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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

To top it all off, Chevron has an elite balance sheet with very low leverage. A bolder bet on higher oil prices Berkshire's history in Occidental Petroleum, commonly known as Oxy, dates back to 2019 when Berkshire helped Oxy fund the purchase of fellow exploration and production (E&P) company Anadarko Petroleum.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

Loaded up before the pandemic Chevron announced it would be buying Anadarko Petroleum in April 2019. While that's hardly an uncommon after-effect of a large acquisition, leverage can be both a powerful tool for good and a huge burden. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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MAY 14, 2024

It also owns the popular Pandora streaming app it acquired in 2019 to have some skin in the digital space beyond the mobile app for streaming its flagship satellite radio broadcasts. Outside of the 2019 spike fueled by the Pandora acquisition, organic growth has been in the single digits for nine consecutive years.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

See 3 “Double Down” stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of October 28, 2024 Unless we state otherwise, all metrics are on a constant currency-adjusted basis. And this quarter, we reached a key financial milestone by returning to a fully unsecured capital structure. Our leverage was below 3.5 During the quarter, we refinanced $3.5

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Metric FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 9M FY 2023 Revenue growth 10% (73%) (66%) 538% 94% Passengers carried growth 4% (73%) (65%) 542% 79% Occupancy rate 107% 101% 56% 75% 100% Data source: Carnival. billion in fiscal 2019 -- with a positive adjusted EBITDA of $4.1 billion, and for it to return to full-year profitability with $1.2

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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, While MPLX doesn't have quite as high a credit rating, at BBB, its leverage ratio is only slightly higher at 3.3, target range. which is well below the 4.0

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DECEMBER 22, 2024

The company is obviously generating terrific operating leverage and margin expansion. That margin is extremely difficult for non-membership-based retailers to compete with, and it's also why Costco continues to attract more and more customers, generating operating leverage on its existing real estate. to 1.9%, that would be a 5.6%

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

He's commented on the position a lot since he first started buying shares in 2019. Put simply, Occidental has a lot of leveraged upside in a rising-price environment. Just as Occidental has leveraged upside in a rising-price environment, it also has leveraged downside in a falling-price environment.

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MAY 11, 2024

Enterprise ended the quarter with leverage of 3x. It defines leverage as net debt adjusted for equity credit in junior subordinated notes (hybrids) divided by adjusted EBITDA. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, the company spent $4.3 Enterprise has averaged about a 13% return on invested capital over the past five years.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

was founded in 1944 and held its initial public offering (IPO) in May 2019 at $27 per share. In recent years, Parsons' management has "transformed the company into a high-value solutions provider that differentiates by leveraging software and cutting-edge technology," as CEO Carey Smith highlighted in the company's Q2 earnings release.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

After all (presuming the company in question is worth owning), stepping in at a lower price leads to better net returns than diving in at a higher one. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than quadrupled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In addition, closed-end funds can use leverage to attempt to generate outsized returns and dividends for investors. Indeed, it's high historically and implies that market sentiment currently favors the fund's ability to generate returns for investors. Note that the return of capital portion paid in the distribution ($2.19

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JULY 2, 2024

Total paid subscriptions for Disney+ and Hulu have topped 167 million worldwide (excluding its Hotstar service in India), even though Disney+ only launched in late 2019. In 2019, Disney spent $71 billion acquiring most of the content owned by Fox. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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APRIL 27, 2024

Apple also has a massive capital return program. Metric Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022 Fiscal 2023 Stock Buybacks $66.1 AAPL Net Total Long Term Debt (Quarterly) data by YCharts Apple doesn't rely on leverage to operate its business. Over the past five fiscal years, it has spent a staggering $391.5 billion $72.4

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

In 2019, the drugmaker forged a partnership with Atomwise, a private biotech dedicated to discovering new medicines using AI, wherein it agreed to pay as much as $550 million in milestone awards and up-front fees. So far, it's unclear how much value the investments are returning, and it might take a few more years to find out.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Just because the application is in the majority of the Fortune 500, investors do not, and can not, know to what extent ChatGPT is being leveraged. To get an idea of how serious its technology is, consider that companies such as Cisco , Lockheed Martin , and Novartis are all leveraging Palantir across their organizations.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

After all, Stock Advisor’s total average return is 914% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 174% for the S&P 500.* They just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy right now… See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of November 18, 2024 With that, I'll turn it over to Richard.

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OCTOBER 8, 2023

Lastly, it continued to rack up steep losses while increasing its leverage with more convertible debt offerings. Yet during those 10 years, Apple's stock has delivered a total return of over 1,000%. First, it repeatedly reduced its production targets as it grappled with supply chain constraints. With an enterprise value of $17.5

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

From 1965 through 2023, Buffett guided Berkshire to a cumulative return of 4,384,748%, which works out to a compound annual return of 19.8%. Most investors are fortunate if they can outperform the S&P 500 's 10% average annual return by a few percent, but earning close to 20% annual returns over half a century is extraordinary.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

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. Kroger Berkshire Hathaway first purchased Kroger (NYSE: KR) in late 2019, and similar to Apple, the idea came from one of Buffett's lieutenants. times EBITDA. times EBITDA.

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JUNE 16, 2024

Its revenues more than doubled from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2023, soaring from $4 billion to $9.6 This updated set of targets was a follow-up to Lululemon's first Power of Three plan, which it debuted in 2019. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. billion in 2018 to $6.25

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MAY 12, 2024

CVX Total Return Level data by YCharts What exactly is Chevron doing so well? This combination has helped Chevron's upstream earnings per barrel continually rise, from roughly $7 per barrel in 2019 to around $10 per barrel today. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

billion in 2019 and hit a nadir of $1.6 billion, which is still materially below 2019 levels. Leverage has also been reduced, with debt-to-earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) at roughly 3.2 To be fair, capital spending has fallen. It peaked at $4.2 billion in 2022.

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JULY 20, 2024

For Rivian, this will provide additional funding to develop the more affordable R2 SUV due in the first half of 2026 and enable it to leverage volumes of supplies to cut costs. Rewind the tape Let's rewind the clock back to 2019. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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MAY 17, 2024

With greater scale the company can afford to advertise more aggressively as well as exercise leverage with its distributors and retail partners. In good times and bad, Coca-Cola performs It (almost) goes without saying that the point of any investment in any stock is achieving a return on the capital you're putting at risk.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In 2019, the company bought Anadarko Petroleum, winning a bidding war with Chevron. However, the deal was very large, requiring the company to take on material leverage. That yield is super important to your total return. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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APRIL 19, 2024

It forged a partnership with OpenAI in 2019, investing $1 billion in the AI start-up when it needed a funding source, and it invested another $10 billion in OpenAI in early 2023, shortly after that company launched ChatGPT, bringing its grand total to an estimated $13 billion that it has invested in OpenAI.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

From fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2024, revenue grew at a compound annual rate of 48%. Zscaler's cooling revenue growth, rising expenses, high leverage, ongoing dilution, and premium valuation all make it a tough stock to recommend. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

CFO Monish Patolawala noted in earnings calls that "volume gives us the best leverage." By leverage, he means the ability to grow margins as sales increase. In 2019, it attempted to restructure the business by reducing its segments from five to four. Image source: Getty Images. The Motley Fool recommends 3M.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

See 3 “Double Down” stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of December 2, 2024 In this presentation, we will refer to our SG&A expenses. We last had this calendar in 2019 and have used that experience to build our fourth quarter plan this year. To be the best destination for teens and pre-teens and a YES store for parents.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has emerged as a global leader in cybersecurity, capturing strong demand for its cloud-based platform while delivering a spectacular return for investors. Since the company's 2019 initial public offering, the stock has gained over 800%, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 index.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Free Fire was released in December 2017 and became the most-downloaded game globally by 2019. Not only that, but Sea's chief corporate officer, Yanjun Wang, noted that this outlook doesn't incorporate the return to India. Yet, Free Fire was cleared to return to India after data security changes were made last August.

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DECEMBER 17, 2023

Investors have shown a lot of interest in thematic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) since 2019. Many of her thematic ETFs have achieved remarkable returns this year. Ginkgo is still less than three years out from its initial public offering (IPO), which tends to be a time of high volatility and low returns for investors.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

However, the company's aggressive foray into Bitcoin has made it a bonafide market beater in recent years; the stock has soared more than 700% over the past year alone and more than 2,600% since late 2019. Many investors believe MicroStrategy can leverage its Bitcoin to create additional value and, thus, deserves a hefty premium.

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MAY 18, 2024

Data by YCharts Amazon has made many millionaires over the years, with its share price nearly doubling since 2019. However, Apple could arguably fare better in the consumer space of AI over the long term by leveraging the popularity of its products. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Then in April 2019, the company indeed filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, making it the largest bankruptcy ever in the real estate sector. Among the problems that Ackman saw was an enormous amount of leverage. Just a simple credit downgrade would be catastrophic with that much leverage. and Walmart wasn't one of them!

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JULY 14, 2023

It is because they are leveraged -- they buy securities and then borrow against them to purchase more. Warren Buffett says leverage is one of the few ways smart investors go broke. The value of the $1,000 investment in Texas Instruments stock 10 years ago, including dividends, is $6,350, crushing the aforementioned bond's 5% return.

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