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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. million-$219.9

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The REIT's net lease portfolio generates very stable rental income because tenants cover three big inflation-driven costs (maintenance, building insurance, and real estate taxes). Carey's strong balance sheet features a low leverage ratio and primarily long-term, fixed-rate debt with well-staggered maturities. in 2020 and 2021.

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APRIL 4, 2024

In fact, back in 2020, the midstream company slashed its distribution in half. Energy Transfer is structured as a master limited partnership (MLP), so investors will get a K-1 and have unique tax advantages (and obligations). Since the start of 2022, Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) has increased its distribution every quarter.

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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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JULY 17, 2023

The 5G transition provided T-Mobile an opportunity, and management seized it by purchasing Sprint in 2020. Discovery in the spinoff, it still has high leverage compared with T-Mobile. In addition, the "sell-off" scenario also yields tax advantages. So investors will benefit from lower annual taxes with this strategy as well.

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MAY 14, 2024

billion in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) and $1.2 It's telling that revenue declined in 2023, and not 2020 or 2021. Sirius XM is also starting to pay down its long-term debt since that bearish leverage peaked in 2022. It has posted an annual profit every year since 2010.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Energy Transfer, on the other hand, cut its distribution in half in 2020 as the energy industry faced difficult times during the early days of the pandemic. For example, its ratio of debt to EBITDA ( earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ) is generally among the lowest of its closest peer group.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

Vail is skiing by 2024's challenges Despite facing a trio of cyclical challenges, Vail managed to grow earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) , earnings per share , and free cash flow (FCF) by 11%, 17%, and 28%, respectively, in its all-important third quarter. Image source: Getty Images.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

After income taxes, it converted 66% of sales into net income. Over the last five years, Texas Pacific has issued special dividends in 2020, 2022, and 2024, so there's reason to believe the even-year pattern should continue. It expects to leverage its asset base to grow production to 2 million boe/d by 2027.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

One of the more surprising stock stories during the first half of the 2020s may be Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB). The site leveraged artificial intelligence (AI), bringing landlords and tenants together to market vacation properties that may have otherwise never made it to the market. While that is much lower than the $5.1

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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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AUGUST 28, 2023

The company noted that current leverage is at 3.1 times adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), but that it should go down to 2.3 After all, VPE was the parent company that brought Vertiv public through a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in early 2020.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

However, a crucial part of being an industrial conglomerate is using cash flow and financial leverage to acquire or internally develop new businesses. billion in net debt compared to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of about $9.5

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APRIL 20, 2024

Air Force's planes will need maintenance, assisting utility companies in managing their smart meters, and even helping tax authorities figure out appropriate valuations for local real estate. The company isn't profitable -- at least not yet -- perhaps undermining the stock's performance since making its post-IPO peak in late 2020.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

The result included a 264 million after-tax charge for litigation expense as a result of a verdict the company intends to appeal. In its complaint filed in the California courts in 2020, Pacific Steel Group claimed, among other things, various restraints on trade by CMC. million, or a loss of $1.54 per diluted share, on sales of 1.9

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

And instead of the negative adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) it reported in the first quarter of this year ($31 million), Upstart actually brought in $11 million on this front in the second quarter. In the same quarter last year, that automation level was at 73%.

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JULY 24, 2024

For example, in software, our broad suite of automation products like Apptio and watsonx Orchestrate are leveraging AI and we expect to do the same with HashiCorp once the acquisition is complete. The last 12 months of AI pilots has made it clear that sustained value from AI requires truly leveraging enterprise data.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Thanks to fast portfolio growth and impressive operating leverage, servicing income reached $273 million. Turning to Originations, our team did a great job generating $32 million in pre-tax income while continuing to be an industry leader in retention. In 2020, we used Pyro to process 150 million pages of data.

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APRIL 20, 2024

The other important aspect to look at when it comes to the safety of a company's dividend is its leverage, which is its net debt divided by its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). Altria ended 2023 with leverage of 2.2 Looking at its balance sheet, Vector ended 2023 with leverage of 2.6

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MARCH 11, 2025

Enterprise Products Partners increased its distribution in 2020 and has now increased its distribution annually for 26 consecutive years. As the chart below highlights, Energy Transfer's debt-to- EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) ratio has come down materially over the past decade.

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MAY 25, 2024

Like many companies, it found itself in a tight spot when the pandemic hit in 2020. That drives the MLP's belief that it "will provide us with the continued flexibility to balance pursuing new growth opportunities, further leverage reduction, maintaining our targeted distribution growth rate, and increasing equity returns to our unitholders."

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APRIL 3, 2025

In fact, the company's debt-to-EBITDA ( earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ) is actually lower today than it was at the start of 2023. What's interesting is that Enbridge's leverage is right in line with some of the largest utilities, and its business has a notable utility component to it. Data by YCharts.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

It does this by investing in debt or equity to companies with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) between $10 million and $250 million. BDCs use leverage to boost their payouts to shareholders, which could exacerbate losses in a poor economic environment. Ares Capital's debt-to-equity of 1.03

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MARCH 6, 2025

The performance of our new clubs continues to be strong with clubs open since 2020, contributing to comp sales at a rate of over two times the chain. We will continue to leverage our digital conveniences to drive member loyalty in the future. Membership fee income, or MFI, grew 7.9% Moving on to SG&A. A few reminders.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Most notably and uniquely, our lower middle market strategy provides attractive leverage points and income yield on our first-lien debt investments while also creating a true partnership with the management teams and other equity owners of our portfolio companies through our flexible and highly aligned equity ownership structures.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

Penny stocks, leveraged investments, and early 401(k) withdrawals formed the unholy trifecta, back when I barely knew a bank teller from a brokerage account. Leveraged investments for 25% of my portfolio During the early-2020 stock market boom, I leveraged over a quarter of my investment portfolio.

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AUGUST 20, 2024

Its revenue plunged 73% in fiscal 2020 and declined 66% in fiscal 2021. That rising leverage made Carnival a risky stock to hold as interest rates rose, and its stock sank to a 30-year low of $6.38 Carnival's core business is recovering The pandemic severely disrupted Carnival's growth in fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021.

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APRIL 10, 2024

times leverage and a distribution-coverage ratio of 1.6 Leverage for MPLX is its consolidated net debt divided by its twelve-month trailing adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). Midstream companies typically look to carry leverage between 3.0-4.0 A coverage ratio of over 1.0

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APRIL 21, 2024

It all started when the pandemic hit in 2020, sending its already high growth rate to the stratosphere. Revenue jumped by 90% in 2020, and by 54% in 2021. For instance, the tech company has leveraged its infrastructure and consumer base to launch new services like online groceries, food delivery, streaming, etc. billion in 2021.

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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). It invests between $30 million and $500 million in debt and equity in each company.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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. And we continue to improve our capital efficiency by leveraging technology and innovation across both our foundational and emerging assets. Here's Ezra. Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us.

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