The Motley Fool

JULY 29, 2024

Still, some well-performing companies don't get as much attention from investors but have quietly been delivering massive shareholder returns over the years. This article will highlight one of those outperformers, The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) , a leading programmatic advertising platform company. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 29, 2024

After all, if a company grows but earns subpar returns on capital, that can actually destroy shareholder value. This is why return on invested capital (ROIC) is such an important metric, favored by the likes of Warren Buffett and his late partner, Charlie Munger. Savvy investors know that growth isn't everything.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

This extra bit of resiliency makes Ulta a unique investment opportunity in the retail market, especially considering its other market-beating indicators. Ulta's market-beating qualities Ulta Beauty boasts a return on invested capital (ROIC) of 61%.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

None of the stocks in this article will jump off the screen at you as blatant "value" opportunities. Growing its return on invested capital (ROIC) from 10% in 2014 to 22% today, the company's ability to generate net income from its debt and equity is top-tier and improving with time. And the good news for investors?

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 29, 2024

And they're also willing obviously to help us deliver great financial returns on investments like these destinations. And I guess as we think about moving forward, where do you think returns ultimately settle in over the long term? You're at double-digit return on invested capital. Is there a ceiling?

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2024

And I'd like to acknowledge the work of our finance team for developing methods to track the retail industry standard metric gross margin return on investment, commonly known as GMROI, down to the category level for our own internal use.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 22, 2024

Snap-on's best-in-class profitability With a return on invested capital (ROIC) of 17%, Snap-on has a long history of delivering high profitability in comparison to its debt and equity. Image source: Getty Images. Snap-on seems to fit this mold with an ROIC ranking in the top quartile among its S&P 500 peers.

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Insight Partners

APRIL 1, 2025

If you spend money to acquire customers but quickly lose them, that return on investment is limited. Note: Insight Partners has invested in LiveAction, Veeam, Own, Run:ai, Qualtrics, Recorded Future, and Gainsight. There are two components to this: growth rate and business efficiency. How fast is your business growing?

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2024

A mere $10 invested weekly would balloon to just over $1 million by the time she turns 55, assuming 10% returns. Should we dare to dream of beating the market by 2 percentage points via outperforming stocks like the one included in today's article, this $1 million would spike to $2.4 Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 19, 2024

In a February 2024 Bloomberg article, Allison Schrager wrote that "TikTok is not the worst place to learn about personal finance," and "I found a lot of sound financial advice on TikTok. Bloomberg columnist Alison Schrager, who's also an economist at the Manhattan Institute, recently analyzed some TikTok personal finance videos.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Compute on the average of beginning and ending long-term debt and equity for the trailing 12 months, return on invested capital was approximately 31.5%, down from 38.7% And during the quarter, we paid approximately $2.2 billion in dividends to our shareholders. in the third quarter of fiscal 2023.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Last but not least, I'm confident Mettler-Toledo will return to its mid-single-digit growth rates thanks to its market leadership position -- an advantage that can be quantitatively seen through its immense profitability.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Our investment activity in the third quarter included total investments in our lower middle market portfolio of $52 million, which after aggregate repayments on debt investments and return on invested equity capital, resulted in the net increase in our lower middle market portfolio of $2 million.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Historically, stocks that sell for less than $50 a share tend not to be an ideal pond to fish in for dividend growth investments. However, the three businesses in this article are the exception to this hypothesis. Consider Kroger (NYSE: KR) and Rollins (NYSE: ROL). Executing five 2-for-1 stock splits and eight 1.5-for-1

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2023

However, the four businesses mentioned in this article operate in niche industries poised to deliver steady growth over the long haul. Calling stocks "no-brainers" is generally something not to be taken lightly.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In this article, I will examine the prospects of two companies that are operating in these niches and are already benefiting from the rapidly growing adoption of AI to see why it would make sense to invest $500 in them (either separately or combined).

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

We are encouraged to see that this new user cohorts are purchasing bigger basket sizes than older cohorts, giving us better returns on investments and improving our unit economics. In the third quarter, average monthly active buyers grew by close to 40% year on year.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As a result, the new integration will position both of our companies to expand market share, streamline benefits, and drive higher return on investment for joint clients. So, it's a really, really good return on investment. And in exchange for that $2.5 They scale faster. Brian Schwartz -- Analyst Thanks for that color.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 31, 2024

While merely investing $8 a week in the S&P 500 Index may not sound like enough to set you on a path to retirement, this $400 added annually could balloon to nearly $200,000 after 40 years, assuming the market's standard 10% returns. This slightly higher rate would turn these weekly $8 additions into $344,000 over the same time.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2025

This business performed incredibly well again in 2024, delivering low teens growth launching new products and driving a great return on investment. In concluding my comments on our total company performance, adjusted ROIC was 11.6%, reflecting the strong returns on investment that we're generating across the company.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 28, 2024

As you may know, there's a pretty heated debate in the market on your customers and customers' customers return on investment and what that means for the sustainability of capex going forward. What's on your dashboard as you try to gauge customer return and how that impacts capex? That's a tremendous return on investment.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

But we will continue to evaluate it as we always do and to make sure that hold ourselves to a strict return on investment threshold. But this is a team that is just very disciplined around ensuring that we're using our capital judiciously and we're looking for every opportunity to maximize return on investment.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 20, 2025

As I stated in my prepared remarks, we're planning to stay within that area of investment not only in FY '26 but for the immediate years beyond. That all said, our investments are focused on return on invested capital, right, which is now also included in our executives long-term incentive compensation.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

It has terrifically high guest satisfaction scores, which create layers of advantage, which suggests we should be able to stain -- sustain high margins and high returns on investment. With a business with that profile, you invest in it. It's a 25-plus margin business and has been for an extended period of time.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2024

The new assistant will quickly summarize and provide the seller with succinct answers without them having to sort through long articles or other materials. And while we're spending more on capex than we have historically, we're pleased with the returns from these investments, particularly the automation of our supply chain.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

We are confident that we have the right strategy in place and are beginning to see real tangible return on investment. We are acquiring higher quality, more profitable customers while spending less and growing our business amid the challenging macro environment. With that, I will turn it over to Antoine for a review of our financials.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2024

We're always with an eye on the strong return on investment. But as long as we see strong returns on our investments, we will continue to free up resources to invest behind our brands and reach more consumers. Having said that, we'll continue to do that with discipline. Operator Thank you.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 12, 2024

So, that's the return on investment that attracts and keeps us going at this game. Muse -- Cantor Fitzgerald -- Analyst William Stein -- Truist Securities -- Analyst More AVGO analysis All earnings call transcripts This article is a transcript of this conference call produced for The Motley Fool. And this is more than a game.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 31, 2025

It's a return on invested capital, cash-on-cash return. As with all our articles, The Motley Fool does not assume any responsibility for your use of this content, and we strongly encourage you to do your own research, including listening to the call yourself and reading the company's SEC filings.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We believe that Azure Solutions will allow us to continue to enhance our existing creative solutions, prioritizing ad creatives with predicted higher return on investment. In addition, we recently expanded our collaboration with Microsoft Azure, integrating Azure OpenAI solution to a range of ongoing services.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

We also look at capital efficiency, return on invested capital on a relative basis in terms of assessing it. As it relates to financial attractiveness, we take into consideration EPS accretion. So the level of, the timing of, the visibility of, the durability of.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 23, 2024

And how are we thinking about the return on invested capital with this AI capex cycle? As with all our articles, The Motley Fool does not assume any responsibility for your use of this content, and we strongly encourage you to do your own research, including listening to the call yourself and reading the company's SEC filings.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 30, 2024

And then we see the revenue, operating income and free cash flow benefit for years to come after that, with strong returns on invested capital. We create capacity very carefully for our customers. So, a little bit of a long-winded answer to your question.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Are the results meeting or exceeding our expectations for return on investment? Next question comes from John Bair, and he says a recent article in the Wall Street Journal headlines Ocean Freight Rate Pressures, which highlight a significant drop in East Coast to China shipping costs among other routes.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This resulted in higher realized iron ore premiums, but more importantly, higher margins and returns on invested capital. In the fourth quarter of 2024, we proactively shifted our portfolio mix, reducing direct sales of high silica material while increasing the share of high-quality products from Carajas.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In the Fios footprint, it's obvious we will go for it when it makes sense for us, both from a return on investment. Sometimes it's Fios, sometimes it's 4G, sometimes its 5G, something is fixed wireless access, and then we get the best return on investment on the invested capital because we do it one.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

In the factory, we're beginning to see early returns on investments in production, including robotics, our patented automated mold polishing process, and machine perception in our quality verification process. Of note, revenue per customer contact increased 5% year over year in the first quarter.

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