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For instance, enthusiasm for all things AI helped the " Magnificent Seven " stocks provide outsize returns for shareholders and contributed to the Nasdaq Composite 's jaw-dropping 43% return in 2023. Wood was an early supporter of Palantir following the company's initial public offering (IPO) in 2020.

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Currently, only seven public companies have a market capitalization that exceeds $1 trillion. More companies will undoubtedly reach the trillion-dollar threshold as the global economy continues to expand. The implications for shareholders are detailed below: Shopify is currently worth $75 billion.

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JANUARY 6, 2024

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been the world's most valuable public company since 2011 when it had a market capitalization of just under $340 billion. However, I believe Apple is well-positioned to continue returning good shareholder value. Fast forward to today, and Apple's market cap is just under $3 trillion.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Company Percentage of Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) 46.3% Apple The world's most valuable public company needs no introduction. Despite that, both companies have comparable net income. Coca-Cola is a shareholder-friendly blue-chip stock that offers a consistent dividend and stable long-term growth.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Palantir is nearly 20 years old, yet it only went public about three years ago. Since its debut on the New York Stock Exchange in late 2020, Palantir stock has been no stranger to the highs and lows of public company scrutiny.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

We've witnessed two bear markets (2020 and 2022) and a seemingly unstoppable bull market that took all three major indexes to new all-time highs less than two years ago. Healthcare company UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) , whose shares closed at $508.01 Investing on Wall Street comes with its ups and downs.

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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. 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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AUGUST 7, 2024

The payout is only about half of Abbott's earnings, so shareholders should expect that dividend to continue growing for the foreseeable future. Not only is it a Dividend King, but its ongoing 62-year dividend growth streak is one of the longest of any public company on record.

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Public companies that pay a regular dividend are almost always time-tested, have clear long-term growth outlooks, and most importantly are profitable on a recurring basis. For instance, the company's iPhone has dominated the domestic smartphone market for more than a decade. With Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) doling out $0.96

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MARCH 19, 2024

billion S&P 500 companies collectively spent on share repurchases on a trailing-12-month basis, as of Sept. The reason public companies enact share repurchase programs is threefold: For companies with steady or growing net income, a steady reduction in the number of outstanding shares can increase earnings per share (EPS) over time.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In this article, I'll take a big picture view of PayPal's profits and capital allocation before explaining why I believe shareholders can hope for better returns moving forward. The multibillion-dollar question Since going public, PayPal has spent over $19 billion repurchasing its own shares. million $1,400 million 2020 12.0

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MAY 27, 2024

A forward stock split involves reducing a company's share price to make it more nominally affordable for investors who may not have access to fractional-share purchases with their broker. Meanwhile, reverse stock splits are designed to increase a public company's share price to ensure continued listing on a major stock exchange.

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APRIL 29, 2024

We have a packed agenda lined up for the next three days, and we're excited to see our customers, partners, analysts, shareholders, and employees, all in person to share our passion for BI, AI, bitcoin, and innovation. Since 2020 we've invested $825 million of total cash on our balance sheet. Cash flows from software operations.

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It became the first public company to reach a $1 trillion market cap in August 2018, and was the first to top $3 trillion in June 2023. Apple's $700 billion investment has been a godsend for its shareholders Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett made Apple his company's top holding for a good reason. Image source: Apple.

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JULY 24, 2023

Some 20% of companies on the Russell 1000 instituted leadership pay cuts in 2020, according to Just Capital, a nonprofit research firm focused on corporate equity. Overall, base pay at 300 major US public companies accounted for just 11% of CEO's total compensation in fiscal year 2022, according to Korn Ferry research.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Beginning in 2020, the three major stock indexes have traded off bear and bull markets in successive years. Meanwhile, Apple's capital-return program is unrivaled by all other public companies. In other words, the entirety of the company's data-center revenue growth came from exceptionally strong pricing power.

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MAY 7, 2024

Apple has put $674 billion to work in a unique way for its shareholders Collectively, Apple has spent about $183.1 However, its commitment to R&D is dwarfed by another "investment" that no other public company has come close to matching. Image source: Getty Images. billion on R&D since fiscal 2013 began. 2013 : $22.95

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JANUARY 12, 2024

After declining in each of its first two years as a public company, Palantir finally paid off for its shareholders. Decelerating growth isn't a death sentence, especially when a company is posting high top-line gains that are seemingly unsustainable. Palantir went public in late 2020.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Shareholders have enjoyed a great 2023 in these stocks, and there could be some more upside in the year ahead. DraftKings' business began to pick up dramatically after the Supreme Court ruling, but it somehow managed to accelerate its top-line gains in 2020 when the COVID-19 crisis shut down many live sporting events.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In the years since it went public, cloud-based cybersecurity specialist CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has been a market-beating investment for shareholders. In its first reported quarter as a public company, its fiscal Q1 2020 (ended April 30, 2019), CrowdStrike posted year-over-year revenue growth of 103%.

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JULY 14, 2023

Shares traded for around $120 at the beginning of 2020, rose to a high of $443 at the beginning of 2021, and then fell to a low of $41 in late 2022. Revenue growth is slowing During its rapid bull market run in 2020, Twilio's stock appreciation was primarily driven by its eye-popping revenue numbers.

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JUNE 24, 2024

Nvidia's meteoric rise from soaring demand for its AI chips has turned the stock into a multitrillion-dollar beast that has made shareholders very wealthy in a short amount of time. Today, Snowflake is trading at a fraction of the valuation it once did and its lowest as a public company.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) stock has been on a roller-coaster ride since the company went public in 2021. In its first year as a public company, shares climbed over 90% from their IPO price to reach a high of $134.72 million in the second quarter of 2020 to 65.5 before plummeting to a low of $23.19 billion to 14.0

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Its last shareholder letter leaned on a third-party industry report showing that Roku has a 47% share of the time spent on streaming by U.S. Roku has posted double-digit annual revenue growth every year as a public company, but for the first time since 2020 the top-line gains are accelerating in 2024.

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Sign Up For Free Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders are typically profitable on a recurring basis and capable of providing transparent long-term growth outlooks. billion in net sales reported in 2020. Start Your Mornings Smarter! Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

And for much of PayPal's life as a public company, free cash flow increased. That trend has reversed in recent years and has me concerned as a shareholder. Metric 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023* Net revenue $17.8 There are different ways to measure profitability, but free cash flow is often a good metric to look at. billion $5.1

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NOVEMBER 25, 2023

14, travel platform Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) did something it's never done since going public in 2020: It acquired another company. But can it move the needle for Airbnb's shareholders? That said, it's important to me as an Airbnb shareholder for this acquisition to be successful. Airbnb just acquired GamePlanner.AI

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MARCH 9, 2024

No public company has gone all-in on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) quite like MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) , which has purchased 193,000 bitcoins since 2020. As a result, the enterprise software company's stock is up over 900%, despite its core business stagnating. Are you a prospective investor who has a fear of missing out?

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The cycle of expectations When 2020 began, Peloton stock was trading for around $30 per share and the company was doing great. Peloton ended calendar year 2019 (the second quarter of fiscal 2020) with its revenue growing 77% and its connected fitness subscribers increasing by 96% year over year. So where are we today?

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JANUARY 24, 2024

from its all-time high of around $80, reached in mid-2020. Over the last four years, this once-promising company has faced non-stop scandals and underperformance. But while hydrogen fuel cell trucks have potential, they don't seem ready to generate shareholder value yet.

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But in 2020, the company brought in Terence Reilly as president, and it hasn't been the same since. Previously, he was one of the architects who turned clog-style shoe company Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) into a popular brand. However, a few years ago, Stanley -- founded in 1913 -- was just a stodgy brand from years gone by.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Specifically, Roku noted in its Q4 shareholder letter that it's launching in Central America, including RCA Roku TV models in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Roku is a no-brainer on this drop If you value the stock based on Roku's revenue, it's trading near its lowest valuation as a public company.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Since 2020, when we began our financial and operating transformation, the results and comparisons have been rather dramatic and are worthy of some reflection. Since 2020, when we began this journey, we have reduced our year supply of land owned from three years supply to an expected 1.1 billion in dividends since 2020.

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The venture capital and initial public offering (IPO) markets were flush with cash. Rivian found itself burning through cash at a breakneck pace -- the last thing investors want to hear from an unprofitable company. It is paramount for a young public company to set reasonable expectations and meet or exceed them.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Sir Richard heads to the sidelines Virgin Galactic launched as a public company in 2019 to great fanfare, in part because of the prominent role its charismatic founder played in promoting it. The company believes it has sufficient cash in the bank to fund the Delta's development.

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And the company's former CEO suggests that rampant problems are about to come to light. What's happening at Planet Fitness Leadership changes are common for public companies. But investors prefer to see planned changes like when a CEO leaves for a bigger company or retires. Trading at a price-to-sales ratio of 3.8,

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Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) started out its life as a public company with high ambitions and plenty of market enthusiasm. However, since late 2021, it has been a somewhat disappointing investment for long-term shareholders. 21, the company released results for its fiscal 2025 second quarter, which ended July 31.

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