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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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DECEMBER 18, 2024

This was no small feat, particularly given the challenging capital market environment for cannabis investments. The company expects to further leverage lower-cost seed-based technology by targeting approximately 20% of harvests from seeds in fiscal 2025 with monthly fluctuations between 15% and 30% depending on the cultivar requirements.

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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. It might not be the same as Mickey and Minnie getting divorced, but one activist investor thinks it may be time for a Disney (NYSE: DIS) breakup.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Main Street Capital (NYSE: MAIN) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Feb 28, 2025 , 10:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Greetings and welcome to the Main Street Capital fourth quarter earnings conference call. Image source: The Motley Fool. You may begin. for the quarter.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Our Q3 adjusted EBITDA results reflect a continuation of our strong gross margin performance, our disciplined approach to cost management, and the ongoing benefits of fixed cost leverage as we scale. million of capital expenditures. Now, let me provide an update on some of Chewy's strategic initiatives and innovations. million or 6.7%

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APRIL 3, 2025

That capital was secured through a novel structure backed by one of Vistas own funds during a period of sharp interest rate hikes. The decision comes as leveraged loan markets experience renewed pressure, with investors reducing exposure to riskier debt instruments. Bankers raised the interest spread on the senior loan to 4.5

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MAY 4, 2024

The most attractive feature of real estate investment trust (REIT) Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) is its humongous 13.7% What does Annaly Capital do? Add in the use of leverage, often backed by the mortgage securities in the portfolio, and all of the risks at play here can get amplified during rough times. dividend yield.

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APRIL 11, 2025

BlackRocks diversified offerings played a key role in its ability to attract such substantial capital. The firm appears focused on long-term stability and shareholder value. Outlook Looking ahead, BlackRock's management is optimistic about leveraging technological advancements to drive further growth.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We've increased our regular dividend rate 160%; and including both regular and special dividends, paid or committed to pay more than $13 billion directly to shareholders; and $3.2 billion of that free cash flow back to our shareholders through a mix of our regular dividend and opportunistic share repurchases. We generated $1.6

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

On the social media side of the equation, Meta sits in a lucrative position to leverage AI in such a way that helps it understand its user base on an even deeper level. With a market capitalization of roughly $140 billion and a price-to-sales (P/S) multiple of 53, I have to say that Palantir stock has gotten out of hand.

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APRIL 11, 2025

Kotos founding teamCEO James Greenfield, COO Caroline Matthews, and CCO Jowey Rodenwill remain in leadership roles and retain a significant shareholding in the business. Were thrilled to be partnering with such a talented team, said Ed Minton, Director at WestBridge.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This partnership allows us to expand our servicing portfolio in a capital-efficient manner. There's no additional acquisition costs for clients in our ecosystem, creating even more operating leverage. The ability to leverage technology is crucial to scale, drive profitable growth, and adapt to market shifts.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

steel import levels; construction activity; demand for finished steel products; the expected capabilities, benefits, and timeline for construction of new facilities; the company's operations; the company's strategic growth plan; legal proceedings; the company's future results of operations; financial measures; and capital spending.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

And finally, it has enabled the consistent and predictable takedown of just in time delivered fully developed home site, and that has attracted capital to the structured land banking partnerships that have driven the nearly $20 billion of transaction that have enabled our land-light transformation to date. debt to total capital ratio.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The private equity firms aim to refinance or reprice Adevintas existing 4.5bn debt and may raise an additional 2bn, potentially for a shareholder dividend, according to sources familiar with the matter. The firms acquired Adevinta in 2023 in one of Europes largest leveraged buyouts backed by private credit. Can`t stop reading?

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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. of the company. CVX Return on Equity data by YCharts.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Adapting to and leveraging new technologies has been in our DNA from the start, and generative AI is pushing the pace of technology innovation faster than ever. Ewout will provide further details on our fourth quarter results, our expectations for 2025, and our approach to capital returns in his remarks. Adjusted EBITDA of $1.8

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APRIL 29, 2024

We have a packed agenda lined up for the next three days, and we're excited to see our customers, partners, analysts, shareholders, and employees, all in person to share our passion for BI, AI, bitcoin, and innovation. billion in equity in a manner that we believe to be creative to existing shareholders. Equity issuances.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

Our third quarter performance reflects continued positive momentum in growing our businesses, increasing capital efficiency, and pivoting our product suite to address the investing, insurance and retirement needs of our customers and clients around the world. Our strategic progress and performance are backed by our financial strength.

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MARCH 11, 2025

The company's approach leverages its store base to fulfill 80% of online sales. Combined with a 40% increase in net capital expenditures, these factors pose challenges amid the retail landscape's volatility. This strategy enhances customer convenience and operational efficiency.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

It has jettisoned high-cost operations and recycled that capital to grow its higher-returning assets. This strategy continues to pay big dividends for shareholders. With further improvements ahead, the company continues sending more cash to its shareholders. billion, putting its net leverage ratio at around 0.6

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JANUARY 31, 2025

And as we go into 2025, year two, we remain well-positioned to continue to deliver mid-single digit or greater organic revenue growth, continued margin expansion in line with our historic performance, strong adjusted EPS growth, double-digit free cash flow growth, and disciplined capital allocation.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In fact, our top four Contact Center deals in the quarter came from the channel, which speaks to our progress leveraging this amazing resource to extend our success across geographies and industries. And then, maybe the last part I'd say that I think you saw is reupped here today is capital allocation with our buyback.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The integrated oil and gas major continues to deliver solid results and return capital to shareholders through a combination of buybacks and dividends. Returning capital to shareholders Like most oil and gas companies, Chevron's profits evaporated during the COVID-19-induced downturn. billion in 2020.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Their leaders prioritize paying shareholders. The pharmaceutical giant leverages its diversified portfolio across multiple therapeutic areas and a global distribution network to generate consistent cash flow. Learn More Image source: Getty Images. They have advantages over competitors that help them stay profitable over the long term.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In the quarter, we continue to execute against our strategy that is driving long-term growth and shareholder value. We're very pleased with Enact's operational strength's capital levels and consistent shareholder distributions. Our first priority is to create shareholder value through Enact's growing market value and returns.

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AUGUST 17, 2024

MSTR data by YCharts MicroStrategy as a leveraged Bitcoin ETF Later in the same earnings call, co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor described MicroStrategy as a more flexible and ambitious version of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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JULY 11, 2024

Adding an accelerant Brookfield Renewable and some partners (its parent, Brookfield Asset Management , and Singapore's state investment company Temasek) recently struck a deal to acquire a majority stake in Neoen from some of its largest shareholders.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

A turnaround plan for the cloud computing business Alibaba was an early mover in the cloud migration trend, leveraging its vast network of businesses and customers to build its cloud computing business. Unlocking value for shareholders Alibaba has been buying back its shares in huge quantities over the last few years. It has spent $4.8

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JANUARY 23, 2025

A five-year dividend growth rate above 6% signals both competitive strength and management's commitment to shareholders. Meanwhile, NextEra Energy Resources leverages its first-mover advantage in renewables to develop and operate an expanding portfolio of wind, solar, and battery-storage facilities across North America. The healthy 59.7%

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

billion of cash flow this year and have reached a key financial milestone while returning to a fully unsecured capital structure that will support our growth ambitions and expanding capital allocation. And this quarter, we reached a key financial milestone by returning to a fully unsecured capital structure.

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MAY 16, 2024

Dividends compensate patient shareholders for enduring the cyclicality of the oil patch. Operating a massive portfolio of green energy assets, Brookfield Renewable has demonstrated a strong commitment to rewarding shareholders, and its 4.8% Taking Chevron's market cap of $304 billion and its trailing 12-month capital return of $25.7

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APRIL 27, 2024

Apple also has a massive capital return program. Apple has the cash to step in and buy its stock, thereby reducing the share count and giving existing shareholders greater ownership of the company. Granted, it only yields 0.6%, but it's still a massive capital commitment for Apple to its shareholders. billion $72.4

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MAY 12, 2024

There's clearly something special about a company that can add significant shareholder value over a time period in which the price of its main product deteriorates. Its two main advantages come down to operational discipline and capital management. CVX Total Return Level data by YCharts What exactly is Chevron doing so well?

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

The oil giant delivered industry-leading earnings, cash flow, and shareholder returns during the third quarter. Instead, Exxon expects a combination of investing in its advantaged assets, operational excellence, and disciplined cost and capital management to drive its earnings and cash-flow growth.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The remaining 50 basis points were driven by ROD leverage. SG&A as a percentage of net sales was 33.4%, leveraging 130 basis points versus last year's reported rate and 110 basis points versus last year's adjusted rate primarily due to lower advertising costs in the quarter. Now, let me turn to SG&A. SG&A was $1.3

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

Thiel remains one of the largest shareholders in Palantir, which has a market cap around $83 billion as of this writing. The CIA's venture capital arm was the only early outside investor (besides Thiel's own venture capital firm). As it scales, Palantir is exhibiting tremendous operating leverage. 31 of next year.

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