The Motley Fool

JUNE 24, 2024

Nvidia has generally performed poorly following stock splits Nvidia has completed six stock splits as a public company. And the subprime mortgage crisis became a bear market between October 2007 and March 2009, during which the S&P 500 declined 57%. Here's what happened the last five times.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Part of the reason why Vici Properties has been able to keep raising its dividend every year since it became a public company in 2018 is that it has built-in rent hikes in its leases. Simply put, every year it generates a little more cash and that lets it pass a little more income on to shareholders via a growing dividend.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2024

If the rumors are to be believed, that shakeup could be coming very soon, and it would affect every shareholder. There's not much of a thesis here If Sycamore ends up agreeing to purchase Walgreens with the goal of taking it private, shareholders will almost certainly have to vote on whether to proceed. While it paid off $30.4

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As a result, we've delivered positive total operational returns each year since becoming a public company 30 years ago, successfully navigating a variety of economic environments. Realty Income enables its investors to own commercial real estate critical to the operations of some of the world's best-known companies.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 14, 2025

The real estate investment trust (REIT) has succeeded in its mission over three decades as a public company and recently declared its 130th dividend increase since coming public in 1994. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $300,143 !*

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Some of Warren Buffett's core holdings are getting the heave-ho When Berkshire's chief issued his annual letter to shareholders earlier this year, he alluded to eight companies being "indefinite" holdings. This type of filing is required when Berkshire buys or sells shares of a public company that it holds at least a 10% stake in.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $361,466 !* CEO Jeff Green said, I want to acknowledge upfront for the first time in 33 quarters as a public company, we fell short of our own expectations. Not wall Street expectations, but company guidance."

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 9, 2024

No public company has gone all-in on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) quite like MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) , which has purchased 193,000 bitcoins since 2020. As a result, the enterprise software company's stock is up over 900%, despite its core business stagnating. As a result, the company's outstanding shares have exploded from 9.7

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 9, 2024

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $369,349 !* I'll note that this is the 16th consecutive quarter as a public company, in which we have met or exceeded our revenue guidance. C3 AI has been a public company for 16 quarters.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 28, 2024

Of course, we've seen what happens when companies can't sustain their own operations and they have to go out and borrow, raise capital through share issuances and how that dilutes current shareholders. Does the company maintain a high standard of disclosure consistent with SEC guidelines? Well, that's the company is underdog.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 16, 2023

Last month, Teck pulled its proposal to split the company into separate coal and copper businesses after failing to secure shareholders' support. If that is the route they go down I think it would be remiss of Teck in terms of value for shareholders to not include us in that process," Nagle said.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $302,501 !* We returned a record of more than $3 billion to shareholders in cash dividends. And now, we have paid approximately $45 billion to shareholders in dividends over our history as a public company.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2023

They're inconsequential to the 5-10 year result of that business, its commercial performance, and the rewards to its shareholders. Well, it subsequently fell below $1 a share in 2009 when everything's melting down. Most earnings reports, not all, are little blips on the screen. But that $4 stock is $68 stock now.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As many of you know, we've gone through both a management and company restructure in the last 75 days. Yesterday, we announced management changes which provide clear direction on the two brands and position us with a leadership team that is now aligned with shareholders on incentives and driving value. Think about us as surplus goods.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $333,669 !* Houston is the differentiator for us because we're the only public company that has any meaningful presence. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $44,168 !*

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

And it restarted in, I wanna say March of 2009, but like onlya little bit. Explain Matt Levine : 00:14:13 If a bad thing happens at a public company, public company does a bad thing. If the CEO sexually harasses someone, the company gets hacked. And it stopped in like September of 2008.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 4, 2023

Kyle has been a senior finance leader with public companies for over 17 years, including a long career with General Electric, and he's been immersed in our business for the past four years, most recently as our head of revenue management and finance in LTL. In closing, I want to comment on the CFO transition we announced in July.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 12, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $282,016 !* We take very seriously our obligation to drive shareholder value. Amarin's NASDAQ listing is important both for investors and for the company. We know the unmet need is there.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 14, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $299,728 !* David Gardner: 150 billion-183 billion, bill, Amgen shareholder? CarGurus is one of those public companies that has a camel case name with a G. It is still a public company.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 29, 2024

One year later, December 2009, I decided I was going to re recommend the stock again, make it my new pick in December 2009 for Stock Advisor members at the time we wrote and I quote, "The timing is right, so is the price. Not at that old price in 2005, not in that second price we got in 2009. Not every merger is consummated.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Some investors might argue that this is shareholder money and it should be paid out as dividends, but Buffett doesn't believe in paying dividends -- though he doesn't mind collecting them. Buffett prefers to hoard the company's cash as he looks for new investments. As noted, the company frequently buys entire companies.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Sign Up For Free Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders are typically profitable on a recurring basis and capable of providing transparent long-term growth outlooks. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $311,343 !*

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Now, I want to note four times over the past 20 years, the company split its stock, two for one in 2006, three for two in 2007, four for one in 2021, and 10 for one in 2024. Thus, shareholders today now have 120 shares for every one share they own back in 2005 when I first recommended it. Nvidia dropped from 120-18. Think about it.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Buffett's not-so-subtle warning Every public company must report its key financial results each quarter. Another key financial metric, though, is the company's cash position. This total was by far the largest cash stockpile in the company's history. Buffett thinks stock valuations are too high, even Berkshire Hathaway's.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2025

It's not a young company (although it is a young public company) and has been around almost as long as Starbucks. It has an edge over older and larger companies because it's developing new stores with agility in mind, meeting demand for purchase options in a modern environment. Same-store sales increased 5.3%

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Buffett again confirmed in his latest annual letter to Berkshire shareholders that Greg Abel, who currently serves as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, is his successor. This would boost Pershing Square's stake in the company to 48%. Who's going to one day fill Warren Buffett's shoes? Should you buy Howard Hughes Holdings stock?

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 10, 2025

While he doesn't talk about his investments or his investment approach very often, the man known as the Oracle of Omaha does provide some insights when he pens his company's annual shareholder letter. In 2024, a lot of media highlighted the sales Berkshire Hathaway made within its public portfolio. Here's what it is.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

Stock Number 2 is a public company today whose CEO was in the one year between us in elementary school. Stock number 3, the transportation company that also starts with letter U. Uber was founded exactly 15 years ago this month, March 2009. David Gardner: It is tough when you merge two large companies.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In 2018, GE lost its spot in the storied Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) as the company's stock hovered around multiyear lows. In 2023 and 2024, GE split into three public companies -- GE Aerospace , GE Vernova , and GE HealthCare Technologies. In addition to announcing its earnings results on Feb.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

But as a public company, its survival will depend on being able to turn its exciting innovations into a viable business model. In the meantime, the company will need to raise money -- likely by creating and issuing more units of its own stock, which dilutes existing shareholders. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Sign Up For Free For The Trade Desk shareholders, it was clearly a disappointing turn of events, and seeing AppLovin's shares soar only added insult to injury, as AppLovin has surpassed The Trade Desk as the largest adtech company by market cap. Start Your Mornings Smarter! Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been a public company for more than 44 years. The company's struggles in the 1990s even led to some investors doubting the company's survival. Hence, while Apple sold shares to the public at $22 a share, the split-adjusted price is about $0.10. Can Apple continue rewarding shareholders?

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Generating positive earnings and free cash flow on a regular basis is fantastic to see -- and Costco's management team isn't shy about returning excess capital to shareholders. Yes, the company pays a regular dividend that yields just 0.45%. It's safe to say that the investment community is head over heels with this company.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 29, 2025

Why it's not happening -- yet Opendoor became a public company when interest rates were rock bottom. The real estate market isn't showing signs of a recovery, and management updated shareholders that the microenvironment was worsening heading into 2025. Real estate is one of the largest industries in the U.S.,

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 28, 2025

Here are the risks for Hims & Hers Health Like many nascent public companies, Hims & Hers has a stock-based compensation problem. Stock-based compensation helps young companies attract and retain talent with an ownership stake, but it can become costly over time. million to 216.6 million, or 2.4%. million to 216.6

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 18, 2025

Coca-Cola shares its profits with investors via dividends, continuously paying shareholders more each year. The company has paid and raised its dividend for 68 consecutive years, one of the longest streaks of any public company. The stock is a Dividend King with 62 years of consecutive raises (and counting).

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

It's often easy for investors to buy or sell shares of companies that trade on major U.S. In addition to Bitcoin being the first decentralized cryptocurrency , MicroStrategy is the first public company to effectively adopt Bitcoin purchasing/investing as an operating model.

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