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AUGUST 20, 2024

REITs tend to rely on borrowed money to a greater extent than other sectors, as most use leverage to acquire properties and grow, like how you or I might use a mortgage to buy a home. It isn't just that falling rates can be good for real estate stock prices. Their businesses can benefit as well.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

But even more exciting is the operating leverage inherent in the business model. I'd bet that the vast majority of people reading this article have at least one Mastercard-branded card in their wallet. Strong financials and economic moat Shares have performed so well in the past because of Mastercard's impressive financial performance.

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JULY 13, 2023

According to a recent New Yorker article, the company has 45 movies in some stage of development, leveraging intellectual property like Hot Wheels, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, He-Man, the card game UNO, and even Barney, the purple dinosaur. There's also much more in the works beyond just the Barbie movie.

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APRIL 10, 2024

Given the company owns the world's two most visited websites -- Google and YouTube -- it makes sense that advertisers would be keen to leverage these platforms. A compelling valuation story As of the time of my writing this article, Alphabet has the lowest forward price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple among the "Magnificent Seven" stocks.

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JUNE 28, 2024

As I've expressed in previous articles , given Amazon's diverse set of businesses and its ability to leverage AI across its ecosystem, I think the company is going to dominate for years to come. AMZN Price to Free Cash Flow data by YCharts.

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JULY 10, 2024

This article will explore one of these companies: Alibaba (NYSE: BABA). It's still the largest e-commerce platform in China, and its cloud computing business is well-positioned to regain its growth trajectory by leveraging trends like AI. Image source: Getty Images. Still, there are plenty of reasons to like the company.

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

AI in the defense sector: One area of the AI realm that I think is misunderstood is how the technology can be leveraged in military operations. Palantir's valuation story tells itself As of the time of this article, Palantir has a market capitalization of $96 billion. billion in sales over the last 12 months.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

This article will explore one company well positioned to leverage the AI wave to greater heights -- Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Thus, investors should be cautious with their investment choice in this area, focusing solely on companies best positioned to win in the long run. Image source: Getty Images. and globally.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Leverage decreased modestly for the quarter to 7.2 One of the reasons why we ended the quarter last quarter with our leverage still very low at 7.2% I think we were well positioned from a leverage perspective. So I don't anticipate us having to do anything on the leverage side. for the quarter, comprised of $0.36

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AUGUST 8, 2023

The Nasdaq Composite index has been scorching hot this year, returning 35% in 2023 as of the time of this article. More recently, the company announced a subscription service called Copilot , which leverages AI across the company's suite of Office products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

This article highlights one of them: Parsons (NYSE: PSN). In recent years, Parsons' management has "transformed the company into a high-value solutions provider that differentiates by leveraging software and cutting-edge technology," as CEO Carey Smith highlighted in the company's Q2 earnings release.

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JULY 30, 2023

In this article, we will explore two companies that fit these criteria, positioning themselves as potential all-stars in the making: Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). This type of leveraged trading is extremely popular and makes up as much as 75% of global cryptocurrency activity.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This article will explore which of these two companies is a better buy now. Consumers rely on Baidu for information, while advertisers leverage the tech company's platform and huge user base to provide targeted advertising. However, such a pessimistic attitude toward these companies captures the interest of contrarian investors.

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AUGUST 5, 2023

For example, during the earnings call, investors learned that Alphabet is leveraging AI infrastructure in its cloud cybersecurity products. As of the time of this article, Alphabet trades at a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) of 23 times and a price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of 5.9. Should you buy the stock?

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AUGUST 18, 2023

The following article may be the source for a quiz question on a future fantastical industrial sector-focused game show. However, a crucial part of being an industrial conglomerate is using cash flow and financial leverage to acquire or internally develop new businesses.

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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. And we expect to generate leverage as we have in the past on these investments, and we expect OG&A to decline over time as a percentage of revenue.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Palantir's newest product, Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), is also built for the defense and the private sectors, where it deploys on the customer's network and leverages large language model s (LLMs). Amazon I said there was at least one company in this article that you may have never heard of, but it's probably not this one.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Thanks to fast portfolio growth and impressive operating leverage, servicing income reached $273 million. Finally, we did an outstanding job generating positive operating leverage, with expenses up only $6 million sequentially, despite our rapid growth. On a year-over-year basis, the portfolio is up 33%. That's helpful.

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OCTOBER 22, 2023

Earlier this year, the company released its newest offering, AIP, which leverages generative AI applications to help businesses derive key insights. I recently wrote an article pointing out that some on Wall Street are skeptical of Palantir's foray into AI due to the company's current growth trajectory.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

This article will focus on three dividend stocks that yield investors between 9.7% The fund leverages Blackstone 's expansive trove of data on private companies to find attractive opportunities and primarily provides capital in return for secured debt. They are B. According to S&P Global Capital IQ LCD, the U.S.

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JULY 31, 2024

Since our last earnings call on April 30, I am pleased to announce that we are making solid progress on our path forward of one, simplifying the business; two, operational performance improvement and three, reducing leverage. We have reduced our leverage to 8.48 I think we'll reduce the leverage there. times as compared to 8.76

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Private Equity Info

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Firms that embraced these changes focusing on smaller deals, leveraging add-on strategies, and harnessing the power of AI positioned themselves to thrive in an increasingly complex and competitive market. Private Equity Info's Best Articles from 2024

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

There's no additional acquisition costs for clients in our ecosystem, creating even more operating leverage. The ability to leverage technology is crucial to scale, drive profitable growth, and adapt to market shifts. Let's move to the third layer that powers our ecosystem and experience technology. Thanks, Ryan, for the question.

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JULY 24, 2024

For example, in software, our broad suite of automation products like Apptio and watsonx Orchestrate are leveraging AI and we expect to do the same with HashiCorp once the acquisition is complete. The last 12 months of AI pilots has made it clear that sustained value from AI requires truly leveraging enterprise data.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

We will leverage our strong partnerships and continue collaborating with veterinarians to expand treatment adoption, shifting away from two decades of reliance on NSAIDs. For example, in September, we announced a strategic partnership with Danone to leverage Zoetis' genetic testing capabilities and promoting sustainable dairy production.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The customer was facing rising costs in their SOC with little automation and adequate visibility into the rising number of tailored attacks that leveraged AI. We have hundreds of customers leveraging AI access. This deal was headlined by a SOC transformation where we both replaced multiple SIEMs with XSIAM and XDR.

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

To that end, we are leveraging the learnings from early service engagement to develop new tools to accelerate future modernization efforts. In addition, as previously announced, we are bringing search and vector service to our community and EA offerings, leveraging our run anywhere competitive advantage in the world of AI.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

This flexible platform positions us for sustainable growth, and our upfront investment in it will create leverage as we scale. These investments are having a positive impact on our operations, our team, and the guest experience, and we expect them to continue to create leverage over time. million, or 26.1% of revenue, versus 23.3

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AUGUST 3, 2023

At Zeta, our goal is to make marketers the heroes of their stories by helping them to acquire, grow, and retain customers, substantially more efficiently and effectively than ever before by leveraging our data, implementing our software, and utilizing the superpower of our AI. And third, we're raising guidance. in the second quarter of 2023.

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MAY 2, 2024

Commerce Audiences are a set of precision targeting tactics that leverage the largest commerce dataset on the open internet and best-in-class AI to help advertisers acquire and retain customers. This reflects our operational leverage and the transformation and optimization of our operating model, while investing in areas of growth.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

We expect continued year-over-year improvement in the fourth quarter as governed by sales performance given the leverage deleverage nature of service. SG&A leveraged by 640 basis points driven by the growth and gross profit and our continued expense efficiency actions. Brian Nagel -- Analyst It's on SG&A and the leverage.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Next, we remain committed to returning cash to shareholders through a quarterly dividend payment and, over time and when appropriate, share repurchases, all while targeting a leverage ratio of approximately three times adjusted debt to EBITDAR in order to maintain our current investment-grade rating.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Excluding the impact of the change in accounting estimate, operating margins increased roughly 6 points driven by improved operating leverage through cost management and the higher gross margin noted earlier. And so, I think that focus is really helping on both execution and leverage. Now to our segment results. Thank you, guys.

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JUNE 30, 2024

In this article, three Motley Fool contributors deliver insights on stocks they believe investors should watch for the remainder of the year. Alphabet is positioned to leverage its search-market dominance into AI riches Jake Lerch (Alphabet): My choice is Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) , the parent company of Google.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As Avigal mentioned, we are growing Delek Logistics with prudent management of liquidity and leverage. We are also managing our leverage as we get into core spending period on our new gas processing plant expansion. We have managed liquidity throughout the year by accessing debt and equity markets. Avigal Soreq -- President Yes.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We have built a strong foundation for our business with a diverse portfolio of products and broad client distribution funnel, which are leveraging to monetize our global sports content. The 4Sight products target fast-growing in-play gaming sector and optimizes acquisition, engagement and retention by leveraging our cutting-edge technology.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

This translates to value created for customers and shareholders alike by allowing us to bring critical new solutions to market faster minimizing development risk and costs by leveraging existing safety profiles of proven products and expanding the reach of established products. and reported diluted EPS to be in the range of $5.35 to $5.45.

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