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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. Before BigBear.ai

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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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APRIL 4, 2024

In fact, back in 2020, the midstream company slashed its distribution in half. When Energy Transfer cut its distribution in 2020, it was because its leverage became too high, and it needed to pay down debt. Since the start of 2022, Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) has increased its distribution every quarter.

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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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JANUARY 25, 2024

The acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, a leading provider of high-performance networking technologies, in 2020 further strengthened the company's position in the data center market. Nvidia's software solutions are playing a major role in enabling enterprises to leverage generative AI and other AI technologies.

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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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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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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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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

CFO Monish Patolawala noted in earnings calls that "volume gives us the best leverage." By leverage, he means the ability to grow margins as sales increase. In 2020, management announced significant job cuts and investments in IT to improve efficiency. Image source: Getty Images.

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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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JANUARY 22, 2024

In 2020, ExxonMobil booked its worst annual loss in company history, losing $22.4 But during 2020, Occidental stock fell below $10 a share, and there were fears it would go bankrupt. Fortunately, oil prices rebounded toward the end of 2020 and then soared in 2022. billion, which was four times as much as Chevron.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

The short-term reason is that the Federal Reserve is cutting interest rates for the first time since 2020. Jassy noted in Amazon's Q2 earnings call that "companies of all sizes are excited about leveraging AI." Why buy Lennar stock right now? There are two main reasons -- one short-term and the other longer-term.

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MAY 14, 2024

Memes and short squeezes Yesterday started a major run-up in stocks that were popular in the 2020 and 2021 meme craze, including SunPower, Sunnova, and Sunrun. If that's the case, any improvement would provide operating leverage if demand does return. Sunnova Energy International (NYSE: NOVA) was up as much as 32.8%

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APRIL 27, 2024

Metric Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022 Fiscal 2023 Stock Buybacks $66.1 AAPL Net Total Long Term Debt (Quarterly) data by YCharts Apple doesn't rely on leverage to operate its business. Therefore, Apple's true "cash position" is even better than its leverage ratios would indicate. billion on buybacks and $72.5

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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. The new collaboration will enable Enbridge to leverage AI powered by Microsoft Azure machine learning across its operations. Microsoft's technology has been the foundation of that strategy.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Leveraging its high speeds and low costs, innovative projects like Helium (a decentralized wireless network) and Render (which distributes computing power for rendering graphics) are using Solana to build scalable, decentralized infrastructure that can power new use cases.

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JULY 17, 2023

In September 2020, semiconductor company Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) reached an agreement to acquire a rival chip maker called Arm Limited from SoftBank. Perhaps one of its more lucrative deals occurred in 2020, when Salesforce invested in big-data analytics firm Snowflake.

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JANUARY 13, 2024

Amazon's ad sales are pushing up profits Amazon is leveraging the popularity of its e-commerce platform with ad sales that are climbing fast. This is a sharp improvement from the previous year's losses, but 33% below the peak reached in 2020. Sellers spent $12.1 High-margin ad sales helped Amazon generate $21.4

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

ai (NYSE: AI) soared to their all-time highs during the buying frenzy in meme stocks in 2020 and 2021. It believes it can leverage that battle-hardened reputation to expand across the commercial market. Shares of Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and C3.ai But as of this writing, Palantir and C3.ai

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MAY 13, 2024

SoFi has historically relied on lending Early on, SoFi focused on helping people refinance their student loans, which was its bread-and-butter business until the pandemic hit in early 2020. From 2020 to 2023, SoFi's personal loan originations went from $2.6 One area SoFi pivoted into was personal lending. billion to $13.8

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