The Motley Fool

APRIL 27, 2024

If you're seeking passive income from your investment portfolio, Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is one stock that may have caught your attention. Hercules Capital invests in venture-backed start-ups, and offers an ultra-high dividend payout of over 10% annually.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This capital investment will pay off for investors for years with the majority of business underpinned by take-or-pay contracts and average contract lengths of over eight years. Even beyond that capital spending, the company generated $1.7 billion in free cash flow over that time. by year-end.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

For many years, there were a lot of opportunities for midstream companies to grow, and investors were happily willing to help finance that via the equity and debt markets. Today, most of the best investment opportunities for new projects have been exploited. In 2023, capital spending is projected to be around $2.3

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Ares Capital is the world's largest publicly traded BDC. These specialized entities are generally popular among income-seeking investors because they can legally avoid paying income taxes by distributing nearly all their earnings to shareholders as dividend payments. The BDC industry is a lucrative one because U.S.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This was done because management had to choose between paying the dividend or putting money to work in capital investment projects that would grow the company. KMI Financial Debt to EBITDA (TTM) data by YCharts That said, a part of the problem was Kinder Morgan's more aggressive use of leverage than its peers'.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 4, 2023

This gives it tax benefits but requires it to distribute most of its taxable income to unitholders as distributions. Consult a tax professional if you're unsure how MLP investments are taxed. Energy Transfer has a nearly 10% yield that gives investors a reasonably high floor for investment returns. per share.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 28, 2024

billion of free cash flow after capital investments and vendor financing payments. The company is using its remaining excess free cash flow to repay debt. Its net debt has declined by $1.9 It retains the rest to help fund new investments into income-generating retail properties. The telecom giant generated $9.1

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 12, 2024

It all starts with its master limited partnership structure, which is designed to pass income on to investors in a tax-advantaged manner. (A A portion of the distribution is usually return of capital.) ET Financial Debt to EBITDA (TTM) data by YCharts. So down to its foundation, Enterprise is about paying its investors well.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Avoiding the need to tap the capital markets The most prominent benefit for miners from working with Wheaton, or peers like Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD) and Franco-Nevada (NYSE: FNV) , is that they don't have to sell stock or issue debt. The payment it made covered around 78% of the capital investment Vale was making in the Salobo mine.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 10, 2024

Enterprise has an investment-grade rated balance sheet A reliable cash-generating business is important, but a good business foundation isn't enough. Companies can easily cause themselves massive problems if they use debt too aggressively. TRP Financial Debt to EBITDA (TTM) data by YCharts 3. times in 2023.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Kicking the can down the road One of the catalysts that has propelled Carvana shares this year was the news that the management team negotiated new terms with its debt holders. The company was able to reduce its debt by $1.3 That's a risky place to put your hard-earned capital. Then, company assets could be given up.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2023

How can Ares Capital pay such a juicy dividend yield? It's a business development company (BDC) that's required to distribute at least 90% of its income to shareholders in the form of dividends to be exempt from federal taxes. Ares Capital stands out from most BDCs, though. Investors could be rewarded in another way.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) – The private equity owners of Procare Solutions are exploring a sale that could value the child-care management software provider at nearly $2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more Bain Capital Invests in Sales Tech Startup Apollo.io

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 4, 2024

It has continued to reduce its leverage and now plans to finish the year with a net debt-to-adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) ratio of just 3.9. It achieved that target through a mix of capital investments in its own projects and purchasing renewable energy.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 31, 2024

An endeavor such as this requires a significant capital investment, so don't expect the company to achieve profitability in the next year or two. For the third quarter, it is guiding for $370 million to $410 million in revenue and gross margins of 45% to 48%, including the benefit of Inflation Reduction Act tax credits.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 8, 2024

These deals are expected to be completed by the end of the year and will increase the Enbridge's exposure to natural gas utilities from 12% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to 22%. There are negatives for Enbridge with this deal, which is requiring it to take on some debt.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

to invest $155 million at a 10.5% CAFD yield with an investment structure that both provides desirable market participation and extended tax runway benefits. In a reflection of our enterprises scale and forward thinking, Clearway Group has already made investments in 7.8 to extend its federal tax runway.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 22, 2023

Dominion expects the after-tax proceeds of the sale to be roughly $3.3 billion to pay off debt related to Cove Point. The rest is likely to be used to pay off other Dominion debts, helping to improve the utility's overall leverage metrics. Dominion has a solid regulated utility business and the plan to reduce debt isn't bad.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

While we continue to maintain strong credit ratings, a solid balance sheet, and long-term earnings growth outlook of 4% to 6%, our earnings guidance for 2024 reflects a combination of lag related to our capital investments and inflationary pressures that we are experiencing simultaneously. million due to higher debt balances.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In addition to being the largest capital investor in the U.S. connectivity infrastructure since 2019 we continue to reduce our net debt and increase operating leverage due to a combination of higher EBITDA and strong free cash flow generation. Capital investment for the quarter was $5.5 Capital expenditures were $5.3

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The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2024

In line with our stated financial strategy after funding our dividend, Core continued to dedicate free cash to paying down debt. During the quarter, Core's net debt was reduced by $15.8 This reduction in our outstanding debt also decreased our leverage ratio to 1.66, down from 1.76 million, net debt was $132.3

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

That acquisition should eventually help grow its free cash flow, which should allow it to repay that debt. Meanwhile, its capital investments to grow its fiber and 5G businesses should also help increase its cash flow. These drivers should enable Verizon to continue extending its dividend growth streak in the coming years.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We continue to expect FPL to realize roughly 9% average annual growth in regulatory capital employed over our current rate agreement's four-year term, which runs through 2025. FPL's capital expenditures were approximately $2.6 The sale of tax credits is serving as a new source of capital funding for NextEra Energy.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We continue to expect FPL to realize roughly 9% average annual growth in regulatory capital employed over our current rate agreement's four-year term, which runs through 2025. FPL's capital expenditures were approximately $2.6 The sale of tax credits is serving as a new source of capital funding for NextEra Energy.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

See 3 “Double Down” stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of November 4, 2024 Consistent with previous reporting practices, adjusted production numbers cited in today's call are adjusted to exclude noncontrolling interest in Egypt and Egypt tax barrels. We now carry an after-tax present value liability of $1.2 per diluted common share.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

But its debt-to-equity ratio at 0.65 The company estimates it could generate an additional $300 million of annual adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) from this business in the coming years. CVX Dividend Per Share (Annual) data by YCharts. times is still dramatically higher than Chevron's 0.12

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In 2024, we've been focused on executing on our capital investment plan, regulatory dockets, and growth opportunities with great success. million after-tax noncash disallowance, which will be recognized in our fourth quarter results. Utility depreciation and general taxes increased $3.6 This will result in a $10.1

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 9, 2024

And lastly, tax credits were a little better this year than we had projected, being flat year over year. How much of that difference is related to taxes, transaction fees versus construction debt repayment? There's very little tax friction on the deal, consistent with our original expectations. Rupert Merer -- Analyst OK.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Speaking of cash, Steve will take you through the details, but the timing of our expected tax return implementation milestone achievements in our transportation business both made for a year, we expect to improve upon in 2024. Our debt maturities are long-dated, and we have no significant debt repayments until the end of 2026.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 24, 2024

With a year-end net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio now below three times and the improved flexibility in 2024 to dedicate more cash to debt reduction, we are confident in our path to achieve the 2.5 impact from higher noncash pension costs, lower capitalized interest, lower equity income from DIRECTV, and a higher effective tax rate.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 25, 2024

Tax expense in the quarter was $50 million. Net debt was $327 million. With this update, we are also revising our target capital structure to approximately $800 million of cash and $800 million of debt, together amounting to zero net debt. Foreign exchange loss was $4 million. Starting with the second quarter.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2023

billion in net after-tax proceeds, which we anticipate will be used for debt reduction. We successfully reached a broad agreement with creditors that hold over $7 billion of the outstanding debt of the company and its subsidiaries. This transaction will generate approximately $1.5 The creditor group will also provide $1.2

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

billion indirectly through share repurchases, all while reducing debt 35%. Led by our employees' commitment to operational excellence and capital discipline, we outperformed on oil, natural gas, and NGL volumes for the quarter, as well as beating expectations on per-unit cash operating costs. price realizations of $76.95

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The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of April 30, 2024 Consistent with previous reporting practices, adjusted production numbers cited in today's call are adjusted to exclude non-controlling interest in Egypt and Egypt tax barrels. The total after-tax impact of these items on adjusted earnings was $88 million or $0.29

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That includes the upfront recognition of unregulated solar investment tax credits and certain gains from asset sales. billion of after-tax proceeds to reducing debt. The decrease reflects updated and refined estimates around production tax credit, cost of capital, and REC values. utility customer.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

At closing, Stonepeak will make a cash payment to Dominion to reimburse 50% of the capital spent to date, less $145 million. This nearly $3 billion project cost reimbursement will be used to reduce parent-level debt. Further, the transaction is expected to improve our estimated 2024 consolidated FFO to debt by approximately 1%.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Given when we acquired these communities, the capital invested in their development, and the rising cost of replacement projects, their inherent value is substantial. Additionally, we delivered a pre-tax net income margin of 14.1%, up 130 basis points sequentially and significantly higher than our pre-pandemic average of 12.8%.

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