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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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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. As a master limited partnership (MLP), Enterprise is specifically designed to pass income on to unitholders in a tax-efficient manner. distribution yield.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) first captured investors' attention back in 2019 when it struck a blockbuster deal with Amazon. Higher production volumes, which enabled Rivian to better leverage its fixed costs and negotiate price reductions from suppliers, also contributed to the gains. Amazon also made a large investment in Rivian.

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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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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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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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AUGUST 17, 2023

Our e-commerce channel represented an industry-leading 51% of our retail sales in Q2, up from 47% last year and 30% in 2019. In 2019, pre-pandemic, births were 3.75 We've learned a lot since 2019. We leverage the Activate platform daily within our organization. and Children's Place wasn't one of them!

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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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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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APRIL 24, 2024

Thanks to fast portfolio growth and impressive operating leverage, servicing income reached $273 million. Turning to Originations, our team did a great job generating $32 million in pre-tax income while continuing to be an industry leader in retention. On a year-over-year basis, the portfolio is up 33%.

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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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JULY 27, 2023

Cross-border travel continues to show strength, reaching 154% of 2019 levels in the second quarter. It's like paying like a local, and this will be valuable as inbound cross-border travel to China improves from approximately 50% of 2019 levels in the second quarter. Back to the top of this list. So here are a few additional examples.

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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 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. Our effective tax rate for the quarter was 16.2%, and compares to 20% in the fourth quarter last year. Finally, EPS for the quarter decreased 52.5% billion to $1.4

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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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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. Our effective tax rate was 25.2% Our entry price combo drove incremental traffic.

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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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APRIL 16, 2024

billion after tax and EPS of $0.76. By leveraging our technology and continuous investment in that technology and putting customers at the center of everything we do, we have successfully deepened our relationships and expanded our customer base across all our businesses. I am starting on Slide 2 of the earnings presentation.

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MAY 7, 2024

We generated $340 million of EBITDAR in the quarter on GGR market share that was above both the prior quarter and above our 2019 exit. In the casino, our mass drop per day in April increased 30% versus April 2019. Meanwhile, our leverage profile continues to improve as does our outlook on future free cash flow.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

We leverage AI technology to deliver a more personalized booking experience, a connected trip that would be more responsible to our bookers' needs and help manage different aspects of their trips. The plan is to further enhance penny over time by leveraging these valuable learnings. to Genius customers.

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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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MAY 13, 2024

ExxonMobil believes its upstream earnings could more than double by 2027 versus 2019 and boost its cash flows significantly over the next four years. Gross also highlighted that the yield is tax-deferred, making it an even more attractive investment. That should also mean bigger dividends for investors. per unit payout.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

was 57% below last year, due to the factors noted and includes unfavorable impacts related to taxes and interest expense. Additionally, as we shifted to leverage licensed IP within Wizards, we incurred higher royalty expense, resulting in a 1.7 underlying tax rate, which compares to 21.6% Adjusted earnings per share of $0.49

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

However, it stacks up well compared to those high-yielding rivals: MLP Distribution Yield Distribution Coverage Ratio Leverage Ratio Energy Transfer 6.7% That makes it a great option for those comfortable with investing in MLPs that send their investors a Schedule K-1 federal tax form each year. Enterprise Products Partners 6.4%

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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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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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AUGUST 31, 2023

Our effective tax rate for the quarter was 22.9% These include reducing our inventory position, refreshing and refining our processes, leveraging additional tools and technology, and improving execution in our stores. Our EPS continues to assume an effective tax rate of approximately 22.5%. and compares to 22.1% billion to $1.7

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APRIL 25, 2024

The charge-off rate for the quarter was up 190 basis points year over year to 5.94%, about 18% above its pre-pandemic level in the first quarter of 2019. We believe this is largely driven by lower and later tax refund payments to consumers so far in 2024, relative to what we've historically observed.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

billion in 2021 to an adjusted net profit of $73 million in 2023, demonstrating the strong operating leverage it enjoys in tandem with increased scale. billion while profit before tax climbed 9% to $2.7 billion tax credit recognized by the business in the previous corresponding period. trillion using 2019's figures.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

For reference, in 2019 North America had a 4.1% Add in increasing operating leverage at its massive scale, and I think it's plausible for Amazon's North American division to hit 10% profit margins by this time next year. operating margin. At a market cap of $1.5

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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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MAY 12, 2024

The business passes much of its cash flow to investors to cover their portion of taxes. It has simultaneously generated some of the highest returns on invested capital while keeping its leverage (defined as debt to EBITDA) lower than most. MPLX has emerged as one of the best in the energy infrastructure business. Why is this notable?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

tax authorities regarding cumulative assessments of approximately $100 million for unpaid VAT related to certain Clear Aligner sales made during the period of October 2019 through October 2023. tax authorities. The GAAP effective tax rate in the fourth quarter was 26.3% compared to 30.1% in the third quarter and 28.3%

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