The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2023

We did get to apply some capital at a couple of our existing businesses. The most notable growth came from our personal lines, marine and energy, property and general liability product lines while we saw lower premium volume within our professional liability product lines. and Bermuda risk-managed portfolio.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 14, 2023

Our capital management strategy remains first to invest in our business and then to return excess cash to shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. In May, we capitalized on the improved conditions for debt issuance, issuing 1.25 We repurchased 375 million worth of common shares in the second quarter.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 24, 2024

We mentioned on our last call that we will remain nimble and opportunistic, ensuring we are well positioned to capitalize on opportunities as we uncover them. Our conversion rate of deals approved by our investment committee to letters of intent signed is the highest in over two years at approximately 38%. This reflects 4.2%

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Pension Pulse

JULY 3, 2024

Rather than continuing to plough in capital, the investment team are now thinking more about comparing opportunities across assets and anticipating future trends. The typical four- to five-year tenor of a private debt deal means around 20 per cent of the portfolio is in perpetual motion. tied to assets including microchips.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 24, 2024

Our team's efforts continue to produce unique and proprietary deal flow, and we continue to identify attractive investment opportunities across all three external growth platforms. However, I think it is prudent due to the lack of current visibility into fourth quarter acquisition activity and the rapid change in our cost of capital.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We also stated our belief that an easing of the cost of capital would be very positive for Blackstone's asset values and would be a catalyst for transaction activity, including deployment and ultimately, realizations, which in turn fuel fundraising. Turning to the recovery in commercial real estate.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

Our 2024 adjusted FFO guidance does not include any additional new investments or asset sale, as well as any additional capital transactions, other than what was already mentioned. We don't really toggle a dollar amount to that number of deals, but it's substantial. Juan Sanabria -- BMO Capital Markets -- Analyst Hi. That's U.S.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2024

On to balance sheet and capital on Page 4. We ended the quarter with a CET1 ratio of 15%, up 70 basis points versus the prior quarter, primarily driven by net income, OCI gains, and lower RWA, partially offset by a continued modest pace of capital distributions as the firm builds toward the proposed Basel III endgame requirements.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As the markets have readjusted the changing expectations around inflation and employment, our cost of capital has improved significantly. We've been able to capitalize on this shift, bolstering our fortress balance sheet during the quarter with nearly $470 million of forward equity raised via our ATM program.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 12, 2024

Our balance sheet is strong across the board, an intentional result of our high-quality assets, robust capital and liquidity positions, and rigorous risk management. billion in capital to our common shareholders, and that includes $500 million through share buyback. During the first quarter, we returned $1.5 First, we generated $3.1

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Our 2024 adjusted FFO guidance excludes any additional new investments or asset sales, as well as any additional capital transactions other than what was already mentioned. During the full year of 2023, Omega made new investments totaling $667 million, including $84 million in capital expenditures. annual escalators. Good morning.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

And as long observed in markets, information about capital has become almost as important as capital itself. Nonoperating results for the quarter included $108 million of net investment gains, driven primarily by gains linked to a minority investment and unhedged seed capital investments. Earnings per share of $11.46

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The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

Operating cash flow decreased to a use of $31 million from a use of $6 million in the prior-year quarter due to increased ANR investment and timing of working capital items. Free cash flow decreased to a use of $57 million from a use of $41 million in the prior-year quarter. But no change there on capital allocation.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We continue to experience healthy deal flow, which helped offset the margin impact of our system integration, which we estimate was approximately 130 basis points in the quarter. Yes, the technology implementation has had an impact, but the deal flow we're seeing the backdrop from a buying perspective feels very good.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This will also help public and corporate leaders to better assess cyber risks and liabilities, so they can develop effective strategies and mitigate potential impacts. It reflects the continuing success of our proactive efforts to enhance working capital and thoughtfully manage our costs. This is tremendous progress.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

That type of rate volatility makes it exceedingly difficult for buyers and sellers of commercial real estate to establish pricing, determine their cost of capital, and compute an IRR on the sale or acquisition of an asset. Beginning with our capital markets segment on Slide 6.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To add more context around overall deal flow, EMEA grew the fastest during the quarter, followed by the Americas and APJ. So, the mix of business is generally partly a function of deal flow in the quarter. Operator The next question comes from Matt Hedberg of RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Thanks, guys.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 26, 2023

This plays directly to our strengths and users strongly prefer high-quality office space in BBD locations with well-capitalized landlords. Given the current capital markets environment, we are lowering our 2023 disposition outlook to a total of 200 million, including assets sold to date. million at a combined 7% GAAP cap rate.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2024

At the same time, we're swiftly capitalizing on two distinct opportunities. I am confident these actions are foundational for producing consistent comparable store sales growth and improved working capital efficiency. This action will enable us to consistently offer fresher, balanced assortments of good, better, and best products.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The combination of strong growth and operating margin expansion a material reduction in SBC and the return of capital via buybacks has driven a 56% year-over-year increase in free cash flow per share this quarter. Free cash flow margin was 17.3%, up 480 basis points year over year. Moving to stock-based compensation.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Our partner network continues to generate opportunities and open new deal flow. Free cash flow for the quarter was positive $7.1 We were able to generate positive free cash flow during the quarter because of continued focus on cash management. We continue to be very well capitalized and closed the quarter with $762.5

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The Motley Fool

MAY 30, 2024

As the search AI company, Elastic is uniquely positioned to help our customers capitalize on the transformative possibilities that generative AI brings. Operator instructions] Our first question today is from Matthew Hedberg with RBC Capital Markets. Matt Hedberg -- RBC Capital Markets -- Analyst Great, guys. Please go ahead.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2023

We deploy capital to build new stores. We also provide financing to help IOs with new store start-up costs, and we offer cash flow support as needed during the early years as stores ramp. We are continually reinvesting capital to upgrade fixtures, implement new technology and deliver tools that help IOs grow sales and profit.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

My comments today will seek to provide insights into our quarterly business performance, insights into our capital allocation priorities, early insights into integration and synergy tracking as well as views on overall guidance for the remainder of the year. million, and free cash flow was $83.4 million or 40.7% million or 41.9%

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Our next question is from the line of Keith Bachman with BMO Capital Markets. Keith Bachman -- BMO Capital Markets -- Analyst Hi. Relative to ARR -- Keith Bachman -- BMO Capital Markets -- Analyst But at the same -- but the same -- yeah, sorry. Keith Bachman -- BMO Capital Markets -- Analyst OK. Operator Thank you.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 29, 2024

The number of joint deals in our pipeline being worked between us and CDW partners has increased from zero to over 60 deals over just the last two quarters. This represents a completely new source of deal flow. Operator And our next question comes from Eric Martinuzzi with Lake Street Capital Markets.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It is now time for us to shift our management time, focus, and attention to allocate our time to resources and capital to reaccelerating growth. And that has been the impetus for some of the changes we've made to our sales organization, to capitalize on this underlying demand and to extend our growth in large enterprises.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As I stated in the past, we have yet to see a correlation between sales and retailer demand as evidenced by our deal flow, which in terms of square footage is 40% greater when compared to the same period last year. However, there's been a pickup in discretionary sales of innovative and differentiated products. Regarding holiday.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To add more context around overall deal flow, EMEA grew fastest during the quarter, followed by APJ and the Americas. Raimo Lenschow -- Barclays Capital -- Analyst Hi. Operator The next question is from Matt Hedberg with RBC Capital Markets. Matt Hedberg -- RBC Capital Markets -- Analyst Super comprehensive.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Operator Your next question comes from Keith Bachman from BMO Capital Markets. Just as a reminder, in Q4, we highlighted deal timing landing in the quarter, not deal slips. And I would just point out, deal timing was not a factor in Q1 as it was in Q4. Please go ahead. Keith Bachman -- Analyst Hi. Thank you very much.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2023

Our continued focus on delivering profitable growth and prudently managing our capital allocation combined to drive double-digit growth in adjusted earnings per share this quarter. Additionally, in May, we launched a conversational AI assistant called ChatIQ on Capital IQ Pro Labs for internal testing. Your line is open.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Deal flow is very strong, and we believe that we are still the best partner in the industry. For fiscal 2025, we will have increased capital expenditures due to a higher number of organic new store openings and supply chain investments, and as a result, higher depreciation and amortization. Please go ahead.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 29, 2024

To add more context around deal flow during the quarter, we did not close deals to the extent we expected. And our first question today comes from Matt Hedberg with RBC Capital Markets. Please see our Terms and Conditions for additional details, including our Obligatory Capitalized Disclaimers of Liability.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2024

I know you guys had mentioned a tough compare in August, but can you just speak to the quality magnitude of deal flow that you're seeing right now, how you're expecting that to trend and just how we should be thinking about compares there? And then just as a follow-up, I wanted to ask about the closeout pipeline.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Healthy deal flow and a favorable buying environment drove margin expansion and more than offset inventory inefficiencies related to our system transition, which we estimate to have impacted gross margin by approximately 50 basis points. Jeremy Hamblin -- Craig-Hallum Capital Group -- Analyst Thanks. Please proceed.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

To add more context around deal flow during the quarter, we had solid sales execution with improving performance compared to the prior quarter. Operator instructions] The first question comes from Matt Hedberg with RBC Capital Markets. Questions & Answers: Operator Thank you. Congrats on the results.

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The Big Picture

JULY 2, 2024

And it’s, you have to focus on financing the litigation cases with a high probability of a successful outcome, but where the plaintiff doesn’t have the capital to see it through and are up against the deep pocketed defendant who could just wait him out. Was how helpful was Peter Thiel’s capital? Fair statement.

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