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of the world's capital to 7% as more financial institutions opt to provide Bitcoin-related services. He also expects the crypto will eventually trade at higher volumes than the S&P 500 , under the premise that it will win over investors with its open, global, and free approach to the capital markets.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

Ford also has a healthy balance sheet that should allow it to return plenty of capital to its shareholders. The most-aggressive rate-hiking cycle in four decades has made it costlier for companies to refinance or consummate debt-based deals. Legacy telecom companies like AT&T are carrying around quite a bit of debt.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

This is called tax loss harvesting , and it could potentially reduce your tax liability and eliminate some lemons in your portfolio. Consolidate high interest debt High-interest debt can fizzle out your excitement over the new year like flat champagne.

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MAY 8, 2024

Mortgage REITs are companies that want to borrow money at low, short-term lending rates, and use this capital to purchase higher-yielding long-term assets, such as mortgage-backed securities (MBS). AT&T closed out the March quarter with nearly $133 billion in total debt. AT&T's debt isn't as much of a worry, either.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Both stocks benefited from Bitcoin's recovery, but investors seemed more impressed by MicroStrategy's simple strategy of accumulating it than Marathon's capital-intensive approach of mining it. Marathon might seem undervalued relative to the bitcoins on its balance sheet, but it operates a more capital-intensive business than MicroStrategy.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The management team believes it can put cash on the balance sheet to better use by investing in digital capital, specifically Bitcoin. It's funding Bitcoin purchases from the cash generated by its software business, taking on debt, and issuing stock. At the end of Q2, MicroStrategy's total liabilities were $4.2 billion, $3.8

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

What's also attractive about CRISPR is that it has minimal debt on its books and lots of cash. Its total liabilities as of the end of September total just $359 million. With loads of cash and not much in liabilities to worry about, that could make the stock a highly attractive acquisition target.

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JULY 17, 2024

All three companies are well run and efficiently allocate capital. It nearly doubled its capital expenditures over the last five years, pouring money into new stores, existing store renovations, and Walmart+ -- its e-commerce home delivery option. ITW Return on Capital Employed data by YCharts. Image source: Getty Images.

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JULY 26, 2023

That provided the telecom giant with enough money to cover capital expenses (which declined by 4% to $10.1 As a result, capital spending has come down considerably. After spending $6 billion in the first quarter, Verizon's capital spending was $4.1 For the full year, Verizon expects capital spending to range between $18.3

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MAY 10, 2024

This stabilized portfolio generates steady cash flow that the company uses to pay dividends and repay debt. Meanwhile, Steward paid $9 million in rent and $2 million on various working capital and other loans. It has leased those properties to operators benefiting from solid market conditions.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

While higher interest rates have made it harder to find accretive equity investments, Realty Income has capitalized on the situation by starting to invest in real estate credit. The REIT capitalized on higher interest rates to lock in a high cash yield on a very stable credit investment. That move could pay big dividends in the future.

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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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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Last month, it closed its all-share acquisition of Spirit Realty Capital, which enhanced its existing CRE portfolio, as well as expanded Realty Income into new industries. This concern, coupled with rapidly rising interest rates (legacy telecom companies are lugging around quite a bit of debt), weighed heavily on the industry.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

It's cash-rich with modest debt It might be growth-challenged right now, but there's no company better equipped to shrug off the impact of such a headwind. As a reminder, Apple isn't just the world's biggest company, sporting a market capitalization of just under $3 trillion. But what about debt?

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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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For example, AT&T was clobbered this past July after a report from The Wall Street Journal alleged that legacy telecom operators could face sizable environmental and health-related liabilities tied to their use of lead-sheathed cables. 31, 2023, AT&T's net debt has declined from $169 billion to $128.9

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

When we entered fiscal 2024, we were sitting with over $73 million in total debt. This followed the adverse Seaguard ruling, which added $42 million in debt, which was already too high given contributing losses at that time. This provided us with $48 million in gross proceeds, which we used to pay down debt. 1 priority.

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MAY 30, 2024

However, the company is not free-cash-flow-positive and is saddled with $48 billion in long-term debt. The company has a terrific business model with a 42% operating margin, $14 billion in cash generated from operations, and total assets that outweigh total liabilities by almost three to one. billion and a narrower operating loss.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Legacy telecom companies are carrying quite a bit of debt on their balance sheets. With AI stocks soaring, active funds have likely been reallocating capital to faster-growing companies with more robust long-term expansion outlooks. Generally speaking, Wall Street loathes uncertainty. yield still look like a bargain. court system.

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He's the founder of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management. The winner is: Alphabet That's right, the only AI-related stock held in Pershing Square Capital's ultra-concentrated portfolio is Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG). With a weighted average cost of capital of 8.8% Image source: Getty Images.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Steve Bakke -- Vice President, Capital Markets and Investor Relations Thank you all for joining us today for Realty Income's fourth-quarter operating results conference call. billion merger with Spirit Realty Capital in an all-stock transaction in October, which closed subsequent to year-end on January 23rd. Please go ahead, sir.

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JUNE 4, 2024

As it has zero long-term debt, aside from some capital lease liabilities, it shouldn't have a problem surviving for a while beyond that horizon. It currently has $953.3 million in cash, equivalents, and short-term investments, whereas its total operating expenses were $142.9 million in the first quarter.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

FCEVs can be charged more quickly than BEVs and have a much longer driving range, but they require more capital-intensive hydrogen charging stations to be built. million in total liabilities. Therefore, Nikola could need to take on a lot more debt and keep diluting its shares to stay solvent. It had $256.3

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It has no debt although it does have $210.6 million in operating lease liabilities. However, management expects that the company will continue to incur losses for at least the next few years, meaning that it'll eventually need to raise more capital, either by issuing debt or through secondary stock sales.

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JULY 30, 2024

Annaly Capital Management: 13.09% yield The first ultra-high-yield dividend stock top-tier billionaires chose to purchase as they were dumping shares of AI titan Nvidia is mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY). Image source: Getty Images. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

However, Nio is spending a lot of money to expand that capital-intensive network as its vehicle margins shrivel. billion in total liabilities and a high debt-to-equity ratio of 4.7. It's also developing its own first-party smartphones to complement its vehicles and showcase its own apps. billion yuan in 2021 to 15.6

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JANUARY 9, 2024

defaulting on its debt. The company operates a relatively asset-light business model, since capital is not required to cover potential delinquencies. This was a commendable feat, considering that the year was also marked by exacerbated worries about rising inflation and the possibility of the U.S.

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The company has a solid operating margin of 26%, no debt, and over $4.7 Intuitive also has full power to create a more optimized capital structure by adding debt to reduce its cost of capital if interest rates fall. This far exceeds the S&P 500 Health Care Sector's forward P/E ratio of 19.

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Bitcoin bulls are hoping that the ETFs will introduce a new wave of capital to the asset, which could drive up the price over time. government currently has $34 trillion in debt, a figure that has surged over the past four decades. This doesn't even include underfunded liabilities like Social Security and Medicare.

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million in liabilities, and an elevated debt-to-equity ratio of 1.4. It will also try to get more financing from state-backed export credit agencies instead of diluting its shares to cover its future capital requirements. For the full year, analysts expect it to generate just $6.4 million in cash and equivalents, $337.8

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It ended the first half of 2023 with $227 million in cash and equivalents, but all of that cash came from eleventh-hour cost-cutting and capital-raising tactics during the second quarter. Nikola ended the second quarter of 2023 with $615 million in total liabilities, which gave it a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.2.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

So capital spending is important and likely to remain elevated for the foreseeable future. VZ Debt to Equity Ratio data by YCharts Of the three companies here, Verizon is probably the most attractive given its large customer base and annuity-like revenue stream. For example, it agreed to a $10.3

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JULY 30, 2023

Furthermore, Altria has a stellar capital-return program. Similar to Altria Group, AbbVie is quite generous with its capital-return program. Arguably the biggest headwind for J&J is the uncertain financial liability it may face from litigation tied to its now-discontinued talcum-based baby powder. It's repurchased $3.5

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

And with ROIC ending 2024 at 11%, comfortably above our cost of capital, we are already delivering long-term value for our shareholders as we lay the foundation we'll build upon in 2025 and beyond. million guest visits in 2024, we believe we have a meaningful opportunity to expand and capitalize on this strategic advantage.

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Billionaire Bill Ackman manages hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, and he's comfortable with the idea of contrarian investing. In 2014, Ackman reportedly told Bloomberg that he had invested $60 million in General Growth Properties -- both in the company's unsecured debt and in the stock itself.

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Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Oct 24, 2024 , 5:00 p.m. Welcome to the Capital One Q3 2024 earnings call. We're webcasting live over the Internet as usual and to access the call on the Internet, please log on to Capital One's website at capitalone.com and follow the links from there. billion or $4.41

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