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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. BDCs have an unusual corporate structure in that 90% of taxable income is distributed to shareholders on an annual basis. Well, not exactly.

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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. Additionally, an increasing share count reduces the value of each shareholder's stake.

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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. Apple's $700 billion investment has been a godsend for its shareholders Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett made Apple his company's top holding for a good reason. Image source: Apple.

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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? Indeed, the company has already doubled its robotic workforce over the last three years.

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MAY 7, 2024

Apple has put $674 billion to work in a unique way for its shareholders Collectively, Apple has spent about $183.1 However, its commitment to R&D is dwarfed by another "investment" that no other public company has come close to matching. Image source: Getty Images. billion on R&D since fiscal 2013 began. 2013 : $22.95

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MARCH 5, 2024

They set the tone for the business, including culture and strategic direction, and answer to shareholders about how it performs. 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.

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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. Fast forward to today, and Apple's market cap is just under $3 trillion.

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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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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. It also helps that Buffett is a top shareholder.

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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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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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APRIL 27, 2024

But none of these obstacles impact Apple's ability to deliver growth and reward shareholders over the long term. One of the strongest brands in the world John Ballard (Apple): Apple stock has underperformed so far in 2024. Investors appear concerned about slowing iPhone sales in China and regulatory headwinds.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Shareholders have enjoyed a great 2023 in these stocks, and there could be some more upside in the year ahead. 2018: 18% 2019: 43% 2020: 90% 2021: 111% 2022: 73% 2023: 76% (through the first nine months) Image source: Getty Images. Bookings are now ahead of where they were in 2019. Let's take a closer look. Business is slowing.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Sir Richard heads to the sidelines Virgin Galactic launched as a public company in 2019 to great fanfare, in part because of the prominent role its charismatic founder played in promoting it. The company believes it has sufficient cash in the bank to fund the Delta's development.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

Public companies that pay a regular dividend are almost always time-tested, have clear long-term growth outlooks, and most importantly are profitable on a recurring basis. It's no secret that Occidental buried itself in debt when it acquired Anadarko in 2019. A steadily improving balance sheet could lead to multiple expansion.

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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. But the difference for Stanley was clearly Reilly, not the tumblers themselves.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

And for much of PayPal's life as a public company, free cash flow increased. That trend has reversed in recent years and has me concerned as a shareholder. Metric 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023* Net revenue $17.8 There are different ways to measure profitability, but free cash flow is often a good metric to look at. billion $5.1

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The cycle of expectations When 2020 began, Peloton stock was trading for around $30 per share and the company was doing great. Peloton ended calendar year 2019 (the second quarter of fiscal 2020) with its revenue growing 77% and its connected fitness subscribers increasing by 96% year over year. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Etsy It's been a tough couple of years for Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) shareholders. Arguably, Etsy's biggest misstep was its acquisition strategy between 2019 and 2021, buying three online platforms for about $2.1 Moreover, the company is on track to report its first full year of positive free cash flow as a public company.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Nonetheless, the company has surpassed pre-pandemic revenue and net income. and 78.5%, respectively, from 2019. The company has also received some negative press this summer. billion remaining after spending $50 million on the shareholder-friendly strategy. For the past 12 trailing months, Cedar Fair generated $1.8

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders are usually profitable and time-tested. What's more, income stocks have a history of running circles around public companies that don't offer a payout in the return department. Buffett's company also holds $8.49 million in annual income.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Companies that dole out a regular payout to their shareholders tend to be profitable on a recurring basis, time-tested, and can offer transparent long-term growth outlooks. Morgan Asset Management, the wealth management division of JPMorgan Chase , found that companies initiating and growing their dividends delivered a 9.5%

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JULY 14, 2023

From Q2 2019 through Q2 2021, its year-over-year revenue growth never dropped below 46%, and in most quarters, it was above 60%. That's a lot of dilution for shareholders. Investors should keep an eye on these metrics over the next several quarters to see if the company makes progress on that front. However, those days are over.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

A services-driven operating model should further boost the company's operating margin, improve customer loyalty, and reduce the revenue swings observed during major iPhone replacement cycles. 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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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

for-1 stock splits, respectively, the companies have low share prices despite posting total returns that have outpaced the S&P 500 index since the 1990s. Meanwhile, Kenvue (NYSE: KVUE) was recently spun off from healthcare behemoth Johnson & Johnson , leaving the newly public company with a temporarily puny share price.

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MAY 16, 2024

Following the recent update, Hartford Funds found that non-paying public companies averaged a 4.27% annual return over the prior half-century, and were 18% more volatile than the benchmark S&P 500. In short, these are businesses we'd expect to rise in value over time and make their patient shareholders richer.

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JULY 20, 2023

Good morning, and thank you for joining our second-quarter earnings call and our very first as a public company. Over the last 135 years, we have established ourselves as the world's largest pure-play consumer health company. With that, it's my pleasure to turn the call over to Thibaut. Now, getting into the quarter.

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JULY 25, 2023

Excluding intra-Europe, total cross-border volume remained strong, up 22%, with cross-border travel volume at 136% of 2019. Index to 2019, global payments volume was up 48%. Relative to 2019, U.S. Relative to 2019, international payments volume was up 43%. is still hovering at 2019 levels. Outside the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Successful execution of these goals should also result in multiple expansion for our shareholders. We celebrated the 25th anniversary of BlackRock becoming a public company, and we closed our acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners. Larry talked about just our long-term active business really shows resilience since 2019.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

While we, as a public company, always provide you with the split times quarterly results, we are running a marathon, not a series of sprints. We reported net income to common shareholders of $1.2 Comprehensive income to shareholders for the first half of 2023 was $1.2 Total shareholders' equity stood at $14.2

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Asit Sharma: Dylan, it's a business that as you pointed out, is up five times since 2019. This is another reason if you're an Alphabet shareholder to feel pretty good today because that is recurring revenue and increasingly it's a part of the business which has always grown quickly. The joy you might get out of that as a shareholder.

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JULY 21, 2023

And when you look at the accounts we've acquired over the last year compared to those we acquired over a comparable period pre-pandemic, the overall revenue being generated by these new accounts is up substantially over 2019. billion of capital to our shareholders in the second quarter, including common stock purchases of $1.1

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Before turning to the results, I would like to provide some perspective on our company as we celebrated our 30th anniversary as a public company mid-December of last year. We have paid over $42 billion in dividends to shareholders. billion to shareholders in dividends and share repurchases. Thanks, Tom.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

2023 was a year of transformational change for our company and for 22,000 Kenvuers around the world. Our teams accomplished a tremendous amount, successfully standing up Kenvue as an independent public company while continuing to drive profitable growth. times to 2.2. Regarding other guidance items and EPS.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Together, we're building momentum to improve our performance and enhance shareholder value. As for Hawthorne, we've made progress on a range of potential solutions that should benefit shareholders and create opportunities for that business to grow. We're in active discussions to create a leading vertically integrated cannabis Company.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Now Disney fans or Marvel shareholders may remember the significance of October 2009. In the meantime, congratulations to all Marvel shareholders. For public companies, you can say of Nvidia or Marvel or Amazon. That's a company that wasn't just supposing things might be different. How about this?

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JULY 31, 2024

Ultimately, these structural advantages drive our KPIs, cash flow generation, and shareholder value creation. As we move forward, we continue to identify opportunities to create shareholder value. And our stock-based comp expense in Q2 was the lowest in our history as a public company. Moving on to the NAR settlement.

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