The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Please note that today's discussion will contain forward-looking statements relating to the company's future performance, which are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability as established by the U.S. These tax-related costs net of government grants totaled RMB 1,221.6 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 23, 2024

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.

Depreciation 246

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

tax authorities regarding cumulative assessments of approximately $100 million for unpaid VAT related to certain Clear Aligner sales made during the period of October 2019 through October 2023. tax authorities. The GAAP effective tax rate in the fourth quarter was 26.3% During Q4, we reached a favorable outcome with the U.K.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 26, 2024

This exceptional growth has been accompanied by consistent margin expansion as our deep product knowledge and staying power in the market enable us to forecast pre-tax margins well within our targeted range of 5% to 7.5% Our medical claims liability at quarter end represented 53 days in claims payable, down one day from Q1 and Q4 of 2023.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 14, 2024

In preparation for the upcoming tender, IGT and our current partners have entered into memorandums of understanding to maintain the existing joint venture structure for the new bid. per share as a result of the strong operating performance indicated above and the tax rate normalization. We generated EPS of $0.40 Adjusted EPS was $0.46

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

professional liability and general liability portfolios, where we took underwriting actions to improve profitability. Favorable development in the first nine months of 2024 was most notable within our international professional liability product lines. Our premium growth was driven by select U.S.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 2, 2024

See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of April 30, 2024 As a quick review of the bidding, at the Markel Group, we are working to build one of the world's great companies. Professional Liability and General Liability portfolios. General Liability and Professional Liability product lines within our Insurance segment.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 21, 2024

Please note that today's discussion will contain forward-looking statements relating to the company's future performance, which are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability, as established by the U.S. These tax-related costs net off government grants totaled RMB 908 million, representing an increase of 18.5%, from RMB $766.4

Bidding 130

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The Motley Fool

MAY 1, 2024

While we strive to deliver benefit stability to seniors, we will be adjusting plan-level benefits and exiting counties as we construct our bids for 2025. We now expect 2024 share count to be approximately 1.265 billion shares, and our adjusted tax rate to be approximately 25.6%. We are committed to improving margins. billion in 2024.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2024

Income tax expense was $27 million for the second quarter, driven primarily by our pre-tax profitability and nondeductible stock-based compensation. I think it will come up around Open Bidding. Not just delivery of programmatic ads, but actually using auction-based bidded decision programmatic tools?

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Our growth stemmed from a combination of market factors and our execution, including a strong holiday season, growth in the mobile advertising market, a market shift to real-time bidding, early contributions from our array business, enhancement of our technologies like AXON, expansion of our advertiser base and growth in advertiser budgets.

Bidding 130

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Axial

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Selling a business is more than a transaction its an arduous process that requires transition planning, targeting and assessing buyers, evaluating bids, and more. Raise the likelihood of competitive bids, which can drive up the price. You have a good reason to sell. via the investment teaser your advisor shares).

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The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2023

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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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This outperformance resulted from $0.005 in higher other income and $0.025 in lower operating expenses, driven entirely by lower-than-anticipated core property insurance claims and lower final tax valuations. on property taxes and insurance, respectively. And we're doing that for tax efficiency purposes. The midpoint of $1.68

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

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

Liabilities 130

Liabilities Depreciation Shareholders Portfolios 130

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

However, in doing so, our securitization excludes a portion of carrying costs and taxes, which leads to a one-time charge of $63.5 million net of tax. Our adjusted tax recovery was $8.1 million from the unfavorable tax adjustment we recorded last year associated with custom delays at our New Market Solar Project.

Taxes 130

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2023

Please note that today's discussion will contain forward-looking statements relating to the company's future performance, which are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability as established by the U.S. These tax-related costs net of refunds totaled RMB 879.3 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.

Taxes 130

Taxes Liabilities Bidding Investors 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Continued pricing discipline in Marketplace and the deliberate actions we took to align our 2024 Medicare bids with our strategic focus on lower-income and complex members yielded the intended results on both fronts. And at the time of our first quarter call, we will have a better directional sense for bid strategy related to next year.

Bidding 130

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 20, 2024

We continue to see a good pipeline of future construction projects coming to the market, as measured by bidding activity within our downstream operations. Additionally, there continues to be a solid pipeline of work entering the market for bidding. million on an after-tax basis. CMC's effective tax rate was 25.5%

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Bidding Capital Banks 130

The Motley Fool

MAY 28, 2024

Bill Mann: It's funny because stock buybacks are thought to be a very efficient way to return cash to existing shareholders in the form of there's not much in the way of tax, and every share of stock you should think of as being a perpetual claim on earnings and assets of a company. Why are they so curious about this, Bill? Bill Mann: Yes.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Net interest expense was $13 million, and tax expense in the quarter was a benefit of $18 million. Can you talk about your desire to maintain active in this market to the same degree and what you're seeing as attractive bidding opportunities in the next 12 months? Thank you very much. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

Regarding our results in the second quarter, we recorded an after-tax net special item charge of $64 million or $0.23 billion, while pre-tax adjusted earnings grew 7% to $1.6 billion, and pre-tax adjusted earnings were up 12% to $756 million, at the high end of our long-term target growth range. Turning to Cigna Healthcare.

Bidding 130

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2025

Global Financial and Professional liability rates were down 6%, while cyber decreased 7%. benefit from favorable discrete tax items and a $0.02 Our adjusted effective tax rate in the fourth quarter was 21.1% For the full year 2024, our adjusted effective tax rate was 24.5% And so -- but bid really is the primary driver.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 31, 2024

We ended the year with after-tax adjusted operating income at $1.5 billion and after-tax adjusted operating EPS of $7.66, which represents growth of 23.3% The fourth-quarter results of reported after-tax adjusted operating EPS of $1. First, the effective tax rate in the fourth quarter was elevated at 22.8%.

Liabilities 130

Liabilities Capital Shareholders Taxes 130

The Motley Fool

MARCH 20, 2024

Moving to opex, please note that my discussion of SG&A excludes share-based compensation expense and related taxes. So, we were anticipating higher CPCs given kind of bidding -- bidding intensity was higher coming into the holiday season. We expect continued growth from sponsored ads throughout 2024. SG&A totaled 565.4

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

These savings were primarily driven by lower third-party transportation rates as a result of a newly implemented purchase bid system, as well as optimized rail usage, the continued benefit from reduced Sunday coverage, and the consolidation of source. At Ground, our DRIVE initiatives reduced costs by $130 million this quarter.

Leveraging 246

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The Motley Fool

JULY 30, 2024

The all-cash structure also eliminates the tax timing impact to IGT shareholders from the previously contemplated equity distribution. As with the initial average transaction, tax leakage from the sale is expected to be modest, up to $100 million or less than $0.50 There is a substantial increase in cash, nearly $1.5 per IGT share.

Bidding 130

Bidding Leveraging Debt Shareholders 130

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Slide 14 concludes with our guidance for net income, effective tax rate, and operating cash flow. Next, our guidance incorporates an effective tax rate between 23% and 25%. Our customers continue to see a strong backlog of work, albeit alongside stiffer competition, which is driving down bids and overall project margins.

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Funds Investors Shareholders 130

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Net interest expense was $16 million, and income tax in the quarter was a benefit of $6 million. Tax expense was significantly below plan due in large part to a net $61 million positive benefit from the release of a valuation allowance. These tax assets are now expected to benefit future periods. And moving to tax.

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Taxes Shareholders Banks 130

The Motley Fool

MAY 6, 2024

after-tax lower contribution compared to last year. billion and recorded a pre-tax and after-tax gain of $415 million and $311 million, respectively. We only got -- as a shareholder, we only would get tax distribution. So, we'd only get our tax distributions, which amounted to $2 million a quarter, so that's $8 million.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Our overall view of the flash market remains positive as we maintain supply and demand balance by remaining committed to disciplined capital spending and improving profitability through a proactive bid allocation across our most high-value end markets, increasing our exposure to enterprise SSDs. Tax rate is expected to be between 15% and 17%.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

With this momentum, we expect this segment to be the first to bend the revenue curve back to growth, and we think bid market segment will follow suit. Since establishing the dedicated go-to-market team for bid markets last June, tenured direct sales productivity increased 26% while we simultaneously grew the sales force by 15%.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Specific to the quarter, we are reporting third quarter adjusted diluted EPS of $1.62, a stronger result than our most recent expectation for the period with the upside, driven, in part, by anticipated tax items shifting forward into the third quarter. of accelerated income tax benefit. The quarter also includes about $0.04

Bidding 130

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

We intend to apply 100% of the estimated after-tax proceeds of nearly $9 billion to reduce parent-level debt, which, based on current rates, will result in a reduction of around $500 million of pre-tax interest expense annually. Next, Virginia regulation. Turning to Slide 15. This resulted in a $0.02 quarterly and $0.07

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Ballast Advisors

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As we bid adieu to this year, it’s a golden opportunity for savvy investors and retirement planners to give their strategies a once-over, particularly when it comes to Roth IRA conversions. Contributions might lower your tax bill now, and your earnings grow tax-deferred. Hello there! If married, double that!

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The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

For example, OpenWrap, our header bidding wrapper solution across CTV, mobile app, and web environments, drives increased yield for publishers and streamlines our engineering and ad operations. Non-GAAP net income, which adjusts for stock-based compensation expense and related adjustments for income tax, was $4.8 million or $0.05

Bidding 130

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2023

Our leading indicators remained consistent with last quarter, with growing usage and record bid activity on BuildingConnected and cautious optimism from channel partners. And fifth, we expect our cash tax rate will return to a more normalized level of approximately 31% of GAAP profit before tax in fiscal '24, up from 25% in fiscal '23.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Banks Bidding Leveraging 130