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It's Been 44 Months Since Block Stock Set Its All-Time High. Here's 1 Reason to Buy Today.

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Disappointed shareholders I think it's important for investors to understand the stock's trajectory in the past few years. Its gross profit jumped 45% in 2020 and 62% in 2021. And it's easy to believe this will continue, as the business can leverage product development and sales and marketing expenses. It has worked thus far.

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Coca-Cola Is a Passive Income Powerhouse, but So Is This Cash-Gushing Oil Stock That Plans to Pay Over $11 Billion in Dividends by the End of the Year

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The integrated oil and gas major continues to deliver solid results and return capital to shareholders through a combination of buybacks and dividends. 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. benchmark, averaged $77.58

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3 Dividend Growth Stocks to Buy Now for a Lifetime of Passive Income

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annually since 2020. For decades, ADM has leveraged its enormous global asset base to originate, process, and transport agricultural commodities between over 190 countries. As a BDC, Hercules Capital can avoid income taxes by distributing at least 90% of profits to shareholders as a dividend. The stock offers a 3.4%

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2 No-Brainer Oil Stocks to Buy With $200 Right Now

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In 2020, the price per barrel fell below $25, only to zoom past the $100 market two years later. Trust in superior capital allocation Capital allocation in the oil space can be difficult because a company's survival is often prioritized over shareholder profits. Buffett likes companies that put shareholder interests first.

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Pioneer Natural Resources Is Making a Game-Changing Move for Investors

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It was a cash bonanza for shareholders. 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. But the benefit for shareholders of this dividend change was pretty intense. In 2020 the company paid $2.20

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EOG Resources (EOG) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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Since the end of 2020, EOG has generated more than $22 billion of free cash flow and more than $25 billion in adjusted net income. We've increased our regular dividend rate 160%; and including both regular and special dividends, paid or committed to pay more than $13 billion directly to shareholders; and $3.2 We generated $1.6

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This Nearly 6%-Yielding Dividend Could Grow Briskly Through 2027

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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.