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AUGUST 6, 2023

Kroger Berkshire Hathaway first purchased Kroger (NYSE: KR) in late 2019, and similar to Apple, the idea came from one of Buffett's lieutenants. For comparison, Kroger's net leverage ratio at the end of its fiscal first quarter 2023 was a much-healthier 1.3 Image source: The Motley Fool. times EBITDA. times EBITDA.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It did something similar following the Anadarko acquisition in 2019 and the subsequent drop in oil prices in 2020. Shares currently trade for an enterprise value/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EV/ EBITDA ) multiple of just 5x. The company now holds a significant amount of debt.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Free Fire was released in December 2017 and became the most-downloaded game globally by 2019. To be sure, Garena's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) is down from $2.8 This segment is also showing really high operating leverage, with Q4 adjusted EBITDA of $148.5

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MARCH 3, 2024

In 2019, Block's net income was $375 million. Block immediately went into action with its cost-cutting initiatives in the fourth quarter, and the company posted a net income of $178 million while adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of $562 million outpaced analysts' estimates.

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MARCH 13, 2025

We were able to successfully mitigate the tariff impact in 2018 and 2019, though we did take retail price increases in some instances along with others across the industry. With regards to current tariffs that have been announced on products that we sell, we believe we are well positioned to mitigate the impact in 2025.

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MARCH 4, 2024

OIBDA = operating income before depreciation and amortization. was nearly three times greater than 2019's number. Discovery is walking away from merger discussions with Paramount, despite the fact that both companies need a distribution partner they can leverage to help them better compete with the likes of Netflix and Walt Disney.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

For us, SG&A means selling, general, and administrative expenses including payroll and other compensation, marketing and advertising expense, depreciation and amortization expense, and other selling and administrative expenses. We last had this calendar in 2019 and have used that experience to build our fourth quarter plan this year.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Buffett took a significant stake in the business when he acquired $10 billion worth of preferred shares in 2019 to help Occidental acquire Anadarko. Its leveraged exposure to oil production has pushed down Occidental's share price to levels it hasn't seen since the beginning of 2022.

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JULY 8, 2023

billion, topping its previous record of $6 billion in the same quarter in 2019. It reported a better-than-expected adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) profit of $681 million, though it's still losing money on a generally accepted accounting principles ( GAAP ) basis.

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AUGUST 20, 2024

From fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2019, its revenue and EPS grew at CAGRs of 9% and 10%, respectively, as it expanded its fleet and attracted a new generation of younger travelers. 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 billion in fiscal 2019.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Back in 2018 and 2019 when we last dealt with this issue, we were able to mitigate the majority of the potential impact by negotiating lower costs with our suppliers, changing product specs or pack sizes, or dropping noneconomical items. Adjusted SG&A expenses increased primarily due to higher depreciation and temporary labor for the 3.0

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APRIL 20, 2024

The other important aspect to look at when it comes to the safety of a company's dividend is its leverage, which is its net debt divided by its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). Altria ended 2023 with leverage of 2.2 Looking at its balance sheet, Vector ended 2023 with leverage of 2.6

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JULY 18, 2023

At the same time, 73% of the payments flowed to writers in television and digital platforms, up from 71% in 2019. For example: Disney generated $13 billion of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), from $87 billion in top-line revenue over the past four quarters. The WGA (West) reported $1.55

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

These metrics helped the company produce record operating income and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) in the quarter. By comparison, it had $11 billion in debt at the end of November 2019. Its leverage (net debt/adjusted EBITDA) was down to 4.5 Its leverage at 4.5x

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APRIL 21, 2024

Its net loss more than doubled from $697 million in 2019 to $1.5 For instance, the tech company has leveraged its infrastructure and consumer base to launch new services like online groceries, food delivery, streaming, etc. Another vital aspect of Coupang's ongoing profit growth is to improve efficiency and operating leverage.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

We are also leveraging partnerships with franchisees to unlock opportunities in lower-tier cities and strategic locations. Taking a longer view, our system sales grew 25% compared with the second quarter 2019, outperforming the restaurant industry. In the second quarter, net new stores from franchising reached 25%.

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DECEMBER 13, 2024

Metric 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Consumer Revenue Growth 1.4% (2.8%) 7.6% Moreover, the wireless group's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margins reached 43.4% Verizon generated 76% and 22% of its revenue from its consumer and business groups, respectively, in 2023. in 2023 and 40.2%

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APRIL 11, 2024

We're continuing to leverage our strongest assets, our associates, capabilities, experience, and culture to build momentum as we manage through the cycle. The extent of this improvement will be governed by sales performance given the leverage, de-leverage nature of service. Thank you, David.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

But over the past eight years, the "new" Broadcom expanded into the infrastructure software market by acquiring CA Technologies in 2018, Symantec's enterprise security division in 2019, and the cloud software giant VMware last November. It expects Vmware to exceed its original target of generating $8.5

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

There were over 800 SPAC deals in 2020 and 2021, more than double the total amount of SPAC transactions from 2003 to 2019. Moreover, management also guided for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of at least $100 million in 2025, signaling the company's focus on operating leverage.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

In 2019, the company bought Pandora Radio, which comes in both subscription and free ad-supported formats. On that note, Sirius' Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) margins have consistently ranged between 29% and 33% on a quarterly basis, which is pretty high, over the past five years.

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MARCH 20, 2024

In 2024, IBM grew revenue by 3% and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) by 6%. billion, its best result on that metric since 2019. Microsoft is straightforwardly leveraging AI. Investors clearly were rewarding IBM for its impressive business growth.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) nearly doubled year over year to $1.283 billion. billion in 2022 and marking its first full-year profit since going public in 2019. This also brought Uber's full-year 2023 profit to $1.887 billion, swinging from a loss of $9.1

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FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The ride-sharing giant was weighed down by massive losses coming out of its 2019 IPO, and then it got crushed by the coronavirus pandemic. Looking ahead to 2024, Uber should continue to gain leverage as it benefits from its marketplace business model and cost discipline. billion to $1.34 billion.

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JUNE 26, 2023

See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of June 26, 2023 We reached a meaningful inflection point for revenue with net yields surpassing 2019 strong levels. over 2019 in the second quarter. Booking volumes were 17% higher than 2019, which is multiples of our capacity growth. This was 4.5

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AUGUST 31, 2023

This increase was driven by retail labor, including approximately $40 million of our targeted labor investment, as well as utilities, depreciation, and amortization and rent. These include reducing our inventory position, refreshing and refining our processes, leveraging additional tools and technology, and improving execution in our stores.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Pizza Hut is kicking off, adding 409 stores in 2023 alone, compared to just 41 stores in 2019. To put it into perspective, ticket average in the fourth quarter was RMD 39, the same as last quarter and higher than 2019. Sales leveraging, low rider cost, and efficiency gains more than offset wage increases for frontline staff.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

Even though same-store sales remained below 2019 levels, we saw 25% growth in revenues and 26% growth in operating profit in the second quarter compared to the pre-pandemic levels in 2019. But leveraging our multiple scenario planning, we swiftly -- we responded by launching attractive offers to drive sales.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Since joining the company in 2019, she has established herself as a trusted partner and visionary leader. This month-long activation leveraged creator content and events, premium platform advertising placements, and custom filters that allowed users to see their inner joy. Depreciation was $61.4 Turning to our loyalty program.

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MAY 30, 2024

According to Circana data, between 2019 and 2023, Ulta Beauty expanded its share of both prestige and mass beauty significantly. But today, I want to highlight actions we are taking now to leverage our traffic growth, increase conversion, and accelerate top-line growth. Depreciation was $64.7 million compared to $57.9

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

We drove strong wholesale GPU despite experiencing steep depreciation, and we stabilized CAF's net interest margins while we maintained penetration. We achieved this despite experiencing steep depreciation that was concentrated primarily in June and July. SG&A as a percent of gross profit was 84%, a leverage of 6.3

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

holiday shopping season being the shortest since 2019, retail sales began much earlier in October, causing the season to extend longer than anticipated. Sephora used demand gen Shorts-only channel to boost traffic and brand searches for the holiday gift guide campaign and leverage greater collaborations to find the best gift.

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JULY 27, 2023

Looking ahead, we see tremendous opportunities to leverage the combined capabilities of the STACK to drive more effective and personalized marketing, enhanced customer service levels, better forecasting, pricing and promotional tactics, and efficiency gains for our sales associates. Obviously, for the third quarter, we feel pretty big.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Our product teams work with our athletes and ambassadors, leverage our Science of Feel innovation platform, and solve for the unmet needs of our guests. By leveraging our expertise in raw materials development, fabric innovation, and technical construction, our product teams engineered a brand new sensation and unique solve for our guests.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

Turning to our endoluminal system, we launched Ion in Q3 of 2019. Our spending reflects investment in research and development to support the growth of our platforms and digital tools, expansion of our manufacturing facilities, and planned leverage from our enabling functions. compared with 68.8% Pro forma other income was $94.6

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AUGUST 24, 2023

As we seek to provide guests with a diverse assortment that reflects their personal values and individual needs, we continue to expand our assortment of brands featuring clean, cruelty-free, and vegan ingredients, leveraging sustainable packaging, and driving positive impact through our conscious beauty platform. SG&A increased 12.4%

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AUGUST 8, 2024

We have begun to leverage Disney's ad buying power with our joint marketing fund and have just committed to a new domestic marketing campaign to support the launch of our new co-program. Looking a little closer at the cost side of the business, operating expenses before depreciation and amortization, interest taxes increased $7.5

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