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It hit $5,000 for the first time in September 2017 and hit $100,000 for the first time in December 2024. It's using significant debt to get as much leverage as possible. That type of rise might sound impossible and outlandish until you consider that Bitcoin has done it before. And the time that was required? Just over seven years.

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MARCH 24, 2024

leverage ratio , which falls in the middle of its 2.75-3.25 While MPLX doesn't have quite as high a credit rating, at BBB, its leverage ratio is only slightly higher at 3.3, compound annual rate since 2017. Speaking of which, Enterprise Products Partners has one of the strongest balance sheets in the midstream sector.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Then, in 2012, it took another huge step forward when it introduced a franchise-based model that would allow insurance agents to leverage their expertise and platform to sell policies. In 2017, Goosehead wrote $342 million in premiums, with 58% coming from its franchise channel. In 2015, the company had 125 operating franchises.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Between fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2022 (which ended last July), Zscaler's revenue rose at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 54%. It now trades at around $150, so a $1,000 investment in its initial public offering would have grown to nearly $9,400 in just over five years.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

That's why Coca-Cola's net profits actually went up even though revenue went down following 2017's completion of the sale of its bottling operation. Those are the wider sharing of operating costs, and sales leverage. now, and in the future. Branding consultancy Interbrand names Coca-Cola the eighth-best worldwide brand of 2023.)

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

The company also has a strong investment-grade balance sheet with a low leverage ratio that should be in the middle of its 4.5-to-5.0 It has made several notable acquisitions, including buying gas pipeline operator Spectra Energy in 2017 and purchasing three U.S. target range next year, giving it additional financial flexibility.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

Before the leadership team raised annual dues in September, Costco increased membership costs in 2017 and 2011. The result is that Costco is buying large quantities of a limited number of goods, resulting in incredible negotiating leverage with its base of suppliers. million households.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Data from consumer research outfit Packaged Facts suggests 36% of last year's total pet spending was done online, well up from 2017's proportion of only 16% in 2017, en route to a figure of 45% as soon as 2026. Make no mistake. E-commerce is where the bulk of the market's growth is coming from.

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MARCH 22, 2024

-based company by market cap in the late 1990s, lost its position during the dot-com bust, regained it in the early 2000s, was surpassed by ExxonMobil , sold off heavily after the financial crisis of 2008, and didn't exceed its dot-com bubble high until 2017. In 2017, investors were happy Microsoft had recovered its post-dot-com bust losses.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

compound annual rate since 2017. It has the highest credit rating in the midstream sector and a very low leverage ratio of 3.0. The fuel to grow Enterprise Products Partners trades as if it's not growing, which isn't the case. The company has expanded its adjusted EBITDA at an 8.4% There's lots more growth ahead. billion by year-end.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This period included the financial crisis that began in 2007, the oil price collapse from 2014 through 2017, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Its balance sheet is strong, with a leverage ratio of 3x and solid A- and A3 credit ratings. For example, Enterprise delivered a double-digit return on invested capital (ROIC) in every year since 2005.

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JULY 13, 2023

Mattel stock has struggled for years as the company has been plagued by debt and challenges in the retail channel following the 2017 bankruptcy of Toys R Us. Popular toys like Lego and Transformers have spawned blockbuster hits, so it makes sense for Mattel to try to do the same with Barbie.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

leverage ratio. Leverage has steadily improved from an already solid 4.1 in 2017, driven down by its steadily rising earnings. That low leverage ratio is a big reason why Enterprise has the highest credit rating in the midstream sector (A-/A3). The company ended the third quarter with a 3.0

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

For example, in 2017 discretionary cash flow per unit was negative $0.99. Leverage has also been reduced, with debt-to-earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) at roughly 3.2 A key inflection point took place in 2021. In the years leading up to 2021 discretionary cash flow per unit was negative.

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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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MARCH 6, 2024

Free Fire was released in December 2017 and became the most-downloaded game globally by 2019. This segment is also showing really high operating leverage, with Q4 adjusted EBITDA of $148.5 Moreover, all three businesses look to be gaining operating leverage, with profit growth inflecting higher than revenue growth.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

By comparison, American Express counts just 80 million merchant locations worldwide despite a huge effort to increase acceptance since 2017. Mastercard isn't accepted in quite as many merchant locations worldwide, but it still boasts a presence in over 210 countries and territories.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

From 2017 to 2021, American Express increased its international merchant locations by 128% to 36.5 With consistent share repurchases and operating leverage, company forecasts call for earnings per share ( EPS ) to compound at a mid-teens percentage annual rate, or about 15%. bringing it to virtual parity with Visa and Mastercard.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

PetSmart, Petco, and Tractor Supply 's Petsense all enjoyed the advantage of not only already being established brands at the time, but were able to leverage and combine their brick-and-mortar businesses with their online ones established in the meantime. It seems crazy on the surface. The thing is, the plan is working.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Since the company's IPO in late 2017, the stock soared as much as 1,940% in less than four years. Being an investor in Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) could best be described by the opening words of the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities : "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

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Founded in 2017, CONEXIO Telecom has established itself as a key independent player in the B2B telecoms sector, serving over 1,000 clients across small businesses, industrial players, and public entities.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Reliance Vitamin was acquired in October 2017 by Branch Brook Holdings , a partnership between Swander Pace Capital , Jefferson Capital , and United Natural Foods. We continue to invest in our core categories, allowing us to leverage our deep category understanding and apply that knowledge to each investment.”

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Back in 2017, the chipmaker's GPU Ventures arm joined Samsung and 10 other investors in a $75 million funding round for the start-up. It might be a promising speculative play for long-term investors, but its high valuation, high leverage, and persistent losses could limit its near-term gains. Why would Nvidia invest in SoundHound AI?

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Alphabet has leveraged this ad tech expertise to dominate digital advertising, with nearly 30% of worldwide internet ad revenue, according to estimates compiled by online industry publication Digiday. The technology has long driven Google's industry-leading search engine, helping the company control a massive 93% of the market.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

The company's growing earnings and falling debt allowed it to reach its targeted leverage ratio by the end of Q3 (3.0 compound annual rate from 2017 to 2022. That gave it money to pay dividends ($1.5 billion), invest in expanding its business ($779 million), and strengthen its balance sheet.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

What's notable is that the stock lagged that of the average utility pretty badly from around 2017 to roughly 2019. And now that the project is finally coming to fruition and the stock has recovered, those extra shares have leveraged into a bigger upside gain.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

But that was back in 2017, when Bitcoin was still trading for less than $1,000. 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. At one time, Bitcoin had 1,000-fold upside potential.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It subsequently expanded ATI's Radeon brand to challenge Nvidia in discrete GPUs for gaming PCs, and it leveraged that technology to create APUs -- which bundle CPUs and GPUs on a single die -- for PCs and gaming consoles. The rivalry between AMD and Nvidia AMD entered the GPU market by acquiring ATI for $5.6 billion in 2006.

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MARCH 24, 2024

Its sheer scale translates into serious leverage Last but not least, Walmart's overwhelming size gives it a big advantage over competitors -- not only discouraging grocers like Kroger and discounters like Target from setting up stores nearby, but in other ways too. Some of them work. And not every initiative has worked out as hoped.

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JUNE 12, 2024

The assumption was that the two similar companies could pool resources, apply leverage, cut costs, and find qualitative synergies. Shares of the new stock peaked in 2017 before falling 70% by mid-2019. None of that ever really happened to any meaningful degree, though. That's when Buffett finally conceded that he overpaid for Kraft.

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AUGUST 20, 2024

From fiscal 2007 to fiscal 2017 (which ended in November 2017), its revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3% as its earnings per share ( EPS ) rose at a CAGR of 2%. That rising leverage made Carnival a risky stock to hold as interest rates rose, and its stock sank to a 30-year low of $6.38 per share on Oct.

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JULY 7, 2023

And the company has leveraged the daylights out of its position. Since 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a regulator for the U.S. More to the point, Dollar General stores fill a void. They offer people the most important consumer staples they need and are placed near where their customers live.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

As a reminder, we implemented several shrink-mitigating tactics in Q1 and Q2, including upgraded store talent, updated equipment, revised policies, increased leverage of exception reporting to quickly identify issues, and a third-party restitution program. Prior to COVID, it was -- you know, 2017, '18, '19 -- between 5% and 6%.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Northlane acquired PAR in February 2017 and will continue as a minority investor in the company in partnership with OceanSound. We look forward to helping the company further develop its mission-critical, supply chain integrity and cost management solutions while expanding its presence across the U.S. healthcare system.”

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AUGUST 23, 2024

Tilia Holdings acquired Ellison Bakery in August 2020 from Blackford Capital which had acquired the business in 2017 in partnership with the Ellis family, Promus Equity Partners, Concentric Equity Partners, and Baird Principal Group. The firm was co-founded in 2017 by Johannes Burlin and Eric Larson.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

After Wheatstone delivered its first cargo in 2017, Chevron pulled back on spending. Just like with Anadarko, Occidental is using leverage to unlock explosive potential profits, while also leaving itself more vulnerable to a downturn. In 2020, ExxonMobil booked its worst annual loss in company history, losing $22.4

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

That all changed after Fran Horowitz, the president of A&F's faster-growing Hollister brand, took over as the company's CEO in 2017. As a result, A&F's net sales -- which had declined every year from fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2017 -- finally grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2023.

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