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Its year-end store count rose from 2,768 in 2020 to 3,437 in 2023, and it plans to open 285 to 315 new locations this year. From 2020 to 2023, Chipotle's revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% as its EPS increased at a CAGR of 53%. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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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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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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APRIL 19, 2024

Here's what this looks like in financial terms: From 2020 through 2022, it cost the company $390,000 on average to open a new store. But on average, those stores earned $475,000 in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) in their first year. The Motley Fool recommends Five Below and Lovesac.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

However, Roku's 357% return since its IPO would still have beaten the S&P 500 's 129% rally during the same period. Period 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Active Accounts (Millions) 19.3 The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Rising interest rates also squeezed its valuations.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

But all three companies have what it takes to steadily grow earnings and return value to shareholders over the long term. With Carrier's independence established in 2020, CEO Dave Gitlin could focus on this growth opportunity while divesting the noncore businesses and restructuring the company for growth. It currently trades at 8.5

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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. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Analysts expect its revenue to nearly quadruple to $133.5

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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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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Therefore, investors looking for those kinds of life-changing returns should seek out smaller companies that have more room to grow. It was originally created as a unit of Postmates, which was acquired by Uber Technologies in 2020. million customers, compared to just over 1 million customers at the end of 2020.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Deere's stock price surged in late 2020 and 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted global supply chains and led to surging crop prices and a boom in capital spending by many of Deere's customers. Deere's capital return program uses both dividends and buybacks to reward shareholders.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) was one of the hottest electric vehicle (EV) stocks of 2020. 27, 2020, and its stock opened at $24.80 It also aimed to expand its gross margin from 1% in 2024 to 30% in 2028, and declared its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) would turn positive in 2027.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) has taken investors on a wild ride since its initial public offering (IPO) in July 2020. Lemonade more than doubled its customer base from 1 million at the end of 2020 to 2.3 The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. million by the end of the third quarter of 2024.

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

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

million at the end of 2020 to 8.77 From 2020 to 2023, SoFi's adjusted revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49%, from $621 million to $2.07 From 2020 to 2023, SoFi's adjusted revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49%, from $621 million to $2.07 million in the second quarter of 2024.

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

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JULY 21, 2024

Shifting its focus Phillips 66 was hit extremely hard by the COVID-19 pandemic -- posting a brutal $4 billion loss in 2020. billion in 2020, even though it is a much larger and diversified business than Phillips 66. EBITDA = earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Image source: Getty Images.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

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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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. Total return assumes the reinvestment of dividends and it changes the story in a big way, as the chart below highlights.

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

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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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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This was the company's first profitable quarter since 2020. With sales surging and with the return of profitability, investors were rightly excited about Freshpet stock today. But for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), it expects at least $100 million.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

But in the first nine months of 2024, sales soared 83% year over year to $111 million as its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) jumped 266% to $20 million. MicroStrategy MicroStrategy was once dismissed as a slow-growing enterprise software company, then it started to hoard Bitcoin in 2020.

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

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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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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Ares Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that provides financing for middle-market companies (businesses that generate between $10 million and $250 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) every year). The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

It's an extension of the digital-transformation initiatives the company began in 2020 to drive productivity and efficiency gains. million) of recurring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) savings per year. That makes it a lower-risk way to earn an attractive return in the AI age.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Over the past two years, its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margins shrank and it racked up steep losses. Metric 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total Revenue $20.71B $19.69B $17.48B $14.56B Revenue Growth (4%) (5%) (11%) (17%) Adjusted EBITDA Margin* 41.8%

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

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JANUARY 14, 2024

It also expanded its Rocket Wow subscriptions, which bundled together faster deliveries, free returns, streaming videos, food and grocery deliveries, and other perks, much like Amazon 's Prime membership. million at the end of the year, compared to its 21% growth in 2021 and 26% in 2020. But in 2022, it rose just 12%.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Realty Income actually hiked its dividend three times during 2020. Real estate companies have a lot of depreciation and amortization, which is deducted as an expense under GAAP. Since depreciation and amortization is a non-cash charge, net income tends to understate the cash flow of the company.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

After peaking in 2020 at $306, it has gone nowhere but down, trading at just $77 as of writing. For perspective, this segment generated 195 billion yuan ($27 billion) in earnings before interest tax and amortization in fiscal year 2024. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Its revenue soared sevenfold from $35 million in 2020 to $245 million in 2023, but that still slightly missed its pre-merger target of $267 million. Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margin also came in at negative 37% in 2023, well below its original forecast of positive 10%.

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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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OCTOBER 17, 2024

With interest rates likely headed lower over the next few years as the Fed embarks on a rate-cutting cycle, income-oriented investors may be looking for places to invest that can offer higher yields and attractive returns. EV to EBITDA = enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization).

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