The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

If successful, ConocoPhillips would emerge as a better business with no dilution to its shareholders or impact on its balance sheet. It's a tall order, but ConocoPhillips has recently returned a ton of capital to shareholders. That said, ConocoPhillips prides itself on having a lean balance sheet and low leverage.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 22, 2024

When Lisa Su became CEO in 2014, she shifted AMD's focus to CPUs and GPUs. The company successfully leveraged this core competency and took a lead over Intel in data center CPU market share growth in 2023. It has moved in this direction for a long time. Should you invest $1,000 in Advanced Micro Devices right now?

Bidding 189

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Room for further balance-sheet improvements Since the oil and gas downturn of 2014 and 2015, Kinder Morgan has worked hard to restore its balance sheet and rebuild investor confidence in its dividend. In the past nine years, it has reduced its total net long-term debt position by 29% and lowered its leverage.

Exchange-Traded Funds 130

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 24, 2024

As shown in the chart above, the company adds leverage during weak patches to continue investing in its business and paying dividends. When the market recovers, it reduces leverage to prepare for the next downturn. That includes years like 2014-2016, when oil prices plunged, forcing some oil and gas companies to cut their dividends.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 31, 2023

The extra FCF has helped the company pay down debt and reduce its leverage. Instead of cutting the dividend and losing shareholder trust, a better alternative is to maintain a healthy balance sheet where cash on hand, or even debt, can be used to pay dividends in a pinch. The Kinder Morgan of today is a much leaner business.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

He wrote to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in 2014 that he suggested much of the cash his family receives when he dies be invested in a low-cost Vanguard S&P 500 index fund. When you see "ultra-short" in a fund's name, it often means it uses leverage to short-sell a type of asset. Warren Buffett likes Vanguard.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2024

They trade at a gut-wrenching 97% below their all-time high, set in December 2014. Financially unclear skies After the proposed merger with JetBlue was blocked by a federal judge earlier this year, it seemed like shareholders were disappointed. Financial leverage is also a cause for concern. As of March 31, the business had $3.3

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The Motley Fool

JULY 2, 2023

Compelling reasons to be a shareholder It's probably impossible to overstate Celsius' incredible growth. That operating leverage is exactly what investors like to see from a business that is scaling as quickly as this one. And it's another compelling reason to become a shareholder. Let's take a closer look at Celsius.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 23, 2024

This dynamic helps the company post steady, largely growing results year after year, even during difficult periods such as the Great Recession, the oil price collapse in 2014-15, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This has come down from the over 4 times leverage it was at in 2017.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 23, 2024

The company is actively exploring new avenues for growth, including leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for targeted promotions and marketing campaigns. The company is also strongly committed to returning that cash to shareholders. And it's not like Coca-Cola is resting on its laurels, either. I don't think so.

Shareholders 130

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 11, 2025

From fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2024, which ended last May, Oracle's revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3% as its earnings per share (EPS) rose at a CAGR of 5%. In other words, Oracle plans to leverage its leadership of the database market to lock more customers into its cloud platform and AI services.

Leveraging 130

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The combat systems segment posted revenue growth of 18% with earnings jumping by 25% from the prior year quarter as management noted the highest level of orders since 2014. The ability of both companies to execute on a significant market opportunity should continue to reward shareholders.

Leveraging 130

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 17, 2023

Signet and its shareholders had to eat the losses. Basically, after getting out from under the financing risks it faced, management has now leveraged itself to just one type of jewelry. After low single-digit growth in engagements between 2014 and 2017, engagements fell in the low single digits between 2018 and 2021.

Banks 130

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 22, 2025

Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY) became a standalone company in 2014 when it was spun off from General Motors (NYSE: GM). Rising defaults, slowing auto sales, or difficulties at GM or Stellantis could all lead to near-term performance problems and frayed nerves for shareholders.

Banks 130

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 26, 2024

New York Community Bank, if you're not familiar, the stock has pretty much flatlined for the past 10 years until this recent decline from about 2000-2014, they were a 40-bagger. It was arguably from 2014-2019, the best growth environment for banking in the past 30, 40 years. Happy to be a shareholder of?

Banks 244

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The company uses shareholder capital that it leverages with short-term borrowings to buy MBS. Since it switched to paying monthly dividends in 2014, AGNC has cut its dividend four times, steadily reducing its monthly payment from $0.22 That volatility has forced AGNC Investments to cut its dividend several times over the years.

Mergers and Acquisitions 130

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The Motley Fool

JULY 8, 2023

Crown Castle changed its business structure in 2014 and became a REIT, obliging it to return at least 90% of its taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends. They depend on Crown Castle to provide the infrastructure that gives them connectivity in the 5G rollout going on across the country and around the world.

Amortization 130

Amortization Depreciation Exchange-Traded Funds Leveraging 130

The Motley Fool

MAY 16, 2024

We are leveraging our core capabilities in supply chain to differentiate user experience on our platform. Our non-GAAP net income attributable to ordinary shareholders has expanded by an even more impressive 157 times from 224 million RMB to 35 billion RMB. We also took extra steps to return capital to shareholders. billion U.S.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Shareholders Returns Investors 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 10, 2023

Looking ahead, we will continue to expand the Choice model, leverage the capabilities of an integrated cross-border supply chain and enhanced consumer experience with higher certainty in logistics and service level. AIDC's djusted EBITA loss decreased by 70% year over year during the quarter.

Leveraging 245

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 16, 2024

billion to shareholders this quarter and share repurchases and dividends. By leveraging our technology and continuous investment in that technology and putting customers at the center of everything we do, we have successfully deepened our relationships and expanded our customer base across all our businesses. is up 9% year over year.

Banks 246

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 1, 2023

It's been a roller-coaster ride for iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) shareholders since the company agreed to be acquired by Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) nearly 15 months ago. I imagine Amazon -- the owner of the world's largest digital marketplace -- could leverage this kind of data in a virtually countless number of ways.

Mergers and Acquisitions 100

Mergers and Acquisitions Enterprise Values Leveraging Debt 100

The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2023

And third, we bolstered our total liquidity, which now stands at more than $4 billion and further diversified our capital sources and reduced our leverage well off of peak levels through more than $2 billion of dispositions and JVs and over $1 billion of equity issued under our ATM. Our reported leverage ratio at the quarter end was 6.8

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The Motley Fool

MAY 8, 2024

They're going to be able to leverage that because they already have a lot of operations in that area and a lot of their contractors that they use are operating in that same area and operating on those same Pioneer fields. It's a product of what happened in the prior decade, really coming out of 2014. They've already had 13.2

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Shareholders Assets Financing 130

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

billion in operating cash flow from equipment operations at shipment volumes below midcycle levels is indicative of the structural improvements we've made, enabling continued reinvestment in the business and significant cash return to shareholders. billion to shareholders via dividends and share buybacks.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 18, 2024

And then how does that influence your expectation for a positive operating leverage next year? And, yes, we will generate positive operating leverage in '25. In other words, should the street just expect, OK, what can Regions generate revenue-wise in a better environment and just expect positive operating leverage from there?

Leveraging 130

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 14, 2024

We also plan to drive growth across digital platforms as we leverage new capabilities to amplify brand launches and events, drive greater digital discovery and conversion, and expand personalization across our digital platforms. Finally, I want to share an update on how we are approaching expansion opportunities outside the U.S.

Leveraging 130

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

MicroStrategy is well positioned to gain competitive leverage in winning both of these areas of growth. Much like we have done with cloud hyperscalers, we plan to openly partner with and leverage the technology investments in these companies. Rather than invest heavily to build our own models.

Education 130

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

We continue to see firsthand the power of Project Matterhorn from our commercial teams who are successfully leveraging our full suite of products and solutions to help position Iron Mountain has an ideal partner to our customers. This customer centricity continues to power our results forward for both customers and our shareholders.

Assets 130

Assets Banks Leveraging Depreciation 130

The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Probably important to know that the company buys back its stock very aggressively, basically have the total number of shares outstanding since it spun off from Murphy Oil in 2014. They generally throttle it with valuation a little bit, so they might take down a little bit of leverage when the valuation ratios are higher.

Due Diligence 130

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2023

Since we first introduced online ordering in 2014, we facilitated more than 250 million commission free orders for our customers. We're confident that continuing to execute on our strategy and mission will generate significant long-term value for our customers, our community and our shareholders.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Leveraging Banks Capital 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 5, 2024

Better performance has helped us to reduce our net leverage ratio for the third consecutive quarter. I remain highly confident in our strategy and optimistic about our future and the ability to drive long-term value for shareholders. Behind Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, and Ball Park, we have the No. We ended Q3 with $4.8

Assets 130

Assets Leveraging Capital Shareholders 130

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 19, 2024

I firmly believe a strong culture is essential to delivering for our customers, communities, and shareholders. billion of insurance earned premiums is the highest since our IPO, and we see a long runway ahead as we leverage synergies with our auto finance team. billion represents a 76% increase since 2014.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We're also expecting continued opex leverage this year, especially within G&A. We expect that, as we grow this year, leveraging that fixed cost is a big deal. Opex leverage, another hallmark. We've had significant adjustability but down leverage. Expect that to be our biggest source of leverage.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Portfolios Investing Amortization 130

The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

Since its launch in 2014, The Sims 4 has surpassed 85 million players, with FY '24 up double digits year over year. billion to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. Moreover, it provides greater transparency around the impact of our strategy and future pipeline for our shareholders. billion, up 58% year over year.

Shareholders 130

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, shareholders' net income, and total revenues, respectively, is contained in today's earnings release, which is posted in the Investor Relations section of thecignagroup.com. commercial employer business had an outstanding year with continued strong growth.

Capital 130

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

a large healthcare company that has an existing records management and ALM customer will leverage our DXP platform to manage a complex set of multi-format records. Margin expansion was driven by operating leverage and revenue management. Margin expansion was driven by pricing, recent commencements, and operating leverage.

Assets 130

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

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. Catalyst shareholders include Simon, Brookfield, Authentic Brands Group and Shein. We generated $4.6 per share, which was growth of 3.9%

Assets 130

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