The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Depreciation of the quarter was $104.8 million year-over-year improvement, driven by lower depreciation of $7.8 million increase in depreciation for the regulated business. And then, as you know, there'll be differences on things like depreciation no longer occurs. Rupert Merer -- National Bank Financial -- Analyst Hi.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 20, 2025

Operator The next question is from Richa Harnain with Deutsche Bank. Richa Harnain -- Deutsche Bank -- Analyst Hey, everyone. 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. Please go ahead. I did a little homework. Please go ahead.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 30, 2024

Customers are gravitating to Q, and we already see companies like Brightcove, Bridge Telecom, Datadog, GitLab, GoDaddy, National Australia Bank, NCS, Netsmart, Slalom, Smartsheet, Sun Life, Tata Consultancy Services, Toyota, and Wiz using Q, and we've only been in beta until today. On the -- well, we're talking about capex.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It's fun to actually watch a client enact it and be able to trust the system and watch what it can do for them, because that's really what it's about is the return on investment that they're achieving, and being able to do something that they couldn't do anywhere else. Bhavin Shah -- Deutsche Bank -- Analyst Great.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2023

These required significant investment and the markets have not seen the growth in profitability we had expected over the past several years. We see an opportunity to shift these resources toward strategic areas that have a higher potential return on investment, and we continue to drive toward our goal. So we continue to push.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 6, 2024

Operator Our next question comes from the line of Jeff Spector with Bank of America. Lizzy Doykan -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch -- Analyst Hi. And I'll just give you a good example of -- and again, FFO, as you know, is net income plus depreciation. David Simon -- Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Thank you.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

and a trailing 12-month return on invested capital of 10%. million, excluding depreciation. Including depreciation, costs amounted to $25.3 Questions & Answers: Operator [Operator instructions] The first question comes from Sathish Kasinathan with Bank of America. million or $0.90 compares to 14.7%

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 25, 2024

This also meaningfully extends the production life of our installed capacity and improves our returns on investments, similar to the announcement last quarter of our Tower Semiconductor partnership at the 65-nanometer node with our New Mexico site. And our first question comes from the line of Ross Seymore from Deutsche Bank.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2024

The year-over-year increase was mainly due to the decreased material costs per unit in Q4 2023 and lower base in Q4 2022, which resulted from inventory provisions, accelerated depreciation on production facilities, and the losses on purchase commitments for the previous generation of ES8, ES6, and EC6 recorded. Thank you, Tim. Yuqian here.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 4, 2023

Now that we've completed our two spinoffs, we have more opportunities to invest in driving long-term growth in LTL, a business that generates a high return on invested capital. We're also continuing to make strategic investments in our network to capitalize on upturns in demand. years from 5.9 years at the end of 2022.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 20, 2024

Returning to our third quarter results, CMC's reported net earnings of 119.4 and a trailing EBITDA return on invested capital of 11.3%. On a pre-tax basis and excluding depreciation, mill operational commissioning costs were 11.8 Sathish Kasinathan -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch -- Analyst Yeah. Please go ahead.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2024

Rack stores that were opened last year are performing well delivering a solid return on investment while attracting new customers. We expect to complete this change by the end of the year, and as a result, plan to accelerate the depreciation of the IT assets that we will stop using. Cathy Smith -- Chief Financial Officer Yes.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Depreciation expense of $188 million was $14 million lower than last year due to reduced technology capital spend. Year-to-date depreciation expense decreased $46 million to $562 million. Customers returning for additional purchases for Sephora, shop two times more often than Kohl's base. compared to last year. Happy holidays.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

is to invest in our network. Our business has historically generated a high return on invested capital. Depreciation expense increased by 22% year over year or $13 million, reflecting the investments we're making in the business. Our next question is coming from the line of Ken Hoexter with Bank of America.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2024

While we navigate through the current challenges and pursue growth opportunities, the company will remain focused on its three long-standing, long-term financial tenants, those being to maximize free cash flow, maximize return on invested capital, and returning excess free cash to our shareholders. Christopher S. or lower.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 6, 2024

One important component of this strategy is innovation to solve customers' most pressing needs, aligned with market growth trends, and generate a strong return on investment. We offer programs with third-party financial institutions, as well as through our Red Iron joint venture with Huntington Bank. The majority of our U.S.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While we continue to pursue growth opportunities, the company will remain focused on its three long-standing, long-term financial tenets, those being to; maximize free cash flow, maximize return on invested capital, and returning excess free cash to our shareholders. Depreciation and amortization for the quarter was $3.7

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

For those who don't know what EBITDA is, it's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, so think of it as earnings before really everything that matters. Who wants to put money in the bank? Now they're selling a lot of AI services that have a good return on investment. That's how this story started.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Depreciation for the quarter was $84 million or 2.9% Operator instructions] Today's first question comes from Sara Senatore with Bank of America. And our next question today comes from Lauren Silberman with Deutsche Bank. For 2025, we expect it to remain around 3% of sales. Our effective tax rate for Q4 was 24.4%

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The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2023

While we aggressively pursue growth opportunities, the company will remain focused on its three long-standing, long-term financial tenants, those being to maximize free cash flow, maximize return on invested capital, and returning excess free cash to our shareholders. Depreciation and amortization for the quarter was 3.9

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 17, 2023

Vincent Delisle, head of liquid markets at the Caisse, said there is still uncertainty when it comes to what central banks will do in terms of setting interest rates, the fund’s large fixed-income portfolio positions the pension manager well. Today, with interest rates that are higher than four per cent, (and) credit returns that are 7.5

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2025

As Brian will detail, in 2025, these actions are expected to result in expanded operating margins and an improvement in return on invested capital. Operator Your next question comes from the line of Ken Hoexter from Bank of America. We've got some work to do to make this all happen, but there's no better team than the UPS team.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 18, 2023

And the first question today is coming from Carlo Santarelli from Deutsche Bank. Carlo Santarelli -- Deutsche Bank -- Analyst Hey, guys. Carlo Santarelli -- Deutsche Bank -- Analyst Great. Carlo Santarelli -- Deutsche Bank -- Analyst Great. The next question is coming from Shaun Kelley from Bank of America.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Our third-quarter operating income was $273 million, which included depreciation and amortization and accretion of $78 million, round cost of $25 million, production stage expense of $12 million, and share-based compensation expense of $8 million. Operator Your next question comes from the line of Julien Dumoulin-Smith from Bank of America.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2023

See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of July 17, 2023 Reconciliations between the two can be found in today's press release. Please note that when we discuss all of our expense figures, they will exclude stock-based compensation and related payroll taxes, as well as depreciation and amortization, and nonrecurring charges.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Also, over this period, we increased return on invested capital from 8% to 35% and reduced net shares outstanding by over 30%. Finally, the reduction in depreciation and share-based compensation, in cost of sales, increased gross margin by approximately 40 basis points. Next, I'll summarize our growth thesis. Operator Thank you.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

In private credit, tightening credit conditions resulting from a handful of bank failures and rescues in the United States have opened up opportunities for non-bank players like pension funds, he said. Those declines were offset by strong gains from its private equity, infrastructure and credit investments, CPP Investments said.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

We successfully refinanced our debt, closing a new credit facility agreement with Oak Hill Advisors for a term loan of $250 million and using a portion of that capital to repay all amounts of outstanding under the senior bank term loan facility. Total research and development and SG&A improved $11 million or 11% year over year.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Thus, we are narrowing the focus in our future new store openings to target existing markets and -- in a smaller set of high priority adjacent new markets and that will help us improve new store sales productivity and the return on invested capital. Our first question comes from the line of Krisztina Katai with Deutsche Bank.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2025

While we continue to pursue opportunities, the company will remain focused on its three long-standing, long-term financial tenants, those being to: maximize free cash flow, maximize return on invested capital, and returning excess free cash to our shareholders. Depreciation and amortization for the quarter was $3.7

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 24, 2025

Full year adjusted earnings-per-share growth is expected to be in a range of flat to up 3%, reflecting the adjusted EBITDA growth, partially offset by higher depreciation and amortization. We'll continue to see pressure from bonus depreciation. Operator The next question comes from David Barden of Bank of America. Thanks, Rob.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The questions come from the line of Chen Luo from Bank of America. Depreciation also meaningfully improved as a result of capital expenditure improvement. And also, we see a higher return on investment on advertising expenses. Michelle Cheng -- Analyst Thank you, Joey for the explanation and congrats again.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

We will continue to improve return on invested capital, creating shareholder value, and we will continue to execute with excellence in everything that we do. Operator Our next question comes from Peter Galbo from Bank of America. Protein is part of every healthy diet, and consumers are increasing consumption. Good morning.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 6, 2025

The FIFO gross margin rate, excluding rent, depreciation and amortization, fuel, and the 53rd week of 2023 increased 54 basis points in the fourth quarter compared to the same period last year. The FIFO gross margin rate excluding rent, depreciation and amortization, fuel, and the 53rd week of 2023 increased 32 basis points.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2025

Operator The next question is from Mike Linenberg with Deutsche Bank. At the end of the day, we -- our core base business, where we are aiming to get to our 15% return on invested capital of at least 15% and op margins of excluding special items of greater than 10%. Duane Pfennigwerth -- Analyst Thank you. Please go ahead.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2024

During the call, Jim, John, and Devina will discuss operating EBITDA, which is income from operations before depreciation and amortization. We prioritize return on invested capital in making these decisions, and we expect all of our investments to provide healthy returns above our cost of capital.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The executive joined Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) the official manager of the fund in September 2020 from AKO Capital LLP, the hedge fund he founded in 2005. During his tenure, Tangen has urged his traders to think long-term and warned that inflation is likely to continue to weigh on returns in the coming years.

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