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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. and rallied to an all-time high of $14.98

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MAY 23, 2024

Dozens of EV-related companies went public during the buying frenzy in growth and meme stocks in 2020 and 2021, but many of those stocks burned out in 2022 and 2023 as rising interest rates popped the speculative bubble. Its revenue soared 65% in fiscal 2022 (which ended in January 2022) and 94% in fiscal 2023 but rose just 8% in fiscal 2024.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

But in 2022, it rose just 12%. Metric Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Revenue growth (YOY) 10% 5% 13% 16% 21% Active customer growth (YOY) 7% 1% 5% 10% 14% Net revenue per active customer growth (YOY) 3% 4% 8% 5% 7% Data source: Coupang. Metric Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Gross margin 24.2%

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AUGUST 2, 2023

As assets age, companies depreciate their value, which reduces their current taxable net income. However, depreciation is a non-cash expense. After adding back depreciation and subtracting maintenance and a few other expenses, Energy Transfer generated $1.6 billion of distributable cash flow during the second quarter.

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JULY 3, 2024

Palantir's revenue rose 24% in 2022 and 17% to $2.2 Symbotic's revenue surged 136% in 2022 and 98% to $1.18 SentinelOne's annual revenue more than doubled in fiscal 2021, 2022, and 2023 (which ended last January). It mainly blamed that slowdown on uneven government spending and macro headwinds for its commercial business.

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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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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

As a rough rule of thumb, you could think of a company's depreciation and amortization (DA) as representing its "maintenance-capital spending." billion in 2022, and its capital spending was $7.16 of its sales in 2022. These figures imply a 53% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2022 to 2025, slowing to 18.6%

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MAY 16, 2024

The company's financial services segment outperformed with adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) that soared 50.3% A buy now Sea Limited reported deeply negative free cash flow in 2022, but this figure has rocketed to more than $2 billion over the past 12 months. trailing free cash flow.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

The 2022 bear market sure feels like a distant memory right now. DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH) stock is currently up by 309% from its 2022 low point, thanks to the company's steady revenue growth, improving profitability, and expansion from food delivery into other markets.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Zscaler is still priced for growth it can't deliver Zscaler's revenue rose 62% in fiscal 2022 (which ended in July 2022) and 48% in fiscal 2023. As its growth cooled off, its cost-cutting measures boosted its adjusted operating margin from 10% in fiscal 2022 to 15% in fiscal 2023. Image source: Getty Images.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

From 2018 to 2022, PDD's revenue rose at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 78%, and analysts expect it to continue expanding at a CAGR of 46% from 2022 to 2025. PDD also turned profitable in 2021, and its net profit nearly quadrupled in 2022. Analysts expect its net profit to increase at a CAGR of 41% from 2022 to 2025.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Its business recovered throughout 2021 but slowed again in 2022 after it lapped its post-pandemic recovery. Metric 2019 2020 2021 2022 9M 2023 Trips Growth (YOY) 28% (27%) 27% 19% 24% Gross Bookings Growth (YOY) 28% (11%) 56% 19% 18% Revenue Growth (YOY) 37% (14%) 57% 49% 18% Data source: Uber Technologies. trillion by 2043.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Its revenue rose 136% in fiscal 2022 (which ended last September), and analysts expect its top line to have a CAGR of 61% from 2022 to 2025. Symbiotic isn't profitable yet, and its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) are still swimming in red ink.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Medical Properties' valuation looks dirt cheap Medical Properties Trust struggled to win over investors not just this year but in 2022 as well. And that's after falling 53% in 2022. Since the start of 2022, shares of MPT are down 80%. Investors don't want to hear about dividend cuts or tenants having issues paying rent.

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MAY 11, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), meanwhile, rose 6% to nearly $2.5 billion in 2022. An EV/EBITDA multiple is one of the most common ways to value midstream companies as it takes into consideration their debt levels and takes out noncash depreciation.

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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. gives it ample room to raise fresh cash.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

However, its growth cooled off in 2022 and 2023 as those tailwinds dissipated, more competitors fragmented the market, and the macro headwinds curbed consumer spending and drove more companies to rein in their digital ad campaigns. Period 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Active Accounts (Millions) 19.3 Streaming Hours (Billions) 14.8

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

after it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) on April 28, 2022, and it soared to a record high of $14.98 SoundHound's revenue rose 47% in both 2022 and 2023. The bulls initially embraced both stocks. SoundHound AI's stock started trading at $8.72 about a week later. in November 2021.

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JULY 14, 2024

Metric 2021 2022 2023 Revenue (estimated) $182 million $277 million $388 million Revenue (actual) $146 million $155 million $155 million Gross margin (estimated) 40% 43% 50% Gross margin (actual) 23% 28% 26% Data source: BigBear.ai. This table illustrates the gap between its estimated and actual growth rates over the past three years.

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MAY 11, 2024

The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is the widely followed measure of inflation, hit a 40-year high of 8% in 2022. Its business struggled since 2022, and its stock is currently trading 93% below its all-time high. Redfin close that business at the end of 2022 as interest rates began to soar, leaving a large hole in its revenue base.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

But in 2022, its revenue only grew 25% as both businesses faced tough post-pandemic slowdowns. Garena's Free Fire lost a lot of its paying users as the pandemic passed, and that slowdown was exacerbated by an unexpected ban in India -- its fastest-growing market -- which lasted from February 2022 to August 2023.

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APRIL 20, 2024

AT&T If you're looking for stocks that can grow their high-yield dividends, you might have overlooked AT&T because it reduced its dividend payout by 47% in 2022 to compensate for the spinoff of its media assets. times adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) last year, from 3.19

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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. But in 2023, the company's revenue plunged, its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margin declined, and it stayed unprofitable. Metric 2020 2021 2022 2023 Revenue $2.6

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AUGUST 1, 2023

Between 2012 and 2022, Mattel's annual sales dropped from $6.4 Comcast 's Universal, and WWE , and it pulled Disney back from Hasbro with a new licensing deal in 2022. All of those bold moves, along with a pandemic-induced spike in toy sales, enable Mattel to finally grow in revenue at a CAGR of 6% between 2019 and 2022.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Its business is still shrinking sequentially Coinbase's revenue rose 545% in 2021 but declined 57% in 2022 and dropped 16% year over year in the first nine months of 2023. Metric Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Adjusted EBITDA ($116 million) ($124 million) $284 million $194 million $181 million Adj.

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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. Ford Shares of Ford (NYSE: F) are 44% off their all-time high from early 2022.

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AUGUST 20, 2024

The first half of the chart below shows all this good news: soaring earnings (in the form of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or EBITDA ), lower capital expenditures, and strong cash flow growth. This can be seen in the 2022 data in the chart below for UPS' U.S. But it's not the full picture.

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JANUARY 27, 2024

Few stocks fell as far in the 2022 tech stock crash as Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU). Streaming sign-ups at services such as Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) soared during the pandemic and then hit a wall in 2022, and Roku was a victim of that trend as well. Streaming media was one of them. Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 12, 2023

Sales of energy and sports drinks will exceed $240 billion by 2027, up from $171 billion in 2022, according to Statista. The company's revenue soared 108% to $654 million in 2022. in fiscal 2022. Image source: Statista. Despite years of explosive growth, Celsius accounts for just a small fraction of this massive market.

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MARCH 7, 2024

on April 13, 2022. It predicted its gross margin would expand from 30% to 50% as its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margin would only dip slightly from 18% to 16%. Its stock opened at $9.84 and reached its all-time high of $12.69 But today, BigBear.ai trades at less than $4 a share.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

This will also ensure you don't find yourself owing a lot more than the car is worth, since vehicles depreciate (or go down in value) pretty fast. This is often your best bet, since cars depreciate quickly and you take a huge financial hit if you buy brand new. That would leave you with a car loan balance of $45,000.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

On the bottom line, its adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) fell 1.3% Outfront did not offer guidance for 2024, but the trends in the advertising industry do seem to favor the company as digital advertisers are seeing revenue growth accelerate after a lull in 2022 and 2023.

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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.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Restaurant-level profit margin, a key industry metric, improved from 11% to 16%, and Sweetgreen's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) loss narrowed from $17.9 The company also reported another quarter with average unit volumes of $2.9 million to $1.8 per share to $0.24 per share to $0.24

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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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JULY 21, 2023

After a difficult 2022, this video streaming specialist's stock seems to be finally on the road to recovery, with shares gaining by 90% so far this year. According to Ark's valuation model, published in July 2022, Roku's shares can be worth $605 by 2026 (base case). When it comes to smart TV operating systems in the U.S.,

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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. SoundHound went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in 2022. Its revenue rose 47% in both 2022 and 2023, and analysts expect its revenue to rise 51% to $69.5

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