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MAY 12, 2024

There's clearly something special about a company that can add significant shareholder value over a time period in which the price of its main product deteriorates. 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.

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APRIL 27, 2024

Metric Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022 Fiscal 2023 Stock Buybacks $66.1 Apple has the cash to step in and buy its stock, thereby reducing the share count and giving existing shareholders greater ownership of the company. Therefore, Apple's true "cash position" is even better than its leverage ratios would indicate.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Last quarter, we achieved our Trifecta financial goals, and we now expect to also achieve a double-digit reduction in carbon intensity compared to 2019, one year ahead of our original expectation. Our leverage was below 3.5 The year is up about 26% versus 2019 levels. And with that, I will turn the call over to Naftali.

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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. billion worth of net income in pandemic-crimped 2020, down a modest 14% from 2019's bottom line. billion was within sight of 2019's $10.5 In this vein, Coca-Cola earned nearly $7.8

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

shareholders that "our favorite holding period is forever." Here's a look at what Buffett had to say about the oil stock in Berkshire's latest annual letter to shareholders, as he likened it to his company's stakes in Coca-Cola and American Express. In 1988, Warren Buffett famously wrote to Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)

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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. Now, thanks partly to the acquisitions of HelloSign in 2019 and Docsend in 2021, Dropbox users can work on every step of the content lifecycle in-house.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The remaining 50 basis points were driven by ROD leverage. SG&A as a percentage of net sales was 33.4%, leveraging 130 basis points versus last year's reported rate and 110 basis points versus last year's adjusted rate primarily due to lower advertising costs in the quarter. Now, let me turn to SG&A. SG&A was $1.3

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Warren Buffett's investing skills have made shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway a lot of money over the years. Berkshire has held a stake in Amazon since 2019. Its ability to leverage its e-commerce dominance to develop other profitable business opportunities is why Amazon stock is worth holding for the long term.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

Since the company's 2019 initial public offering, the stock has gained over 800%, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 index. There is also an expectation the company can leverage its growing scale and subscription-based business model to boost margins and cash flows. Then you’ll want to hear this.

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JUNE 12, 2024

As Buffett noted in 2023's letter to Berkshire's shareholders, "We particularly like [Occidental's] vast oil and gas holdings in the United States, as well as its leadership in carbon-capture initiatives." The assumption was that the two similar companies could pool resources, apply leverage, cut costs, and find qualitative synergies.

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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.

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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. OXY data by YCharts It's a perfectly fine plan, but it means Oxy, as it is more commonly called, has to grow via acquisition. That's where the story gets complicated.

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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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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. Given its excellent management and the tailwinds noted above, Texas Instruments is poised to continue rewarding shareholders. billion to $12.2

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OCTOBER 8, 2023

Since 2019, the world's largest audio streaming company, Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) , has been pouring money into the podcasting space with hopes of diversifying its business away from purely music streaming. And last week, Spotify introduced a new program that could have big implications in the long run.

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DECEMBER 17, 2023

Investors have shown a lot of interest in thematic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) since 2019. The pharma industry is looking for ways to leverage artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, virtual reality, and automated experiments to overcome these challenges. Recursion Pharmaceuticals: A novel approach to drug discovery The U.S.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

However, in 2019 the company's Tripadvisor brand (representing nearly all its sales then) generated revenue of $939 million. And if its traffic is truly dependent on this spending, then the company may never be able to generate meaningful profits for shareholders. I believe this possibility is supported by the numbers.

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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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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. That leverage puts added pressure on management if oil prices decline in the future, making it less profitable to drill.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Work is underway to edit our assortment, leverage our scale, and deliver newness and trend-right high-quality product at an amazing value, while at the same time improving your store experience and optimizing our cost structure. 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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MARCH 21, 2025

Operating margins and EBITDA margins each improved over 400 basis points year over year, with both of these now surpassing 2019 levels. At the same time, we're also closing in on our 2026 greenhouse gas target with an over 19% reduction in carbon intensity compared to 2019. billion, approaching a 40% year-over-year increase.

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MAY 1, 2024

leveraging its talent across brands to help share unique learnings and experiences. You'll recall that the first phase of our journey to become the leading global digital restaurant company began in earnest in 2019. This system allows us to leverage insights into consumer behavior across our brands in the U.S. and Taco Bell U.S.

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MARCH 4, 2024

And yes, that's a problem for shareholders. 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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MARCH 11, 2024

Now, Palantir is taking the next step with its software with Palantir AIP, a new suite of AI tools that leverage the breakthroughs we've seen in large language models. commercial revenue hitting $457 million in 2023, a tenfold increase from $47 million in 2019. The proof is in the pudding, with Palantir's U.S.

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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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JUNE 17, 2023

billion, up 16% from 2019 levels. The company had to take on a lot more debt and dilute shareholders to stay afloat while ships were grounded and COVID-19 kept the crowds away, but investors are likely to respond to momentum in the business, and cruisers seem eager to make up for lost time.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

Army awarded to Palantir in December 2019 may be downsized when it is renewed. In his recent letter to shareholders, CEO Alex Karp wrote: The reacceleration in the growth of our U.S. In his recent letter to shareholders, CEO Alex Karp wrote: The reacceleration in the growth of our U.S.

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MARCH 13, 2025

Over the course of the year, our strong cash generation enabled us to continue to return value to our shareholders. These repurchases were the largest in our history and underscore our confidence in Turtle Beach's long-term growth prospects and our dedication to enhancing shareholder value. Operating expenses of 30.6

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AUGUST 5, 2024

We are also leveraging partnerships with franchisees to unlock opportunities in lower-tier cities and strategic locations. With his financial and operational expertise, I'm confident that Adrian will support our growth objectives to create sustainable value for our shareholders. billion to shareholders. million shares.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

There are some businesses out there that have absolutely crushed it for their shareholders. That would be a huge improvement from 14% five years before in 2019. Fixed expenses, mainly for content, are better leveraged as sales rise over time. Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is the perfect example of a wildly successful investment.

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MAY 5, 2024

It's the second consecutive quarter Intel's outlook hasn't been up to snuff , although these back-to-back disappointments may only remind shareholders of deeper-rooted problems for the company. Given IBM's smashing success with 2019's acquisition of Red Hat, investors should be cautiously optimistic this purchase will pay off too.

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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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DECEMBER 16, 2023

While the two companies still work together, it is not unreasonable to imagine this partnership ending at some point -- just like FedEx did with Amazon in 2019. Worse yet for UPS, Amazon isn't just the company's biggest competitor now but is still its largest customer, accounting for 11% of its total revenue in 2022. Three things: 1.

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JULY 9, 2023

Annual revenue, which is earned mostly through subscriptions to its platform, exploded from $92 million in fiscal 2019 to $267 million in fiscal 2023 (which ended in April). The company is growing very fast, with revenue exploding from $582 million in 2019 to over $1.7 This stock is not for everyone. billion last year.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The fact that Chipotle has proven to be an outstanding business that has compounded shareholder capital means that it should be on your investing radar. Chipotle has exhibited solid growth between the third quarters of 2019 and 2024, with revenue doubling over those past five years. This is a highly profitable organization.

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MAY 23, 2024

Companies operating in high-tech areas like healthcare often face unique competitive pressures that can diminish free cash flows, lowering their ability to reward shareholders via ever-larger dividend checks. But they also mitigate some of the unknowns of drug development, providing shareholders with a clearer vision of the path forward.

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