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JANUARY 5, 2024

The question is, how much has that benefited its shareholders? The stock had lost more than half of its value between 2013 and the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. IBM's longtime shareholders were likely pleased. Stock price growth in the Arvind Krishna era Ultimately, IBM shareholders have benefited from Krishna's leadership.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

The company has increased its dividend every year since it separated from Abbott Laboratories in 2013, resulting in a remarkable 270% growth in its payout over the past decade. Amgen also rewards its shareholders with a generous dividend policy and a consistent share buyback program. The company pays an annual dividend of $8.52

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DECEMBER 17, 2023

Only a few dividend stocks have been able to provide cash payments to shareholders consistently while also increasing their share prices over time. AbbVie also has a decent yield of 4.02% and has established itself as a leading dividend growth stock and reliable passive income source for shareholders. Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Rising interest rates also added to the pain of the company's high debt load. per share in 2013 to $16.69 Home Depot is passing along those increased earnings to its shareholders, increasing its dividend payment meaningfully in the last decade. In 2013, Home Depot paid a dividend per share of $1.56. Trading at just 6.4

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AUGUST 25, 2023

Companies that regularly dole out a dividend to their shareholders tend to be profitable on a recurring basis, are time-tested, and can provide investors with transparent long-term growth outlooks. BDCs are companies that invest in the debt and/or equity (common/preferred stock) of middle-market businesses. That compared to a measly 1.6%

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JUNE 23, 2023

In 2013, J.P. Companies that offer a regular dividend to their shareholders are usually profitable on a recurring basis and time-tested. BDCs invest in middle-market companies (predominantly small- and micro-cap businesses) and fall into two categories: debt-focused and equity-focused. annualized return for the non-payers.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

We continued our impressive debt reduction journey in 2024 as well, ending the year with $790 million in holding company debt, down from $4.2 billion at the beginning of 2013 and from $856 million at the end of 2023. Our first priority is to create shareholder value through our approximately 81% ownership stake in Enact.

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JULY 7, 2023

According to a study published in 2013 from J.P. Since Occidental is still lugging around a sizable amount of debt tied to its Anadarko acquisition, higher oil prices are needed to generate the cash flow necessary to continue reducing its debt. Keep in mind that Fed Chair Jay Powell expects two additional rate hikes this year.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

It's no secret that Occidental buried itself in debt when it acquired Anadarko in 2019. But since March 2021, it's reduced its net debt by more than $15 billion. Since commencing its buyback program in 2013, Apple has repurchased around $600 billion worth of its common stock. With Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) doling out $0.96

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

For starters, a company generally needs to grow enough to have relatively reliable income, giving management the confidence with which to initiate -- and then maintain -- a dividend payment to shareholders. AbbVie AbbVie is a drug company, spun off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013. Image source: Getty Images.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Competition in the telecom space, high interest rates leading to greater debt-related expenses, and other factors have caused the stock to struggle in recent years. Meanwhile, it anticipates distributing roughly $11 billion worth of dividends to shareholders. in 2013 to $5.66 Trading at less than 8.2 That's a healthy increase.

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AUGUST 17, 2024

It spun off in 2013, and it has continued to raise dividend payments. Investors have been bearish on telecom stocks due to rising interest rates and high debt loads. five years ago to now paying shareholders $0.96 The stock is technically a Dividend King when you count its time as part of Abbott Laboratories.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders tend to be profitable on a recurring basis and time-tested. A 2013 report from the wealth-management division of JPMorgan Chase found that companies initiating and growing their dividends generated an annualized return of 9.5% between 1972 and 2012.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

Unfortunately for Cava's shareholders, Brassica is suddenly in the spotlight. In 2013, the company invested in a pizza chain called Pizzeria Locale (now closed down). Not only is popularity soaring, as evidenced by its Q2 same-store-sales growth of 14%, but it also has nearly $350 million in cash and cash equivalents and zero debt.

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MARCH 11, 2024

billion annually in dividends to its shareholders, and has repurchased in excess of $600 billion worth of its common stock since the start of 2013. Secondly, Occidental is still digging itself out of debt. The company is counting on a higher spot price to fuel the steady paydown of its remaining debt.

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DECEMBER 16, 2023

Measuring a company's profitability compared to its debt and equity, UPS' high mark is promising as it highlights its ability to generate outsize profits despite the heavy capital expenditures needed to maintain its network. And the icing on the cake for investors? by store count.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Both he and the recently departed Charlie Munger , who Buffett described as the "Architect of Berkshire Hathaway" in his annual letter to shareholders, have firmly believed that their top investment ideas deserve added weighting. billion in net debt. Bank of America: $35,478,466,406 (9.6% economy is firing on all cylinders.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

It has a balanced approach to allocating that cash, using some money to expand its portfolio, repurchase shares, repay debt, and pay dividends. American Tower's growing portfolio has helped drive robust growth, with double-digit compound annual revenue, earnings, and cash flow growth since it converted to a REIT in 2013. and U.K.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

It has repurchased more than $600 billion worth of its common stock since instituting a buyback program in 2013. A heavy emphasis on cyclical stocks has helped Berkshire Hathaway and its shareholders. Elevated energy commodity prices allowed Chevron to meaningfully reduce its net debt throughout 2022. 30 is nothing to sneeze at.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It's achieved a total return above 500% since its spin-off from Pfizer in 2013, but Zoetis has seen its share price struggle lately. Its return on invested capital (ROIC) is particularly noteworthy, as it highlights the company's ability to generate more net income from its debt and equity than most of its peers.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Apple One stock Warren Buffett absolutely can't get enough of is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , which he dubbed as a " better business than any we own " during Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting. Even with WTI surging in 2022, which allowed the company to pay down some of its debt, Occidental still closed out March 2023 with $19.6

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

ET Financial Debt to EBITDA (TTM) data by YCharts. Since 2013, Oneok has produced peer-leading total dividend growth of more than 150%. at its current stock price, has rewarded its shareholders through thick and thin, and management is determined to continue doing so.

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JULY 26, 2024

Companies that regularly dole out a percentage of their earnings to shareholders are often profitable on a recurring basis, time-tested, and capable of providing transparent growth outlooks. Kraft Heinz's balance sheet is being weighed down by a lot of long-term debt and goodwill it may never recoup. Image source: Coca-Cola.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

Measuring a company's profitability compared to its debt and equity, higher ROICs have proven to be an outperforming proposition for investors, as this article explains. Bombardier's management loves to return this excess profit and FCF to shareholders through stock buybacks and, more recently, dividends.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

During Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting in May 2023, Buffett referred to Apple as "a better business than any we own." Furthermore, Apple has repurchased around $600 billion worth of its common stock since kicking off its buyback program in 2013. Although Berkshire owns six tech stocks totaling $166.6 Energy: 9.9%

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MAY 22, 2024

CEO Warren Buffett has delivered a greater than 5,000,000% aggregate return to his Class A shareholders (BRK.A) I've also removed Paramount Global , which Buffett admitted to selling in its entirety during Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting. Image source: Getty Images.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Loan and deposit growth is the bread-and-butter that allows banks to generate income and return capital to shareholders. Since the start of 2013, Apple has repurchased in the neighborhood of $586 billion worth of its common stock. A sizable uptick in the spot price of crude oil has allowed Chevron to pare down its net debt.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

What's made this outperformance so incredible is that Buffett and his investment team, including the late Charlie Munger , have stuck to old-school principles to make their shareholders meaningfully richer for more than a half-century. For Buffett, Apple's biggest selling point might just be its market-leading capital-return program.

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MARCH 10, 2024

Just over a decade ago, Netflix went down the original content creation rabbit hole, and began making its own TV shows and movies, funded with debt ( House of Cards was its first foray in 2013). I was unclear how producing content, much of which has limited shelf life, with long-term debt, would pan out.

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MARCH 24, 2024

Five Below shareholders are used to pullbacks. At the end of its fiscal 2013, Five Below had 304 locations. At the end of 2013, the company had just $50 million in cash and $20 million in debt. From there, Five Below could return quite a bit of cash to shareholders since it wouldn't have pressing financial needs.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

The world's largest public company by market cap is doling out $15 billion annually in dividend payments, and has repurchased over $600 billion of its common stock since the start of 2013. Despite paying down more than $17 billion in net debt following its acquisition of Anadarko, it's still sitting on $18.6

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

In 2013, the company had operating income of $63 million. But allow me to explain why the company's profitability points to good things ahead for shareholders. Crocs took on substantial debt when it acquired fellow shoe brand Heydude for $2.5 Now, management is aggressively paying this debt back down. That's a big deal.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

The second-longest yield-curve inversion on record will end The yield curve , which is a chart depicting the yields of various Treasury debt securities relative to their maturity dates, has often been a tell of what's to come for the U.S. This is to say that shorter-dated debt securities (i.e., economy and stock market.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

This transition is critical, as Humira, AbbVie's top-selling drug since 2013, faces biosimilar competition. That said, investors should watch AbbVie's debt levels closely. debt-to-equity ratio is high and could limit financial flexibility. The debt-to-equity ratio of 1.1, The projected 5.3% The projected 8.5%

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MARCH 29, 2024

Since initiating a buyback program in 2013, it has repurchased almost $651 billion worth of its common stock. It closed out 2023 with a net debt ratio of just 7.3%. But if you ask Buffett, his favorite thing about Apple might be its market-leading share repurchase program.

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DECEMBER 9, 2023

McDonald's revenue peaked in 2013 at $28.1 MCD Revenue (Annual) data by YCharts A priority on returning capital to shareholders Generally, the two methods of returning capital to shareholders are dividends and share repurchases. billion and steadily declined before bottoming out in 2020 at $19.2 Is McDonald's stock a buy?

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

Very few public companies offer monthly dividends, and the ones that do are typically real estate investment trusts (REITs) because they are legally required to pay out 90% of their taxable earnings to shareholders. The company first issued a quarterly payment in 1998 and transitioned to a monthly distribution in 2013.

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