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He called her "an extraordinary manager" at Berkshire's 2023 Shareholder meeting in May. Shares currently trade for an enterprise value/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EV/ EBITDA ) multiple of just 5x. As a result, she sees oil climbing to $80 per barrel by the end of the year.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Meanwhile, the company said it was seeing selling, general, and administrative expenses (SG&A) leverage, as 40% of its order volume is now benefiting from automation. During the quarter, the company bought back $500 million worth of shares from its largest shareholder, BC Partners.

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JULY 28, 2023

billion and negative shareholder equity of $217.7 This ratio measures a company's financial leverage. You can calculate it by dividing the company's total debt by shareholder equity. DOCN shareholders equity (quarterly) data by YCharts. DOCN R&D to revenue (TTM) data by YCharts; TTM = trailing 12 months.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

The company noted that current leverage is at 3.1 times adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), but that it should go down to 2.3 Vertiv should continue paying that down this year, but it will take a bit of time to de-lever. times EBITDA by year's end. Probably not. Image source: Getty Images.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

As we have demonstrated many times before, we expect to generate leverage on these investments as we scale and OG&A will decline over time as a percentage of revenue. Excluding Farfetch, net income attributable to Coupang shareholders was approximately $108 million for the quarter and diluted earnings per share was $0.06.

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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.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Basically, through thick and thin, the MLP has made sure that its shareholders receive a steady and growing quarterly disbursement. 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.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

However, a crucial part of being an industrial conglomerate is using cash flow and financial leverage to acquire or internally develop new businesses. billion in net debt compared to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of about $9.5

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MARCH 6, 2024

Since Hercules is a BDC, it's required to pay out 90% of its taxable income to shareholders each year in the form of a dividend. As such, shareholders have cheered the stock for quite some time. The company specializes in more complex transactions such as leveraged buyouts , for example. Enterprise Products Partners: 7.2%

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MAY 29, 2024

Visa benefits from leveraging its existing network, so as payment volume grows, its operating margin generally improves. Following the merger with Sprint, it has a customer base comparable in size to its biggest competitors, and it can leverage its fixed network costs to produce positive free cash flow. billion and $16.9

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MARCH 4, 2024

And yes, that's a problem for shareholders. OIBDA = operating income before depreciation and amortization. Discovery is walking away from merger discussions with Paramount, despite the fact that both companies need a distribution partner they can leverage to help them better compete with the likes of Netflix and Walt Disney.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

The logic behind the spinoff was that it would unlock shareholder value and allow each company to more easily pursue mergers and acquisitions (M&A), allocate capital, and compensate employees as a pure play focused on one industry. billion in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ).

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JUNE 23, 2023

Perhaps even more encouraging for shareholders is Carnival's path to getting back toward profitability. 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. That's quite the turnaround from last year.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

Here are three reasons why the future looks bright for Kraft Heinz and its shareholders in 2024 and beyond. But management has brought leverage down to 2.9 times its net debt (total debt minus cash) versus its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). Is it stubbornness? Is it perfect yet?

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

He wrote, "[We] believe [The Trade Desk] could rapidly scale its [operating system] ambitions via Roku's 85 million+ global streaming household footprint, while Roku could quickly leverage its first-party viewer data and expanding CTV inventory to match with growing advertiser demand."

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Its leveraged exposure to oil production has pushed down Occidental's share price to levels it hasn't seen since the beginning of 2022. In his 2023 letter to shareholders, he wrote: "No one knows what oil prices will do over the next month, year, or decade.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

It's been a tough past couple of years for Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) shareholders. We've seen plenty of highly touted, publicly traded companies end up imploding, punishing all-too-patient shareholders as a result. The stock soared during the early days of the pandemic, shortly after its initial public offering (IPO). Make no mistake.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Thanks to fast portfolio growth and impressive operating leverage, servicing income reached $273 million. during the first quarter, minimizing our amortization expense. Finally, we did an outstanding job generating positive operating leverage, with expenses up only $6 million sequentially, despite our rapid growth.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

in net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). One of the especially alluring qualities of Newmont is its attention to rewarding shareholders. At the end of 2023's third quarter, Agnico had an investment-grade balance sheet and a conservative ratio of 0.36 The stock sells for about 11.2

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Now that Sea's business is fully funding operations, shareholders don't have to worry about incremental financing to pay the bills, which could otherwise dilute shareholder value. for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). SE EPS diluted (quarterly) data by YCharts.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Selling stock dilutes shareholders and can lead to stock price weakness. Selling debt increases leverage, adds to operating expenses (specifically interest expense), and can lead to credit downgrades. But the stream only ate up 23% of the earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of the mine.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It's leveraging its AI investments to grow two businesses at scale. Meanwhile, it's using the considerable cash flows it generates to buy back shares, boosting the value of future earnings to shareholders. While that's well above the average stock in the S&P 500 , Microsoft is worth the premium price.

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APRIL 4, 2024

Approximately 90% of Energy Transfer's 2024 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) is projected to come from fee-based activities. When Energy Transfer cut its distribution in 2020, it was because its leverage became too high, and it needed to pay down debt. cents is now higher than the 30.5

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JULY 8, 2024

These deals are expected to be completed by the end of the year and will increase the Enbridge's exposure to natural gas utilities from 12% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to 22%. There are negatives for Enbridge with this deal, which is requiring it to take on some debt.

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AUGUST 4, 2024

It has continued to reduce its leverage and now plans to finish the year with a net debt-to-adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) ratio of just 3.9. Kinder Morgan has done a good job of balancing investments and financial discipline.

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JULY 8, 2023

A high-growth restaurant John Ballard (Chipotle Mexican Grill): Chipotle has been a stellar performer for shareholders over the last decade. More importantly, the company is aiming to reach investment-grade leverage metrics and steadily pay down its debt with cash flow, putting it on a long-term recovery path. billion-$4.25

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Companies that regularly dole out a dividend to their shareholders are often profitable on a recurring basis, time-tested, and capable of offering transparent, long-term growth guidance. million in net debt, its net-leverage ratio is a modest 0.31. These results shouldn't be a surprise. Though it closed out 2023 with $277.3

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

The telecom giant expects to generate growing free cash flow during that period, much of which it plans to return to shareholders. The company also remains on track to achieve its targeted leverage ratio of 2.5 billion in mid-2025), and balance-sheet capacity by maintaining its leverage target. per share ($0.2775 each quarter).

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

AT&T's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) rose 3.4% billion year over year , helping reduce its leverage ratio from 2.99 With its free cash flow rising and its leverage ratio falling, AT&T's high-yielding dividend is growing safer. That's enabling the company to repay debt.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

That's the lowest leverage among the company's closest peers (and would actually be low for any company in any industry). Simply put, low leverage gives Chevron the wherewithal to prosper in any oil market. When oil prices recover, as they always have, Chevron reduces its leverage in preparation for the next downturn.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

It does this by investing in debt or equity to companies with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) between $10 million and $250 million. BDCs use leverage to boost their payouts to shareholders, which could exacerbate losses in a poor economic environment.

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APRIL 20, 2024

billion in dividends to its shareholders. The other important aspect to look at when it comes to the safety of a company's dividend is its leverage, which is its net debt divided by its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). Altria ended 2023 with leverage of 2.2 markets in 2021.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Revenue increased 27% year over year, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) increased 121% to $98 million, driven by increases in non-lending segments. It's leveraging tremendous economies of scale, and it's now sustainably profitable with increasing operating margins.

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JUNE 23, 2024

Enterprise's consistency can also be seen in its distribution to shareholders, which it has been able to grow each year for the past 25 years. This has come down from the over 4 times leverage it was at in 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

And it forecast a margin of 32% to 34% for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), which is slightly better than its 31% margin in fiscal 2024. Management deserves praise for its success so far, but considering the leverage involved, it can be a risky strategy when things go wrong.

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MAY 2, 2024

As we continue to make progress on our plan, we're even more excited about our future and confident that we have the right strategy to capitalize on the next wave of digital advertising and deliver value for our shareholders. We remain open and we'll continue to consider all opportunities to create further value for shareholders.

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MARCH 9, 2024

compound annual growth rate in its total shareholder return over the last 20 years. The company also has a solid leverage ratio that's currently below its target range of 4.5 That conservative leverage ratio further enhances its financial flexibility. a very comfortable level for its utility-like cash flows). billion to $6.7

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