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Airbnb predicts return on investment

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Airbnb said this can help it decide where to spend its advertising money to get a better return on investment, rather than just making "guesses or inferences as to user intent" to make those decisions. While it's likely not going to reach 2019 numbers this year, the sector is showing signs of life.

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History Suggests This Unstoppable Multibagger Stock in the S&P 500 Is Perfect to Buy and Hold Forever

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A top-tier return on invested capital First, the company has maintained an average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 53% over the last decade. Between 2004 and 2019, the 40% of stocks with the highest ROICs in The Motley Fool's investable universe gained 739% in value vs. 423% for the universe as a whole.

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What's Good for Royal Caribbean Is Good for Carnival, NCL, and Disney

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The cruise line was hoping to top $100 in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) per available passenger cruise day, up from its prior record of $87 in 2019. in adjusted earnings per share, also set back in 2019. in return on invested capital.

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Alchemy & Triton sells Lebara to Waterland Private Equity

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The sale, which is pending regulatory approval, is expected to deliver a strong return on investment for Alchemy’s investors. in 2019 to 4.4m The business has migrated from being a predominantly pre-paid offering to attracting more SIM-only and post-paid customers, resulting in the subscriber base increasing from 2.4m

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1 Surprising Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Owns

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However, if Berkshire had known how the Amazon investment would work out, they would have undoubtedly bought more. Berkshire first invested in Amazon in Q1 2019. The stock trading for around $200 per share now would indicate a 141% return on investment.

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Why It Makes No Sense to Invest in the Airline Industry (and Why Boeing and General Electric Investors Will Do It Anyway)

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Airlines aren't productive (at least for shareholders) The ultimate test of whether a company is allocating capital productively for shareholders is the comparison between its return on invested capita l (ROIC) and its weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Net Profit 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Est.)

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Could Buying Carnival Stock Today Set You Up for Life?

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Carnival's sales tanked 91% between fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2021. Think about the big picture When thinking about stocks that can set you up for life, perhaps the overarching goal is to try to own businesses that can put up tremendous returns over several years and even decades. As you can imagine, this crushed the financial picture.

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