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JUNE 23, 2023

Airlines aren't productive (at least for shareholders) The ultimate test of whether a company is allocating capital productively for shareholders is the comparison between its return on invested capita l (ROIC) and its weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Net Profit 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Est.) Global $26.4

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JUNE 22, 2023

To survive this hypercompetitive landscape, some of the country's largest cultivators have decided to diversify their revenue streams to include alcohol, ornamental flowers, vegetables, and even venture capital investing activities. That's good and bad news for shareholders.

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

Alphabet continues to ratchet up capital investment in its cloud business. The company's capital expenditures have accelerated to $44 billion over the last four quarters. This shows Alphabet can make necessary investments in key technologies like AI while boosting margins to benefit shareholders.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Even better for shareholders, Meta converts much of that revenue into profit. That's important because having so much cash in the bank gives Meta the ability to increase shareholder returns via future dividend increases, share repurchases, strategic acquisitions, or capital investments. The company reported $15.7

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This capital investment involves the construction of two large-scale nuclear power plants. Some of that money will probably go to debt reduction and some to other capital investment projects. That's enough to keep up with inflation and keep it shareholder friendly given the headwinds from the troubled Vogtle project.

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JULY 7, 2023

Occidental Petroleum: $961,373,018 in annual dividend income (includes preferred stock dividends) One of the more interesting aspects of Berkshire Hathaway's investment portfolio is that two of its three most-prolific income stocks have very modest yields. These shares are netting Berkshire $161,373,018 in annual dividend income.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

That was a jump from the $357,000 it brought in during the same quarter of 2022. That buys management time to get the next-generation rocket built, but each one of those shares dilutes current shareholders. This is because the company has now commenced regular flights sending tourists (and scientists) into space.

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JULY 26, 2024

Companies that regularly dole out a percentage of their earnings to shareholders are often profitable on a recurring basis, time-tested, and capable of providing transparent growth outlooks. The Fed's most-aggressive rate-hiking cycle in four decades, which began in March 2022, has been a big lift to the company's bottom line.

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MARCH 29, 2024

According to a report issued last year by Hartford Funds, in collaboration with Ned Davis Research, dividend stocks have produced an average annual return of 9.18% over a half-century (1973-2022). This compares to a modest 3.95% average annual return for public companies that don't offer a payout. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Simply put, every year it generates a little more cash and that lets it pass a little more income on to shareholders via a growing dividend. However, modest acquisition activity and capital investment plans at existing properties should help to boost growth over time, along with the company's effort to push outside of the gambling sector.

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JULY 29, 2024

It also has material expectations for growth, with a five-year capital investment plan worth around $4.3 It's in the process of returning $13 billion-$15 billion to shareholders through dividends and repurchases between mid-2022 and the end of this year. population growth. dividend yield. It's spending $1.3

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MAY 5, 2024

Hercules Capital Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company ( BDC ) that allows individual investors to take part in the previously elusive world of venture capital investing. Even billionaires with the means to dabble in venture capital are buying shares of Hercules Capital.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In an effort to combat historically high inflation that briefly surpassed an annualized rate of 9% in June 2022, the nation's central bank has raised its federal funds rate at the fastest pace in more than four decades. The culprit for this poor performance is the hawkish Federal Reserve.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

AT&T currently pays its shareholders $0.2775 per share in dividends each quarter ($1.11 AT&T had already cut its payout by 50% in early 2022 following the spinoff of its media division to create Warner Bros. It did so to retain more cash to repay debt and fund capital investments to grow its fiber and 5G businesses.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2023

” The raise announced today comprises committed capital investments in energyRe LLC from Glentra Capital alongside co-investors Novo Holdings and Denmark -based pension fund PKA. In 2022, energyRe acquired Southern Current, a South Carolina -based premier developer of solar and energy storage assets.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

per ton, the lowest level since 2022. We are also laser-focused on optimizing our capital expenditures. billion, leveraging optimization initiatives in certain capital investments. This is the lowest C1 cash cost since the first quarter of 2022. In the fourth quarter, our C1 reached $18.8 per ton in the quarter.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

It's hard to see how the next several years could bring as much good news to shareholders. Companies slowed their pace of new spending commitments on cloud services in 2022, but they're now back to aggressively moving work onto the cloud. But Amazon still has a long runway ahead for both growth and profit expansion.

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APRIL 26, 2024

Lastly, I would like to reinforce our commitment to returning excess free cash flow to our shareholders. You can see our commitment to capital returns since 2022 on Page 15. Since the beginning of 2022 and through Q1 2024, we've bought back $773 million in shares and paid out $214 million in dividends.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

After a tumultuous year for Carvana in 2022, investors have quickly bid the stock up, but it still remains 88% off its peak price. This provided much-needed liquidity for the company, but it dilutes existing shareholders. That's because there is so much capital investment required to build out the nationwide logistics infrastructure.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

NextEra Energy delivered full-year adjusted earnings per share of $3.17, up over 9% from 2022, exceeding the high end of our adjusted EPS expectations range. And as we start 2024, we remain steadfast in our continued focus on execution and creating long-term value for shareholders. since 2021. At NextEra Energy, the plan is simple.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

In fact, the stock is attractively valued right now, providing income-seeking investors with a great opportunity to load up on a leading pipeline stock that has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to rewarding shareholders, boosting its dividend for 29 consecutive years, and sporting a forward dividend yield of 6.9%. In 2022, it paid $2.90

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JANUARY 21, 2024

The tech giant saw its stock climb 58%, as the "Magnificent Seven" businesses all rewarded shareholders with monster gains. Waiting on a favorable backdrop In the second half of 2022 and into the beginning of 2023, Alphabet saw its revenue growth start to slow due to macro headwinds. Let's take a closer look.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It topped 8% in much of 2022, and in 1980, inflation topped 13%. In 2022, for example, Buffett reportedly spent a whopping $68 billion on stocks. His answer, in part, was that "The best businesses during inflation are the businesses that you buy once and then you don't have to keep making capital investments subsequently."

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MARCH 21, 2024

SNDL has also posted a supplementary investor presentation along with the shareholder letter from Chief Executive Officer Zach George on its sndl.com website. SNDL's team has worked to build a scaled and diversified platform that we believe will be the basis for the creation of sustainable shareholder value. at this scale.

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MAY 12, 2024

According to the International Energy Agency, the number of passenger vehicles sold in 2022 was 74.8 Warren Buffett's thinking Berkshire Hathaway just had its annual shareholder meeting, with investors once again eager to hear Warren Buffett's wisdom. million, just 12% higher than it was in 2010. annualized rate between 2013 and 2023.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2023

In its quarterly letter to shareholders, the company stated, "While we intend to continue investing in innovation, we have reached a period where we can now moderate the growth rate of both our operating expenses and our capital investments." Another catalyst could come from improving user monetization.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

The benchmark S&P 500 index has risen by 51% since the end of 2022. Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) are a pair of well-manged business development companies (BDCs) that offer eye-popping dividend yields. The average yield on debt securities in Ares Capital's portfolio was 12.2%

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

The telecom giant slashed its payout by nearly 50% in 2022 when it unveiled plans to spin off its media division to create Warner Bros. The company has been producing growing excess free cash flow after capital investments and dividends, which it has used to repay debt, to the tune of $1.9 leverage ratio.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

billion of free cash flow after capital investments and vendor financing payments. It cut its dividend by almost 50% in 2022 following the spinoff of its media business to retain additional cash to repay debt and invest in growing its business. and Mexico. The telecom giant generated $9.1

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JULY 30, 2024

The telecom and broadband company slashed its payout by nearly half in early 2022 following the spinoff of its media business into Warner Bros. It needed to retain additional cash to invest in its business and repay debt. At nearly 6%, it's a lot higher than the market index's average of 1.3%. While operating cash flow fell from $9.9

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APRIL 27, 2024

If you're seeking passive income from your investment portfolio, Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is one stock that may have caught your attention. Hercules Capital invests in venture-backed start-ups, and offers an ultra-high dividend payout of over 10% annually. Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

And shareholders have felt the pain, as the stock cratered 82% in 2022. The business can essentially grow on the backs of the huge capital investments being made by the content companies. But the new year has brought renewed optimism for growth tech stocks. Shares have climbed 106% in 2023, as of Sept.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the biggest trend driving gains in the stock market since the start of the current bull market in October 2022. Generative AI cloud infrastructure could grow to a $470 billion market by 2032, growing at an average rate of 30% from 2022, according to forecasts from Bloomberg Intelligence.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

By 2013, IBGH had gone out of business and was later sued by a prominent shareholder who alleged that management had "allowed the Company's assets to be wasted." Four years later, in the summer of 2022, Quantum Computer acquired QPhoton, a developer of systems and technologies in the quantum photonics space.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

The cash that miners receive is usually put toward capital investment projects, like the construction of new mines or the upgrading of existing ones. The whisper number is 1 million As it stands today, Wheaton produced roughly 617,000 gold equivalent ounces in 2022.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

The company signed a first-of-its-kind carbon dioxide transportation agreement with ExxonMobil in 2022. It will require a minimal capital investment over the next five years to capture that earnings growth opportunity since it plans primarily to repurpose existing pipelines. Exxon initially reserved the capacity to transport 3.2

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Some of that will go toward debt reduction and other capital investments, but a portion is also likely to be put toward dividends. The company cashed in on the value of its thermal assets in 2022. billion in cash proceeds to recycle into higher-returning renewable energy investments. The sale provided it with nearly $1.4

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