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APRIL 22, 2024

Caterpillar Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) stock has been on a tear over the past year, generating a total return of 62% for shareholders. Costco Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) is another bellwether stock that has handsomely rewarded shareholders over the past year, producing a total return of 48%. Are these top dividend stocks worth buying?

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APRIL 27, 2024

Buffett said a year ago that Apple was a better business than any Berkshire owned -- a significant statement, considering the incredible returns Berkshire has delivered over the years. The company is reportedly spending up to $1 billion per year on generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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MAY 5, 2024

Besides being the chairman and CEO of the eighth largest public company in the world, Buffett has an impressive track record as an investor. compound total return of the S&P 500 index during that time. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. That compares with the 10.2%

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JUNE 27, 2023

Total returns for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index are up around 350% in the past decade, compared with around 230% for the more diversified S&P 500 over the same timeframe. Regardless of tech's great run, many companies have blossomed and then have fallen by the wayside. Time Period Services Revenue FY 2019 $46.2

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JANUARY 6, 2024

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been the world's most valuable public company since 2011 when it had a market capitalization of just under $340 billion. However, I believe Apple is well-positioned to continue returning good shareholder value. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

It's a company I'd feel comfortable holding on to for the long haul. Microsoft After surging close to 62% in 2023 and through the first half of January, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently topped Apple as the world's most valuable public company, with a market cap of over $2.9 trillion (as of Jan.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Furthermore, some BDCs, such as Ares Capital, offer more sophisticated financing solutions -- making them appealing to larger public companies as well. Category 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 Net Investment Income Per Share $1.19 $1.41 $1.39 $1.29 $1.48 $2.09 $1.01 Well, not exactly.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Yass's Susquehanna dumped more than 52 million shares of Nvidia Arguably no public company has been more responsible for lifting Wall Street's major stock indexes to new highs, or fueling the AI revolution, than Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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JULY 28, 2024

For example, in 2019, most people had never heard of coronaviruses, mRNA vaccines, or social distancing. So, who will be the three largest companies by market cap in 2029? So, who will be the three largest companies by market cap in 2029? The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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MARCH 31, 2024

It's the second-largest public company in the world for a reason, and I don't think its stock price is about to collapse. Yet however impressive its past performance, what matters to investors is how the company will perform going forward. billion 2019 187.2 Will the rise of AI mean the beginning of the end for Apple?

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JULY 8, 2024

It's cosmetic in the sense that a stock split doesn't change a company's market cap, and it has no impact on its operating performance. With a forward-stock split, a public company is making its shares more nominally affordable for everyday investors who may not have access to fractional-share purchases through their broker.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

six weeks packed full of operating results from public companies), can make it easy for important data to fly under the radar. The fact that most companies lack a well-defined game plan to generate a positive return on their AI investments is a strong clue that we're in the early stages of what's likely another bubble-bursting event.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

times trailing-12-month sales, which could be cheap for a company with as much potential as Amazon. Uber: Turning a corner on profitability Uber has been around since 2009 and a public company since 2019. At their current price, the shares trade at 2.6 It's easy to see why fund managers are scooping up shares.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Then, you can analyze the company's future prospects and compare them to the past return. Once they take this step, investors can use this information to try to determine whether a stock can match or exceed this return. Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) conducted its initial public offering (IPO) in June 2019.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

In his 58 years at the helm, he's overseen a greater than 4,300,000% aggregate gain in Berkshire's Class A shares (BRK.A), as well as doubled up the annualized total return, including dividends, of the widely followed S&P 500. Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders are usually profitable and time-tested.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

He's overseen a greater-than 4,300,000% aggregate gain in his company's class A shares (BRK.A), as of the closing bell on Aug. 31, 2022), based on annualized total return, since becoming CEO. It's no secret that Occidental buried itself in debt when it acquired Anadarko in 2019. Image source: Getty Images.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Since taking over as the CEO of Berkshire in the mid-1960s, the "Oracle of Omaha," as Buffett has come to be known, has overseen an aggregate return in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention that Apple's capital-return program is unmatched among public companies.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Morgan Asset Management, the wealth management division of JPMorgan Chase , found that companies initiating and growing their dividends delivered a 9.5% annualized return between 1972 and 2012, compared to just 1.6% on an annualized basis for nonpaying public companies over the same stretch. Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Since 1965, he has steered his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , to average annual returns of 19.8% per year, twice the average annual return of the benchmark S&P 500 index. Apple Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the world's largest public company with a valuation of $2.8

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MAY 24, 2024

As a result of adding ships and passengers willing to pay more, Viking's revenue is 47% higher now than in 2019. Viking's net operating income is 44% higher than in 2019. Return on invested capital has risen from 26.1% The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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MAY 21, 2024

of the company's stock. Unless you're a board member of a public company, a key executive, or own more than 5% of the outstanding shares, your investment isn't required to be publicly disclosed. MacKenzie Scott (Bezos' ex-wife) received about 4% of Amazon's shares as part of the couple's 2019 divorce.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

It's not only important to know how a company makes money -- it's also important to know how that money is spent. In this article, I'll take a big picture view of PayPal's profits and capital allocation before explaining why I believe shareholders can hope for better returns moving forward. million $3,525 million 2019 14.0

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

2018: 18% 2019: 43% 2020: 90% 2021: 111% 2022: 73% 2023: 76% (through the first nine months) Image source: Getty Images. All 21 major analysts following the company expect it to post its first profitable quarter as a public company here in the seasonally potent fourth quarter. Business is slowing.

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JUNE 23, 2024

CrowdStrike went public in 2019. And during the company's fiscal 2019 (which ended in January of that year), it generated revenue of just $250 million. In short, CrowdStrike has grown by an extraordinary amount in just five years as a public company. The quality of CrowdStrike's growth is also noteworthy.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In the years since it went public, cloud-based cybersecurity specialist CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has been a market-beating investment for shareholders. Although the stock now trades 41% lower than its late-2021 high, it's still outpacing the S&P 500 handily since its 2019 IPO. CRWD Revenue (Quarterly) data by YCharts.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Based on his long-standing corporate career, he took the reins at Snowflake in 2019 to help the company make the transition from the private to the public market. He isn't a company founder. Snowflake has beaten analysts' revenue estimates every quarter as a public company. He's what I call an "operator."

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

MiddleGround originally purchased Banner in December of 2019 from High Street Capital, of Chicago. Since MiddleGround’s investment in Banner in 2019, MiddleGround brought industry veteran Dan Stoettner back to lead the business. Under Stoettner’s leadership, the company completed two acquisitions.

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APRIL 24, 2024

This has resulted in revenue rising 375% between 2019 and 2023. Consistent earnings help drive dividends and share buybacks, which might be appealing to some investors, particularly those who seek to own proven businesses that return cash to shareholders. The business has been growing rapidly over the years.

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MAY 7, 2024

However, its commitment to R&D is dwarfed by another "investment" that no other public company has come close to matching. Apple's capital-return program is truly on another level. billion 2018 : $72.738 billion 2019 : $66.897 billion 2020 : $72.358 billion 2021 : $85.971 billion 2022 : $89.402 billion 2023 : $77.55

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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 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Unfortunately, that might be the best-case scenario for this increasingly embattled company. Public companies are required to have auditors and to file their financial statements by certain deadlines. The company has fallen out of compliance with both requirements, putting it at risk of delisting by te Nasdaq.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

It became the first public company to reach a $1 trillion market cap in August 2018, and was the first to top $3 trillion in June 2023. billion 2018 : $72.738 billion 2019 : $66.897 billion 2020 : $72.358 billion 2021 : $85.971 billion 2022 : $89.402 billion 2023 : $77.55 Consider when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005.

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MAY 20, 2024

That's near the cheapest level since Sea became a public company in 2017, and it's substantially below its peak P/S ratio of 22.9. However, Sea doesn't have to grow that quickly for its stock to deliver a great return for investors. At its current P/S ratio, that would value the company at $199.2 billion by 2034.

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APRIL 21, 2024

But in 2020, the company brought in Terence Reilly as president, and it hasn't been the same since. Stanley reportedly went from about $70 million in sales in 2019 to $750 million in 2023, riding the coattails of its tumbler cups' success. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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MARCH 28, 2024

A short run as a public company? The company went public via a 2019 merger with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ). The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than tripled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

E-commerce, cloud computing, and now AI Berkshire Hathaway first took a position in Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) in 2019, well after it had already minted millionaires. 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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MAY 8, 2024

Bill.com (NYSE: BILL) stock went public in Dec. 2019 at an initial offering price of $22 per share, and by the latter half of 2021, it had soared almost 1,500% to an all-time high of $348.50. In fact, Bill.com stock trades at a P/S ratio of just 5, which is the cheapest level since it became a public company: Data by YCharts.

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