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AUGUST 9, 2024

Main Street Capital (NYSE: MAIN) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Aug 09, 2024 , 10:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Greetings and welcome to the Main Street Capital second quarter earnings conference call. Should you invest $1,000 in Main Street Capital right now?

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

However, with leverage finally coming down in the past year and a clear line of sight for more deleveraging in the future, AT&T's 5% yielding dividend is on a much firmer foundation. billion of net debt, which put its leverage ratio at nearly 2.9 leverage ratio. Its leverage ratio was down to 2.5

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AUGUST 27, 2024

billion in capital investments over the past year and $200 million in unit repurchases. leverage ratio and one of the highest credit ratings in the midstream sector. The midstream company's combination of stable cash flows, low payout ratio, and low leverage level put its 7%-yielding payout on a rock-solid foundation.

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Private Equity Professional

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Centerbridge is acquiring Precinmac from Pine Island Capital Partners , Bain Capital’s Private Credit Group , and Compass Partners Capital , who purchased the company from GenNx360 Capital Partners in April 2020. We are excited to begin our next chapter of growth with Centerbridge.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

billion in free cash flow after funding capital expenses and vendor finance payments. That's allowing it to steadily reduce its leverage ratio. It's targeting to get its leverage ratio down to the 2.5x The company's elevated leverage ratio has caused concerns about the dividend's sustainability. It produced $9.1

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AUGUST 5, 2024

In the past, it has over-leveraged and left itself vulnerable to downturns. In December, it laid out a clear corporate plan that included capital spending, free-cash-flow (FCF), earnings, and cost-saving estimates through 2027. Despite its dominant position, ExxonMobil isn't a perfect company. But it wasn't always this way.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Private capital is experiencing a surge in acquiring renewable energy developers, increasingly favoring equity-based take-private deals for leveraged buyouts due to high interest rates and rising electricity demand. The statistics underscore this movement. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.,

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

A portion of the distribution is usually return of capital.) Then there's the fact that Enterprise has an investment-grade rated balance sheet. Moreover, its leverage is normally toward the low end of its peer group, so it is conservative on both an absolute and relative basis. Then, factor in its business model. times over.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Lower interest rates can spur capital investment, lower the unemployment rate, and help accelerate economic growth. It's a tall order, but ConocoPhillips has recently returned a ton of capital to shareholders. In 2024, ConocoPhillips is targeting full-year capital expenditures of $11.5 billion and operating costs of $9.2

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Private capital is experiencing a surge in acquiring renewable energy developers, increasingly favoring equity-based take-private deals for leveraged buyouts due to high interest rates and rising electricity demand. The statistics underscore this movement. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.,

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 31, 2024

Read more Singapore tops Southeast Asia in private capital investment with $3.7bn Singapore led Southeast Asia in private capital investment last year, with US$3.7bn secured, read more North American family offices have highest allocation to PE Family offices in North America allocate 35% of the average portfolio to private equity, the.

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 27, 2024

Boyne Capital has acquired Premier Building Associates , a top 100 US roofing contractor. We recognize a significant opportunity to leverage our strong position and enter new markets both organically and through strategic industry partnerships. Boyne is the perfect partner to help take PBA to the next level.”

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Lower interest rates lower the cost of capital and can increase the return on investment for capital-intensive projects. In the past nine years, it has reduced its total net long-term debt position by 29% and lowered its leverage. PBA Debt To Capital (Quarterly) data by YCharts. For context, Kinder Morgan spent $2.5

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Private Equity Professional

JULY 11, 2024

Madison River Capital has acquired JDC Power Systems , an electrical systems integrator exclusively serving the data center market. Madison River Capital invests in lower middle market companies that have less than $20 million of EBITDA and are active in the healthcare services, industrial, and business services sectors.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

At the same time, its adjusted- operating margin expanded to 38% from 29% a year ago, as it leverages its growing scale. Management expects Azure revenue to accelerate more in the second half of fiscal 2025 as many of its capital investments from 2024 will take time to get up and running.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The main factor holding back dividend growth in recent years has been the company's heavy investments to expand its midstream systems. While those investments grew its earnings, its leverage ratio also increased. Leverage has fallen from 4.6 Stomping on the gas Oneok has increased capital investments in recent years.

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Private Equity Professional

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Vestar Capital Partners has promoted Caroline Ptacek to Vice President from Senior Associate. Vestar specializes in minority and control management buyouts and growth capital investments in the consumer, business and technology services, and healthcare sectors. Ptacek was an associate in the leveraged finance group at Jefferies.

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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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JULY 30, 2024

It needed to retain additional cash to invest in its business and repay debt. However, its leverage ratio is starting to come down (with more progress expected). Meanwhile, its investments are beginning to pay dividends. That debt reduction has lowered its leverage ratio from 3.1 AT&T benefited from $0.7

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MAY 20, 2024

With a higher sales volume, Tesla would have the economies of scale to reduce its unit-production cost, giving it even more leverage to lower its selling price further. It will need enormous capital and solid execution to reach that target. While it's early days, there are signs that this strategy is gaining steam. in 2022 to 9.2%

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AUGUST 28, 2024

Oneok plans to return 75% to 85% of its cash flow from operations after capital expenditures to investors over the next four years. billion of free cash flow after capital investments and vendor financing payments. That's helping push down its leverage ratio , from 3.1 leverage target in the first half of next year.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

On the capital markets front, we made significant progress toward the advancement of our bitcoin strategy. Andrew will provide further details on our capital markets and bitcoin purchase activity for this quarter. Since August 2020, we've invested $836 million of total cash on our balance sheet. In September, we raised $1.1

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JANUARY 7, 2024

That allows it to raise capital at lower rates and better terms than financially weaker rivals. Capitalizing on its cost of capital advantage Enterprise Products Partners took care of its 2024 funding needs early. It will use the rest to help fund growth capital investments while maintaining a strong liquidity profile. (It

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JANUARY 20, 2024

One very big reason is leverage. With limited revenue, cruise lines had to raise capital to cover the costs they still had to pay. That's a shocking increase and suggests that Carnival's balance sheet is highly leveraged. Royal Caribbean's leverage was coming down more quickly, having peaked at around 8 times.

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 21, 2024

Shur-Co , a manufacturer of cargo covering and cargo control systems and a portfolio company of Behrman Capital , has acquired US Tarp from Brighton Partners. ” The acquisition of US Tarp is Shur-Co’s second add-on acquisition since being acquired by Behrman Capital in July 2021.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Investors are no longer quite as positive about funding capital investments in the midstream sector despite the still vital nature of the services it provides to the global economy. The end goal was for Enterprise to replace its use of issuing equity with internal cash flow to fund more of its own capital investment projects.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Mohammed Alardhi, Executive Chairman of Investcorp, said: “This is a key strategic project for Investcorp, demonstrating our commitment to diversifying our portfolio into investments with both solid fundamentals and a strong role to play in climate solutions.

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 6, 2024

year hold, Behrman Capital has agreed to sell its portfolio company kSARIA Holdings to ITT for $475 million. “Behrman Capital has been an excellent partner to the kSARIA team,” said Mr. Christopher.

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

Verizon is big, important, and heavily leveraged Verizon is one of the leading telecommunications companies in the United States. Capital investment is a large and constant expense. Right now, the top three are Verizon (NYSE: VZ) , Dow (NYSE: DOW) , and Chevon (NYSE: CVX). The stock is yielding a very material 6.3%

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Annaly Capital Management: 14.81% yield One surefire way to receive more than triple the yield of long-term Treasury bonds is to purchase shares of mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY). This leverage allows Annaly to maximize its profit potential and sustain a double-digit yield.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

The oil and gas company has a two-pronged strategy to drive that earnings growth: cost savings and capital investments. It's pursuing several opportunities to reduce costs, including leveraging its growing scale to capture additional cost savings and modernizing its information technology systems.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

In addition to reporting on our strong performance this year, in today's call, we will provide you with guidance for our key financial expectations for 2025, we'll articulate longer-term goals for 2026 in 2027, and we'll outline the capital allocation framework we intend to employ as we go forward. Over to you, Sarah.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

While many may search for the next big winner, searching for well-established companies that could leverage AI to the next level may be a better strategy. Amazon is well-positioned to leverage AI to greater heights Most investors recognize Amazon's leadership in the e-commerce and cloud-computing industries.

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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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AUGUST 2, 2023

Rithm Capital (NYSE: RITM) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Aug 02, 2023 , 8:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, and welcome to the Rithm Capital second quarter 2023 earnings conference call. and Rithm Capital wasn't one of them! Image source: The Motley Fool.

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AUGUST 10, 2024

Large tech companies, corporations, and utilities are on track to spend around $1 trillion on capital expenditures to support AI in the coming years, according to an estimate by Goldman Sachs. Those investment trends play right into the strengths of Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIPC) (NYSE: BIP). yielding dividend.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

As such, it could focus its capital investments on building out its 5G network , which remains well ahead of AT&T's and Verizon's in terms of coverage. One area where T-Mobile hasn't invested as much as AT&T and Verizon is fixed-line assets. T-Mobile's dividend remains a small part of its capital returns.

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