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Is Kinder Morgan Stock a Buy?

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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. There's been a lingering consequence from Kinder Morgan's decision to cut its dividend for investors as the midstream sector's growth prospects have shifted.

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Meet the 5.4%-Yielding Dividend Stock That Is Crushing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite in 2024

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Kinder Morgan has done a good job of balancing investments and financial discipline. 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.

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Etsy Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

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A capital light business What I particularly like about Etsy is its capital light business structure. Etsy doesn't have to make big capital investments to store or transport goods -- sellers take care of logistics for their shops on the platform. But if you ignore Etsy for that reason, you might be making a mistake.

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Oil-Dri Of America (ODC) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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We have a five-year capital plan that addresses replacing key aged and fully depreciated assets in our manufacturing facilities. Year to date, we've made capital investments of 15.5 million, compared to a depreciation and amortization expense of 8.9 million for the same period. In addition to funding the 15.5

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1 Up-and-Coming Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock That Could Make You a Millionaire

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It developed an AI chatbot called Maya that's capable of writing quotes for prospective customers in under 90 seconds, and another AI bot called Jim, which can pay claims in less than three minutes without human assistance. The company is still in growth and expansion mode, which requires capital investment.

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Investing $135,000 in These Ultra-High Yield Dividend Stocks Could Generate $10,000 in Passive Income for Your Portfolio

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ET EBITDA (Quarterly) data by YCharts The chart above illustrates that Energy Transfer has steadily increased its revenue, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), and free cash flow over the last several years. These are known as distributions and need to be accounted for come tax time.

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Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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CONFIRM is a prospective multicenter study evaluating outcomes from the integrated Ion endoluminal system and mobile cone beam CT in the biopsy of pulmonary nodules, less than two centimeters in size, 155 patients from six centers throughout the U.S. And we're coming off a very heavy investment period. were enrolled.