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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

That's why Zillow (NASDAQ: Z) and Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) both shut down their own iBuying platforms in 2022. Metric 2021 2022 2023 1H 2024 Revenue $8.0 Metric 2021 2022 2023 1H 2024 Revenue $8.0 EBITDA = Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. billion $15.6 billion $6.9 billion $2.7

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JULY 28, 2023

Investors feared these factors would significantly dent its revenue growth in 2022, contributing heavily to the company's stock price decline last year. Since the global economy is not out of the woods yet, many of the concerns that hurt the stock in 2022 persist in 2023. On the one hand, the company has high debt.

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MARCH 17, 2024

Nvidia was one of SoundHound's earliest backers prior to its public debut in 2022, and it recently made another investment in the company. Supermicro's partnership with Nvidia grants it access to the chipmaker's top-tier data center graphics processing units (GPUs) before most of its competitors. Its high debt-to-equity ratio of 4.3

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

AT&T (NYSE: T) claimed its divestments of DirecTV in 2021 and WarnerMedia in 2022 would herald a new beginning for its aging business. The two stocks started trading separately on April 11, 2022. million postpaid phone subscribers in 2022, then added 424,000 more in the first quarter of 2023. Its investors also received 0.24

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OCTOBER 28, 2023

However, an analysis of the financial profile suggests that the company is doing a respectable job generating free cash flow and reducing its net debt. Cash flow is king A similar theme among telecommunications businesses is the heavy debt loads carried on their balance sheets. Source: Company investor presentation.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Its revenue was declining, it was racking up steep losses, and it suspended its dividend in 2022. Over the past two years, its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margins shrank and it racked up steep losses. It's also still saddled with $18.4 billion in 2024.

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JULY 28, 2023

After announcing a trifecta of improving earnings numbers, a debt restructuring, and an at-the-market (ATM) stock offering last week, shares of the online used car marketplace are now up about 780% year to date and were, at one point, up over 1,000%. This made it more difficult for consumers to finance vehicle purchases.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

According to a report issued last year by the Hartford Funds, in collaboration with Ned Davis Research, dividend-paying companies have generated an annualized return of 9.18% over the past half-century (1973-2022). Since March 31, 2022, AT&T's net debt has declined from $169 billion to $128.9 yield is safe.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

These are companies that are highly sensitive to changes in interest rates. The fastest rate-hiking cycle by the Federal Reserve since the early 1980s, which kicked off in March 2022, sent short-term borrowing costs soaring. In turn, this shrunk the net interest margin for mortgage REITs, including Annaly. For instance, 99.9%

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) went public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on April 28, 2022. During its pre-merger presentation, SoundHound predicted that its revenue would rise from $13 million in 2020 to $20 million in 2021, and then grow to $28 million in 2022. However, its high debt-to-equity ratio of 3.1

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The table below breaks out organic earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA). Investment-grade debt Management has already achieved its aim of preparing both GE Aerospace and GE Vernova to have investment-grade debt. billion last year.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Before the deal Enbridge generated 57% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) from oil. The fuel to continue rising Matt DiLallo (Kinder Morgan): Interest rates have acted as a headwind for Kinder Morgan in recent years. After the deal that will be down to 50%.

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JUNE 11, 2024

In 2022, the company cut its dividend nearly in half. Strong cash flows have management thinking it can reduce its debt load from 2.9 times adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) at the moment to 2.5 million shares of AT&T stock.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

After its 2022 merger with Kirkland Lake Gold and its acquisition of Yamana's Canadian assets, Agnico has emerged as a leading producer of gold -- and profits. in net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). The stock sells for about 11.2 billion in cash.

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JULY 21, 2023

But to account for its distribution of WBD to its investors, AT&T nearly halved its annual dividend in early 2022. million postpaid phone subscribers in 2022, and then gained 424,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2023. If that happens, it would make more sense for AT&T to cut or eliminate its dividend to reduce its debt.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In its pre-merger presentation in 2020, it claimed it could ship 600 battery-powered electric trucks (BEVs) in 2021, ship 1,200 BEVs in 2022, and ship 3,500 BEVs in 2023. It only shipped 131 BEVs in 2022 and 79 BEVs in 2023 before a series of battery fires forced it to recall most of those vehicles. million $35.8 million) ($784.2

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

During the 50-year period from 1973 through 2022, the average dividend-paying stock in the benchmark S&P 500 index delivered a 9.3% Shares of the phone and internet service provider have fallen about 23% in 2023 as investors worry about a high debt load and potential litigation regarding lead-lined cables. annually, on average.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

For many years, there were a lot of opportunities for midstream companies to grow, and investors were happily willing to help finance that via the equity and debt markets. Once discretionary cash flow turned positive, distribution growth sped up in 2022. billion in 2022. Times have changed. It peaked at $4.2

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) has disappointed a lot of investors since it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in April 2022. Nvidia's investment suggests SoundHound's service and technology hold promise, but investors should review its biggest issues before following Nvidia's lead.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

It also declared its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) would turn positive by 2027. Back in its pre-merger presentation, it predicted it would post adjusted EBITDA losses of $102 million in 2022 and $114 million in 2023. billion in 2028.

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MAY 11, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), meanwhile, rose 6% to nearly $2.5 It defines leverage as net debt adjusted for equity credit in junior subordinated notes (hybrids) divided by adjusted EBITDA. The company is also in solid financial shape concerning its debt load.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Rocket Lab USA ramped up its annual launches over the past three years , but its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margins deteriorated as its net losses widened. With a manageable debt-to-equity ratio of 1.6 How rapidly is Rocket Lab USA growing?

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

That's different from Zillow and Redfin , which both shuttered their similar first-party home-flipping services in 2022. Zillow and Redfin both shut down those "iBuyer" (instant buyer) businesses because it was a capital-intensive strategy that was difficult to maintain as interest rates rose. Metric 2020 2021 2022 2023 Revenue $2.6

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MARCH 25, 2024

on April 6, 2022. 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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JUNE 20, 2023

As a result, the company's adjusted earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization ( EBITDA ), approached break-even, and the company surprised Wall Street by forecasting adjusted EBITDA of at least $50 million in the second quarter. Buy Carvana Carvana's resurgence this year hasn't been underserved.

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JUNE 11, 2024

Unlike many other SPAC-backed companies, ChargePoint actually exceeded its own expectations in fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023. Metric FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 Projected revenue growth 46% 75% 74% Actual revenue growth 65% 94% 8% Data source: ChargePoint. ChargePoint's balance sheet is also a mess.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

During the 50-year period between 1973 and 2022, dividend-paying stocks in the benchmark S&P 500 index delivered a 9.18% average annual return, while non-dividend-paying stocks in the same index returned just 3.95% on average, according to Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research. AT&T finished September with $129 billion in net debt.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Its operating loss in Q1 2022 was a whopping $1.5 In fact, management thinks that Carnival will produce adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of $4 billion (at the midpoint) this fiscal year. The company also has $33 billion of long-term debt on its balance sheet.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

In October 2022, executives went through the entire Q3 call without saying the word "dividend." Also, the healthcare REIT's leverage as measured by the adjusted net debt to transaction-adjusted annualized EBITDAre (earnings before interest, income taxes, and depreciation and amortization for real estate) increased in Q2.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

Second, Apple spends a fortune each year on share repurchases, including $90 billion in its fiscal-year 2022 and $38 billion during the first half of its fiscal-year 2023. The deal will undoubtedly cause some debt concerns since the company already has nearly $10 billion in net debt (total debt minus cash and cash equivalents).

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

It also expects to turn profitable on adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) in 2027. Its low debt-to-equity ratio of 0.1 Its revenue grew 65% in fiscal 2022 (which ended in January 2022) and jumped 94% to $468 million in fiscal 2023.

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JULY 21, 2024

In the fourth quarter of 2022, Druckenmiller bought over 580,000 shares of Nvidia for his investment firm Duquesne Family Office. And in 2024, management expects adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of at least $535 million. Driven Brands has $2.9

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

The model appeared to work for Opendoor until the spike in interest rates led to prices collapsing in many markets. This situation forced Opendoor to sell many homes at a loss, and its stock plummeted between late 2021 and throughout 2022. billion in revenue in the first half of 2023, a 45% drop from the same period in 2022.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Lastly, AT&T intentionally shrank its business over the past two years by spinning off DirecTV and WarnerMedia -- as well as many of its other non-core assets -- to free up more cash to upgrade its 5G and fiber networks while reducing its debt. Between 2022 and 2025, analysts expect its revenue to grow at a CAGR of 1%.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Analysts expect Coinbase's revenue to dip 11% in 2023, compared to its 57% decline in 2022 and 545% growth in 2021. On the bright side, its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) turned positive over the past three quarters as it reined in its spending, and its $5.5

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Interest rates were mostly to blame; the U.S. Federal Reserve increased the federal funds rate from a historic low of 0.25% all the way to 5.50% between March 2022 and August 2023. That will mark a 52% drop from 2022, but a weak housing market wasn't the only drag on its business. million units, the lowest level since 2010.

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AUGUST 17, 2024

Houndify drove most of the company's growth as revenue rose 47% in both 2022 and 2023. It also predicted its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) would turn positive with a slim profit of $5.2 Metric 2021 2022 2023 Revenue $23.7 Image source: Getty Images. million $55.2

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