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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Back in 2016, Softbank acquired Arm for roughly $32 billion. That's a pretty solid return on investment. Sure, there have been some clunkers in SoftBank's portfolio (I'm looking at you, WeWork), but for the most part, Son seems to have a knack for identifying transformative technologies before they take off.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

The company's Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU, was first announced in 2016. AI is one way Google Cloud can differentiate itself from the competition, particularly as the AI industry matures and starts caring a bit more about return on investment and how much it costs to train advanced AI models.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

That's why for investors truly looking at the long term, a focus on quality, competitive advantage, and a high return on invested capital (ROIC) is crucial to success. And it's also why the following three tech stocks should be targets for your new investment dollars today, even after impressive year-to-date runs.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

In 2016, he made a big bet on then-struggling Chipotle Mexican Grill. Over the years, Ackman has developed a checklist of eight keys to successful investing, which he had engraved on a stone tablet. Since then, shares of the fast-casual restaurateur have more than tripled.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Programmatic advertising company The Trade Desk operates a platform that allows ad buyers and marketers to purchase ad inventory in real-time with the help of data so that they can reach their target audience across multiple channels and increase their returns on investment. It has been using AI in its platform since 2016.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Meta is that few companies can afford such expensive bets on emerging technology, piling in billions without an immediate return on investment. By 2016 it declared itself an "AI-first" company, and with that incorporated the technology into virtually every Google offering.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Similarly, Nvidia has endured the extreme ebbs and flows of the semiconductor industry because it is an ultra-high-margin business that manages expenses well and consistently earns a return on invested capital. Notable standouts include LinkedIn in 2016, GitHub in 2018, and Activision Blizzard in 2022.

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JULY 31, 2023

Identifying dividend growth stocks with high returns on invested capital (ROICs) can be a great way to look for investments as both criteria have proven to be market-beating propositions over time. Now trading with a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 21, Toro's valuation is at its lowest since 2016.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Airlines aren't productive (at least for shareholders) The ultimate test of whether a company is allocating capital productively for shareholders is the comparison between its return on invested capita l (ROIC) and its weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Data source: International Air Transport Association.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

An excellent way to quantitatively answer this question is to compare its return on invested capital (ROIC) to its peer group, as historically, companies with a higher ROIC have tended to perform better over time. ROK Return on Invested Capital data by YCharts. Since 2016, the company has delivered sales growth 4.1

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AUGUST 23, 2023

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) made a multi-billion-dollar bet on data and the Internet of Things in 2016 with the acquisition of The Weather Company's business-to-business, mobile, and web properties. While the acquisition made some sense for IBM back in 2016, it included consumer-facing applications and websites.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

It went into effect in January 2016 to prevent people from timing when they applied for different benefits to make more money. This translates to a maximum increase of 24% for waiting -- not a bad return on investment for many. You'll receive the higher of the two amounts. This is called "deemed filing." Unfortunately, no.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Turnspire acquired UPG from MedPlast , a portfolio company of Baird Capital , in May 2016 and sold it to The Partner Companies (TPC) in October 2022, generating nearly a 9x return on invested capital. UPG’s products are used in various sectors, including data centers, healthcare, energy, and industrial applications.

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MAY 29, 2024

Enterprise's business model has seen the company consistently grow its distributable cash flow (DCF) per unit (operating cash flow minus maintenance capital expenditures [ capex ]) most years, while keeping it pretty steady during difficult environments, such as when oil prices collapsed during 2014-2016. Image source: Getty Images.

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MAY 29, 2024

Enterprise's business model has seen the company consistently grow its distributable cash flow (DCF) per unit (operating cash flow minus maintenance capital expenditures [ capex ]) most years, while keeping it pretty steady during difficult environments, such as when oil prices collapsed during 2014-2016. Image source: Getty Images.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Since 2018, Enterprise has averaged an approximately 13% return on invested capital (ROIC) on its growth projects. on average, between 2011 and 2016. It said much of this additional spending will be related to projects stemming from its recent acquisition of Pinon Midstream. It currently has $6.9

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APRIL 30, 2024

But there's another pretty safe investment that could pay you double that amount. But despite the better return on investment (ROI) offered by another investment type, there are times when you should stick with opening a CD. Earning 5.00% on your money without taking a chance of loss is a good deal. Here's why.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Trade Desk has been a top performer on the stock market since its 2016 IPO, and is up nearly 2,000% over that period. The platform should improve return on investment for customers, which should help the company with customer acquisition and increase platform revenue.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Berkshire started buying Apple shares back in 2016. An "enduring moat" "A truly great business must have an enduring 'moat' that protects excellent returns on invested capital," Buffett wrote in his 2007 letter to shareholders, emphasizing the importance of this when choosing investments.

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MARCH 3, 2024

Buffett started buying Apple shares in 2016, and two years later, Berkshire owned more than one billion Apple shares -- for 5.2% Buffett surely likes the fact that Apple has significantly grown earnings and return on invested capital over time. Image source: The Motley Fool. ownership of the tech giant.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Top-tier profitability and returns of cash to shareholders Perhaps most importantly for investors, Polaris offers market-beating profitability alongside its market leadership.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

Over the past five years, Enterprise has averaged about a 13% return on invested capital, so these growth projects should provide meaningful growth to the company in the years ahead. At a similar return, the approximately $10.5 plus multiple between 2011 and 2016 when the companies were generally in worse financial shape.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

It noted that it has produced about a 12% return on invested capital over the past decade. Between 2011 and 2016, midstream master limited partnerships (MLPs) , on average, traded at a 13.7 Enterprise currently has $6.9 billion in projects that are under construction. times based on 2024 analyst estimates.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

However, as promising as the company's two biggest sub-segments are, Federal Signal isn't resting on its laurels, having made 11 acquisitions since 2016, expanding into new verticals as it goes. Image source: Getty Images.

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MARCH 2, 2024

I'm not talking about the Western that hit the silver screen back in 1960 or a newer version that made it to theaters in 2016, though. This strength has helped Apple increase earnings in the triple digits over the past decade -- and grow return on invested capital. AAPL Net Income (Annual) data by YCharts.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Last but not least, I'm confident Mettler-Toledo will return to its mid-single-digit growth rates thanks to its market leadership position -- an advantage that can be quantitatively seen through its immense profitability. In other words, the company is one of those stocks that never seem to go on sale.

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 20, 2024

RWI is more common on cleaner M&A exits, such as deals with higher values, a higher return-on-investment, longer exit timelines, fewer management carveouts, and no survival of the sellers general reps & warranties. [5] In 2016, Kip completed Leadership 20 with the Denver chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Masterful acquirer: While the company swung and missed on its Intimidator Group acquisition (resulting in a $150 million impairment charge in Q3), Toro has delivered an average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 24% over the last decade. A growing 1.7% With a price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of 1.8 (the

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AUGUST 22, 2023

This is noteworthy to investors as the Harvard Business Review highlighted that S&P 500 companies whose founders are still working with the company tripled the returns of their peers from 2001 to 2016. Receiving a 95% approval rating from his employees, Xie's leadership and vision resonate throughout the business.

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JUNE 27, 2023

Private equity professionals in sectors such as telecommunications are reporting that the inability to quantify return on investment of AI trials is going to hold back AI adoption in their industry. EQT Ventures’ investment thesis has been proven with nine investments fully sourced by Motherbrain, says the firm on its site.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

The better way to look at this is actually the return on investment. He's had fabulous investments in NVIDIA , or how about taking RM Holdings as the chip designer private in 2016 at a 30-ish billion dollar valuation. Why are you skeptical of this OpenAI investment? But you said something that's very important.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

You go back to 2016 all the way through to the first quarter of 2023, Uber collectively racked up close to 30 billion in operating losses, so a lot of what they were trying to get people to focus on were those adjusted numbers. Now they're selling a lot of AI services that have a good return on investment.

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MARCH 7, 2024

To bring awareness to our innovation and product offerings, our marketing and creative teams ramped up our investments in social influencers, which delivered meaningful engagement and strong growth from new younger consumers. Kind of similar line of questioning a bit. Is that all best understood as an increase in promotion?

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MARCH 5, 2024

a share on November 10th, 2016, after it had already doubled following your first Rule Breaker recommendation on February 12 of this year, again, 2020, that's four years later, Shopify was flying high. Jason Moore first came to our attention on the August 2020 Mailbag. He wrote, Dear David, here's the tale of our first spiffy-pop.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Naruto Mobile, which we launched in 2016, achieved all-time highs in gross receipts and average DAUs in the second quarter, driven by engaging gameplay, additional stories, and attractive new characters with distinctive combat techniques. Meanwhile, a number of our existing long-life titles demonstrated their ongoing vitality.

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MARCH 5, 2024

This is the kids brand that we launched in 2016. And finally, after tax return on invested capital expanded by well over 3 percentage points from 12.6% Jill Sando -- Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer of Apparel and Accessories, Home and Hardlines Yes. To put that into perspective, consider this.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

They have generated great return on invested capital and great return on equity for many, many years. Carl Teal first picked it on February 24th of 2016. Man, am I glad I picked Shopify because that position is at 29 bagger, which is a great investment too. Yasser El-Shimy: Yeah. I won't call them dips.

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