset amortization expense and special items for both periods, adjusted net earnings for the quarter were $4.9 For the quarter, net earnings were $3.4 a year ago.

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MARCH 23, 2025

Many analysts believe that nuclear energy will be increasingly indispensable, which is good for Vistra's shareholders considering it's the second-largest competitive nuclear power company in the country. billion in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). This year, Vistra expects $5.5

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JANUARY 12, 2025

Fubo will remain a publicly traded company, to be clear -- Disney will simply be its biggest shareholder, buying yet-to-be-issued stock within the next year and a half. Presuming Fubo's shareholders and regulators approve the deal, there's nothing that shareholders of either company can or need to do. And in many regards, it is.

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MARCH 23, 2025

KO EBITDA (TTM) data by YCharts And that's been the secret of long-term shareholders' success. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $305,226 !* In fact, The Coca-Cola Company's dividend has now been raised in each of the past 63 years.

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JANUARY 24, 2025

That sustained yield and growth have made shareholders very happy. The company's ratio of debt to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) is about 3.7. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $381,355 !*

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FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) improved 60% in 2024 to $6.5 That could enable it to return cash to shareholders or make strategic acquisitions. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $350,809 !*

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JANUARY 14, 2025

The best proof of that is the three decades worth of annual dividend increases (in Canadian dollars) that Enbridge has given to shareholders. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $352,417 !* But there are big changes taking shape within Enbridge's portfolio.

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