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APRIL 22, 2024

Caterpillar Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) stock has been on a tear over the past year, generating a total return of 62% for shareholders. billion in revenue and earnings per share (EPS) of $20.12, up 13% and 59%, respectively, compared to 2022. billion in Q4 2022 to $27.5 Specifically, Caterpillar generated $67.1 billion in Q4 2023.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The master limited partnership (MLP) recently finished its 25th year as a public company operating in the sector. It has increased its distribution every single year since coming public, which is no small task in the volatile sector. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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JANUARY 13, 2024

While the index has yet to return to its 2021 high, it's not far off. Technology is at the center of everything we do, and some of the largest companies in the world reside in this sector. It's been a public company since 2009 and has been profitable and free cash flow generative every year since its initial public offering ( IPO ).

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

Shares have been on a stunning run ever since dipping below $200 in 2022. Netflix stock was in free-fall mode in 2022 after reporting its first drop in revenue in its 20 years as a public company. In the first and second quarters of 2022, the company had net losses in its subscriber count.

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JUNE 27, 2024

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that "Nvidia's chips underpin all of the most advanced AI systems, giving the company a market share estimated at more than 80%." The company has been gaining steam since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022. Read on to learn more. Consider when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Whereas the S&P 500 has delivered a phenomenal total return, including dividends, of more than 38,000% since the mid-1960s, the aptly named "Oracle of Omaha" has overseen a return of greater than 5,500,000% in Berkshire's Class A shares (BRK.A) 1, 2022 through Sept. over the same timeline.

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JUNE 24, 2024

Nvidia has generally performed poorly following stock splits Nvidia has completed six stock splits as a public company. As shown above, Nvidia returned an average of 8% during the six-month period following past stock splits. The S&P 500 tumbled 25% between January 2022 and October 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

It became the first public company to reach a $1 trillion market cap in August 2018, and was the first to top $3 trillion in June 2023. billion 2018 : $72.738 billion 2019 : $66.897 billion 2020 : $72.358 billion 2021 : $85.971 billion 2022 : $89.402 billion 2023 : $77.55 over the last three years.

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APRIL 20, 2024

Thanks to slower growth in operating costs, Amazon returned to profitability, earning $30 billion in net income in 2023. It lost $3 billion in 2022. As its smaller businesses propel relatively rapid profit growth, the stock should continue to drive significant returns for investors. billion people.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

In particular, one table compared the average annual return of income stocks to non-payers over the last 50 years (1973-2023), while also taking into account the average volatility of each group. Meanwhile, non-payers were 18% more volatile than the benchmark index and produced a subdued annualized return of just 4.27% over 50 years.

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MAY 2, 2024

According to the report's findings, dividend-paying companies delivered an average annual return of 9.17% over a half-century (1973-2023), while being 6% less volatile than the benchmark S&P 500. There are two reasons Realty Income's stock has vastly underperformed the S&P 500 since the summer of 2022.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Englander's Millennium dumped more than half its stake in Palantir over three months Palantir has been a continuous holding in Millennium Management's mammoth portfolio since it became a public company in September 2020. Let's not forget that Coca-Cola has one of the most impressive capital-return programs, too.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Tempus delivered decent financials in its first quarterly report as a public company last week. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than quadrupled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*. Image source: Getty Images.

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MARCH 2, 2024

Indeed, the upstart coffee chain faces heavy competition, and its stock price has shown few signs of recovery from the 2022 bear market. Also, when considering three of the companies' attributes, investors could take more of an interest. Valuation Furthermore, share prices have not recovered from the 2022 bear market.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

Wood's flagship ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEMKT: ARKK) generated strong returns, rising 67% with just a single week left in the year and recovering a significant amount of ground after big losses in 2022. However, ARK Next Generation Internet had a greater concentration of top-moving stocks, helping to amplify its returns in 2023.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Realty has enjoyed a 13% compound annual return since its 1994 debut on the public markets. Between its anticipated 4% to 5% dividend yield and 4% to 5% growth in AFFO per share, the expectation is for Realty Income to produce 8 to 10% in operational return. So far, this strategy has paid off.

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APRIL 28, 2024

The highly anticipated debut of social media site Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) as a public company sent the stock skyrocketing to a 52-week high of $74.90 IPO stocks are tricky investments for retail investors, who don't often get access to shares until they go public. Answering that question requires a closer look at the company.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

The Buffett Indicator is the ratio of a country's total market capitalization of public companies to its gross domestic product (GDP). Simply put, it compares the value of a country's public companies to the total value of the goods and services the country produces in a year. stock market is overvalued or undervalued.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

These swings were especially pronounced in the growth stock -driven Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) , which shed 33% of its value during the 2022 bear market, but has rocketed higher by 49% since the start of 2023. When vaccines became available and life returned to some semblance of normal, the company's MAUs retraced.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

We've witnessed two bear markets (2020 and 2022) and a seemingly unstoppable bull market that took all three major indexes to new all-time highs less than two years ago. Healthcare company UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) , whose shares closed at $508.01 Investing on Wall Street comes with its ups and downs.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

11 months after its trading floor premiere fell briefly into the single digits in the springtime of 2022. Every analyst following the company expects DraftKings to post its first profit as a public company this quarter. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Secondly, it allows compounding to occur over many years, increasing returns for investors. The trick is to know which companies to buy and hold in the first place. The company focuses on renting in sectors that are resilient to economic downturns, making the rents they collect more secure should we enter into a recession at any point.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

In 1980, eight of the top 10 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. As of 2024, none of these 10 companies remained in the top 10 by market cap. In fact, only one of the top 10 public companies by market cap ( Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) ) as recently as 2000 is still a top-10 company just 24 years later.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Investors went wild over Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ: UPST) stock when it first went public in late 2020, only for the shares of the artificial intelligence (AI) credit scoring company to crumble in 2022 as lending slowed. in 2022 to $10.60 The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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JULY 3, 2023

It initially claimed it could produce about 29,000 vehicles in 2021 and 65,000 in 2022 during its SPAC presentation, but it actually delivered 28,677 vehicles in 2021 and 51,491 vehicles in 2022. That new division caught the attention of the SPAC Gores Guggenheim, and Polestar was spun out as a public company.

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JANUARY 27, 2024

Coupang has only been a public company for approximately two years, but the results over that time have been impressive. Revenue growth, after slowing during 2022, has rebounded and accelerated in each of the last three reported quarters. 30, 2023), the company's most recently reported quarter. billion $2.7 billion $3.7

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JUNE 23, 2024

to-1 in 2022 to 5.9-to-1 SoFi's deposit base started at zero in early 2022 and is now nearly as large as the company's loan portfolio. In the first quarter, the company's total number of products grew by 38%, but this was the slowest pace since it became a public company. to-1 today.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

During his nearly 60 years as CEO, he's overseen an aggregate return in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) Generally, Buffett is attracted to time-tested, profitable businesses, with strong management teams, well-defined competitive advantages, and established capital-return programs. of more than 5,500,000%! When the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Nu has demonstrated phenomenal growth since going public in 2021, and Berkshire Hathaway was an early investor, an unusual setup for the company, which is known more for buying full companies or taking positions in public companies. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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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 8, 2024

The company would later enact two stock splits, a nearly 2-to-1 split in March 2014 and a 20-to-1 split in July 2022. Alphabet may not generate the same eye-popping returns it did in its first 20 years as a public company, but it still can be a core holding that can help you retire a millionaire. million today.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

For instance, enthusiasm for all things AI helped the " Magnificent Seven " stocks provide outsize returns for shareholders and contributed to the Nasdaq Composite 's jaw-dropping 43% return in 2023. However, Wall Street was somewhat skeptical of the company due to its heavy reliance on government contracts.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

But even after the decline from its lofty share price, the company still has a market cap of about $20 billion. For perspective, VinFast generated only $634 million in revenue in 2022. The EV maker will announce its first quarterly report as a public company tomorrow, Oct. 5, before the market opens. and VinFast Auto Ltd.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Since taking the reins as CEO in 1965, the aptly dubbed "Oracle of Omaha" has overseen a nearly 5,200,000% cumulative return for Berkshire's Class A shareholders (BRK.A). The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. billion Q1 2023: $10.41 billion in cumulative net-selling activity since Oct.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

Although other asset classes have delivered positive returns, such as commodities (e.g., gold and oil), housing, and Treasury bonds, none have come close to matching the average annual return of stocks over the very long term. Ford also has a healthy balance sheet that should allow it to return plenty of capital to its shareholders.

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

And Cava's debut as a public company, in June 2023, was at $22 per share. Q2 was the latest in Cava's streak of rapidly rising revenue during its short life as a public company. Its performance in the first half of fiscal 2024 suggests the company could possibly reach $1 billion in full-year sales. last October.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Yass's Susquehanna dumped more than 52 million shares of Nvidia Arguably no public company has been more responsible for lifting Wall Street's major stock indexes to new highs, or fueling the AI revolution, than Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). Since the end of 2022, Nvidia's market cap has catapulted from $360 billion to $3.39

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