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JANUARY 14, 2024

Management last raised the annual fee in June 2017. This massive size gives the business negotiating leverage to acquire goods from suppliers at low per-unit costs, savings that are passed on to customers. More sales translates to better leverage versus suppliers, leading to ongoing savings for members.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Revenue growth has averaged more than 12% between 2017 and 2022. But even more exciting is the operating leverage inherent in the business model. Strong financials and economic moat Shares have performed so well in the past because of Mastercard's impressive financial performance.

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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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OCTOBER 19, 2024

The stock was once a Wall Street darling -- its shares catapulted almost 2,000% higher from their IPO in September 2017 to their peak in July 2021. At the mercy of big content companies Most major streaming services are compatible with Roku's platform, allowing them to leverage it to reach Roku's large user base.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Gurobi provides more than 1,200 customers globally with mathematical optimisation software to leverage data into intelligent decisions via prescriptive analytics. Since acquiring Gurobi in 2017 as a TSCP Fund IV investment, TSCP has partnered with the founders and management team to execute a value creation strategy.

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JULY 22, 2023

From its initial public offering in April 2017 to its all-time high in August 2021, the stock skyrocketed an eye-watering 3,230%. In 2022, the company sold 413,000 cars, or more than nine times the 44,000 it sold just five years earlier in 2017. Investors would struggle to find a return like this elsewhere in the market.

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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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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

The case for Eli Lilly In a recent deal worth $250 million, Chinese AI company XtalPi partnered with Lilly to leverage its cutting-edge AI and robotics technology for drug discovery and development. Here is a brief comparison of their strengths and weaknesses. This is good news for investors.

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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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JULY 1, 2024

He began his career as a lawyer at Allen & Overy where he focused on leveraged lending, corporate restructurings and insolvency. Prior to joining Cheyne SVC, Magee was a senior trader in the special situations team at Credit Suisse, originating and structuring private lending transactions and trading stressed and distressed credit.

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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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JULY 29, 2024

Since BCI’s investment in 2017, Hayfin’s assets have quadrupled, with its latest flagship European private credit fund raising over €6bn, placing it among the top 20 largest direct lending funds ever, according to Preqin.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Leveraged loan issuance meanwhile climbed 75% to $41bn in over the period, while high yield bond buyouts stalled in Q2, totalling $4.3bn, less than half of H1 2023’s volume. Issuance of leveraged loans recovered in Q2 2024, rising 62% from Q1 2024 to €8.13bn and totaling €13.1bn for teh first six months of the year.

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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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AUGUST 21, 2024

” Behrman Capital invests in management buyouts, leveraged buildups, and recapitalizations of established growth businesses that are active in defense and aerospace, healthcare, and specialty industrial sectors. The firm is currently investing out of Brighton Micro-Cap Fund II LP, a $30 million fund raised in 2023.

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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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JULY 10, 2024

Savino joined Carlyle in 2017 as head of US capital markets. His experience also includes roles in leveraged finance at Barclays and Lehman Brothers. Before leading Carlyle’s capital markets group, which syndicates loan and bond offerings for portfolio companies, Lindley was a partner in the firm’s Europe buyout group.

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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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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 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 4, 2024

Behavioral Framework was founded in 2017 in Rockville, Maryland by Angela West, with the mission of helping children diagnosed with autism and their families understand, improve, and lead functional, productive lives.

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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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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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OCTOBER 30, 2023

Following MidEuropa’s acquisition of Profi in 2017, the Company has become the largest supermarket chain in Romania (based on number of stores) and one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, successfully adding over 1,100 stores and increasing sales by more than 3.3x.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Importantly, Enterprise has brought its leverage down over the years from 4.1x in 2017 to current levels. High leverage and tight payout ratios can often lead to distribution cuts, but Enterprise is doing great in both these metrics, so investors don't need to worry.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Prior to joining Behrman Capital, Thomas was a Vice President at Centre Partners where he worked on buyouts and leveraged recapitalisation transactions in the consumer and business services industries. Grace joined Behrman as an Associate in 2017 and was promoted to Vice President in 2021.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

From $451 billion in 2017 to an annualized pace of nearly $1.6 Boosting the bottom line Besides rising revenue and greater usage of PayPal's payments platform, this business might need to demonstrate that it has operating leverage. in Q4 2017 to 45.4% This measures the dollar amount of activity PayPal handles in a given period.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

Kraft Heinz Finally, add The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC) to your list of Warren Buffett stocks that are screaming buys right now, while shares are still down 65% from their 2017 peak and still near their 2020 low. Reality finally set in by early 2017, though. Kraft Heinz is one of Buffett's rare missteps.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

It isn't taking any chances, though, and it's leveraging its position to make customers even more loyal by speeding up service and offering a wider array of products. Coca-Cola was actually under severe pressure before CEO James Quincey took over in 2017, and Buffett still held on. e-commerce.

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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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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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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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MAY 6, 2024

North American private credit vintages of 2017 and 2018 are already showing distributed/paid-in multiples exceeding 0.5x, meaning more than half of their total value has already been distributed back to investors. Since the end of 2021, private credit has funded more non-leveraged buyouts each quarter than syndicates.

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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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JUNE 23, 2024

Meanwhile, the company ended the first quarter with 3 times leverage, which it defines as net debt adjusted for equity credit in junior subordinated notes (hybrids) divided by adjusted interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). This has come down from the over 4 times leverage it was at in 2017.

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MARCH 14, 2024

In 2017, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock was valued at roughly $60 per share. Between 2017 and today, the shares zoomed beyond the $300 mark, only to give up all of the gains. Its new Fastlane feature , for example, promises to reduce checkout times by up to 40% by leveraging data from the company's huge user base.

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