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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

REITs are popular investment vehicles for rent-generating real estate businesses because the majority of any profits are passed along to shareholders without first being taxed at the corporate level (although shareholders are still taxed accordingly on any dividend income or growth a REIT produces). Carey is a bit unique.

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

With equity stakes in successful businesses such as Palantir Technologies and Axsome Therapeutics , this business development company's ( BDC ) regular quarterly dividend has held steady or risen since 2009. As a BDC, Hercules Capital can avoid income taxes by distributing at least 90% of profits to shareholders as a dividend.

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MARCH 27, 2025

Gotham City Research, which is short Kyndryl shares, put out a report alleging that Kyndryl has artificially inflated its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) and free-cash-flow figures, masking what Gotham sees as significant cash burn.

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APRIL 3, 2025

On the crude side, meanwhile, it primarily serves its parent and largest shareholder, refiner Marathon Petroleum. It is looking to grow its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) by 8% in 2025 and has a goal to grow it at a 5% to 7% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) moving forward.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

billion in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). But it is unclear how much shareholder value this will create. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, you’d have $358,460 !* The Ford Blue Oval segment generated an EBIT of $1.63 EV powertrains.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

You can see below that Illinois Tool Works has seen the occasional bump; revenue declined during recessions in 2001, 2009, and 2020. I've seen numerous companies harm shareholders with massive debt-fueled acquisitions that put the balance sheet in peril. But importantly, the drops aren't too steep.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

They require tenants to cover all property operating expenses, including routine maintenance, real estate taxes, and building insurance. The company has been slowly rebuilding its portfolio and shareholder payout. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, you’d have $368,053 !*

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DECEMBER 1, 2024

That enables their shareholders to generate some extra income each year. Energy Transfer Energy Transfer is a master limited partnership (MLP ), entities that send their investors a Schedule K-1 federal tax form each year. Many companies return a portion of their profits to investors in dividends.

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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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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, you’d have $368,053 !* This reinforces our board and management team's confidence in Zoom, enabling us to further leverage our strong cash flow and balance sheet to drive shareholder returns. Non-GAAP gross margin in Q3 was 78.9%

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JULY 6, 2024

Warren Buffett explained that facet of the business in his 2009 shareholder letter. Meanwhile, operating earnings before income tax increased 31% to $12.5 The graphic below shows Berkshire's operating earnings before income tax across its three primary business segments. Revenue increased 5% to $89.9 Treasury bills.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The company was barely profitable in terms of after-tax earnings , and the production of original Netflix content burned through billions of dollars of negative free cash flows. By the end of 2009, 11.9 Don't miss the next season of Netflix's shareholder saga; it promises to be a blockbuster. From high growth and skimpy profits.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $381,355 !* Our fourth quarter adjusted effective tax rate was 25.4%, compared to 22.3% This decrease was primarily due to the unfavorable tax rate, as well as the increase in SG&A that I mentioned earlier.

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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. Ares Capital's dividend hasn't risen in a straight line, but it has increased by 37% since 2009. Ares Capital: A 10.05% yield Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company, or BDC.

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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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AUGUST 25, 2023

They own pools of income-producing property, and tax law mandates that they distribute at least 90% of their income as dividends to shareholders. This chart shows how well these three REITs have performed since 2009 against the benchmark Vanguard Real Estate ETF , an exchange-traded fund that typically holds about 160 REITs.

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

Buffett himself even suggested, at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting back in May, that he's been locking in profits on his top positions under the current capital gains tax rate -- with the idea that this rate may rise. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $348,112 !*

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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 !* We are getting news on potential excise tax changes, but should we be concerned about big reversals coming in cannabis policy if the Conservatives take control of the government next year?

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MARCH 5, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $300,764 !* This dividend will be payable on or around April 18, 2025, to shareholders on record as of April 7, 2025. These tax-related costs net of refunds totaled RMB 1,278.5 million ADS for approximately USD 40.3

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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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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

As a business development company (BDC) , it must return at least 90% of earnings to shareholders as dividends to be exempt from federal income taxes. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, you’d have $350,915 !* That's what you'll get with Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Many people also love the idea of dividends, cash profits that companies give their shareholders to share their success. These companies buy and lease properties, and pay out most of their income to shareholders. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $344,352 !*

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $344,352 !* Frankly, I'm proud of the progress the teams are driving and confident that our strategy will yield long-term returns to our shareholders. Look, I think companies have different strategies when it comes to taxes.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

Apple prioritizes returning capital to shareholders With Apple's robust free cash flow, management returns capital to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases. In addition to a growing dividend, Apple aggressively repurchases its shares, boosting each shareholder's ownership stake without requiring additional investment.

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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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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

These businesses generated pre-tax earnings of $38 billion through the first nine months of 2024, up from $33 billion the year before. While Buffett is still CEO, he won't be around forever, but shareholders are in good hands. Then youll want to hear this. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $44,908

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

In last year's letter to shareholders, Buffett described the market as particularly "casino-like" and expressed his determination to put Berkshire in a position not just to survive a possible "conflagration," but to "help extinguish the financial fire." It seems that Buffett has concerns about his own company's market valuation as well.

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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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DECEMBER 1, 2024

Altria is the largest tobacco company in America, and it's boosted its quarterly dividend Altria has increased its shareholder dividend for 54 consecutive years, making it one of very few stocks to earn the title Dividend King. REITs, it's required to pay out at least 90% of its taxable income as dividends to maintain a favorable tax rate.

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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 19, 2023

I had owned a few shares of the graphics processing units (GPU) pioneer in the early days of my investing journey but ultimately sold them in an unprovoked bid of tax-loss harvesting in early 2010. I had long been a shareholder of Amazon, but I recognized the value Shopify could bring to the online sales space.

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JULY 9, 2023

The business was started in 2009 by Silicon Valley veteran Tom Siebel, who spent the last decade preparing the company for the explosive growth that is only now starting to be recognized by Wall Street. Adjusted pre-tax income grew 370% year over year in the first quarter, reaching a margin of nearly 12% of revenue.

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JUNE 30, 2024

Coca-Cola prioritizes dividends Companies have two primary methods of returning capital to shareholders: dividends and share repurchases. In Warren Buffett's 2022 annual shareholder letter, he wrote: "Growth occurred every year, just as certain as birthdays. billion in unpaid taxes for the years 2007 to 2009.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Big Four In Berkshire Hathaway's 2020 annual letter to shareholders, Buffett called Berkshire's many subsidiaries "a smorgasbord of businesses employing 360,000 at year-end." In Berkshire's 2009 shareholder letter, Buffett noted that Berkshire's float grew from $16 million in 1967 to $62 billion at the end of 2009 (not a typo).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, youd have $344,352 !* During this time, I have connected with shareholders, customers and clients. The combination of these measures will ultimately deliver greater shareholder value. We ended the quarter with approximately $3.8

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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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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Warren Buffett, the longtime head of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , has delivered an impressive nearly 20% annualized return for shareholders since 1965, doubling the S&P 500 's benchmark return. Additionally, management consistently returns capital to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.

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