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3M Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

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3M's challenges In a previous article , I discussed the company's outlook for 2024 while outlining management's poor track record of meeting sales guidance. CFO Monish Patolawala noted in earnings calls that "volume gives us the best leverage." By leverage, he means the ability to grow margins as sales increase.

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Forget 3M: 3 Industrial Stocks to Buy

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In addition, 3M's funding requirements for high-profile legal settlements are not precise yet, and there are question marks around its business model and operational execution, not to mention management's track record of meeting its guidance. It all adds up to make Freeport the best mining stock to buy for 2024. Image source: Getty Images.

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Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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Joining me on today's call are Alex Karp, chief executive officer; Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer; Dave Glazer, chief financial officer; and Ryan Taylor, chief revenue officer and chief legal officer. Ryan Taylor -- Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Legal Officer Yeah, absolutely. I'll now turn it over to Ryan to start the call.

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FiscalNote (NOTE) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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As we entered this year, we did so as a leaner, more focused organization with a relentless commitment to leveraging our decade-long investment in artificial intelligence. We have launched new products and are optimizing our go-to-market approaches to maximize the impact of our AI technologies married with our product strategy.

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Genworth Financial (GNW) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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life insurance companies had a very strong quarter, with pre-tax income estimated at $258 million, driven primarily by benefits from LTC in-force rate actions, including the impact of legal settlements. We continue to significantly reduce tail risk through our multiyear rate action plan, or MYRAP, and legal settlements.

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loanDepot (LDI) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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The improvements were driven by margin expansion and continued benefits of cost reduction, gains in productivity, and increasing operating leverage. Another major component of Vision 2025 is to align our expense base with a shrinking market size and create efficiencies to improve operating leverage and financial performance over time.

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VOXX International Corporation (VOXX) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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To counteract this challenge, we are adjusting and taking action to rightsize our business based on what we believe sales volumes will be in the near term while maintaining operating leverage to capture increased -- increases in sales and market share without significantly rescaling overhead. Our focus is clear.

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