The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Main Street Capital (NYSE: MAIN) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Nov 08, 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 third-quarter earnings conference call. Image source: The Motley Fool. You may begin.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 22, 2024

Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) is an ultra-high-yielding dividend stock, with a yield of nearly 9.5%. Here's what you should know about Ares Capital and why it is a solid dividend stock to buy today. billion in net assets, Ares Capital Corporation is the largest publicly traded BDC in the U.S. With over $10.8

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 12, 2024

Distressed debt levels at private equity-owned companies have surged amid persistent high interest rates, with the amount owed by portfolio companies of the world’s 50 largest PE firms up 18% since mid-March to $42.7bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing rankings from Private Equity International. at the end of February.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Shares of Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) have lined investors' wallets with a fantastic 60% return during the past year. With the stock trading at a 52-week high, can the rally keep going, and should you buy Capital One shares before this key update? Here's what you need to know. despite high inflation and elevated interest rates.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Mubadala Investment Company , Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investment arm, has formed a strategic partnership with New York-based alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital as it seeks to co-invest in private credit opportunities amid a tightening monetary environment around the world. Source: The National News Can’t stop reading?

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 18, 2024

Image source: Upsplash/The Motley Fool Capital One recently shocked the financial industry by announcing it has agreed to acquire Discover, combining two of the largest credit card–issuing banks into one company. There are a few reasons why this deal could be attractive for Capital One. After the merger, they'll only have one.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Many income investors may be drawn to Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) because of its eye-popping dividend, which at the current share price yields more than 13%. Like many real estate investment trusts (REITs), Annaly Capital struggled due to rising interest rates in the past few years. NLY data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

Dividend payers display a history of positive cash flows, good capital management, and steady growth, making them solid choices for investors. Ares Capital Corporation (9.34% yield) Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) provides financing to middle-market companies that have been neglected by big banks over the past several decades.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Bain Capital-backed Rocket Software, Inc. These tools enable organizations to leverage their core applications and offer flexibility for modernization, allowing them to run applications wherever they choose. The debt financing is expected to include incremental senior secured term loans and new senior secured notes.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Oct 24, 2024 , 9:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good morning, and welcome to the third quarter 2024 earnings call for Annaly Capital Management. Economic leverage ticked down slightly to 5.7

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

dividend yield, Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) shouldn't be looked at as an income stock. What does Annaly Capital Management do? As noted, Annaly Capital Management is a REIT , a corporate structure that was designed to give small investors income generated from institutional-level real estate investment.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 20, 2024

One type of business that income-focused investors might have come across is the business development company (BDC) , which invests in the debt and equity of middle-market companies. Let's look at two popular BDCs, Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) and PennantPark Investment (NYSE: PNNT) , to see which is better for your portfolio.

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FinSMEs

JULY 18, 2024

New Frontier Funding, a San Diego, CA-based pioneer in leveraging generative AI to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) find credit and debt funding, closed a round of growth capital from the Homsher Family Office. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Trust in superior capital allocation Capital allocation in the oil space can be difficult because a company's survival is often prioritized over shareholder profits. All this is to say that capital allocation is key when it comes to identifying profitable oil stocks. Today, oil prices are hovering around $70 per barrel.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 8, 2024

It repaid debt, which steadily drove down its leverage ratio. Today, Energy Transfer has a strong investment-grade balance sheet with a leverage ratio in the lower half of its 4.0-to-4.5x That improving leverage ratio has provided Energy Transfer with increased financial flexibility. times target range.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 1, 2024

billion worth of credit card debt in the US to private equity firm Blackstone , to expand its lending capacity and reduce balance sheet risk. Barclays Bank Delaware (BBDE) has signed the agreement with insurance accounts managed by Blackstone’s asset-based finance group, to sell the credit card debt.

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The company made the move to retain additional cash to reinvest in its business and reduce debt. 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. leverage ratio. billion over the past year.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 10, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as confirming that the financing will be used to refinance existing debt and fund an acquisition. While banks typically offer the lowest pricing, putting pressure on private credit lenders, direct lenders can compete by offering higher leverage. trillion private credit industry.

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Blackstone News

MAY 17, 2024

Reinforces CoreWeave’s market position as the AI hyperscaler Builds on CoreWeave’s significant momentum, evidenced by over $12 billion raised from equity and debt investors over the last 12 months Historic financing builds on the Company’s recently announced $1.1 billion debt financing facility led by Blackstone and Magnetar in August 2023.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 10, 2024

Main Street Capital (NYSE: MAIN) Q1 2024 Earnings Call May 10, 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 first-quarter earnings conference call. Should you invest $1,000 in Main Street Capital right now?

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Thanks to its strategy of using long-term, fixed-rate debt and keeping its leverage ratio low, it has an investment-grade credit rating. leverage ratio, which was in the middle of its 4.5-to-5.0 It generates enough post-dividend free cash flow to fund a significant portion of its secured capital program. target range.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Meanwhile, it produced $786 million of free cash flow after funding capital expenditures. Devon used its free cash flow to return capital to shareholders and strengthen its balance sheet. Instead, it used its remaining excess free cash to strengthen its balance sheet, repaying a $472 million debt maturity. leverage ratio.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 25, 2024

Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Apr 25, 2024 , 9:00 a.m. And welcome to the first-quarter 2024 Annaly Capital Management earnings conference. Sean Kensil -- Director, Investor Relations Good morning, and welcome to the first-quarter 2024 earnings call for Annaly Capital Management.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Private equity giant Apollo is making a push into the high-grade debt market, an area long controlled by traditional banks, steered by former UBS, Swiss Re, and the World Bank executive Jamshid Ehsani, who joined the firm in 2010, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 17, 2024

The industry's long-term issue comes down to its inability to generate a return on capital necessary to cover its cost of capital. But it's not bad news for debt providers because they have been rewarded for putting up capital, with their investment backed up by a relatively liquid asset, the airplanes themselves.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

and Deutsche Bank AG are also among the lenders considering a role in funding what would be the largest leveraged buyout of the year so far, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the transaction. Read More: Private Credit Duels With Banks for $8 Billion DocuSign LBO Debt Shares in DocuSign fell as much as 4.7%

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2023

clean energy developer, today announced that it has raised a $1.2bn capital package to support the expansion of its large-scale renewable energy portfolio comprising utility-scale transmission and storage, onshore wind and solar generation, and offshore wind. energyRe, an independent U.S.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

As an operating business, we are able to use cash flows, as well as proceeds from equity and debt financing, to accumulate bitcoin, which serves as our primary treasury reserve asset. In addition, it also enables us to acquire bitcoin through the use of excess cash or proceeds from equity capital raises or corporate debt capital raises.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2023

clean energy developer, today announced that it has raised a $1.2bn capital package to support the expansion of its large-scale renewable energy portfolio comprising utility-scale transmission and storage, onshore wind and solar generation, and offshore wind. energyRe, an independent U.S.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

That covered the company's capital spending ($12 billion) and dividend outlay ($8.4 It used its excess free cash flow to continue strengthening its balance sheet by paying down debt. The company ended the third quarter with its leverage ratio down to 2.5, Its cash flow from operations totaled $26.5 an improvement from 2.6x

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The Motley Fool

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 Wire

JUNE 4, 2024

Global investment giant BlackRock has appointed Camille de Lamotte as Co-Head of Private Debt Origination in France and Head of Origination in Spain, with responsibility for sourcing and executing middle-market direct lending investment opportunities. Based in Paris, de Lamotte will work alongside Co-Head of France Guillaume Claire.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

That included slashing its distribution in half a few years ago to retain additional cash for debt reduction. Long highlighted that the company made meaningful progress last year to continue shoring up its financial foundation by using excess cash to repay debt. times target range. It plans to invest $2.3 billion-$2.6 billion deal.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Main Street Capital (NYSE: MAIN) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Feb 23, 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 Corporation fourth-quarter earnings conference call. Image source: The Motley Fool. Thank you, Mr. Vaughan.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 18, 2024

Finally, Enbridge has a strong balance sheet with a conservative leverage ratio. times leverage ratio , well within its 4.5x-5.0x The company expects its leverage ratio to trend toward the low end of its range as it closes its gas utility acquisitions and benefits from the incremental income of those businesses. target range.

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The Motley Fool

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. oil and gas production.

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