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28.4% of Warren Buffett's $303 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in 3 Stocks He Plans to Hold Forever

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shareholders: "When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever." Coca-Cola (8.4%) Buffett usually has a Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) product on the table in front of him at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meetings. But it's historically expensive for the stock.

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This Unstoppable Telecom Giant Returned More Capital to Shareholders Than Both AT&T and Verizon Over the Past Year, and It Just Raised Its Dividend 35%

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And many of the biggest companies in the industry are happy to return that cash to shareholders. billion to shareholders over the last 12 months. billion to shareholders over the past year. But one of its biggest competitors has returned even more cash to shareholders. It sports a 5% dividend yield, paying out $8.2

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Break Up Disney? Why the Latest Activist Proposal Could Be Good News for Disney Shareholders

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Joining Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund in staging a proxy fight at the entertainment giant, Blackwells is seeking three board seats, and in a letter to shareholders, it proposed breaking up the company into standalone sports, entertainment, and experiences businesses. billion for sports, $3.8 billion for entertainment, and $13.7

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This Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stock Just Gave Shareholders Another Raise, and It Can Keep Growing Payments for Years to Come

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The Canadian pipeline company just announced another raise for shareholders in 2024, bringing it to 29 straight years of dividend increases. EBITDA = earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. That should translate into those annual dividend increases for shareholders.

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Prediction: SoundHound AI Stock Will Soar in 2025

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As a cherry on top, management expects to deliver positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ( EBITDA ) by the end of 2025. Shareholders' expectations are sky high. I have little doubt the stock will soar if management can deliver on that bullish guidance.

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Why Shares in This Housing Market Products Company Crashed This Week

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Ultimately, James Hardie shareholders will end up with 74% of the combined company, and Azek shareholders will end up with 26% Azek's 2025 guidance for sales of $1.535 billion and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of $411 million implies some pretty hefty valuations for the $8.75

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Carnival Delivered a Quarter of Records. But Here's Even Better News for Shareholders (and it Could Supercharge the Stock).

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This is thanks, in part, to Carnival's fantastic earnings performance, but another element may be even better news for shareholders. But one other element represents even better news for the company and shareholders because it may help Carnival address its biggest challenge today: reducing debt. Image source: Getty Images.