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MARCH 16, 2024

These firms then use leverage to boost their returns. Annaly and AGNC also have less leverage than they've used in the past before the pandemic. For example, Annaly had economic leverage, which takes in account the volatility of the assets, of 5.7x at the end of 2018, while AGNC had leverage of 7.0x

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

From fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2023 (which ended last September), Costco's revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11% as its earnings per share (EPS) rose at a CAGR of 15%. million cardholders and 762 warehouses at the end of fiscal 2018. million cardholders and 762 warehouses at the end of fiscal 2018.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The potential move comes as private equity firms look to exit older investments after a period of slowed deal-making, largely due to high interest rates that have increased the cost of financing leveraged buyouts. Clearlake Capital and Blackstone acquired minority stakes in 2018 and 2020, respectively.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Zscaler went public in 2018. at the end of fiscal 2018. Zscaler's cooling revenue growth, rising expenses, high leverage, ongoing dilution, and premium valuation all make it a tough stock to recommend. It only provides its tools as cloud-native services, which don't require any on-site appliances. at the end of fiscal 2024.

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MARCH 21, 2025

Since acquiring Burger King UK in 2018, Bridgepoint has been actively expanding the business, accelerating restaurant openings and modernising its operations. The private equity firm has leveraged buy-and-build strategies to scale the business, including acquiring franchise-owned locations and driving operational improvements.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

CEO James Quincey came on board in 2018 when sales were slowing down, and it looked like the company might be losing ground. He also had to face a global pandemic, and he restructured the company to leverage its unmatched distribution network as efficiently as possible.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

First, it didn't leverage its dominance of the PC and server markets to launch a lasting lineup of mobile chips. Brian Krzanich, who stepped down in 2018, tried to diversify its business beyond PCs and server CPUs with programmable, automotive, Internet of Things ( IoT ), and memory chips. AMD's share nearly doubled from 17.8%

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

The company hasn't increased its payment every year, but it has grown the payout at a 6% compound annual pace since 2018. times leverage ratio , down significantly from 4.8 times in 2018. The natural gas infrastructure company has paid a dividend every quarter since 1974. dividend yield.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

and Deutsche Bank AG are also among the lenders considering a role in funding what would be the largest leveraged buyout of the year so far, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the transaction. Wall Street banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It was on an upswing after hiring current CEO Ynon Kreiz in 2018, but current macroeconomic problems are impeding its progress. The Disney model leverages its much-loved brands to create products and experiences that forge an emotional connection with customers. Creating a new world is how it makes its magic.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Banks have also taken the plunge to offer product and garner revenue lost within their traditional lending and leveraged finance practices (most notably broadly syndicated loans or BSL). About the Author James Bardenwerper is a Director at Configure Partners , where he joined in 2018 as an Associate.

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MAY 13, 2024

In 2018, Amazon released its first version of its custom AI chip Graviton, which is available on Amazon Web Services (AWS). It makes good sense for Nvidia to leverage its expertise It seems extremely likely that Nvidia will enter the custom chip market for AI and other applications. Alphabet was the first mover in this space.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Iger's biggest deal yet was the 2018 acquisition of Fox's entertainment assets, which he believed was necessary to give Disney the content to push into streaming. But that deal gives Disney a bevy of assets to leverage in its theme parks too. When he returned as CEO in Nov.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) went public at $16 per share on March 15, 2018. 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. The cybersecurity company dazzled the bulls with its impressive growth rates.

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APRIL 19, 2024

G42 is a relatively new company, founded in 2018, but it's grown quickly and now has 22,000 employees. Investors should expect Microsoft to continue to flex its muscles in AI, leveraging its massive profits into new partnerships and ventures to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence. What is G42?

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APRIL 27, 2024

Between 2018 and 2023, revenue increased at a compound annual rate of 90%. Shareholders hope this positive trend will continue on the backs of better leveraging fixed costs. If you're looking to energize your portfolio, you might be ready and willing to buy this beaten-down growth stock right now. That's not the case here.

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JUNE 13, 2024

In 2018, he famously described Bitcoin as "probably rat poison squared" and expressed his belief that cryptocurrencies would "come to a bad ending." Instead, the conglomerate's equity portfolio is crafted to leverage its massive positions in dividend-paying companies, thereby creating value for shareholders through compounding.

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JULY 27, 2023

First, Microchip has recently completed a de-leveraging cycle that began all the way back in 2018 after the large acquisition of Microsemi. Now having reached its leverage target, the company will programmatically increase cash returns to shareholders, growing from 62.5%

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Its trailing revenue is a third less than it was when its business peaked in 2018. Recursion is hoping to reinvent the drug discovery process by leveraging AI and machine learning. It was a rock star a dozen years ago, leading the way of the 3D printing revolution. Now it's struggling. Revenue is declining for the third year in a row.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Walmart's rebound Despite the stock's past struggles, Walmart has finally learned to leverage e-commerce to its advantage. It acquired Flipkart in 2018, a major e-retailer in India, giving it some degree of success internationally. Unfortunately, these improvements may not make its stock a buy today. Here's why.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Amazon acquired online pharmacy PillPack in 2018, and in 2020 launched Amazon Pharmacy and has since been expanding its presence in healthcare. Amazon is also leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to open up more opportunities.

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JULY 13, 2023

The cameras are rolling Mattel launched its film division in 2018 in an attempt to tap into intellectual property like Barbie, Hot Wheels, American Girl dolls, and a wide range of Fisher-Price toys. Image source: Getty Images. There's also much more in the works beyond just the Barbie movie.

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JUNE 3, 2024

Therefore, companies that are leveraging AI to capture a bigger share of the digital ad market should ideally grow at a faster pace than the industry. The company has been leveraging AI since 2018 to help advertisers buy the right ads and deliver them on the right platforms to ensure a stronger return on spending.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Today, although Dropbox still leverages its core cloud storage technology, the company focuses more on helping individuals and teams build and collaborate on content. Between Dropbox's steady growth in sales and increased focus on profitability, the company has more than tripled its free cash flow per share over the last five years.

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APRIL 18, 2024

In his shareholder letter, Jassy said the company reduced its shipping costs per unit in 2023 for the first time since 2018, and its same-day service was an important part of that reduction. Not only is ir a winner with customers, since they always want faster delivery, but it's also a cost-saver. stocking its most popular 100,000 SKUs.

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MAY 11, 2024

Home Depot enjoys leverage with suppliers and can sell at lower prices due to its massive size. In 2018, the tobacco giant and Marlboro maker spent $12 billion on a stake in electronic cigarette company Juul, but the investment blew up in Altria's face, ultimately becoming worthless.

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OCTOBER 8, 2023

Lastly, it continued to rack up steep losses while increasing its leverage with more convertible debt offerings. First, it repeatedly reduced its production targets as it grappled with supply chain constraints. Second, it issued several safety-related recalls. With an enterprise value of $17.5

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JANUARY 13, 2024

Marathon's stock has gone through some wild swings since its first big purchase of BTC miners in early 2018. Marathon's main strategies Marathon plans to grow by continuously expanding its fleet of BTC miners, leveraging its increasing scale to reduce its energy costs, and periodically selling some of its own BTC to boost its liquidity.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Before Stephen Squeri became chief executive officer in 2018, American Express had lost some touch with its merchant base. 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%.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

However, when scaling up car manufacturing, it always looks dark before the operating leverage starts to kick in. Once Tesla scaled its business to much greater heights in the 2018-2020 period, it went from burning close to $5 billion in free cash flow to positive cash generation in one to two years.

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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.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Brian Krzanich, who failed to leverage Intel's lead in PCs to expand into the mobile market, stepped down in 2018. AMD's share rose from 17.5% Intel went through three CEOs over the past six years as it dealt with that crisis. His successor, Bob Swan, focused more on cutting costs and buying back shares instead of catching up to TSMC.

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MAY 16, 2024

More importantly, The Trade Desk has been leveraging AI to ensure that advertisers get more out of its platform. In 2018, the company launched and started integrating an AI tool known as Koa into its platform. Koa analyzed almost 9 million queries each second "to help buyers extend audience reach and spend more efficiently."

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JULY 7, 2024

Nvidia has dominated the data center GPU market for nearly two decades, and the company has been setting performance records at the MLPerfs -- objective benchmarks that measure how quickly AI systems can perform AI training and inference tasks -- since those tests were created in 2018.

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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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DECEMBER 1, 2023

That leverage gives Carnival a high debt-to-equity ratio of 4.6. Carnival's stock has rallied nearly 90% this year as its business stabilized after the height of the pandemic, but it remains nearly 80% below its all-time high from early 2018. It ended fiscal 2019 with $9.7 billion in long-term debt, but that figure hit a whopping $29.5

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APRIL 4, 2024

When Energy Transfer cut its distribution in 2020, it was because its leverage became too high, and it needed to pay down debt. After getting its leverage down, it was able to not only return its distribution to pre-cut levels, but its quarterly distribution of 31.5 cents is now higher than the 30.5

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