The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2023

In Berkshire's 2013 annual shareholder letter, Buffett laid this strategy bare by noting that a mix of 10% cash in short-term government bonds and 90% in a low-cost S&P 500 index fund would likely deliver superior returns compared to most professional money managers who charge high fees. That's wild in some respects.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Leveraging its massive network for future growth Building upon its entrenched position within the industry, UPS is now focusing on specialized (and more profitable) niches such as time-sensitive and temperature-controlled healthcare shipping. However, this figure has jumped to 2.7 by store count.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2024

It was then -- back in 2013 -- that the idea for this business was formed. Add in some operating leverage and economies of scale and I think its underlying earnings power can grow fivefold. Unclear rules, high fees, and long lines are all too common across Latin American markets. Which brings us to financial estimates.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 28, 2024

Not only does the $45 billion company enjoy significant operating leverage, but it also enjoys sales leverage with its consumer staples retailer partners. But between 2013 and 2017, it sold the bulk of its U.S. This is no minor detail for a couple of reasons. The sheer size and scale this creates is one such reason.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 1, 2023

Operating income has grown even quicker in the last decade, up 446% to $37 billion, which shows the operating leverage achievable when building a ginormous manufacturing entity. Since 2013, revenue is up 355% to $25 billion, while operating income has ballooned 676% to $8.2 The stock is not crazy expensive, either.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2023

The company should continue to grow and gain leverage as its business as a digital payments platform is highly scalable. Meanwhile, products like Braintree, a payment gateway service PayPal acquired in 2013, are gaining adoption and contributing more to the business.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 4, 2024

For perspective, at its peak in 2013, the U.S. Discovery is walking away from merger discussions with Paramount, despite the fact that both companies need a distribution partner they can leverage to help them better compete with the likes of Netflix and Walt Disney. It's most definitely on the defensive , however.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2023

At today's price of nearly $44,000, Bitcoin is up a head-spinning 43,187% since 2013. Find the one crypto that is best able to leverage the potential of AI, and you could find the next crypto with 1000-fold possibilities. Over the 10-year period from 2011 to 2021, Bitcoin was the single best-performing asset in the world.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2023

Its 578,000-share/$42 million stake only makes up about 0.01% of the Berkshire Hathaway investment portfolio's present value; Buffett sold most of the position in 2013, shortly after the spinoff. Buffett (through Berkshire) doesn't own a whole lot of this company any longer. We love having Vicki run it."

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 21, 2024

It leads the market in home DNA testing and is starting to leverage its massive data library to produce pharmaceuticals. I sold it in 2013 at $4 per share. Genetics-testing company 23andMe (NASDAQ: ME) went public a few years ago with backing from billionaire investor Richard Branson. I sold my shares to "lock in my profits."

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The Motley Fool

MAY 17, 2024

With greater scale the company can afford to advertise more aggressively as well as exercise leverage with its distributors and retail partners. The lulls in net income and cash flow between 2013 and 2018 reflect restructuring costs related to the sale of The Coca-Cola Company's bottling operations back to localized bottlers.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 12, 2024

Although it's possible AI could be the catalyst that reignites growth, Apple's $674 billion in cumulative stock buybacks since the start of 2013 have done most of the heavy lifting of late. Last year, Snowflake acquired Neeva , a company that leverages generative AI solutions within the cloud to improve search. BYD: $2 billion (0.5%

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 30, 2024

Microsoft is leveraging the old with the new. per quarter) dating back to the summer of 2013. Aside from all seven of these companies crushing the S&P 500 in the return column over the trailing decade, their lure, from an investment standpoint, is their competitive advantages and/or seemingly impenetrable moats.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

ARB is strongly committed to growing each of our brands by leveraging their respective foundations, while sharing best practices across our portfolio under our common ownership. For more information, please visit www.authenticrb.com.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2023

Discovery in the spinoff, it still has high leverage compared with T-Mobile. Back in 2013, famed investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) While AT&T was able to offload some of its debt to Warner Bros. Company Debt Cash EBITDA (Estimate for Current Year) Net Debt to EBITDA T-Mobile $73.3 $4.5

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2023

A report issued by JPMorgan Chase 's wealth management division in 2013 found that publicly traded companies initiating and growing their payouts between 1972 and 2012 delivered an annualized return of 9.5%. What this added protection does is allow AGNC to deploy leverage to bolster its profits and sustain its juicy payout.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 24, 2024

The Magnificent Seven components that are leveraging AI and have a clear roadmap for using AI to fuel earnings growth have been rewarded. In 2013, Jim Cramer coined FANG for Facebook, Amazon, Netflix , and Google. AI is nothing new, but the proliferation of AI tools in the workplace and for everyday tasks is.

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The Big Picture

MAY 6, 2023

Previously, he was head of the European Special Situations Group from 2008-13, and head of the Global Special Situations Group: 2013-19. He is the founder and CIO of Social Leverage , where he makes early-stage investments. Social Leverage recently launched its 4th fund.

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 29, 2024

Axalta, formerly known as DuPont Performance Coatings, was acquired in 2013; Nouryon, formerly known as AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, in 2018; Atotech, a specialty chemical affiliate of Total Energies, in 2016; Signode, the industrial packaging group of ITW, in 2014; and Allison Transmission from General Motors Corporation in 2007.

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Private Equity Professional

JUNE 25, 2024

The business was acquired by Lincolnshire Management in 2005 and was merged in 2013 with Summit Plastic , a custom-printed greenhouse container supplier which Lincolnshire had acquired in 2006. Nursery Supplies was founded in 1966 and was the country’s first producer of plastic containers specifically for the nursery industry. ” Mr.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 26, 2024

Besides Moana in 2016 and Frozen in 2013, Disney has had very few original, successful franchises outside of Star Wars and Marvel content. I could see Disney releasing fewer and fewer movies at the box office, focusing more on quality shows, and leveraging the combined might of Disney+ and Hulu.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Founded in 2013 to address the logistic needs of its parent's e-commerce business, Cainiao has evolved beyond its e-commerce roots to cover almost every aspect of logistics. As a start, Cainiao can continue to leverage its relationship with Alibaba (and its other subsidiaries) to grow its business.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 29, 2024

As disclosed earlier in the third quarter, First Solar also possesses a TOPCon patent portfolio through our acquisition of TetraSun in 2013, which we have begun to leverage as part of our ongoing efforts to develop the next generation of PV technologies.

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Private Equity Professional

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

“With the experienced leadership of BK, Andy, and Chris, we believe Impetus is well positioned to capitalize on opportunities in the highly fragmented VMS market, and we look forward to leveraging our combined expertise to support the long-term growth of Reliance and other strong businesses in the space moving forward.”

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Axial

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We will continue to enable Core to grow by leveraging our MechanAir shared services, our other brands in the Chicagoland market, and continue to provide the necessary capital to support growth on larger contracts. is a commercial heating, ventilation, plumbing and mechanical maintenance services business with offices in Chicago.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2023

In 2013, investors were going crazy for Chipotle Mexican Grill 's (NYSE: CMG) stock. Both stocks are down significantly from their 2013 highs. Having high AUV allows Chipotle to leverage restaurant-level operating expenses and turn a high profit. But those investments haven't panned out.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

s AIM market in July 2013, Keywords Studios has become the trusted global solutions provider to the world’s leading video games and entertainment companies, working with them across the full content development cycle, from concept through to launch and beyond. Keywords Studios’ ordinary shares have ceased trading on the U.K.’s

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

The firm intends to “leverage its international network throughout Europe, Asia and the United States to support the brand’s global development,” as well as contributing its operational expertise “to enhance EX NIHILO’s digital capabilities, sharpen the brand and its community, and strengthen the organisation globally”.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Adobe: The godfather of generative AI Adobe has been integrating AI into its creative software products for several years now, allowing them to leverage the power of AI to automate certain tasks and enhance workflows. Founded in 2013, SentinelOne was an early pioneer in leveraging machine learning for cybersecurity defense.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2024

The digital-only bank, Nubank, launched in 2013 and has disrupted the traditional banking model by offering free digital accounts and credit cards without annual fees, attracting tens of millions of customers. However, regulatory changes in the country paved the way for upstarts like Nu, which had its initial public offering in 2021.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Dogecoin is no longer the only dog-themed meme coin When Dogecoin launched in 2013, it stood alone as the only meme coin. Dogecoin's future is highly leveraged to Elon Musk The one key factor in Dogecoin's favor is the unique relationship that it enjoys with tech billionaire Elon Musk.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2023

This flexible platform positions us for sustainable growth, and our upfront investment in it will create leverage as we scale. These investments are having a positive impact on our operations, our team, and the guest experience, and we expect them to continue to create leverage over time. million, or 26.1% of revenue, versus 23.3

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The Motley Fool

JULY 14, 2023

Since July 2013, the stock is up a ridiculous 3,150%, crushing the performance of the Nasdaq Composite Index by an incredibly wide margin. The benefit to a company like Tesla, one that has sizable fixed expenses primarily when it comes to manufacturing plants, is that it can better leverage these operating costs as revenue grows.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Yet the World Bank also estimates the region's internet penetration rate leapt from 46% in 2013 to 81% in 2023, making it a fertile market for launching digital-only banking services. According to the World Bank, at least 70% of Latin America's population is still unbanked. invested in Nu's initial public offering (IPO) in 2021.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 21, 2024

What started as a research project in 2013 has become a fully operational service. What it means for investors Baidu is an established tech giant in China with a long track record of profitability and tremendous optionality to grow by leveraging the AI tailwind. Cumulatively, the rides provided to the public have exceeded 6 million.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This transition is critical, as Humira, AbbVie's top-selling drug since 2013, faces biosimilar competition. However, this level of leverage is fairly common in the banking industry due to the nature of their business model, which involves borrowing money (deposits) to lend out and generate interest income. The projected 5.3%

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 6, 2024

Heinz in 2013 and merged it with Kraft Foods two years later. Despite paying off over $10 billion, the company is still leveraged at over 3.6 Widely admired investment genius Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway , has a reputation as a long-term investor. Buffett bought H.J. Berkshire Hathaway's stake is worth 26.8%

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