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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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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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MAY 11, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), meanwhile, rose 6% to nearly $2.5 Enterprise ended the quarter with leverage of 3x. It defines leverage as net debt adjusted for equity credit in junior subordinated notes (hybrids) divided by adjusted EBITDA. cents per unit.

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JULY 1, 2024

Meanwhile, its balance sheet is in good shape with a leverage ratio (net debt/adjusted EBITDA ) of just 3.2 It is planning to spend $950 million in growth capital expenditure (capex) this year. The stock sports an attractive 8% yield based on its most recent distribution and had a robust 1.6

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AUGUST 12, 2024

PDD leverages its huge short-video user base to offer livestreaming e-commerce services, an area where Alibaba was the incumbent. To this end, Alibaba is embracing a low-cost strategy and leveraging its logistics arm (Cainiao) and artificial intelligence to provide a better e-commerce experience to consumers.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

The new collaboration will enable Enbridge to leverage AI powered by Microsoft Azure machine learning across its operations. Cost savings and optimizations are an important earnings growth driver for Enbridge. million) of recurring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) savings per year.

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MAY 17, 2024

That makes logical sense, given that, historically, around 57% of its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) came from oil pipelines, with another 28% from natural gas pipelines. What does Enbridge do? Enbridge is a North American energy giant that is usually lumped into the midstream sector.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

One such stock that has been attracting a lot of attention is Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , which at its current share price yields a massive 8.9%. Why does Ares Capital pay such a high dividend? That makes BDCs riskier investments than traditional banks, but they also collect higher interest on their loans.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Other companies pay out jaw-dropping yields that far outpace what you could earn from a Treasury bond. 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. With over $10.8

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JUNE 20, 2023

billion of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) this year. That gave it money to fund its growth capital projects and strengthen its balance sheet (its leverage ratio is on track to be at the lower end of its 4.0 billion to $13.5 That puts its valuation at 7.2

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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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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

billion Canadian ($3 billion) of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) in the period. In addition, the company has a strong investment-grade balance sheet backed by a leverage ratio in the lower end of its 4.5-to-5.0 The pipeline and utility operator produced $4.2

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APRIL 3, 2025

The company is boosting its growth capital expenditures (capex) to take advantage of these opportunities. forward yield and low leverage of 3.1 The Permian is also home to a lot of cheap associated natural gas, giving Energy Transfer a lot of opportunity around growing power needs for artificial intelligence (AI).

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AUGUST 6, 2023

As for why Buffett's love grew for Apple, the company returns an incredible amount of capital to its shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks. For comparison, Kroger's net leverage ratio at the end of its fiscal first quarter 2023 was a much-healthier 1.3 per share. times EBITDA. times EBITDA.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Let's explore three companies quietly making waves in the AI industry, each offering a unique approach to capitalizing on this transformative technology. From Bitcoin to AI Iris Energy (NASDAQ: IREN) is leveraging its expertise in Bitcoin mining infrastructure to capitalize on the growing demand for AI computing power.

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JULY 18, 2024

Part of the stock's struggles come from higher interest rates and the impact that has had on commercial property values, which are valued based on capitalization (cap) rates -- a property's net-operating income divided by its current value. As interest rates climbed, so have cap rates. Image source: Getty Images.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

The company is paying about 10 times estimated 2024 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) for these assets. That implies they will supply it with about $200 million of incremental earnings next year. That's a decent amount of additional earnings for a company on track to produce $6.6

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APRIL 20, 2024

Let's look at two popular BDCs, Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) and PennantPark Investment (NYSE: PNNT) , to see which is better for your portfolio. Different approaches Hercules Capital mostly invests in high-growth technology and life-sciences companies before their initial public offerings.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

The strong free cash flow has also helped the company to remain in sound financial health -- something that's not always the case with mining companies, which require large amounts of capital to develop their assets. in net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ).

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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. With a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.2, Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

The logic behind the spinoff was that it would unlock shareholder value and allow each company to more easily pursue mergers and acquisitions (M&A), allocate capital, and compensate employees as a pure play focused on one industry. billion in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ).

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JULY 17, 2023

Over the last four quarters, Airbnb has generated a free cash flow margin of more than 40% as it's capitalized on the travel recovery and earns interest on the funds it holds between guest bookings and stays, an additional benefit from its business model.

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MAY 11, 2024

to 85.7%, or 390 basis points, which drove adjusted operating income up 50% to $175 million and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). Overall adjusted earnings per share increased from $0.56 to $0.81, easily beating the analyst consensus of $0.67.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

Its advanced technology and proven track record of success have caught the attention of Wall Street, and its stock is quickly becoming a hot commodity among savvy investors looking to capitalize on the latest trends in the market.

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JULY 22, 2023

But the hope is that with a much larger number of units sold and higher revenue, the business will be better able to leverage its fixed costs and approach management's goal of EBITDA ( earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ) margins between 8% and 13.5% over the long term.

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JUNE 16, 2023

For example, its ratio of debt to EBITDA ( earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ) is generally among the lowest of its closest peer group. Acquisitions are partly to blame for that trend, but investors need to understand that leverage increases risk. That isn't the only thing to consider.

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MARCH 2, 2024

This is a huge market opportunity that Dutch Bros is leveraging to grow its business quickly, and these new stores alone will generate higher revenue for the foreseeable future. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) increased 76% to $160.1 million in Q4 2022 to $3.8

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Blackwells Capital, the latest activist investor to emerge at the House of Mouse, suggested Disney's corporate segments would be better off going their separate ways. Blackwells' analysis is based on 2025 estimates based on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of $2.8

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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 4, 2024

It has continued to reduce its leverage and now plans to finish the year with a net debt-to-adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) ratio of just 3.9. Kinder Morgan depends on demand for natural gas and oil to justify its capital-intensive projects.

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JUNE 23, 2023

This can be discouraging for some investors who are looking to own full shares of businesses, but don't want to put too much capital to work in the stock market. Once these sales ramp up, and the business can benefit from operating leverage, profitability should hopefully follow. The company is certainly heading in the right direction.

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MAY 16, 2024

However, there is a chance that investors who aren't comfortable paying for Nvidia's expensive valuation could be seeking alternatives to capitalize on the AI boom. Nvidia is trading at 75 times trailing earnings. More importantly, The Trade Desk has been leveraging AI to ensure that advertisers get more out of its platform.

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JULY 21, 2023

The company has been leveraging the power of contextual artificial intelligence (AI) to effectively target audiences by running appropriate advertisements that match the content shown on the Roku Channel. Ark expects Roku's market capitalization to be $93 billion by 2026, implying a price-to-sales ratio of 6.6 billion in 2024.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

On an adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) basis, it generated a profit of $3.3 That leverage gives Carnival a high debt-to-equity ratio of 4.6. But as its business recovered, it narrowed its net loss to $6.1 billion a year earlier. It ended fiscal 2019 with $9.7

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

It also expects full-year adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) growth of 4%, up from its earlier forecast of at least 3%. billion, and adjusted earnings per share fell from $0.68 Slow and steady progress The stock finished up 6.5% Revenue rose 1% to $30.4

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It's leveraging its AI investments to grow two businesses at scale. Meanwhile, it's using the considerable cash flows it generates to buy back shares, boosting the value of future earnings to shareholders. Microsoft's forward P/E ratio sits around 31.5, as of this writing. As a result, it's seeing expanding profit margins.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Hercules Capital: 10.6% dividend yield Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company (BDC) that specializes in providing capital to venture-backed start-ups. Ares Capital: 9.5% dividend yield Another BDC on my list is Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). Rithm Capital: 9.1% Kinder Morgan: 6.5%

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