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This 5.1%-Yielding Dividend Stock Makes a $2 Billion Acquisition to Add More Fuel to Its Dividend Growth Engine

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The company hasn't increased its payment every year, but it has grown the payout at a 6% compound annual pace since 2018. The company is paying about 10 times estimated 2024 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) for these assets. times leverage ratio , down significantly from 4.8

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Is British American Tobacco Stock's 9.7% Dividend Yield Riskier Than You Think?

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In 2018, it produced roughly 700 billion cigarettes. At the end of 2023 -- the foreign-based company reports financials only twice a year -- its debt-to-EBITDA ( earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ) ratio was roughly 4.7. EBITDA = earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

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What's Next for Energy Transfer Stock and Its 8% Dividend Yield?

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Energy Transfer is structured as a master limited partnership (MLP), so investors will get a K-1 and have unique tax advantages (and obligations). Approximately 90% of Energy Transfer's 2024 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) is projected to come from fee-based activities.

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Lowe's Has Underperformed Rival Home Depot in 1 Key Metric for 15 Years. But It's Quickly Closing the Gap.

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This is the profit produced by core business operations, before other considerations such as taxes and interest are factored in. In 2018, however, Lowe's made a change at the CEO position, bringing in former J.C. What Lowe's did right In 2018, only 40% of Lowe's payroll was dedicated to people out on the floor selling.

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3 Reasons to Buy Enterprise Product Parters (EPD) Stock Like There's No Tomorrow

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The two biggest areas to look at when it comes to dividend safety are its distribution coverage ratio and leverage ratio. Meanwhile, the company ended last year with leverage of 3x, which is near the low end of companies in the midstream space. When the leverage at companies gets too high, there's a risk they may cut their dividend.

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3 Things About Zscaler That Smart Investors Know

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Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) went public at $16 per share on March 15, 2018. Analysts expect its revenue to grow at a CAGR of 33% from 2022 to 2025, and for its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) to rise at a CAGR of 54%. Image source: Getty Images.

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Carnival Corporation Stock Is Beaten Down Now, but It Could 10X

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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 Carnival's exposure to macro headwinds and high leverage still make it a tough stock to love, but I believe it has a viable path toward generating a 10-bagger gain within the next 20 years. per share on Oct.