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MAY 14, 2024

The good news is that I saved some of the more potent aspects of the bullish argument for the end to justify at least holding Sirius XM if you are already a shareholder. Sirius XM initiated quarterly distributions in late 2016, and the rate has gone up every year. There's the dividend, of course.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Coke is also leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to adjust pricing, which is driving revenue growth but also will lead to more efficient operations over time. The company's margins were up last quarter and that's a good sign of what's to come in a stronger demand environment. With an installed base of more than 2.2

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APRIL 29, 2024

Alphabet as an AI company On its earnings call, Alphabet management proudly said the company has been an artificial intelligence (AI)-first company since 2016. The cloud business is also beginning to show some solid operating leverage as it scales up, leading to the segment's operating income increasing by 3.7x to $900 million.

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APRIL 28, 2024

The company's consistent rise in net interest income undermines Hercules' strong performance and its proven ability to reward shareholders. I think this showcases management's decisions to prioritize shareholders. Over the years, the company has worked with notable businesses including Impossible Foods , Enphase Energy , and Lyft.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Warren Buffett's investing skills have made shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway a lot of money over the years. Warren Buffett originally invested in the stock in 2016. Its ability to leverage its e-commerce dominance to develop other profitable business opportunities is why Amazon stock is worth holding for the long term.

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MARCH 30, 2024

Lots of fuel to continue increasing its big-time dividend Enbridge has delivered an average total shareholder return of 11.2% It also has a strong investment-grade balance sheet, and its leverage ratio is within its 4.5x-5x annually over the last 20 years. That has outperformed the S&P 500 (9.7% 5x target range.

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MARCH 10, 2024

first began investing in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in 2016, that stock traded at a steep discount to the market -- with a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio in the range of 10 to 14.5 Rewarding shareholders Over the last five years, Apple, Bank of America, and American Express have all boosted their dividends and bought back stock at impressive rates.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

yield, but that payout has grown at a 38% annualized rate since 2016. This is because the company achieved its leverage target last year after five years of paying down debt. Since the company brought its debt down to comfortable levels, it has been increasing its payouts to shareholders methodically every quarter.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Basically, through thick and thin, the MLP has made sure that its shareholders receive a steady and growing quarterly disbursement. Acquisitions are partly to blame for that trend, but investors need to understand that leverage increases risk. In 2016, Energy Transfer inked a deal to buy peer Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB).

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 18, 2023

However, a crucial part of being an industrial conglomerate is using cash flow and financial leverage to acquire or internally develop new businesses. Honeywell's conservative balance sheet means it's set to end 2023 with just $11.2 The company has the firepower and plenty of industries to look into making deals.

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MAY 18, 2024

In 2016, industrial made up about 22% of annualized rent. They're leveraged (they have a lot of cash but lend most of it out) and very tied to the overall economy. Today, industrial properties make up 67%. This portfolio transformation was challenging. At a current yield of 7.5%, that could be a pretty attractive stock.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

AI analysis can help companies optimize their operations Jake Lerch (Palantir Technologies): With the stock up 178% year to date, 2023 has been an incredible year for Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and its shareholders. The tools advanced from that point, so much so that Alphabet declared itself an "AI first" company in 2016.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

Buffett acknowledged in last year's shareholder letter that stakes in Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and American Express (NYSE: AXP) , which Berkshire Hathaway has held for decades, have provided it with billions of dollars in unrealized gains from share price appreciation that was partially powered by their growing dividends.

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APRIL 28, 2024

Satisfying hungry shareholders Bill Ackman's firm has owned shares in Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) since the second half of 2016. When Ackman first bought shares in the third quarter of 2016, Chipotle was in the early innings of winning over consumers following its E. This investment has clearly worked out wonderfully.

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APRIL 6, 2024

What's happening here Signet made an agreement with private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners (LGP), which had taken a preferred equity stake in the company in 2016, to repurchase half of LGP's 8.2 Image source: Getty Images. million shares in the retailer. As a result, Signet is repurchasing 4.1

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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

AUGUST 28, 2024

In a world where traditional media companies are struggling to stay afloat, spending money they don't have on digital initiatives, or leveraged to the point of unprofitability in a sluggish ad market, Sirius XM is cheap. There are growth challenges, but Sirius XM is going to extraordinary measures to return money to its shareholders.

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JUNE 23, 2024

Enterprise's consistency can also be seen in its distribution to shareholders, which it has been able to grow each year for the past 25 years. This has come down from the over 4 times leverage it was at in 2017. times from 2011 through 2016 before the oil crash, while Enterprise often traded at a premium multiple of over 15 times.

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JULY 29, 2024

First, it has a long history of AI innovation and has declared itself an "AI first" company since 2016. Through that purchase, IBM redefined itself as a cloud company, particularly with its ability to leverage the hybrid cloud. But it is much too early to count out this company. Image source: Statista. return of the S&P 500.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

While Berkshire has owned the Liberty Media tracking stock since 2016, which tracked Liberty's large stake in Sirius, Berkshire has increased its bet on the satellite radio operator this year, ahead of the tracking stock's merger with publicly traded Sirius shares in a simplification merger in September.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

And its steadily rising distribution, which has had a compound annual growth rate of 6% since 2016, is proof that investors will benefit as Brookfield Renewable grows. It expects its leverage ratio to be below 3.9 Those hikes have come at an impressive rate in recent years, boosting shareholder returns significantly.

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JUNE 25, 2024

The company aims to grow its service revenue to $28 billion by 2026, doubling its service revenue from 2016 , by leveraging data and artificial intelligence to allow it to proactively service equipment to avoid interruptions -- making its long history of dividend raises more sustainable.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Enbridge is shifting the mix In 2016, nearly three-quarters of Enbridge's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) was derived from its oil pipelines. That's not uncommon for acquisitions and will help the company maintain its leverage within management's target levels.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

The Trade Desk has a long track record of outperforming the market, up more than 2,000% since its 2016 IPO, and it looks well positioned to continue to beat the market, given its strong growth in a difficult environment. That makes sense, as the company had to dilute shareholders and take on debt to survive the pandemic.

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JULY 23, 2023

Given enough time, shareholders would love it if Cava could become the next Chipotle Mexican Grill , the popular Tex-Mex chain that has been thriving for several years now, and still has tremendous growth potential. The business currently has 263 stores, up from just 22 at the end of 2016.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Despite investing more than £750m since 2016, some Everton supporters have been unhappy about his ownership. “Then we heard last month that their exclusivity agreement with Farhad Moshiri, the majority shareholder had ended, which meant they were out of the picture as far as a takeover of the club was concerned. .

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Whereas about half of claims handled by RWI are resolved within 12 months, closer to three quarters are resolved within that time when handled by a professional shareholder representative. [ He leverages his extensive expertise and SRSAcquiom proprietary data to produce resourceful content regularly utilized by market practitioners.

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MAY 11, 2024

Buffett accumulated shares almost every quarter from the start of 2016 through the third quarter of 2018, resulting in a position equivalent to over 1 billion shares of the stock today. Buffett has praised CEO Tim Cook, and he called Apple "a better business than any we own," at Berkshire's 2023 shareholder meeting.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

November 2016: 3-for-1 stock split. energy drink sales, the company can leverage its visibility to expand into other opportunities. The company conducted its first stock split in June 2022, giving shareholders a whopping 10 units for each one they previously owned. February 2012: 2-for-1 stock split.

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JUNE 26, 2024

Being able to leverage the draw of celebrities like Howard Stern, Kevin Hart, several exclusive sports commentators, and a slew of artist-specific and genre-specific music channels helped tremendously. That's based on a quarterly dividend, by the way, that's been raised every year since it began paying them in 2016.

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MAY 7, 2024

We started to develop third-party business back in 2016, focusing in the Midland and the Delaware Basins. The combination of the primary equity issuance and extending our debt to 2029 improved Delek Logistics' ability to pursue its growth plans through improved leverage and financial liquidity. We have come a long way with DKL.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

Ricky Mulvey: In a recent shareholder letter, you basically said there's still outdated paradigms in nuclear energy, even while the technology has progressed. That's important and find capitally efficient ways of leveraging partners and building partners up. At the end of the day, that provides us a lot of, I guess I'd say leverage.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Economic leverage ticked down slightly to 5.7 This new partnership in conjunction with our existing recapture agreements should allow Annaly to leverage best-in-class industry partners without taking on the operational leverage and earnings cyclicality of an originator. And our leverage was down a touch heading into the quarter.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Following my comments, David and Jesse will provide additional comments regarding our investment strategy, investment portfolio, financial results, capital structure and leverage, and our expectations for the third quarter of 2024. After which, we'll be happy to take your questions.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In 2023, Genworth made outstanding progress against our three strategic priorities, which enabled us to return significant value to our shareholders. They operate as a closed system, leveraging existing reserves and capital, current premiums, as well as future new premiums under the LTC MYRAP plan to cover future claims and other obligations.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

To that end, we announced that the board has increased our share repurchase authorization to $1 billion, highlighting our continued commitment to prudently return capital to shareholders. The past few months have been active from a balance sheet perspective as we continue to extend our debt maturity profile and improve our leverage position.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This activity is consistent with how customers are spending money in the 2016 to 2019 timeframe. billion of capital to shareholders while also supporting the needs of our clients. Shareholders' equity was up $2.6 After having fallen in the spring and early summer. This growth in consumer payments continues into October.

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