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JULY 18, 2023

So what In a note by StreetInsider this morning, investment bank Evercore laid out four main reasons why it's upgrading Pinterest stock to outperform and raising its price target to $41 -- the highest estimate currently on Wall Street. As of 11:35 a.m. ET Tuesday, the company's stock is up a solid 2%. The first is digital ad spending.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

There's also evidence, according to a Bank of America study, that stocks outperform in the year after they split. In its most recent fiscal quarter, the company reported adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of $8.2 The Motley Fool recommends Broadcom.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

2023 wasn't a great year for bank stocks or fintech stocks , many of which underperformed the market. Financial stocks feel the impact of rising interest rates more acutely than other companies, and that sparks concern among investors. SoFi offers a banking experience with the best that technology offers. There were $2.9

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AUGUST 12, 2023

SoFi Technologies The shift to digital banking is another powerful trend that's creating enormous profit opportunities for investors. Online personal finance upstart SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) is benefiting from this shift -- and it's poised to claim a far larger share of the massive banking industry.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Despite the many digital banks that have sprung up in recent years, SoFi has made a name for itself with its easy-to-use, low-fee tools, and solutions that just make finance easier for the masses. In addition to student loans, it now offers a full suite of credit products, bank accounts, credit cards, investment tools, and more.

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JUNE 22, 2024

Impressive growth and profitability, with many levers to pull Banking disruptor SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) continues to grow impressively despite the difficult economic climate. million; the company's technology platform is performing well; and the banking side of the business continues to grow its deposit base.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

Fintech leader generating profitable growth Block stands out as a fintech pioneer and payments industry innovator driving the ongoing digitization of global commerce and banking. Those headline numbers are objectively positive but also mark a gradual slowdown compared to even stronger rates in the first half of the year.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In other words, Adyen handles everything from authorizing transactions with issuing banks to settling funds in merchant accounts, and it provides those services across physical and digital channels. By consolidating the payments value chain, Adyen captures more comprehensive data than stand-alone payment processors or acquiring banks.

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JUNE 17, 2023

banks) with the same rate of defaults. Upstart uses its AI technology to originate and service loans that it generally then passes on to its banking partners and institutional investors. It expanded its number of bank and credit union partners to 99 from just 10 at its IPO. Image source: Getty Images.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

billion Canadian ($3 billion) of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) in the period. That visible earnings growth should enable Enbridge to continue increasing its dividend. That would set investors up to earn double-digit annual returns.

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JUNE 14, 2024

Pagaya: A better credit evaluation model Pagaya operates an AI-driven credit evaluation platform that helps banks and financial institutions more accurately identify and minimize risk while opening up more opportunities for effective lending. Bank and has six large lenders lined up to join the platform.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Together, these groups cover areas like risk data management, regulatory reporting solutions, fraud and anti-money laundering , and surveillance for banks, insurers, and asset managers. times EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) to 3.3 times within three years.

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JULY 29, 2023

But at a Bank of America conference in late June, CFO Pascal Desroches had already tempered the market's expectations by predicting AT&T would only gain about 300,000 postpaid phone subscribers in Q2. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bank of America and Zoom Video Communications. Leo Sun has positions in AT&T.

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JULY 17, 2023

Online bank and personal finance specialist SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) managed a smashing initial public offering (IPO) at the height of the previous bull market, benefiting from a moment in time when investors piled money into any new stock that looked exciting. which is expensive for a bank. million, or 46% more than last year.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Financial stocks can cover the gamut of big, established banks through digital upstarts. SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) is a young and growing all-digital bank that's adding customers at a rapid pace. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is a large, traditional bank that pays a dividend.

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MARCH 21, 2024

SoFi's revenue increased 35% year over year to $615 million in the fourth quarter, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) increased 159% to $181 million. in earnings per share (EPS). But SoFi is demonstrating much higher growth than the typical, established bank stock.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Here is the stock's secret to dividend longevity and why investors can continue banking on future raises. Today, the company has a reasonable debt-to- EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) ratio of 1.8. While Illinois Tool Works leans on debt, it doesn't do so too heavily.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Upstart Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) is a consumer loan company that leverages big data and AI algorithms to help financial institutions, banks, and credit unions assess the creditworthiness of loan applicants. banks and can allow for 173% higher approvals at the same default rate and 53% fewer defaults at the same approval rate.

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JUNE 23, 2023

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. The regional banking crisis appears to have been a net positive for SoFi. That's quite the turnaround from last year.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

They include decreasing banks' required reserve ratios, lowering key interest rates, and reducing the required downpayment percentage on second homes. In addition, China will allow institutions, including brokers, funds, and insurance companies, to use financing from the central bank to purchase stocks.

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

While there's plenty of competition in the online banking market, SoFi continues to increase its customer count and sales. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) jumped 90% to $186.2 In the third quarter (ending Sept. In the third quarter (ending Sept.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, it plans to trim its total costs by $2 billion over the next three years to reduce its ratio of net debt to adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) to 3 by the end of 2023 and 2.5 by the end of 2025. Leo Sun has positions in AT&T and Amazon.com.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

And the company's adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) margin shrank four percentage points to 34%. While impressive at first glance, growth is actually decelerating as revenue had climbed 39% in the prior-year period.

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JANUARY 27, 2024

In the most recent quarter, gross profit grew by 21% year over year, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) was up by 46%. They're doubling down on efficiency, with moves like a cap on the number of employees and new cost controls. There's clear momentum in the business.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

And according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the home affordability index is at 69.5, Additionally, a third-quarter forecast for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) losses as well as analyst predictions of losses may continue to weigh on the stock.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

While few customers think about what happens when they swipe their cards, the system is complex and involves an acquiring bank, a payment processor, the issuing bank, and the credit card network. That shows management's confidence in its prospects, but many investors don't share that assurance, clearly.

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JULY 24, 2024

CrowdStrike 's (NASDAQ: CRWD) stock price tumbled 11% on July 19 after the cybersecurity company's flawed software update for Windows PCs sparked a global IT outage across banks, airports, hospitals, government agencies, retailers, and other businesses.

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MARCH 13, 2024

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) soared 86% in the company's latest quarter. Nu is the parent company of Nubank, a digital bank in Brazil that has exploded in popularity since launching roughly a decade ago. The bottom line is holding up even better.

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MARCH 3, 2024

Block has since expanded its offerings on the Cash App to provide users with banking and investment services. Block is also working to make the Cash App one of the top banking services provided to households earning $150,000 or more. This part of its business was responsible for $4.3 billion in gross profit last year.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Delta Air Lines ' (NYSE: DAL) recent investor day presentation prompted a slew of upgrades from heavyweight financial companies, including Deutsche Bank , UBS , Citi , and most notably, Morgan Stanley , whose analyst maintained an overweight rating and slapped a $100 price target on the stock -- a figure implying 57% upside at the time of writing.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) also improved from negative $94 million in 2022 to positive $536 million in 2023 as it executed two rounds of layoffs and other aggressive cost-cutting. billion in 2023 and eclipsed its pandemic-era record high of $1.82

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

the amount of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) that management expects this year. PennantPark and similar BDCs make loans to midsized businesses that big banks tend to ignore. Hungry for capital, its borrowers gladly accept relatively high interest rates.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Higher interest rates made consumers less interested in borrowing, and recession fears made banks reluctant to take over these loans that are initially put on Upstart's books with the intention of selling them off within the first six months. What's changed is the macroeconomic environment. million, up from a loss of $12.5

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

It acquired Golden Pacific Bancorp in 2022, and with it, a bank charter. It now offers a full suite of services like bank accounts and credit cards. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) increased 121% to $98 million.

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JULY 30, 2023

In the first quarter, SoFi reported adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of $76 million, a dramatic improvement from just $9 million adjusted EBITDA in the same quarter of the prior year.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

After months of speculation, the Federal Reserve has finally started cutting interest rates. You might have already noticed that your bank lowered the interest rate on your savings account or that the rates on CDs and U.S. Furthermore, the Fed has indicated that it will continue to reduce rates.

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JUNE 25, 2024

That includes a new compensation plan for some agents who are forgoing their salaries to earn higher rates of commission instead. Redfin's preferred measure of profitability is adjusted EBITDA ( non-GAAP earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), which was still negative to the tune of $27.6

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