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JANUARY 28, 2025

billion, but free cash flow saw a significant reduction to $492 million, attributed to necessary capital investments. The company successfully returned $852 million to shareholders and reported a backlog of $218 billion, ensuring sustained demand and future revenue visibility. RTXs operating cash flow for the quarter was $1.6

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Right now, Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) offer yields above 9%, and there's a pretty good chance that they'll be able to maintain their payouts over the long term. Ares Capital Ares Capital is the world's largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ).

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JULY 21, 2024

After surviving an extended shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, it began relaunching its ships in 2021, and passengers have returned over time. To this end, the company has attracted increased interest from institutional investors, with GSA Capital Partners increasing its stake in the stock. of the portfolio.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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. billion of free cash flow and returned $1.3 We generated $1.6 billion of adjusted net income and $1.5

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AUGUST 5, 2024

In December, it laid out a clear corporate plan that included capital spending, free-cash-flow (FCF), earnings, and cost-saving estimates through 2027. The company has reduced its leverage by paying down a sizable amount of debt and taking a cautious approach to capital expenditures. But it wasn't always this way.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

The telecom giant expects to generate growing free cash flow during that period, much of which it plans to return to shareholders. However, the additional cash returns won't come from increasing its high-yielding dividend (nearly 5% yield). The base return will come from maintaining its current dividend payment of $1.11

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DECEMBER 9, 2023

Chevron (NYSE: CVX) recently released its preliminary capital plans for 2024. The oil giant expects to increase its capital spending by about 11% next year. It's focusing on investing in projects that will deliver high returns and durable cash flow. An acquisition-driven spending boost Chevron plans to invest between $15.5

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JUNE 9, 2024

Centuri's market capitalization was valued at $2.21 That basically suggests that Southwest Gas will sell shares of Centuri over time (though it could also just distribute Centuri shares to Southwest Gas shareholders) to raise capital for its own capital investment needs. billion as of 5/7/20241. in Nevada, relative to 2.4%

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

The cloud leaders, including Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) , are driving returns for their investors that are outperforming the broader market and should continue that winning streak for many years. Alphabet continues to ratchet up capital investment in its cloud business.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian describes why capital investment made to this company's asset base can propel it forward. Should you invest $1,000 in Target right now? The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Jan.

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APRIL 20, 2024

The heavy investments that built AT&T's 5G network are finally subsiding. Management expects capital investments to shrink from $23.6 More revenue from subscribers and less capital investment is a formula for increasing profits that can be used to raise AT&T's dividend payout.

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JULY 14, 2024

It doesn't have a great track record for investing its capital efficiently As an investor, it's important to know whether a business is going to make good use of the capital it has on hand, as well as the capital it can draw on in the form of debt and shareholders' equity. But a fire sale would likely slam that door shut.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

One drawback of investing in growth stocks is that they tend to pay small dividends or no dividends at all. The idea is to reinvest capital into the business to grow its value rather than give investors the temporary benefit of a dividend payment. Stock repurchases have also been a core aspect of Microsoft's capital return program.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

There are many moving parts to Deere's business, making it very difficult to pivot to changes in the capital spending cycle. When interest rates are low, commodity prices are higher, and business is booming, Deere's customers may expand operations or make capital investments in new equipment.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

See 3 “Double Down” stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of October 28, 2024 Unless we state otherwise, all metrics are on a constant currency-adjusted basis. Our plan to capitalize on this opportunity is grounded in our proven formula for success, moderate capacity growth, moderate yield growth, and strong cost control.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Invest $106,000 in these three high-yield dividend stocks. Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) looks like a great target for one-third of your $106,000 upfront amount. How can Ares Capital pay such a juicy dividend yield? Ares Capital stands out from most BDCs, though. Don't let the name fool you.

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JUNE 26, 2023

So, let's take a look at whether prospective investors still have a good chance at seeing excellent returns by holding Amazon stock over the next several years. And there are faster-growing businesses that aren't as capital intensive. As a result, shareholders are likely to see good returns from owning this stock over the long term.

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MAY 18, 2024

Verizon has a capital-intensive business Telecom giant Verizon has a much more reliable business than Dow because its cellphone customers create annuity-like revenue as they pay their bills each month. Moreover, to help raise capital for the expenses it is incurring, 3M recently spun off its healthcare business.

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APRIL 11, 2024

billion worth of capital investment projects. You are buying Enterprise for the yield The truth is that this is a fairly boring business, and the yield will likely make up the vast majority of your return over time. But that's the point of this MLP: It is a yield-focused investment.

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MARCH 28, 2025

Now may be the time to switch up this mindset as more and more technology companies start returning capital to shareholders in the form of dividends, including Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL). The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

During that time, he's watched his company grow into a trillion-dollar business, as well as delivered a cumulative return for his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) Buffett has regularly touted businesses with sustained moats, strong management teams, and exceptional capital-return programs. that tops 5,600,000%! Apple: $90.7

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JULY 7, 2023

Morgan Asset Management, a division of banking giant JPMorgan Chase , publicly traded companies that initiated and grew their payouts between 1972 and 2012 delivered an annualized return of 9.5%. annualized return over the same 40-year stretch. By comparison, publicly traded companies not offering a dividend generated just a 1.6%

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JULY 26, 2024

in 1965, he's overseen a greater-than-5,200,000% aggregate return in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A). This works out to a near-doubling of the S&P 500 's annualized total return, including dividends, spanning almost six decades. Buffett is also a huge fan of Apple's capital-return program.

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MAY 20, 2024

It will need enormous capital and solid execution to reach that target. Some of these decisions could lead to materially higher capital investment and lower margins in the short term. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of May 13, 2024 Lawrence Nga has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. in 2022 to 9.2%

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MARCH 26, 2025

A modest $500 investment at Nvidia's IPO would have mushroomed into an astounding $1.61 million today -- a 322,600% return that dwarfs the S&P 500 's performance over the same period. Where to invest $1,000 right now? The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

billion worth of capital investment projects to support future growth, with some not expected to be completed until 2026. Enterprise expands its business via large capital investment projects. yield again, which gets you very close to the roughly 10% return that the broader market has averaged over the long term.

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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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MARCH 15, 2024

Then it could undercut the other biological manufacturing businesses while potentially returning capital to its investors as well. There is no way to avoid incurring massive capital expenditures while building a biofoundry platform, much like with the semiconductor foundries the concept is based on.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

While capital growth should be a key focus, there's also a place for high-yield investments in the mix. There is a place for high-yield stocks in every portfolio, even ones that are focused on capital appreciation. That high yield is going to represent most of the return. But should 6.8%-yielding

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

The healthcare REIT's investments have paid big dividends for its investors throughout the years. It's one of the five best-performing REITs over the last 20 years , generating a total return of more than 1,500%. It has also delivered peer-leading returns in the previous three-, five-, and 10-year periods. It has made $13.6

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JANUARY 27, 2024

Second, AT&T's capital spending will decline in 2024, but not by all that much. The company expects capital investment, which includes capital expenditures as well as cash payments for vendor financing, to come in between $21 billion and $22 billion this year. That's down from $23.6 billion in 2023. times earnings.

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APRIL 20, 2024

The rest are owned by private investors who put up their own capital and pay recurring fees to the business. It expands on the backs of the capital investments that franchisees make. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Planet Fitness fits that description.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

Fueling that forecast is its high-return capital program focused on investing in growing its lowest-cost and highest-margin assets. The growth from that deal and its capital investments should enable Verizon to continue pushing its high-yielding payout even higher.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

billion in capital investments over the past year and $200 million in unit repurchases. Lots of growth is coming down the pipeline Two factors have helped fuel Enterprise Products Partners' dividend growth engine over the years : organic capital projects and accretive acquisitions. It has made $4.1 It has a low 3.0

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

One loan was an office loan that went non-accrual in the third quarter, while the other was a cooperative loan with "a unique feature that pre-funded capital expenditures." See 3 “Double Down” stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of October 7, 2024 JPMorgan Chase is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool company.

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MAY 10, 2024

Whereas the benchmark S&P 500 is closing in on a 34,000% aggregate total return, including dividends paid, since he became CEO, the "Oracle" has led his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) to a return of nearly 4,900,000%! Long story short, not a cent in capital was put toward buybacks for a long time.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

That somewhere was its capital spending budget. As such, capital spending is very important to monitor in the utility space. In 2023 Black Hills capital spending dipped to around $600 million, as planned, creating an extra headwind for the stock. Should you invest $1,000 in Black Hills right now?

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