The Motley Fool

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. With that, we'll be happy to take your questions.

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 29, 2024

As disclosed earlier in the third quarter, First Solar also possesses a TOPCon patent portfolio through our acquisition of TetraSun in 2013, which we have begun to leverage as part of our ongoing efforts to develop the next generation of PV technologies. billion of Section 45X tax credits and $60 million to $75 million of ramp costs.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 20, 2025

A significant focus lies on leveraging innovations like AI to tailor consumer experiences. Notably, the tax rate dropped from 16.5% to 5.9%, thanks to a significant deferred tax benefit. Despite the market challenges, Nike aims for continued growth through brand storytelling and engaging with athletes.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We've transformed the company from a tax and accounting platform to an AI-driven expert platform. Starting with our consumer platform, Big Bet 3 is focused on helping customers make smart money decisions, take steps to improve their financial health year round, achieve their best tax outcome, and accelerate the receipt of their refund.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Excluding the impact of interest and taxes, we expect bottom-line growth of 8% to 10%, reflecting the strength of our business fundamentals and the robust secular trends driving our industry. Our adjusted effective tax rate for 2025 is expected to be approximately 21%. to drive operational leverage through the P&L.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Our Q3 adjusted EBITDA results reflect a continuation of our strong gross margin performance, our disciplined approach to cost management, and the ongoing benefits of fixed cost leverage as we scale. Please note that my discussion of SG&A exclude share-based compensation expense and related taxes. How fast can we get to 30% or 40%?

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 19, 2025

A key focus for the firm is leveraging its brands to reach a wider consumer base, maintain strong customer loyalty, and drive innovation. reflects these fiscal pressures, compounded by a higher effective tax rate. Its portfolio includes various consumer favorites in the categories of snacks, cereals, and pet foods.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2025

We have robust plans that leverage the demand for flavor and the strength of our brands. Our team remains focused on returning to our long-term growth algorithm, strengthening our profitability, continuing our strong cash flow, paying down our debt, and reducing our leverage ratio. McCormick remains a growth company.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2025

Currently, we are leveraging our unique user scenarios and high-quality data to explore AI applications that will potentially enhance the efficiency of freight matching and tracker capacity scheduling. The increase was primarily due to an increase in VAT-related tax surcharges and other tax costs and net of grants from government authorities.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 31, 2025

First, we committed to leveraging our distinctive risk capital and human capital structure to unlock new solutions that address the evolving client demand discussed earlier. Moving to interest, other income and taxes on Slide 11. billion of debt in 2024 and coupled with earnings growth, lowered our debt-to-EBITDA leverage from 4.1

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

We had a total estimated pre-tax statutory loss for our U.S. For the full year, we generated strong statutory pre-tax income of $378 million. who can leverage that access to optimize quality care, affordable pricing, and personalized service. billion pre-tax benefit to LTC statutory income in 2024. GAAP accounting.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 6, 2025

The result included a 264 million after-tax charge for litigation expense as a result of a verdict the company intends to appeal. Excluding an approximate 265 million after-tax charge related to the litigation accrual, adjusted earnings for the quarter totaled 88.5 million, or a loss of $1.54 per diluted share, on sales of 1.9

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 20, 2023

In this article, we'll examine why Symbotic is such an attractive investment opportunity and explore some key factors that make it a smart choice for anyone looking to grow their portfolio. When a company improves its operating leverage, it means that the company can generate more profits from a given level of sales.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 10, 2024

This article will explore one of these companies: Alibaba (NYSE: BABA). This business segment is also enormously profitable, generating 189 billion yuan ($26 billion) in earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization (EBITA) in the fiscal year 2024. Image source: Getty Images. Still, there are plenty of reasons to like the company.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

life insurance companies reported an estimated pre-tax loss of $18 million, driven by unfavorable mortality and higher new claims, as well as lower benefit from legal settlements. life insurance companies to continue to operate as a closed system, leveraging existing reserves and capital to cover future claims and other obligations.

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The Motley Fool

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. We generated $132 million of income before income taxes in Q3 and a $70 million of net income attributable to Coupang stockholders.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2025

Our assortment decisions are leveraging deeper customer insights and linked to the strategic growth categories. Looking ahead to 2025, we will leverage the advancements made through our strategic initiatives and are sharpening our focus on execution to enhance our operational performance. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was 8.5

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

And on top of that, we also are leveraging our Brand Growth System that we that we have proven through the pilots did in 2024. I wanted to dig in a little bit on the increase in your tax rate, if I could, into 2025. I don't think any of them have really talked about quite the increase in tax that you're about to experience.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2025

In addition to the opportunity to increase sales and ultimately realize further growth in the pOpshelf banner, we are also able to leverage learnings from this banner and apply them in our non-consumable categories in our Dollar General stores to further strengthen that offering for our DG customers. Net sales growth in the range of 3.4%

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

MARCH 26, 2025

Significant one-time factors that benefited the firm included a drop in its effective tax rate to 9.4% a year earlier, largely due to the partial resolutions of some state and local tax matters. Jefferies Finance, a major joint venture, played a role in maintaining its leveraged finance stronghold. from 25.4%

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 24, 2024

Thanks to fast portfolio growth and impressive operating leverage, servicing income reached $273 million. Turning to Originations, our team did a great job generating $32 million in pre-tax income while continuing to be an industry leader in retention. On a year-over-year basis, the portfolio is up 33%. Good morning.

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

These capital market levers allow us to deploy intelligent leverage to increase our Bitcoin holdings in a manner which we believe has created shareholder value. Leverage provides the opportunity to generate higher returns if the price increases. Software business operating expenses were $96.1 million, up 1.7% compared to $94.5

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

We're also leveraging AI to create a more intuitive workflow and faster turnaround times to reduce frustrations for our members and provider partners. Our leverage ratio at the end of the quarter was approximately 4.7 The net result of these transactions modestly reduced our leverage ratio. billion of outstanding debt principal.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 6, 2025

We will continue to leverage our digital conveniences to drive member loyalty in the future. Adjusted earnings per share for the quarter was $0.93, including an effective tax rate of 26.3%, driven by unplanned tax windfall. Membership fee income, or MFI, grew 7.9% All in, we reported fourth quarter earnings per share of $0.92.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2024

As a reminder, we implemented several shrink-mitigating tactics in Q1 and Q2, including upgraded store talent, updated equipment, revised policies, increased leverage of exception reporting to quickly identify issues, and a third-party restitution program. So, we're set up and we'll be set up to take advantage of all sales opportunities.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 10, 2025

times net leverage ratio on a comparable basis in the third quarter, still slightly below our three times target. Comparable effective tax rate was 16.3% compared to 18% for the corresponding quarter last year, and we continue to expect our full-year comparable tax rate to be approximately 18.5%. We maintained a 2.9 and $13.80.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Let's start with tax. Tax preparation represents a $35 billion TAM. This includes $31 billion within the assisted consumer and business tax categories, which we have barely started to penetrate. Second, small businesses can file their taxes with TurboTax. Let me share more about the areas of focus this season.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This article will focus on three dividend stocks that yield investors between 9.7% These companies get tax treatment similar to real estate investment trusts (REITs) that requires them to pay out 90% of all taxable income to shareholders through dividends or other distributions. They are B.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

We expect to see continued benefit of our operating leverage as we grow revenue sustainably with a strong belief that BetMGM is on its way to achieving the $500 million annual EBITDA we've talked about in the future. How concerned are you about more states looking to raise Digital or land-based taxes? That changes the dynamic.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Most notably and uniquely, our lower middle market strategy provides attractive leverage points and income yield on our first-lien debt investments while also creating a true partnership with the management teams and other equity owners of our portfolio companies through our flexible and highly aligned equity ownership structures.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

EBITDA = Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. billion in 2024 and a conservative net leverage ratio of 0.93x, indicates a sound financial position poised for further investment. Maintaining its leadership will depend on how it leverages its strengths amid evolving real estate market trends. .*

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Consumer group revenue growth reflects a strong finish to the tax extension season. We remain focused on transforming the assisted consumer and business tax categories with TurboTax Live. Our innovation in tax has accelerated in several areas. We believe this is Intuit's most exciting era yet. Third, QuickBooks.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Our AI-powered solutions leverage the vast amount of proprietary enterprise data generated by 500 billion transactions per day processed by our zero trust exchange. We will continue to leverage our data and combine it with new agent based technologies to rapidly expand our AI portfolio. compares to 80.7% in the year-ago quarter.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The company reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.84, exceeding the anticipated $0.78, thanks largely to unexpected tax benefits and a reduced number of outstanding shares. The company's core strategy revolves around leveraging its extensive brand equity. and $2.74, considering a higher tax rate.

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