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JULY 18, 2023

Delta Air Lines's earnings momentum The strengthening trend in Delta Air Lines's business can be seen in the Q2 year-over-year revenue growth of 19%. Just a couple of weeks earlier, Delta held its 2023 investor day and upgraded expectations for revenue growth to come in at 17% to 18% compared to prior guidance of 15% to 17%.

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MARCH 17, 2024

But it's not bad news for debt providers because they have been rewarded for putting up capital, with their investment backed up by a relatively liquid asset, the airplanes themselves. The table below shows the company's improvements in earnings and cash flow. Using cash flow to pay down debt (adjusted debt fell from $32.9

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The table below breaks out organic earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA). It shows how losses in wind are offset by solid profit in power, with electrification contributing in 2023 as well. billion last year. billion last year. Image source: Getty Images. billion to $1.1

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APRIL 20, 2024

fewer cigarettes to retailers in 2023 than it shipped a year earlier. Despite strong competition from the illicit e-vapor market, Altria Group reported adjusted earnings per share that rose 2.3% Net debt fell to 2.97 times adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) last year, from 3.19

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It's also carrying a lot of debt: $37.5 That's a lot -- but simply knowing the amount doesn't tell us if that much debt is good, bad, or indifferent. How much debt does Home Depot have compared to its peers? I think "How much debt does Home Depot have" is actually the wrong question. Is Home Depot able to manage its debt?

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JULY 20, 2023

The most impressive number was $6,520 in gross profit per vehicle, which drove positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) during the quarter. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of July 17, 2023 Travis Hoium has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.

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MARCH 20, 2024

It also cut the dividend enough to free up cash to help pay down debt. T Cash Dividend Payout Ratio data by YCharts Yep, that's discretionary cash profits that can go toward paying down debt (more on that in a minute) and eventually repurchasing shares to help drive earnings growth. However, things could finally be looking up.

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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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DECEMBER 1, 2023

The cruise line operator's revenue plunged in 2020 and 2021 as global travel ground to a halt during the pandemic, and it was forced to take on a lot more debt to stay solvent. billion in fiscal 2022 and just $26 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2023. billion in the first nine months of fiscal 2023, compared to a loss of $1.6

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

However, due to the $6 billion in long-term debt it took on to fund that purchase, the market has taken a cautious view toward Nasdaq's stock, and it remains below its pre-acquisition announcement price. Armed with this growing FCF creation, management aims to lower Nasdaq's debt load from 4.3 With its $10.5 times within three years.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In Verizon's case, the market is worried about a debt load that rose to $150.7 billion at the end of 2023. Verizon's debt load works out to about 2.6 times adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). In 2023, it reported record sales for 18 different brands.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Over the past two years, its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margins shrank and it racked up steep losses. Metric 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total Revenue $20.71B $19.69B $17.48B $14.56B Revenue Growth (4%) (5%) (11%) (17%) Adjusted EBITDA Margin* 41.8% billion in 2023 to $3.9

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JUNE 20, 2023

Carnival stock is now up more than 90% in 2023. The company has borrowed money in the form of both debt and equity to keep going, and it's now saddled with $34 billion in long-term debt and heavily diluted shares. It managed to stay solvent through some financial maneuvering, and the future looks good. Is Carnival a meme stock?

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AUGUST 2, 2023

After posting record quarterly bookings in the 2023 first fiscal quarter (ended Feb. billion of debt principal. Management expects to continue deleveraging its balance sheet in the back half of the year and for the company to comfortably pay off the debt for the foreseeable future. billion, and revenue of $4.9 and Carnival Corp.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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. Selling off its media assets helped reduce AT&T's debt load, but the company was still sitting on $132 billion in net debt at the end of June.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Furthermore, AT&T closed out 2023 by adding at least 1 million net-broadband customers for a sixth straight year. Discovery , AT&T earned more than $40 billion in concessions -- most of which involved the new media entity taking on select debt lots previously held by AT&T. Though it closed out 2023 with $277.3

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JULY 28, 2023

Since the global economy is not out of the woods yet, many of the concerns that hurt the stock in 2022 persist in 2023. Why the stock scares off some investors The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio of DigitalOcean is a negative 675% due to total debt of $1.47 On the one hand, the company has high debt. Here's why.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Before the deal Enbridge generated 57% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) from oil. per-share hit in 2023 because of the impact of higher interest rates. With interest rates falling, they'll shift from a headwind to a tailwind for Kinder Morgan.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

However, the merger also loaded up the new entity with debt. Below, the merger more than tripled the company's debt to over $30 billion. KHC Cash and Short-Term Investments (Quarterly) data by YCharts But through cost-cutting and divesting non-strategic brands, Kraft Heinz has slowly gotten its debt back under control.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

It generated more than five times as much revenue as its closest competitor, Offerpad (NYSE: OPAD) , in 2023. 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. Is Opendoor poised for a comeback?

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

3M plans to spin off Solventum, carrying relatively high debt, aiming for a net debt-to-earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) ratio of 3 times to 3.5 Wall Street analysts expect 3M to end 2023 with $10.7 billion in net debt. Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

Its debt load will continue to come down A big reason investors aren't overly thrilled with Viatris is that the business has a lot of debt on its books; that's not a good look as interest rates are rising. As of June 30, the company's long-term debt was over $17.2 The company is targeting a gross leverage ratio of 3.0.

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JULY 28, 2023

Well, Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) has had an interesting last few years. 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%.

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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. at the end of its first quarter of 2023. For comparison, Kroger's net leverage ratio at the end of its fiscal first quarter 2023 was a much-healthier 1.3

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JANUARY 11, 2024

It had no revenue and was taking on huge debt. In the 2023 fiscal year (ended Nov. Management said that net yields in the 2023 fourth quarter, a cruise profit metric, were higher than in 2019, which was itself a strong year, and were higher than expected. The main risk now lies in its debt repayment. Here's why.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

million postpaid phone subscribers in 2022, then added 424,000 more in the first quarter of 2023. What the bulls will tell you about AT&T The bulls still love AT&T because it's growing faster than Verizon, the fiber business is expanding at a healthy clip, it's reducing its debt, its FCF growth is steady, and the stock is cheap.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

What happened Shares of SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) climbed 37% in July, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence , after the fintech and banking company announced strong second-quarter 2023 results and raised its full-year outlook. million, trouncing estimates for $476 million.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

billion were a second-quarter record in 2023, and $7.2 Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), which measures the underlying health of core activities, came in at $681 million, above guidance, and management is expecting that to more than triple in the third quarter.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

The company's dividend yield has been in the double digits throughout most of 2023 and currently tops 13%. He noted that going back to the quarterly conference call in February 2023, Medical Properties Trust's board of directors was evaluating all liquidity alternatives. per share in each remaining quarter of 2023.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The company now holds a significant amount of debt. Management plans to divest non-core assets to accelerate the paydown of that debt. He called her "an extraordinary manager" at Berkshire's 2023 Shareholder meeting in May. Occidental's big investments in the Permian Basin have put pressure on its balance sheet.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

What was strange about this decline was that Rivian reported relatively better-than-expected results last night and also gave better-than-expected guidance for 2023 production. However, Rivian is still inking fairly sizable losses on its bottom line, and the stock had already risen some 50% this year prior to last night's earnings.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I've seen numerous companies harm shareholders with massive debt-fueled acquisitions that put the balance sheet in peril. While Illinois Tool Works leans on debt, it doesn't do so too heavily. Today, the company has a reasonable debt-to- EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) ratio of 1.8.

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JUNE 16, 2023

And to be fair, Energy Transfer produced distributable cash flow of around $2 billion in the first quarter of 2023. For example, its ratio of debt to EBITDA ( earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ) is generally among the lowest of its closest peer group. yield from Enterprise.

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JUNE 11, 2024

In 2023, Pfizer earned approvals from the U.S. 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 Food and Drug Administration for nine new drugs, which set a new record.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

AT&T finished September with $129 billion in net debt. 30 and it's using these profits to reduce debt. The company is on pace to achieve a net debt-to-adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) ratio in the 2.5 AT&T generated $19.8 yield at recent prices.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

In The Power of Dividends: Past, Present, and Future , the investment advisors at Hartford Funds, in collaboration with Ned Davis Research, compared the performance of income stocks to non-payers over the last half-century (1973-2023). billion -- is tied up in first-lien secured debt. billion -- is tied up in first-lien secured debt.

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APRIL 11, 2024

Not only does the MLP earn an investment-grade rating, but its ratio of debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of 3.1 EPD financial debt to EBITDA (TTM); data by YCharts; TTM = trailing 12 months. times is also lower than any of its closest peers.

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