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CarMax (KMX) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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I think having price stabilization, not a bunch of big price swings from an appreciation or depreciation, more specifically depreciation. You can remember there was some big depreciation. And you know, when depreciation -- steep depreciation happens like that, we're generally ahead of the curve marking down our offers.

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Alphabet (GOOGL) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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Advertisers who use profit optimization and Smart Bidding see a 15% uplift in profit on average compared to revenue-only bidding. In just six months, AI-driven improvements to quality, relevance and language understanding have improved broad match performance by 10% for advertisers using Smart Bidding. billion, up 11%.

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Alphabet (GOOGL) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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First, it bears repeating that AI innovation across our Ads ecosystem is core to every aspect of our product portfolio from targeting, bidding, creative, measurement, and across campaign types. Please see our Terms and Conditions for additional details, including our Obligatory Capitalized Disclaimers of Liability. By measuring 2.3

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Dollar Tree (DLTR) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

of EPS that wasn't in our June outlook, was related to general liability claims. Predicting these claims is complex and we again increased our accrual for general liability this quarter after observing higher-than-expected costs to resolve certain claims. was attributable to the general liability adjustment, while the remaining $0.08

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Alphabet (GOOGL) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

AI-based keyword prioritization ensures the right keyword, bid, budget, creative, and landing page is chosen when there are multiple overlapping keywords eligible. Take Ace Hardware, who tapped into AI-powered search and omni bidding to capture increased seasonal demand leading up to Memorial Day. Broad match also got updates.

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CarMax (KMX) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

External title data shows that our market share initially accelerated relative to our performance across the second half of 2022, but then came under pressure during multiple periods of steep depreciation. The other thing that we saw during the year, we saw two very steep depreciation cycles.

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Northwest Natural (NWN) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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First-quarter 2024 results include higher pension, depreciation, and interest expense compared to the same period in 2023. Utility depreciation and general taxes increased $2.1 Related to renewable natural gas, we issued a request for proposals in April to solicit offtake bids that RFP closes in mid May.