The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

First, we are strengthening our foundation and embedding retail best practices throughout the organization. We have begun to embed retail best practices that are already changing the way certain choices and decisions are being made. We will make operational excellence the standard for everything we do.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 2, 2023

launched hand-breaded Original Recipe chicken nuggets to expand its off-the-bone chicken offerings, leveraging the learnings from our significant off-the-bone business at KFC international. The global Taco Tuesday campaign, which launched in June and will continue through the third quarter, leverages Taco Bell's U.S.

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Leveraging Capital Shareholders Debt 188

Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Leverage will continue to be an important tool, but the current interest rate environment means debt has to be more carefully assessed and structured, and the risk of future rate hikes has to be managed. Could any shift or change influence the potential growth in the industry? Act: Implement policies and procedures rigorously.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Our opportunity is to more effectively standardize and apply best practices to create additional value for our customers and shareholders. We recently rolled out the next phase of business services, which will help simplify and harmonize customer service and back office processes, leveraging our new platform.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

First, the Credit Karma platform is leveraging data and AI to deliver personalized experiences and compelling tax offers. billion in debt on our balance sheet. The short answer is we capture best practices and share the insights on a daily basis across our teams. Our innovation in tax has accelerated in several areas.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2024

Our new commercial division continues to strategically add feet on the street to our sales force, and we are leveraging data analytics and training to better enable their success. This step aligns with corporate governance best practices. Investments to drive organic growth are complemented by strategic M&A.

Leveraging 130

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Following my comments, David and Jesse 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.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

We are successfully strengthening the foundation of our business by embedding retail best practices, increasing the efficiency of our operations, and optimizing our organizational structure. We have $247 million of cash, cash equivalents, and investments with no debt. We continue to execute our transformation strategy.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 4, 2024

This includes embedding retail best practices across the enterprise and ensuring we have the right organizational structure in place to enable our future success. In Q2, we continued to focus on driving leverage in our P&L while also funding initiatives that position us for long-term growth. And our work here is not done.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Best Practices Capital Returns 130

The Motley Fool

JULY 31, 2024

We further reduced our total leverage ratio to 3.5 times at the end of June and remain committed to reducing our total leverage ratio to three by the end of 2025. million of pre-tax costs relating to the extinguishment of our debt that was refinanced during the second quarter. Our leverage ratio is 3.5

Debt 130

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

We will remain disciplined in our approach to maximize free cash flow and are committed to having low leverage. I'm excited to see the results from teams sharing best practices. Foregoing the variable enabled us to reduce net leverage in pursuit of our $2.5 billion debt reduction target. Turning to Slide 4.

Debt 130

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

You also see us continue to leverage strategic partnerships and promotions that inspire customer passion points and attract new audiences. We ended the year with an unrestricted cash and cash equivalents balance of $451 million and net debt of approximately $2.3 which equated to a leverage ratio of 4.3 million to $34.2

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Shareholders Debt Capital 130

The Motley Fool

JUNE 4, 2024

This includes embedding retail best practices across the enterprise, identifying operational efficiencies, and ensuring we have the right organizational structure in place to enable our future success. We have a healthy balance sheet and no debt. In addition, our financial position continues to be solid.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Capital Debt Best Practices 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

In Q2, the combination of topline progress and expense discipline translated to $55 million of Adjusted EBITDA and sets us up well for continued improvement in operating leverage as the year progresses. For example, Ridge, an everyday essentials e-commerce company, continued to lean into Snap's DR best practices to drive success.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Bidding Legal Taxes 130

The Motley Fool

APRIL 16, 2024

By leveraging our technology and continuous investment in that technology and putting customers at the center of everything we do, we have successfully deepened our relationships and expanded our customer base across all our businesses. This is a great example of best practices being shared across the scale of our company.

Banks 246

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The Motley Fool

MAY 1, 2024

Importantly, by leveraging that same expertise to develop our leading global portfolio, we're well-positioned to monetize similar trends across our global footprint, while delivering a differentiated experience and value proposition to our customers. Finally, we successfully accessed the debt capital markets last month, issuing $1.3

Assets 130

Assets Leveraging Capital Debt 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

We can quickly gauge client intent and direct them to the best solutions, whether they need immediate answers or deeper discussions with the right expert team member. And by leveraging generative AI, we can deliver great client experiences at scale by handling more interactions and keeping more clients engaged with better automation.

Companies 130

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The Motley Fool

MAY 14, 2024

We've had continued success with a multichannel focus, leveraging strong land-based franchises in the digital arena. We are in a solid financial position with net debt leverage of 2.9 times, matching the lowest level in IGT history, manageable near-term debt maturities, and $1.7 online games. billion in liquidity.

Mergers and Acquisitions 130

Mergers and Acquisitions Bidding Taxes Financial Institutions 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 7, 2024

In the second quarter, we reduced our net debt by $25 million and ended the quarter with a revolver draw of $62 million with cash of nearly $25 million on hand. Our net leverage ratio improved with record adjusted EBITDA, which increased 25% over the first quarter with expected production and current prices, along with the remaining $14.8

Capital 130

Capital Leveraging Assets Banks 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2024

We were also pleased to announce that our strategic divestiture program is progressing, and we have clear line of sight to meeting the debt reduction targets we set out when we announced the deal last December. We're also looking forward to leveraging our newfound scale in the Midland Basin. billion of debt, bringing the total to $2.3

Assets 130

Assets Debt Capital Portfolios 130

Insight Partners

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

How do R&D teams allocate time spent across new features, defects, tech debt, architectural evolution, and more? How are companies leveraging generative AI within R&D? How do product development teams align? What operational metrics get tracked across the R&D software development lifecycle (SDLC)?

Companies 52

Companies Leveraging Professional Services Best Practices 52

The Motley Fool

MARCH 3, 2025

We've made incredible progress on this top priority and have become a trusted and leading voice for security best practices in discussions with customers and prospects. We've demonstrated exceptional leverage in our model and are positioned to deliver profitable growth for years to come. That's a good average.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

million customers and generated $305 million in pre-tax servicing income, thanks to continued strong operating leverage. And meanwhile, we continue to deliver very strong operating leverage. This platform is one example of how we leverage those 16 petabytes of data. We grew the servicing portfolio to $1.2

Taxes 130

Taxes Leveraging Capital Amortization 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 20, 2023

It is this next-gen portfolio driving that is our growth transformation and enabling our leverage. The result of all of this is that we continue to see strong non-GAAP EPS growth due to substantial operating leverage, which also translated to strength in GAAP EPS, which more than doubled quarter to quarter.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Banks Taxes Capital 130

The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2025

We expect the progress to remain gradual as most enterprise customers are still developing in-house skills to leverage AI effectively. We are focused on helping customers move from AI experimentation to production faster with best practices that reduce risk and maximize impact. We ended the fourth quarter with $2.3

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Education Best Practices Banks 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 16, 2023

We'll focus on deepening the relationship with over 100 million Target Circle members and leveraging the power of our Roundel ad business to integrate relevant offers and promotions throughout the fall. These areas have always been a source of strength, and we want to ensure we continue to differentiate our experience from our competitors.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Assets Portfolios Best Practices 130

Pension Pulse

APRIL 10, 2024

CDPQ is one of the only investors in the world to have made a commitment to encourage tax best practices at its portfolio companies, including compliance with a minimum tax rate of at least 15%, as recommended by the OECD and supported by the G20. Governance CDPQ employs solid governance practices. Further evolve our approach.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 20, 2024

In landing with multiple platforms, many of our customers have leveraged our capabilities across key cybersecurity buying centers such as network security, cloud security and security ops. We will extensively leverage watsonx across both our operations and products. By all means, our land the platform strategy was extremely successful.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Banks Consultants Consulting 130

Udu

MAY 24, 2023

Private equity valuation best practices provide guidance and critical insights on how firms weigh various factors to value a company and assess its potential growth. Leveraged Buyout (LBO) An LBO transaction is an acquisition funded using a significant amount of debt where assets from both parties are used as collateral.

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Due Diligence Best Practices Leveraged Buyouts Collateral 40

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

We've successfully combined the two companies, taking best practices from both and applying them across our shale and tight portfolio. Our balance sheet remains one of the strongest in the industry, ending the quarter with a net debt ratio under 12%. This quarter marked the one-year anniversary of the PDC Energy acquisition.

Assets 130

Assets Shareholders Mergers and Acquisitions Debt 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Proceeds from the deal allowed us to reduce our debt by approximately $400 million. billion in debt. First, we successfully closed the sale of the eOne Film and TV business to Lionsgate, and we used the proceeds to reduce debt by $400 million, which will result in annual interest expense savings of approximately $25 million.

Debt 130

Debt Capital Leveraging Banks 130

Hedgestone

JUNE 30, 2023

Boosting your negotiating power: If you have a high-value business, you’ll have more leverage in negotiations with potential buyers or investors. Expand your market share: By leveraging your core competencies to enter new markets or segments, you can increase your market share and revenue.

Best Practices 52

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Our global regional scale and long operating track record present an opportunity to further improve on the operating leverage inherent in the neutral host infrastructure model. In turn, we'll prioritize a reduction to our gross debt balance and accelerate the pathway to achieving our net leverage target and enhance financial flexibility.

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Capital Leveraging Assets Debt 100

The Motley Fool

JULY 12, 2024

The amended consent order with the OCC allows CBNA to continue paying to Citigroup at a minimum the dividends necessary for debt service, preferred dividends, and other nondiscretionary obligations. Revenues were up 4% overall as well as up in each of our five core businesses, where all but one had positive operating leverage.

Banks 130

Banks Capital Leveraging Assets 130

The Motley Fool

MAY 8, 2024

Leveraging our industry-leading interoperability engine, we enable partners to embed our HCM solution within their platform for a seamless client experience. It reaffirms our dedication to fostering cultural best practices that not only enhance employee engagement but also deliver tangible business results. Operator?

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Banks Portfolios Capital 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Leveraging our industry-leading interoperability engine, we enable software partners to embed our HCM solution within their platform for a seamless client experience. While we were acknowledged across our HCM suite, the core leadership framework that we launched a year ago won gold for the best advance in online coaching tools.

Leveraging 147

Leveraging Banks Education Accounting 147

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 2, 2023

It will be an advantage to have an executive who can leverage the decades he has spent developing skill sets, building sales teams and processes and navigating an ever-shifting marketplace. times gross leverage ratio, and we were fully compliant with all debt covenants. We're leveraging that data today.

Leveraging 100

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