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MAY 9, 2024

million and marked its fastest revenue growth since 2021, as demand is accelerating after a post-pandemic slowdown. It also gained leverage on selling, general, and administrative expenses, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) rose from $17.8 million to $22.4

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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 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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OCTOBER 26, 2024

However, the company said excluding Safelink, which catered to this program, it added 80,000 prepaid customers, its first quarter of net additions since acquiring TracFone in 2021. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) rose 2.5% Wireless equipment revenue, meanwhile, sank 8.1% billion to $18.5

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AUGUST 18, 2023

The chart below shows how each company raised full-year guidance on every earnings call since 2021 and beat the third-quarter guidance in the full-year results in 2021 and 2022. billion at the start of 2021 and still stands at just $8.9 For reference, I've taken the midpoint of the guidance ranges to simplify matters.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT) became the world's first publicly traded electric vehicle (EV) charging network company after it merged with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on March 1, 2021. That stock offering won't increase its leverage, but it will cause significant dilution for a company with an enterprise value of only $1.4

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) , a provider of online financial services, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) on June 1, 2021. SoFi has also been exploring ways to expand its customer base without increasing its leverage. The combined company's stock opened at $21.97

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JUNE 23, 2024

Meanwhile, the company ended the first quarter with 3 times leverage, which it defines as net debt adjusted for equity credit in junior subordinated notes (hybrids) divided by adjusted interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). This has come down from the over 4 times leverage it was at in 2017. billion to $3.75

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JULY 22, 2023

From its initial public offering in April 2017 to its all-time high in August 2021, the stock skyrocketed an eye-watering 3,230%. After revenue growth decelerated slightly at the onset of the pandemic, Carvana saw its sales surge throughout 2021. Investors would struggle to find a return like this elsewhere in the market.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) and AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) are both high-growth tech companies that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to simplify tasks for companies. AppLovin is overcoming its macro headwinds AppLovin's revenue surged 92% in 2021. If it maintains that momentum, it could generate even bigger multibagger gains in the future.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

Battling a trio of challenges, including weaker consumer confidence, less snowfall at its North American ski resorts, and tough comparables after a post-COVID resurgence, Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) has seen its shares decline 50% since 2021. Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

But Chewy shares are now down 74% from their early 2021 peak, unable to live up to the once-incredible hype. billion on their "fur babies" last year, up nearly 11% from 2021's tally. It's been a tough past couple of years for Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) shareholders. Investors are throwing in the towel. Image source: Getty Images. billon is 13.6%

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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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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 23, 2023

The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) has been at the forefront in leveraging this opportunity by programmatically matching buyers and sellers of advertisements on the CTV (connected television, a device or software used to support video content streaming) platform. However, things may now be on the verge of improvement.

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JULY 21, 2023

The company has been leveraging the power of contextual artificial intelligence (AI) to effectively target audiences by running appropriate advertisements that match the content shown on the Roku Channel. TV households had at least one internet-connected television (CTV) device in 2022, up from 82% in 2021. billion in 2024.

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JUNE 15, 2023

In 2021, the company announced a $5.2 Last year, the company said that it expects the new segment to be profitable on an adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ( EBITDA ) basis by fiscal 2024 (the company's year ends in August). Expanding into healthcare may have the same effect.

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MARCH 8, 2024

2021, and increased 13% in fiscal 2021; yet, only grew 2% in fiscal 2022 as its post-pandemic slowdown was exacerbated by inflation, higher freight costs, and supply chain disruptions. 2021) and rose 24% in fiscal 2021 as pet owners bought more products online during the pandemic.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Meanwhile, many data infrastructure REITs allowed their leverage ratios to rise to relatively high levels. EBITDA = earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. As the slide shows, it has much lower leverage ratios than its peers. Meanwhile, its lower leverage ratio gives it more borrowing capacity.

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AUGUST 18, 2024

Another positive sign for investors is that Celsius continues to leverage costs to grow profits at high rates. Chewy's annual sales growth decelerated from 25% in fiscal 2021 to just 7% over the last year. Celsius is seeing green shoots in e-commerce, where sales through Amazon were up 41% year over year, making Celsius the No.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

The logistics services provider has come a long way since it was spun off from XPO in 2021. billion in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). GXO Logistics (NYSE: GXO) just marked two full years as a publicly traded company. Image source: GXO Logistics. billion, edging out estimates at $2.38

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MARCH 3, 2024

Block faced rising scrutiny for these increasing costs, and as a result, its stock dropped 87% from its peak price of $289 per share in August 2021 to October 2023. Block has reorganized its Square team and is taking steps to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to help sellers manage more of their business and grow their customer base.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Metric 2020 2021 2022 Bank partner loans growth 40% 338% (5%) Conversion rate 15% 24% 14% Contribution margin 46% 50% 49% Revenue growth 42% 264% (1%) Adjusted EBITDA margin 13% 27% 4% Data source: Upstart. at the end of 2021 to 2.15 Those transfers didn't happen as planned and, as a result, its debt-to-equity ratio jumped from 1.26

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MARCH 4, 2024

OIBDA = operating income before depreciation and amortization. And it's not just the market saying so (though it is, as reflected in the stock's steady decline since early 2021). The only unit that can be counted on for profits is the TV media arm. Data source: Paramount Global. Chart by author. Figures in millions.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The stock had soared to a sky-high valuation in early 2021 with the help of a short squeeze , but that proved to be unsustainable. Shares are now down 84% from their peak in early 2021. If Appian can leverage its AI products into meaningful revenue growth, the upside potential for the stock looks significant.

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MAY 11, 2024

As you can see from the chart below, both revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) have risen solidly since then. will give GXO an opportunity to leverage its expertise and expand into industrial verticals across Europe. and gaining Wincanton's assets and customer base in the U.K.

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JUNE 5, 2024

Revenue in Q1 2024 (ended March 31) was up 19% year over year and 54% higher than in the first quarter of 2021. The company was able to post positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) and free cash flow in three straight quarters, a streak that's still active. These are positive trends.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Those include its third-party marketplace, digital payments business, lending business, and its fast-growing advertising business, which leverages the company's position at the bottom of the marketing funnel, making it attractive to the businesses that sell on the platform.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The company went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in February 2021. All of that red ink, dilution, and leverage could make it a tough stock to own as long as interest rates stay elevated. It's already built more than 1 million charging points across North America and Europe.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

The company has also leveraged the strength of core businesses like e-commerce to add on higher-margin businesses like advertising, consumer financing, its third-party marketplace, and digital payments. That explains why its operating margin reached a record of 18.2% in the third quarter. million in EBITDA, compared to a loss of $3.7

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Private capital financed 86% of LBO transactions in 2023, up from 65% in 2021. For origination, we leverage relationships across all our divisions to identify new opportunities while our global presence and deep-rooted partnerships with sponsors, corporates, advisors, and bankers help us create a high-quality funnel of deals.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

GXO Logistics (NYSE: GXO) was created in 2021 in a spinoff from XPO with a simple value proposition for investors. However, its PFS Operations' adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) were $23.2 In 2022, PFSweb's revenue rose 6.4% What's next for GXO?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

PayPal is selling at a bargain valuation Parkev Tatevosian: PayPal's stock price trades about 81% off highs set back in August 2021. The company had its initial public offering in September 2021, and its stock rocketed out of the gate. Along with impressive sales growth, Toast has been delivering laudable progress on the margins front.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) dropped 32% to $159 million. From 2017 to 2021, its revenue increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49%, even as the pandemic disrupted its digital advertising business in 2020.

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JULY 28, 2023

This ratio measures a company's financial leverage. The company has maintained excellent double-digit revenue growth since it went public in March 2021, as seen in the chart below. Why the stock scares off some investors The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio of DigitalOcean is a negative 675% due to total debt of $1.47

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JUNE 9, 2024

Metric Q1 2020 Q1 2021 Q1 2022 Q1 2023 Q1 2024 Comparable operating margin (non-GAAP) 30.7% I can point to the strong balance sheet where the latest net debt leverage ratio of 1.6 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) is below the company's announced target range of 2 to 2.5

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JUNE 18, 2023

The company is nearly two years old now, spun off from XPO Logistics in August 2021 to streamline both businesses so the market could value them accordingly, rather than as a combined conglomerate. The company expects to generate $17 billion in revenue, or a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8% to 12% from 2021 to 2027.

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