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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Source: WF Cabinetry Brands Wellborn Forest was acquired by HCI in November 2018, Countryside Cabinets (then De Pere Cabinet) was acquired in September 2020, and WoodHarbor Molding & Millworks was acquired in October 2023. WF Cabinetry manufactures and sells semi-custom and custom cabinetry to dealers, remodelers, designers, and builders.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

While that's hardly an uncommon after-effect of a large acquisition, leverage can be both a powerful tool for good and a huge burden. It quickly turned into the latter when the coronavirus pandemic started to spread in 2020. The oil industry rebound following the crash in 2020 helped materially in that.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

It became the first publically traded company to purchase Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in 2020, and has been the second-best performing S&P 500 stock since then, including outperforming the likes of Nvidia. billion, using primarily leverage and equity. Year Split Shares 1998 IPO 1 1998 2-for-1 2 2002 1-for-10 reverse split 0.2

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

KMI Financial Debt to EBITDA (TTM) data by YCharts That said, a part of the problem was Kinder Morgan's more aggressive use of leverage than its peers'. Kinder Morgan's leverage is lower today, but it still tends to use more leverage than Enterprise. In 2020 the dividend ended up being increased by just 5%.

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

Gryphon Investors has completed the sale of Kano Laboratories , a producer of branded oils and lubricants that it acquired in November 2020, to L Squared Capital Partners. San Francisco-based Gryphon makes leveraged acquisitions and growth investments in middle-market companies.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

And even during the collapse in 2020, WTI still averaged $39.16. billion in 2020. Still, the leverage ratio remains at a very healthy level. Chevron's net debt ratio shows the company's leverage net of cash balances. For context, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices, the U.S. benchmark, averaged $77.58

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JULY 1, 2024

The company entered the commercial market at a later stage, leveraging its expertise and experience gained from serving government clients. So, while Palantir can leverage its common software platform and experience, it must tailor solutions to help various customers tackle their respective operations. Don't get me wrong.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

To top it all off, Chevron has an elite balance sheet with very low leverage. Because of the deal, Oxy entered the oil and gas downturn of 2020 overleveraged and saw its stock price fall to single digits. Although the deal made Oxy, once again, more leveraged, it could pay off as long as oil prices remain around current levels.

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

annually since 2020. For decades, ADM has leveraged its enormous global asset base to originate, process, and transport agricultural commodities between over 190 countries. If we factor in Hercules Capital's supplemental dividend, shareholders have seen their quarterly payments rise by 50% since 2020. The stock offers a 3.4%

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MAY 9, 2024

BDCs tend to use leverage to help boost their payouts. While this leverage can help juice returns, it could also exacerbate losses during an economic downturn. is below the BDC average of 1.06, showing its more conservative use of leverage. Investing in middle-market companies isn't without risk.

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JUNE 18, 2023

In 2020 the efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which effectively shut down vast swathes of the global economy, led to a massive price decline in oil. In 2020 the company paid $2.20 To be fair, Pioneer isn't wildly over leveraged. When economies opened up again, oil prices rose dramatically.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

I first added the midstream giant to my portfolio in early 2020, right before the pandemic hit. It repaid debt, which steadily drove down its leverage ratio. Today, Energy Transfer has a strong investment-grade balance sheet with a leverage ratio in the lower half of its 4.0-to-4.5x times target range.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Banks have also taken the plunge to offer product and garner revenue lost within their traditional lending and leveraged finance practices (most notably broadly syndicated loans or BSL). 4] Meanwhile private equity was on pace for its lowest annual fundraising total since 2020, having raised only $234B through September.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The pipeline company kept its payout flat from the start of 2020 until earlier this year, when it provided investors with a modest 2% raise. While those investments grew its earnings, its leverage ratio also increased. Leverage has fallen from 4.6 at the end of 2020 to 3.25 by mid-2023.

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MAY 17, 2024

Notice that as the price of oil dropped in 2020, which crushed revenue and earnings for energy companies, Exxon and Chevron both increased their leverage. As oil prices recovered, meanwhile, both companies reduced leverage, effectively preparing for the next industry downturn. The best time to buy?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

They often have very high dividend payout ratios and leverage ratios , which puts them at a higher risk of needing to cut their dividends if they run into financial trouble. leverage ratio, well below the 4.0 leverage ratio its stable cash flows can support. in the coming years. Here's a look at what fuels that view.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The company first bought shares in Q3 2020, cut the position in 2021, then began building it up again in Q3 2021. million 2/16/2021 12/31/2020 0 11/16/2020 9/30/2020 Data source: Berkshire Hathaway SEC Filings. million 2/16/2021 12/31/2020 0 11/16/2020 9/30/2020 Data source: Berkshire Hathaway SEC Filings.

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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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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The potential move comes as private equity firms look to exit older investments after a period of slowed deal-making, largely due to high interest rates that have increased the cost of financing leveraged buyouts. Clearlake Capital and Blackstone acquired minority stakes in 2018 and 2020, respectively.

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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. This tells me that the content publishers have the negotiating leverage. Investors need to be aware of these risks.

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JUNE 25, 2023

Deleveraging complete : Midstream companies have spent the past three years paying down debt and achieved their target leverage ratios. EnLink cut its payout by 50% in 2020, saving $185 million to preserve liquidity and strengthen its balance sheet. Its leverage ratio has fallen to 3.4, per unit (23%) to $1.07

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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 22, 2025

Higher risk, higher potential reward The greatest beneficiaries of higher oil prices are leveraged companies or companies with higher breakeven levels. per share in 2020. compared to 3.6% for ExxonMobil, but both companies can be excellent passive income sources and foundational energy stocks to buy now.

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APRIL 5, 2024

In 2020, Amazon's revenue surged 38% after the pandemic drove more people to shop online and more businesses upgraded their cloud-based services. Its earnings per share ( EPS ) jumped 82% in 2020 and 55% in 2021, but it reported a loss in 2022 as its investment in the struggling EV maker Rivian withered. in 2020 to 6.4%

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AUGUST 10, 2024

From 2020 to 2023, ASML's revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25%. Meta Platforms Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, leverages AI to analyze its user data and craft targeted ads. It served 3.27 It served 3.27

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JUNE 21, 2024

Let's start with leverage. Cruise lines took on a lot of additional debt during the pandemic-related shutdown in 2020 that lasted well into 2021. Leverage isn't typically a positive thing, but let's play this out. Carnival's market cap is $20 billion. Its debt-saddled enterprise value is almost $50 billion.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

But in 2020, it ordered tens of thousands of top-tier ASIC miners and rebranded itself as a pure-play Bitcoin miner. Marathon's revenue soared from $4 million in 2020 to $150 million in 2021 as it deployed its first miners. but its leverage could keep rising as it brings its new miners and plants online.

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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. PDD leverages its huge short-video user base to offer livestreaming e-commerce services, an area where Alibaba was the incumbent. It's been frustrating for investors in Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) stock.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

In 2020, the price per barrel fell below $25, only to zoom past the $100 market two years later. After leveraging its balance sheet to acquire CrownRock -- a shale producer with assets in the Permian Basin -- the company is set to make around $260 million in additional cash flow for every $1 increase in oil prices.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In addition, closed-end funds can use leverage to attempt to generate outsized returns and dividends for investors. Using leverage Finally, let's look at leverage, specifically how the fund has increased borrowing through reverse-repurchase agreements whereby an asset is sold under an agreement to repurchase it at a higher price.

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APRIL 29, 2024

These capital market levers allow us to deploy intelligent leverage to increase our Bitcoin holdings in a manner which we believe has created shareholder value. Since 2020 we've invested $825 million of total cash on our balance sheet. Leverage provides the opportunity to generate higher returns if the price increases.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

For the year, MicroStrategy is up a resounding 264%, and since 2020, it has outperformed every single S&P 500 stock. MicroStrategy has been on a Bitcoin buying spree since 2020, and makes regular Bitcoin purchases nearly every month. So is MicroStrategy really on track to become the first $1 trillion crypto stock?

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

in the past five years, with no dividend increases since 2020. The company has a conservative balance sheet with low leverage, minimal near-term debt maturities, and ample liquidity. Its leverage ratio is currently around 4.76, which is within its 4.0-5.0 During the past two decades, it has grown its payout at a 7.1%

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MARCH 28, 2025

In October, it announced a major new expansion of the Bitcoin buying program it started back in August 2020. It's using significant debt to get as much leverage as possible. For comparison, the U.S. federal government holds 200,000 Bitcoins. And Strategy is not stopping there.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

Adjusted earnings in 2021 rose 30% versus 2020 and hit a record of $10.48 High leverage, slowing sales, and weak margins were all contributing factors. But Stanley Black & Decker has been working to get back on track by reducing leverage, cutting costs, and raising prices, among other things. and $12.50

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AUGUST 24, 2023

That all came to a head in 2020 when deteriorating market conditions during the pandemic left the midstream company with no choice other than to slash its distribution so it could retain additional cash to shore up its finances. Energy Transfer has since reduced its leverage ratio to its target range of 4 to 4.5 That changed this year.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

For Berkshire, that meant its position in Apple grew from 5.39% in 2020 to 5.55% in 2021 without purchasing a single share. For comparison, Kroger's net leverage ratio at the end of its fiscal first quarter 2023 was a much-healthier 1.3 at the end of its first quarter of 2023. times EBITDA. times EBITDA.

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