The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

CEO Bob Iger is aware of the need to spend this money wisely, saying, "We're incredibly mindful of the financial underpinning of the company, the need to continue to grow in terms of bottom line, the need to invest wisely so that we're increasing the returns on invested capital, and the need to maintain a balance sheet, for a variety of reasons."

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The Motley Fool

JULY 2, 2023

A stellar return on invested capital Leveraging the power of its leadership position in the pool supplies and pool-related products market, Pool Corp. annually from 1973 to 2022, history suggests that Pool's dividend track record and ample room for future growth give it market-beating potential.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 30, 2023

Nvidia launched its ultra-power H100 data center GPU in 2022, and that hardware has become the standard for AI workloads. While the TPU v4 was limited to just over 3,000 chips for a single workload on Google Cloud, customers will be able to leverage tens of thousands of TPU v5e chips at once. and Alphabet wasn't one of them!

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2023

But in an age when consumer trends and sentiment can shift quickly, how is Alphabet able to prove to advertisers that its platforms generate a superior return on investment (ROI) over the likes of Meta Platforms ' Facebook and Instagram, as well as niche players like Etsy or Pinterest ? 30, 2022 Change Revenue $3.24 billion $3.3

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Thanks to this history of success, I took a flyer on UFP and opened a starter position in early 2023 when the company's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was only 22 (despite reporting sales growth of 91% in Q3 of 2022). Since then, UFP's stock has more than doubled -- even after recently dipping 19% from its all-time highs set in September.

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 20, 2024

RWI is more common on cleaner M&A exits, such as deals with higher values, a higher return-on-investment, longer exit timelines, fewer management carveouts, and no survival of the sellers general reps & warranties. [5] So far in 2024, RWI usage is down across all buyer types and deal sizes. [2]

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The Motley Fool

JULY 8, 2023

After a disappointing year for stocks in 2022, the markets have rebounded this year. This is a set of goals for 2026 that include a 50% increase in adjusted EBITDA per available passenger berth day (ALBD/APBD) and an adjusted return on invested capital (ROIC) of 12%.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2023

At Zeta, our goal is to make marketers the heroes of their stories by helping them to acquire, grow, and retain customers, substantially more efficiently and effectively than ever before by leveraging our data, implementing our software, and utilizing the superpower of our AI. And third, we're raising guidance.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As a result, the new integration will position both of our companies to expand market share, streamline benefits, and drive higher return on investment for joint clients. Strong leverage in operating expense resulted in our 15th straight quarter of expanding adjusted EBITDA margins year over year. We generated 53.6

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2024

billion in 2022. Over the past five years, Enterprise has averaged about a 13% return on invested capital, so these growth projects should provide meaningful growth to the company in the years ahead. At a similar return, the approximately $10.5 It ended the quarter with leverage of 3 times. billion to $3.75

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2023

Harshit Vaish -- Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Strategy, and Investor Relations Welcome to Expedia Group's second-quarter 2022 earnings call. In addition, as these customers have a higher propensity to come to us through direct channels, this helps us drive future leverage in sales and marketing. Please go ahead.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 20, 2024

In the past five years, Alphabet's return on invested capital (ROIC) has averaged 23.8%. Even during the digital ad market's weak period in 2022, Alphabet was still able to report an operating margin of 26%. The business has reached tremendous scale that allows it to leverage its expenses to the benefit of shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2023

While Airbnb's stock has done well over that time, it took a significant hit in 2022 along with many other tech stocks over concerns about growth and profits. But that hasn't prevented the stock from surging 60% year to date, nearly doubling the return of the Nasdaq Composite. By comparison, Marriott International has $1.5

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 30, 2024

Our AWS customers are also quite excited about leveraging GenAI to change the customer experiences and businesses. And today, we announced the general availability of Amazon Q, the most capable generative AI-powered assistant for software development and leveraging company's internal data. Worldwide operating income was $15.3

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The company strategically bids for advertisement space across a variety of online channels such as video, mobile, desktop, and connected television (CTV) to ensure that advertisements have the maximum impact on viewers, as well as a healthy return on investment for the advertisers. billion in 2022 to $724.8 billion in 2026.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Meanwhile, it has historically been conservative with its leverage, distribution coverage ratio, and growth capital expenditure (capex) spending. billion in 2022, but it has begun to increase spending. Since 2018, Enterprise has averaged an approximately 13% return on invested capital (ROIC) on its growth projects.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

Then the pandemic hit, and low oil prices coupled with a heavily leveraged balance sheet forced Occidental to make a dividend cut. EnLink Midstream wants to become a leader in transporting carbon dioxide by leveraging its existing pipeline network in the Gulf Coast region to move the gas from capture sites to sequestration hubs.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 6, 2024

Nexxen has built and developed an incredibly advanced tech and data stack that not only helps customers navigate these challenges but also enables them to drive enhanced return on investment and reach their target audiences regardless of where they consume content.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

It ended the quarter with leverage of 3x, which it defines as net debt adjusted for equity credit in junior subordinated notes (hybrids) divided by adjusted EBITDA. billion spending in 2022. It noted that it has produced about a 12% return on invested capital over the past decade. billion to $3.75 billion to $4 billion.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

Shares of the visual-centric social media platform operator have stagnated since mid-2022, but may soon start posting impressive gains. The company is leveraging next-generation AI to give better and more relevant recommendations to users. Pinterest My second suggestion for a stock to buy now is Pinterest (NYSE: PINS).

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2023

Up 17% so far in 2023 on a total return basis, the S&P 500 is well on its way to posting a solid rebound year after struggling in 2022. With total returns of -15%, -4%, and 10% this year, American Tower (NYSE: AMT) , Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI) , and Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ: CASY) have lagged the index.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 12, 2024

We will also offer some perspective on our strengthened balance sheet position with the recent divestiture of one of our noncore businesses, which underscores our focused product strategy and our commitment to driving a strong return on invested capital. We have an operational foundation that drives extremely high operating leverage.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 8, 2024

We expect gross margins will improve over time as we realize the benefits from lab automation, leverage investments in a lab infrastructure, and see an increased mix of rescreened patients. We continue to expect leverage across the P&L this year, especially within G&A. You get a ton of leverage by adding these reps.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 4, 2024

The tech bear market of 2022 may be a distant memory now as the Nasdaq Composite has been setting new records for months. The company has been investing to make the site more searchable and shoppable while leveraging the power of AI to improve usability and return on investment for advertisers.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

Our foundational code on page and engagement data signals continue to enable us to leverage our proprietary data and AI to innovate these solutions for advertisers. Leica leveraged the Onyx brand studio to create a custom high-impact format that enabled audiences to experience the immersive moments of the Leica Home Cinema.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Before getting to the quarter, I'd like to begin by reiterating our conviction and the value creation strategy we have executed against since 2022. As you can see, our close rates and agent productivity have increased by 54% and 97%, respectively, compared to 2022.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2023

In closing, our agreement with Marriott, ongoing investments into our operations and a fantastic sports entertainment backdrop in Las Vegas position us well to create operating leverage by growing our EBITDAR against our fixed rent escalators. As we came out of this -- came into the second quarter in 2022, we weren't yet fully staffed.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 21, 2023

We have adjusted our cash flow projections to account for increased sales prices and now expect a 14% increase in total proceeds to $131 million spread out over nine fiscal years, with approximately $8 million received in fiscal year 2022 and $3 million expected in fiscal year 2024. million during the same period of fiscal year 2022.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2023

These required significant investment and the markets have not seen the growth in profitability we had expected over the past several years. We see an opportunity to shift these resources toward strategic areas that have a higher potential return on investment, and we continue to drive toward our goal.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

We did this by leveraging our best-in-class cost finance team in merchants to effectively manage cost movements while also being our customer's advocate for value. Sales leveraging our digital platforms increased approximately 2% compared to the fourth quarter of last year. billion, a decrease of 3% versus fiscal 2022.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2023

We achieved these results against an increasingly promotional environment and softening industry metrics by leveraging our market advantages and focusing on regular-price selling, driving improved customer service, and controlling costs. Our 200 basis points leverage versus 2019's 12.9% Our sales ran negative 11.9 versus last year.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2023

In addition, we saw a continuation of the trend we observed starting in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 with softness in certain big-ticket, discretionary-type purchases. Sales leveraging our digital platforms increased approximately 1% compared to the second quarter of last year. compared to the second quarter of 2022.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2024

Our third priority of 2023 was to optimize our supply chain capabilities, a continuation of efforts that began in 2022. Although digital sales in the fourth quarter decreased 2% compared with the same period in the fiscal 2022, we saw quarter-over-quarter sales improvement. Our second priority is reducing our leverage.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2024

This innovation, leveraging existing brand franchises, is part of our plan to maintain our authority as a leading swim brand in America. This efficiency drove a 31% increase in adjusted EBITDA and a 160 basis-point improvement in adjusted EBITDA margin versus 2022 and above the high end of our guidance.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

We continue to see leverage in administrative people costs, which somewhat offset deleverage from selling and marketing expenses associated with growth initiatives. And since the end of 2022, we have seen 50 basis points of leverage in administrative employees expenses and have invested that back into selling and marketing expenses.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

It's tracking as FX's most-watched show ever on our streaming platforms and it's driving the second-largest number of sign-ups to our streaming services since 2022, behind only Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. With a business with that profile, you invest in it. And obviously, we've already added Hulu.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 25, 2024

With lower capex and higher free cash flow, we returned nearly $4 billion to stockholders. And we meaningfully improved our return on invested capital. Wouter has been leading our Europe DRIVE domain since its 2022 inception. We also continue to leverage data to create a more flexible, efficient, and intelligent network.

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