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JULY 8, 2024

Consider Realty Income (NYSE: O) , which has seen its shares fall by almost 35% from their 2019 high. As the name implies, shareholders have received a payout every month since it began paying dividends in 1994. Today, shareholders receive almost $3.16 Not every stock has soared in the latest bull market. per share annually.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

In his 1988 annual letter to shareholders, Buffett penned that when it comes to owning outstanding businesses with excellent management, "our favorite holding period is forever." As for why Buffett's love grew for Apple, the company returns an incredible amount of capital to its shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

But the real story shareholders of this tech giant are following is the rising profitability. Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization) rose 10% in fiscal 2023 to $23.2 In all, Broadcom's revenue increased 8% on the year, again mainly driven by AI chip sales. and Broadcom wasn't one of them.

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MARCH 3, 2024

In 2019, Block's net income was $375 million. In CEO Jack Dorsey's letter to shareholders, he said that the company would keep a cap on its number of employees at 12,000 "until we feel the growth of the business has meaningfully outpaced the growth of the company." This part of its business was responsible for $4.3

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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. He called her "an extraordinary manager" at Berkshire's 2023 Shareholder meeting in May. The company now holds a significant amount of debt. As a result, she sees oil climbing to $80 per barrel by the end of the year.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

In early 2020, Luckin Coffee stock reached its all-time high of $50 before crashing to single digits after its board discovered that previous management fabricated $300 million in 2019 sales. Since the crisis, Luckin has restructured its operations and leadership structure to maximize accountability and transparency.

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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. In his 2023 letter to shareholders, he wrote: "No one knows what oil prices will do over the next month, year, or decade. It currently holds about 27% of Occidental's shares outstanding.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

And with ROIC ending 2024 at 11%, comfortably above our cost of capital, we are already delivering long-term value for our shareholders as we lay the foundation we'll build upon in 2025 and beyond. We achieved about 17.5% Improvement hasn't just been in emission intensity levels. The remaining 2.2-point But that all goes into the mix.

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MARCH 4, 2024

And yes, that's a problem for shareholders. OIBDA = operating income before depreciation and amortization. was nearly three times greater than 2019's number. Not only does Paramount own the CBS network, but also a raft of cable channels, including popular ones such as Nickelodeon, CMT, and Comedy Central. Chart by author.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2023

Swedish private-equity firm EQT said that together with its co-shareholders it has agreed to sell Ellab to Novo Holdings. Wholly-owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Novo Holdings is the controlling shareholder of Novo Nordisk and Novozymes. Source: Market Watch Can’t stop reading?

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JULY 8, 2023

A high-growth restaurant John Ballard (Chipotle Mexican Grill): Chipotle has been a stellar performer for shareholders over the last decade. billion, topping its previous record of $6 billion in the same quarter in 2019. Let's see why three Motley Fool contributors believe these stocks are well-positioned for long-term gains.

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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. During the quarter, we returned cash to shareholders through a quarterly dividend of $0.59 In 2024, total capital expenditures were $1.3 per share.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

private equity firm General Atlantic is weighing joining co-shareholder Hg in selling its stake in Argus Media, which could lead to 50% of the oil pricing data business being sold, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. private equity firm General Atlantic is weighing joining co-shareholder Hg in selling its.

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JULY 10, 2023

billion goodwill writedown in February 2019, the company began April 2023 with nearly $30.9 Mature businesses are known for returning capital to patient long-term shareholders. This means the company's volume/mix fell 5.3%, which may signal that consumers are trading down to cheaper store brands. Even after taking a $15.4

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Management and shareholders have taken up part of the newly issued shares, with the remainder going to unnamed external investors, the company said in a statement. billion in net sales in 2022 with earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of $791 million. The dermatology group posted $3.8

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JUNE 25, 2023

Adjusted property earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) reached a record $232 million between the two sister hotels. percentage points over pre-pandemic 2019. Wynn's Macao resorts now contend with a casino market that's "structurally different than it was in 2019," according to Billings.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

With his financial and operational expertise, I'm confident that Adrian will support our growth objectives to create sustainable value for our shareholders. As this will be my last earnings call with Yum China, I want to express my sincere gratitude to Joey, my colleagues and shareholders, and our analysts. billion to shareholders.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

The deal offers a substantial premium to Sovos shareholders, and the stock is up 25% on Monday morning as a result. times adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) for Soros, looking to diversify and grow its meals and beverages division. Campbell is paying a healthy 14.6

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MARCH 11, 2024

Disney (NYSE: DIS) is going to make sure that it generates positive headlines in March heading into a contested shareholder meeting in early April. It finally posted a quarterly profit for the first time since 2019 during its peak summer season last year, but the more interesting catalyst here is how analysts are asleep at the helm's wheel.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

million subscribers in 2019, the company last reported 33 million paying users in the second quarter, down 100,000 in the past year. Q2 revenue declined by 3% year over year, while adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) were flat compared to 2023. Compared to a record 34.91

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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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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

So what Beyond Meat was a stock market darling when it went public in 2019. However, it also takes into account a change in the company's system for accounting of depreciation of equipment. The meat-alternative company posted another disappointing earnings report, and investors are moving on. Net loss was $53.5 million last year.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

Very few public companies offer monthly dividends, and the ones that do are typically real estate investment trusts (REITs) because they are legally required to pay out 90% of their taxable earnings to shareholders. billion in 2019. The stock is valued similarly to its 2019 levels, trading nearly five times its trailing-12-month FFO.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Our ultimate goal remains positioning both banners for long-term success and unlocking value for Dollar Tree shareholders. The guideposts of the review remain, as always, to maximize shareholder value through finding the optimal structure for each banner. At the Dollar Tree banner, we're converting stores to our in-line multi-price 3.0

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

For perspective, quarterly active users (QAU) totaled 355 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, but more than doubled to a peak of 729 million in the third quarter of 2021. As a shareholder, I'm hopeful that Garena can successfully relaunch Freefire shortly. Similarly, bookings more than doubled from $512 million to $1.2

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

is now double the $0.645 that the company was paying its shareholders back in 2019. In 2019, Mastercard was paying investors $0.33 It announced a 15% increase last year as well as the year before that. The new quarterly per-share payment of $1.30 That averages out to a compounded annual growth rate of 15%.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Tried-and-true dividend payers like ExxonMobil provide investors with the added reassurance that rewarding shareholders is embedded in the company's culture. Unlike some businesses that sacrifice their financial well-being to placate shareholders with a growing dividend, ExxonMobil finds itself in sound financial health.

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OCTOBER 22, 2023

In 2019, the massive industrial conglomerate DowDuPont split off into three companies. EBITDA = Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. The first is that the company could support a 10% dividend yield if it distributed all of its FCF to shareholders through a dividend. billion $9.3 billion $14.9

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

In 2019, the company bought Pandora Radio, which comes in both subscription and free ad-supported formats. Cash flows and returns to shareholders Another attribute Buffett likes is high and stable margins, with companies that seek to improve those margins continuously. Sirius is a subscription-based satellite radio platform.

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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 rewards its shareholders in myriad ways Daniel Foelber (Microsoft): Microsoft hit new all-time intraday and closing highs on March 14.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

This innovative initiative encompasses specific, ambitious objectives that include a commitment to reducing carbon intensity by over 20% compared to 2019, surpassing the company's industry-leading fuel efficiency, and expediting the realization of the 2030 carbon reduction goal.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In other words, this stock looks ready to run for years, building shareholder value along the way. But Toast is already profitable and serves a target market of epic proportions, offering a unique combination of services in an easy-to-use package.

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APRIL 20, 2024

billion in dividends to its shareholders. 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). For example, in 2019 the company paid $238.2 For 2023, Altria paid $6.8

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MARCH 26, 2024

Since 2019, Block's net income has fallen every year, culminating in a $541 million loss in 2022. CEO Jack Dorsey told shareholders that the company would focus on efficiency and keep a cap on employees "until we feel the growth of the business has meaningfully outpaced the growth of the company." Image source: Getty Images.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

This has helped Amazon's shares soar over time, scoring a win for long-term shareholders. In the most recent quarter, Etsy announced four-year compound annual growth rates in the double digits for revenue, gross merchandise sales (GMS), and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ).

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MAY 11, 2024

But is this the best use of cash for shareholders over the long run? The P/E has more than doubled since around 2019, as has its multiple for enterprise value to EBITDA , which takes into account its debt and cash. So if it completes its repurchase program over the next year, it will quicken its pace to about $27.5

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APRIL 30, 2024

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) rose 4%, but free cash flow staged an 8% retreat. billion acquisition of Pandora in 2019 was supposed to give Sirius XM a streaming service as a faster-growing revenue stream, but that service has also languished under Sirius XM's watch.

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