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DECEMBER 23, 2023

It operates more than 50,000 miles of pipelines, as well as other midstream assets such as natural gas processing plants and storage facilities. The good news for shareholders of Enterprise Products Partners is that it's resilient in good times and bad times. It had $668 billion in assets as of Sept. Bancorp U.S.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

Dividends are more than just yield -- they are a portion of your total return on investment. A category of assets that's very real estate like in this regard is infrastructure -- things like roads, power transmission lines, water and gas lines, and telecommunications assets like cell towers and data centers.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Similarly, a stock isn't just a good value because its stock price is down or its earnings are better than the market gives it credit for, but rather because the company has what it takes to continue growing the business over time and supporting shareholder programs like dividends and buybacks. forward yield.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Airlines aren't productive (at least for shareholders) The ultimate test of whether a company is allocating capital productively for shareholders is the comparison between its return on invested capita l (ROIC) and its weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Here's the lowdown on a fascinating industry.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Longer term, the value of Kinder Morgan's infrastructure assets -- and its operations in general -- do depend on demand for oil and natural gas. Limited growth options Kinder Morgan is an ideal dividend stock because it is in the company's best interest to grow slowly and return capital to shareholders instead of over-expanding the business.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The company's return on invested capital (ROIC), an important metric that measures operational efficiency, has been over 10% for nearly two decades. billion of long-term debt, Emerson's debt-to-equity ratio indicates an exceptionally healthy balance sheet, even if you exclude intangible assets associated with its previous acquisitions.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

With our industry-leading brands that excel in each of their respective segments, the most innovative fleet and destinations, and the best people who are focused on delivering a lifetime of vacations for our guests, we focus on winning share from the large and attractive travel industry while delivering long-term shareholder value.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

At Vale Day, we laid out our 2030 vision with a clear focus on evolving our portfolio of assets to supply our clients' needs with a highly competitive cost profile. This resulted in higher realized iron ore premiums, but more importantly, higher margins and returns on invested capital. Now moving on to cash generation.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

It also invests in the funds managed by its alternative asset management affiliate, Brookfield Asset Management. The company typically reinvests 75% of its annual free cash flow to compound value for shareholders. It will return the remaining cash through dividends and share repurchases.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Secure a reliable 5%-plus shareholder yield After a brief correction, now looks like a great time to buy Chevron (NYSE: CVX) stock. But when you add in the company's massive share repurchases -- the company is authorized to buy back up to $75 billion in stock -- the total shareholder yield surpasses 5%.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In fact, dividends have accounted for a whopping two-thirds of the market's total returns since 1900. Among dividend stocks, those that consistently raise their payouts to shareholders have also proven to be superior performers, relative to most other asset classes, over the long term. Image source: Getty Images.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Amazon's management believes artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to drive demand for its AWS platform, and that's good news for shareholders. As AWS grows profitably, shareholders should be rewarded with a higher stock price. POOL Return on Invested Capital data by YCharts. ULTA PE Ratio data by YCharts.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

billion in debt and returned $1.6 billion in capital to shareholders due to dividend and share repurchases, lowering our leverage in line with our objectives and continuing our balanced capital allocation discipline. Finally, in 2024, we returned $1.6 billion in capital to shareholders, including $1 billion of share repurchases.

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JUNE 8, 2024

With a 34% return on invested capital (ROIC) , Home Depot generates outsize profitability compared to its debt and equity. HD Return on Invested Capital data by YCharts Historically, high-and-rising ROICs such as this have led to outperforming stocks. But the shareholder returns don't stop here.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

annual shareholder meeting and changes to the company's public equity holdings indicate that Berkshire isn't a net buyer in today's market. BHE contains various electric and gas utilities, pipelines, and other infrastructure assets. integrated natural gas pipelines with 21,000 miles of operated pipeline, among other assets.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Lower interest rates lower the cost of capital and can increase the return on investment for capital-intensive projects. When discounted to account for capital costs, the future cash flows should exceed the investment cost. Should you invest $1,000 in Kinder Morgan right now? Shifting into a new growth gear Higher U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

During the quarter, we grew revenue and adjusted EBITDA, expanded our adjusted EBITDA margins, and generated strong operating cash flow, which allowed us to invest in the business and return cash to shareholders. As you know, we and our board are maniacally focused on driving shareholder value.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

The second phase, all of you remember, we sold -- we bought a lot of assets. And now we're also extending our TAM with a couple of larger investments we're doing all the way from Frontier, but also what we want to talk to in a second. So for me, this journey is now in a moment where we have the have the right assets.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Stock Advisor service has more than quadrupled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*. In the third quarter, we recorded shareholders' net income of $739 million or $2.63 This is driven by a noncash after-tax net realized investment loss of $1 billion or $3.69 We've structured it with an asset-light framework.

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MARCH 27, 2025

Finally, I'll finish my remarks by narrowing in on specific actions we're taking in the near term to drive improved profitability and enhance shareholder value in 2025. I'll then shift focus to some of our key markets and our progress on new products. Then our CFO, Jeff Creech, will provide more details on our financials.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Thank you pricing hikes for Chipotle shareholders. For the smoke brisket, I personally don't eat beef, so I'm not as excited, but as a shareholder of Chipotle and a fan of Chipotle, I think it's fantastic. It's called ROUNTA which is Return on unleveraged net tangible assets. Revenue up 18%. I love that stuff. Here we go.

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MAY 4, 2024

I try not to worry about the daily ups and downs of the stock market, or get distracted by every last bit of noisy stock market news -- but I find the stock market fascinating, and believe that stocks are ultimately one of the best asset categories to invest in. average annual returns for the past 30 years.

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AUGUST 18, 2024

With over 7,100 locations, MTY Food Group operates the vast majority of its shops through a franchise model , giving the company an asset-light, high-margin profile. Best yet for investors, with the board and management owning 16% of MTY's shares outstanding, they are well incentivized to continue these shareholder-friendly cash returns.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

A great company generates value for its shareholders over time. That's the most basic definition of a great investment. A company's return on invested capital (ROIC) measures the return it generates when it invests in the business. A high return means it can put resources in and get a lot out.

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MARCH 20, 2025

Third, Tricolor is driving better asset utilization as we improve aircraft density and better leverage our surface network. This change is enabling us to better utilize our existing assets without adding capacity while meeting the needs of our customers. And including our dividend, we're on track to return $3.8

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

How satisfied should Meta shareholders be with this is the first prototype product? It's just a matter of trying to see around the corner and hopefully this is an area that will yield some return on investment time. How are you grading the revitalization plan in the latest shareholder update? I would give this a B.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

American Electric Power has demonstrated steadfast dedication to the dividend, returning capital to shareholders with a distribution for 112 years. Should the company achieve its target of returning $3.37 It's also accelerating renewable energy investments during a weak time in that industry. since 2010.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

Even into the 1950s and 1960s, with a growing middle class, most of the average household's wealth was more likely to be invested in houses or land, not financial assets. A generation or two ago, many middle class people might not have thought of themselves as investors or shareholders. America is a nation of shareholders now.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite a surge in growth stock prices in the opening months of the year resulting from the excitement over artificial intelligence, investors have grown increasingly cautious about this particular asset class, and for good reason. Is it time to buy?

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In the quarter, pre-tax intangible asset amortization was $138 million including $86 million related to SRS. Excluding the intangible asset amortization in the quarter, our adjusted operating margin for the third quarter was 13.8%, compared to 14.5% billion in dividends to our shareholders. in the third quarter of 2023.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

We do this through a combination of strategic M&A and substantial return of capital to our shareholders. In 2024, we returned $4.6 billion of capital to our shareholders through stock buybacks and dividends, including repurchasing $1 billion of shares in the fourth quarter. billion after investing $1.3

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MARCH 7, 2024

We are very encouraged to see our strategic shift toward an asset-lighter business model reflected in our results with agribusiness expenses decreasing by 5%, agribusiness operating loss improving by 84%, and our adjusted EBITDA improving by 39% in the seasonally soft first quarter of fiscal year 2024 compared to the prior-year period.

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MAY 24, 2024

Its leading asset is VK2735, and the only medicine on the market of this kind is Eli Lilly's weight-loss treatment Zepbound. The goal is to find promising compounds to advance to clinical trials and raise the return on investment of preclinical research, which is currently very low. Not so fast!

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Shareholders will miss him after a highly successful tenure that resulted in a fundamental transformation of the company. I'll return to the enterprise strategy in a moment, but first, here's a look at just how much Santi's tenure improved operating margins and return on invested capital. in 2012 to $5.24 in 2022.

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JULY 30, 2024

model to investment in a diversified portfolio of assets that balance various risk and return profiles, we expect to expand and augment our long-term growth potential. First, we see that the fundamentals that have driven performance in the U.S. Second, by exporting our successful U.S. and Europe. First, just in the U.S.,

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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. The second question is on your cash and investments, which are close to $10 billion now. How much capital do you need to keep on the balance sheet?

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JULY 15, 2023

Is Airbnb stock still a buy, or should shareholders consider other growth stocks? But that hasn't prevented the stock from surging 60% year to date, nearly doubling the return of the Nasdaq Composite. Big hotel companies can leverage these assets to gain market share.

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