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The cruise line operator's revenue plunged in 2020 and 2021 as global travel ground to a halt during the pandemic, and it was forced to take on a lot more debt to stay solvent. Looking back at Carnival's slowdown and recovery In fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021 (which ended in November 2021), Carnival's revenue and number of passengers plummeted.

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AUGUST 20, 2024

Carol Tome's first earnings call as UPS (NYSE: UPS) CEO took place in the summer of 2020, and her guiding framework has been clear from the outset. in 2020 to around 11.5% However, from 2020 to 2022, the 6 million buffer became a 6 million shortfall, creating ideal conditions for UPS. in the recently reported quarter.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Shares skyrocketed 530% from their March 2020 low to their all-time high in July 2021, driven by monster success fueled by consumers spending more time at home. Revenue jumped more than 55% in both 2020 and 2021. Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) is another perfect example of a pandemic-era darling that has fallen from grace.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

21, 2020, many investors hailed it as the " Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) of real estate" because its online marketplace streamlined the home buying process by making instant cash offers for homes, repairing the properties, and relisting them for sale. Its revenue fell 46% in 2020 as the pandemic disrupted the housing market, but soared 211% to $8.0

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

per unit in 2020. As the chart above shows, the MLP shifted from increasing the distribution quarter to just once a year in 2020. The distribution was increased just modestly in 2020 and 2021. Leverage has also been reduced, with debt-to-earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) at roughly 3.2

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Airbnb The pandemic put a dent in Airbnb's business in 2020, but since coming public in late 2020, the company has been on fire. billion in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, and $875 million in adjusted operating income. You can see below that revenue has surged to $9.6

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

It also launched its first Photon satellite bus in 2020, and it's deployed 192 satellites so far. During its pre-merger presentation , Rocket Lab predicted it could grow its revenue at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 97% from $35 million in 2020 to $267 million in 2023. It relocated its headquarters to California in 2013.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In 2020, the pandemic caused its home sales to grind to a halt. That slowdown also caused its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) -- which briefly turned positive in 2021 -- to turn negative again. Metric 2020 2021 2022 9M 2023 Revenue $2.6 billion $8.0 billion $15.6 billion $6.1

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MARCH 16, 2024

When BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in December 2021, it bore a striking resemblance to Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) , which went public through a direct listing in September 2020. even integrated Palantir's tools into its own modules before its public debut.

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MAY 9, 2024

However, Bitcoin's rally also lit a fire under stocks like Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) , one of the world's top cryptocurrency exchanges, and MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) , an aging enterprise software company that started hoarding Bitcoin in 2020. Let's see which of these hot crypto stocks is a better buy right now.

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MAY 22, 2024

claimed that it could grow its revenue at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40% from 2020 to 2023, expand its gross margin from 30% to 50% during that time, and keep its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margins in the high teens. In a pre-merger presentation, BigBear.ai

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

For example, Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) had a debt-to- EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) ratio notably below that of Kinder Morgan when Kinder Morgan's dividend was cut. To earn back investor trust, management promised it would quickly grow the dividend, including a 25% hike in 2020.

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MARCH 13, 2024

That decline reduced Sea's enterprise value to $29 billion, which is just 2 times its projected sales and 21 times its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) for 2024. million at the end of 2020. Why did Sea's growth slow down? That's why Garena ended 2023 with just 528.7

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) and ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE: CHPT) were both red-hot stocks during the buying frenzy in electric vehicle (EV) stocks in late 2020 and early 2021. QuantumScape, a developer of solid-state batteries, merged with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in November 2020. Its shares opened at $24.80

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The market continues to reward this portfolio restructuring Lee Samaha (Carrier Global): In 2020, this company was spun off the former United Technologies (with a long history of increasing dividends itself, which Carrier has continued). It currently trades at 8.5 times operating cash flow, a discount to the industry average multiple of 9.5.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

after it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in December 2020 and reached its record high of $35.88 But in 2023, the company's revenue plunged, its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margin declined, and it stayed unprofitable. billion $8.0

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APRIL 20, 2024

At one point in March 2020, Energy Transfer lost roughly two-thirds of its market cap. Energy Transfer started off the year on an especially good note with strong first-quarter earnings and raised its full-year outlook for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA).

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MARCH 17, 2025

Note that in 2020, Teladoc dished out $18.5 The company's adjusted earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) declined by 5% year over year to $310 million. Catapult follows these exams with virtual visits with a health professional to help develop personalized action plans.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The maker of electric semi-trucks was a red-hot stock during the buying frenzy in speculative stocks in 2020, but it ran out of juice after it missed its production forecasts. Nikola 's (NASDAQ: NKLA) stock has plunged nearly 99% over the past three years. After that steep decline, Nikola's stock now trades at just 2 times this year's sales.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

On the bright side, its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) turned positive over the past three quarters as it reined in its spending, and its $5.5 Marathon's revenue surged from $4 million in 2020 to $159 million in 2021, then declined 26% in 2022 as Bitcoin's price dropped.

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MARCH 7, 2024

initially claimed its revenue would rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40% from $140 million in 2020 to $388 million in 2023. It predicted its gross margin would expand from 30% to 50% as its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margin would only dip slightly from 18% to 16%.

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MAY 20, 2024

In a pre-merger presentation, SoundHound claimed it could grow its revenue at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 104% from $13 million in 2020 to $110 million in 2023 as it expanded its gross margin from 55% to 77%. It mainly attributed that slower-than-expected growth to the macro headwinds, but it also faces a lot of competition.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

However, that growth trajectory wasn't smooth; it lost millions of active riders during the pandemic in 2020, and it didn't surpass its pre-pandemic peak of 22.9 Metric 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Active Riders 18.6M million to 22.4 million riders until 2024. Revenue $2.2B $3.6B $2.4B $3.2B $4.1B $4.4B Data source: Lyft.

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JUNE 13, 2023

Roku's post-pandemic slowdown isn't over yet Roku's revenue rose 58% in 2020 and 55% in 2021, but grew just 13% to $3.1 Shopify's revenue rose 86% in 2020 and another 57% in 2021. Its adjusted net income jumped 1,332% in 2020 and grew 66% in 2021. Does that rebound indicate it's finally safe to buy either stock again?

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Its revenue growth is accelerating again Coupang's revenue surged 93% in 2020 as more people shopped online during the pandemic, then grew another 54% in 2021. million at the end of the year, compared to its 21% growth in 2021 and 26% in 2020. Those two moves could curb its dependence on the saturated South Korean market.

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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. After managing the company through the depressed oil prices of 2020 right after acquiring Anadarko, she seems to be up for almost any task. Management plans to divest non-core assets to accelerate the paydown of that debt.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Uber suffered a major slowdown in 2020 as people hailed fewer rides on its mobility platform during the pandemic. Metric 2019 2020 2021 2022 9M 2023 Trips Growth (YOY) 28% (27%) 27% 19% 24% Gross Bookings Growth (YOY) 28% (11%) 56% 19% 18% Revenue Growth (YOY) 37% (14%) 57% 49% 18% Data source: Uber Technologies. Image source: Uber.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Toast's growth in gross payment volume (GPV) and total revenue decelerated significantly in 2020 as many restaurants shut down throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Metric 2020 2021 2022 9M 2023 GPV Growth (YOY) 17% 124% 61% 40% Revenue Growth (YOY) 24% 107% 60% 44% Data source: Toast. Why did the bulls give up on Toast?

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JUNE 21, 2023

Ending the first quarter at $27 million, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) showed a $48 million gain over the prior-year period's $21 million EBITDA loss. CEO Dolf Berle highlighted how first-quarter results marked "all-time highs for Lindblad Expeditions in both revenue and EBITDA."

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Duolingo's revenue surged 128% in 2020, 55% in 2021, and 46% in 2022. Its growth might be leveling off, but it still more than doubled its number of monthly active users (MAUs), nearly tripled its number of daily active users (DAUs), and more than tripled its subscriber base since the end of 2020.

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JULY 12, 2023

Revenue rose 25% in 2020, 35% in 2021, and 34% to $576 million in 2022. Its total number of customers grew 6% in both 2020 and 2021, then increased another 11% to 677,000 in 2022. Its total number of customers grew 6% in both 2020 and 2021, then increased another 11% to 677,000 in 2022. Image source: Getty Images.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2023

It first turned a profit in 2020, the same year that the stock soared to new heights as investors recognized that EVs were now the future of the auto industry. With a market cap of around $750 billion, the stock would also appear to have more of a limited upside compared to where it was before it took off in 2020.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

I first added the midstream giant to my portfolio in early 2020, right before the pandemic hit. Roughly 90% of its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) come from stable, fee-based sources. I'm very comfortable with my outsized investment in the high-yielding MLP. Here's why.

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MARCH 25, 2024

The company claimed it could deliver a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40%, taking revenue from $140 million in 2020 to $388 million in 2023 while expanding its gross margin from 30% to 50% and keeping its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margins in the high teens.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

A massive opportunity for voice AI Soundhound AI's revenue has increased by a compound annual growth rate of 51% since 2020. However, the company expects to generate positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) by the end of this year. Its momentum is accelerating. million in Q3 of 2024.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

You can see below that Illinois Tool Works has seen the occasional bump; revenue declined during recessions in 2001, 2009, and 2020. Today, the company has a reasonable debt-to- EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) ratio of 1.8. But importantly, the drops aren't too steep.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

Carnival: The incredible recovery is happening Carnival became a huge story in 2020 when operations essentially ceased as cruises were on hold. Lemonade stock soared more than 220% from lows in October 2020 to a high in February 2021, and it fell sharply after that. Sales of $4.9 billion were a second-quarter record in 2023, and $7.2

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