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APRIL 24, 2024

It leveraged that investment to grow its portfolio to $63.3 leverage ratio , up from 7.0 at the end of 2023. Furthermore, the company's CFO, Bernice Bell, noted that while its leverage ratio ticked up in the first quarter, it maintains an " extremely strong liquidity position." million shares in the period.

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MARCH 24, 2024

During 2023, Klarna's indicated valuation got cut from $45.6 One way it did this was by leveraging generative AI. One way it did this was by leveraging generative AI. Klarna quickly adopted AI last year and leveraged ChatGPT to build tools that automate some of the more repetitive, time-consuming tasks for employees.

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APRIL 1, 2024

As of the end of 2023, it had $31 billion available and authorized for repurchases, and it added another $50 billion to that authorization at the start of February. Meta generated $43 billion in free cash flow in 2023. However, the return to growth in 2023 indicates the long-term strength of Meta's business.

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APRIL 23, 2024

But in 2023, things started to turn around for Amazon. During 2023, revenue between these two segments increased 11% year over year to $484 billion. During 2023, revenue between these two segments increased 11% year over year to $484 billion. In 2023, the company's North America and International operations combined for $12.3

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Except for a noteworthy sale in the first quarter of 2023, Chevron has remained a key holding for Berkshire and a notable exception to the selling spree in Apple , Bank of America , and other top holdings in 2024. To top it all off, Chevron has an elite balance sheet with very low leverage. Data source: Berkshire Hathaway SEC Filings.

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JULY 20, 2024

In recent years, the tech company has leveraged the experience it gained in the public sector to help private corporations with complex tasks like fraud detection, risk management, etc. Potential clients can also leverage Palantir's AIP "boot camps" to experiment with its software. Palantir's revenue was $2.2

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JULY 22, 2024

Snowflake Cloud infrastructure is one of the backbones of AI development, and Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) plays a pivotal role for many large enterprises looking to leverage their cloud data for AI. The bottom line should rise significantly over time as it maintains a high gross margin and benefits from operating leverage.

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MARCH 29, 2024

It can handle complex tasks by leveraging AI and large language models (LLMs). The company completed 560 boot camps for 465 businesses by the end of fiscal 2023. Designed as an operating system for enterprises, AIP is helping transform businesses. year over year to 288 at the end of fiscal 2024. billion net cash and no debt.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

After just one year down with two to go, we're already over 80% of the way toward achieving both of these targets, calling for a 50% increase in EBITDA per ALBD from our 2023 starting point and ROIC of 12%, both of which would be the highest the company has seen in almost 20 years. billion of debt, over $8 billion off the January 2023 peak.

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APRIL 5, 2024

In 2023, Amazon's sales climbed 12% after its North American, international, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) businesses rebounded. That stabilization and acceleration in the second half of 2023 was a bright spot, because Amazon usually leverages AWS' higher-margin cloud revenue to subsidize the expansion of its lower-margin retail businesses.

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MAY 15, 2024

It gained renown for its easy-to-use interface and low-fee lending products, and it leveraged its popularity to launch a comprehensive financial services business that addresses many consumer pain points. SoFi stock gained 116% in 2023, right before the Q4 results were released.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Another impressive quarter for Palantir Referring to its artificial intelligence platform (AIP), Palantir's chief revenue officer Ryan Taylor said on the company's earnings call , "In this winner-take-all AI economy, the divide is widening between those who are leveraging AIP and those who are not."

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JANUARY 6, 2024

You might have missed it, but Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock quietly gained 81% in 2023. Profitability surged Strategically, Amazon's biggest move in 2023 was taking a hatchet to its cost structure as CEO Andy Jassy sharpened the company's focus on profitability like never before. billion in the previous year to $11.2 billion in 2022.

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MARCH 24, 2024

Its adjusted EBITDA was up nearly 9% in 2023, while DCF rose more than 7%, driven by organic expansion projects across its business segments. leverage ratio , which falls in the middle of its 2.75-3.25 While MPLX doesn't have quite as high a credit rating, at BBB, its leverage ratio is only slightly higher at 3.3, target range.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

In late 2023, the company notched its 29th consecutive year of increasing its payout when it raised its dividend by 3.1% The company currently boasts an investment-grade credit rating backed by a leverage ratio toward the low end of its 4.5-5.0 It expects leverage to fall as it captures the full benefits of its utility acquisitions.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Since the launch of its Axon 2 AI-based advertising technology in the second quarter of 2023, the company has seen explosive growth. The company continues to see a ton of operating leverage in its business as sales climb, with gross margin for the quarter improving to 77.5% Overall revenue climbed 39% to $1.2 billion, topping the $1.13

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MAY 12, 2024

One of them was the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to leverage PayPal's huge data trove and create more value for clients and expand its opportunities. Total active members decreased 1% year over year, but they increased sequentially after dropping sequentially every quarter in 2023. So far, it's going well.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

PDD leverages its huge short-video user base to offer livestreaming e-commerce services, an area where Alibaba was the incumbent. First, Alibaba is still the leader in this industry, with a 46% market share in 2023. PDD's low-price strategy has attracted Chinese consumers. By comparison, it delivered 42% growth in 2021.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is one such company, leveraging AI to drive stronger growth in its business. billion in revenue in 2023, an increase of 20% over the previous year. This is also evident from the fact that Fortinet's services revenue was up 28% in 2023 to $3.38 billion, accounting for 64% of its top line.

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MARCH 25, 2024

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. Before BigBear.ai

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APRIL 23, 2024

Quarter EPS estimate Actual Surprise Q4 2022 ($0.87) ($0.85) 2% Q1 2023 ($0.60) ($0.55) 8% Q2 2023 ($0.34) ($0.31) 9% Q3 2023 $0.75 $0.86 15% Q4 2023 ($0.13) ($0.07) 46% Q1 2024 ($0.18) ($0.14) 22% Data source: Yahoo! It paid down its debt by $4 billion in fiscal 2023. It reduced its leverage by another $1.8

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AUGUST 4, 2024

It has increased its payment for 14 straight years, including by 5% in late 2023. times leverage ratio , giving it additional flexibility to fund new investments. Rexford uses its retained cash after paying dividends and a low-leverage balance sheet to continue expanding its portfolio. Its core FFO surged 11.1%

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MAY 20, 2024

However, investors who were used to Tesla's hyper-growth performance were disappointed with the material decline in growth rates to 19 % in 2023. Tesla began by reducing the sales prices of its vehicles globally in 2023 to make it more affordable to own Tesla cars. million cars in 2023.It And here's how it works.

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MARCH 23, 2024

But in fiscal 2023, UiPath's revenue only rose 19% as inflation, rising interest rates, and the war in Ukraine drove companies to rein in software spending. billion in revenue in 2023. But from 2003 to 2023, Alphabet's revenue had a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30%, rising from $1.5 Image source: Getty Images.

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JULY 6, 2024

While those products are still a major part of the business, networking segment sales are lower this year against a particularly strong 2023 when Cisco benefited from fulfilling a large backlog. in Q3 2023. This dynamic is important because it supports higher profitability. Notably, the Q3 non-GAAP gross margin of 68.3%

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Period EPS Estimate Actual EPS Surprise Fiscal Q4 2022 ($0.87) ($0.85) 2% Fiscal Q1 2023 ($0.60) ($0.55) 8% Fiscal Q2 2023 ($0.34) ($0.31) 9% Fiscal Q3 2023 $0.75 $0.86 15% Fiscal Q4 2023 ($0.13) ($0.07) 46% Fiscal Q1 2024 ($0.18) ($0.14) 22% Fiscal Q2 2024 ($0.02) $0.11 650% Data source: Yahoo!

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AUGUST 10, 2024

From 2020 to 2023, ASML's revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25%. From 2023 to 2026, analysts expect its revenue and earnings per share (EPS) to rise at a CAGR of 13% and 21%, respectively, as it grapples with tighter restrictions on its exports to China. It served 3.27

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MAY 5, 2024

The video game developer's stock soared through late 2023, but it has trailed the market recently on fears around its slowing growth. We aim to achieve greater operating leverage as we roll out our outstanding release schedule," CEO Strauss Zelnick said in the February press release.

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MAY 7, 2024

Many investors soured on Amazon stock because of AWS in 2022 and 2023, but it is always darkest before the dawn. AWS drew criticism in 2023 when its formerly rampant growth plummeted, but I have been arguing that investors should wait until companies update their data usage budgets in 2024 before jumping to conclusions.

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MAY 11, 2024

Enterprise ended the quarter with leverage of 3x. It defines leverage as net debt adjusted for equity credit in junior subordinated notes (hybrids) divided by adjusted EBITDA. These projects take time to be built and ramp up, so they didn't have a big impact in 2023, but will show up more this year. cents per unit.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

The stock dropped as low as $50 per share at one point in 2023, or 84% from its peak price. Chriss has been leveraging this experience to turn things around at PayPal as he tries to reignite the business and attract more businesses and customers to the payment platform. The company also plans to expand its advertising business.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Since December 31st, 2023, we acquired an additional 25,250 bitcoin for a total purchase cost of $1.6 These capital market levers allow us to deploy intelligent leverage to increase our Bitcoin holdings in a manner which we believe has created shareholder value. billion, an average price of $65,232.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

Broadcom should see improved earnings performance next year as it trims excess operating expenses related to its acquisition of VMWare in late 2023. Even better, the long-term potential for operating leverage remains high even as its AI chips business scales and it builds its recurring revenue enterprise software business.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Meta leverages AI throughout its business to help customers improve the quality of their content creation, make content faster, optimize its search algorithm to keep users engaged, and more. Broadcom leverages its intellectual property portfolio to create these custom ASIC AI accelerators.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Although organizations are still optimizing their cloud spending, AWS was successful in securing agreements with multiple clients such as Salesforce , BMW Group , Nvidia , Hyundai Motor , Merck , and Amgen in 2023. The company saw 26% year-over-year growth in its advertising business in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 (ending Dec.

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APRIL 6, 2024

The Trade Desk also continues to expand its ecosystem with Solimar, an AI-powered platform that leverages its first-party data to place ads without relying on third-party data; Unified ID 2.0, billion in revenue in 2023, which is comparable to Alphabet's pre-IPO revenue of $1.5 billion in 2023. It generated $1.95

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AUGUST 14, 2024

Its wholly owned insurance underwriting and insurance-investment subsidiaries generated 40% of its total operating earnings in 2023. Operating Earnings by Segment 2022 2023 Growth Insurance Underwriting ($30 million) $5.43 Here's how its core businesses fared over the past two years. billion N/A Insurance Investment Income $6.48

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