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DECEMBER 19, 2024

And finally, it has enabled the consistent and predictable takedown of just in time delivered fully developed home site, and that has attracted capital to the structured land banking partnerships that have driven the nearly $20 billion of transaction that have enabled our land-light transformation to date.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We've increased our regular dividend rate 160%; and including both regular and special dividends, paid or committed to pay more than $13 billion directly to shareholders; and $3.2 billion of that free cash flow back to our shareholders through a mix of our regular dividend and opportunistic share repurchases. We generated $1.6

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The Motley Fool

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.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

Fraser promised a way out through targeted cost-cutting, which she believed would make the bank more efficient -- and profitable. Five of the bank's remaining divisions now report directly to Fraser, highlighting her emphasis on efficiency. Quite simply, the bank isn't able to squeeze as much profit out of its asset base.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Following my comments, Dave and Ryan will provide additional comments regarding our investment strategy, investment portfolio, financial results, capital structure and leverage, and our expectations for the fourth quarter, after which we'll be happy to take your questions. per share.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

In this podcast, Motley Fool contributor Matt Frankel joins host Ricky Mulvey for a look at bank earnings. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan's outlook on the American economy. Ricky Mulvey: We've got big themes from big bank earnings. We're getting a macro picture is a lot of the big banks have kicked off this earnings season.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

trillion, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is a leader in the financial services industry. It has its hands in numerous areas, from consumer and commercial banking to capital markets and asset management. Does this strong momentum add fuel to the argument that Bank of America is a smart buy right now? 30) that totals a gargantuan $3.3

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

for the full year, strong levels of NII per share and DNII per share to fund our record level of annual shareholder dividends, and a new record for NAV per share for the 10th consecutive quarter. per share, representing an additional 41% paid to our shareholders in excess of our regular monthly dividends.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 27, 2024

A not-so-magnificent year for Apple stock Apple is part of the " Magnificent Seven ," a term coined by Bank of America analyst Michael Hartnett to describe Apple, Microsoft , Nvidia , Amazon , Alphabet , Meta Platforms , and Tesla. Granted, it only yields 0.6%, but it's still a massive capital commitment for Apple to its shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The tech-enabled banking platform continues to grow at a healthy pace, and it's turning the corner financially. Disrupting the banking industry SoFi is a financial services provider, but it doesn't own or operate any physical bank branches. SoFi has positioned itself to succeed in a hyper-competitive banking industry.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Furthermore, the company is on pace to reach its leverage ratio target of around 2.5 The investment bank believes the company will see improved revenue in the future and could potentially start buying back its shares, given the improvement in its leverage ratio. Is AT&T a buy after last month's surge?

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2024

Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU) , the parent company of NuBank, is a rapidly growing company leveraging financial technology ( fintech ) to bring banking to underserved regions and completely dominates the Brazilian market. Here's what you should know about this fast-growing bank and whether it's a good fit for your portfolio today.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 16, 2024

Microsoft's multibillion-dollar annual dividend hikes Other than ExxonMobil and Bank of America , the 10 U.S. Apple prefers to return money to shareholders via stock buybacks rather than with dividends. It has delivered the trifecta for shareholders. Image source: Getty Images. Microsoft is in this elite category.

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 5, 2024

This is thanks, in part, to Carnival's fantastic earnings performance, but another element may be even better news for shareholders. But one other element represents even better news for the company and shareholders because it may help Carnival address its biggest challenge today: reducing debt. Image source: Getty Images.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Two stocks that have rapidly increased their dividend payments to shareholders over the last half-decade, Visa (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) , have managed to outperform non-dividend payers in that time. So, each extra swipe practically puts more money in shareholders' pockets. They are payment network operators.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Oct 15, 2024 , 8:30 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, everyone, and welcome to Bank of America's earnings announcement. Should you invest $1,000 in Bank of America right now? We returned 5.6

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Jan 16, 2025 , 11:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, everyone, and welcome to today's Q4 Bank of America earnings announcement. Should you invest $1,000 in Bank of America right now? That is $0.82

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MAY 12, 2024

There's clearly something special about a company that can add significant shareholder value over a time period in which the price of its main product deteriorates. The company has demonstrated a strong ability to allocate shareholder capital, with impressive returns on capital employed that lead the oil majors.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Nu Holdings: Profitable growth at scale Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU) runs a banking operation in Brazil. It's a Visa-like, asset-light business that lends itself to long-term growth and shareholder value creation. Bank of America is the second-largest U.S. Bank of America is the second-largest U.S.

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MARCH 10, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway's other top public equity holdings -- Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) , American Express (NYSE: AXP) , Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) , Chevron (NYSE: CVX) , and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) -- are all trading at discounts to the S&P 500. Bank of America is the second-largest diversified bank behind JPMorgan Chase.

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MAY 29, 2024

That's the fee it takes to ensure payment moves from your bank or credit account to the merchant's bank account. Importantly, Visa is not a bank itself. It simply partners with banks that want to issue a credit card. But Meta is still returning heaps of cash to shareholders. billion and $16.9

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The company has taken shareholders on a wild journey in the past few years. By understanding this situation, while also leveraging the advent of smartphones and the internet, SoFi has thus far built an extremely successful digital banking enterprise. As a fully digital bank, SoFi operates a scalable business model.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As part of that partnership, the two companies will collectively invest up to $2.5bn over the next five years, leveraging Mubadala’s long-term and strategic partnership with Apollo Global Management. The private credit industry, or non-bank lending, is estimated to be worth about $1.3tn.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

We have a packed agenda lined up for the next three days, and we're excited to see our customers, partners, analysts, shareholders, and employees, all in person to share our passion for BI, AI, bitcoin, and innovation. billion in equity in a manner that we believe to be creative to existing shareholders. Equity issuances.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 14, 2024

The oil giant delivered industry-leading earnings, cash flow, and shareholder returns during the third quarter. The company isn't banking on higher oil and gas prices to fuel its plan. Finally, Exxon plans to continue leveraging its growing scale to reduce costs. The oil company believes its best days lie ahead.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) , American Express (NYSE: AXP) , and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) are four top picks. That's high, but it fits for a large, established industry giant that provides shareholder value through passive income, saving about a quarter of its cash for growth and innovations. economy.

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JUNE 4, 2024

A stock split effectively splits the shareholder "pie" into more pieces. According to research from Bank of America , on average, stocks that split have historically returned 25% in the following year, compared to just a 12% return for the S&P 500. However, the total value of stock you own would remain the same at $100.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The remaining 50 basis points were driven by ROD leverage. SG&A as a percentage of net sales was 33.4%, leveraging 130 basis points versus last year's reported rate and 110 basis points versus last year's adjusted rate primarily due to lower advertising costs in the quarter. Now, let me turn to SG&A. SG&A was $1.3

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Companies that pay dividends display a commitment to shareholders and tend to have prudent capital management. Riley Financial provides financial services including investment banking, wealth and asset management, business advisory, and asset disposal. banks' share of senior secured loans went from 33% in 1995 to just 8% in 2022.

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JUNE 8, 2024

It's still early days for AI, so we don't yet know the full extent of how Meta will leverage the technology to boost its business and financial performance -- but the potential is there. History shows that stock splits tend to come in waves, a point highlighted by Bank of America analyst Jared Woodard. Is a stock split on the horizon?

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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. per share.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 12, 2023

With the company's growing track record of profitability, the potential for this business and its shareholders in the years ahead may well be worth a long, hard second look. Upstart Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) is leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning as it seeks to upend the way credit is extended to consumers.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 3, 2024

Block has since expanded its offerings on the Cash App to provide users with banking and investment services. In CEO Jack Dorsey's letter to shareholders, he said that the company would keep a cap on its number of employees at 12,000 "until we feel the growth of the business has meaningfully outpaced the growth of the company."

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

The "baby bubble" that Bank of America analyst Michael Hartnett foreshadowed in May 2023 is losing some air. Old-school banks are not ready to offer crypto transactions or digital wallets yet, giving Coinbase a huge head start in a digital economy. I'm looking at you, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2023

The company smartly leveraged its user base in QQ to distribute its online games, which helped it scale the business rapidly and cost-effectively. This segment offers services like cloud computing, artificial intelligence , and Internet of Things that help companies leverage the latest technology to grow their business.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 18, 2024

Take it to the bank Jason Hall (Truist Financial): Admittedly, banks can be both very safe and very risky investments. They're leveraged (they have a lot of cash but lend most of it out) and very tied to the overall economy. At a current yield of 7.5%, that could be a pretty attractive stock.

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