The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Cliff Asness of AQR Capital Management sold 99,140 shares of Palantir, cutting his position by 16%. Prospective investors should avoid this stock for the time being, and current shareholders should consider trimming large positions. Meanwhile, he added 719,710 shares of Nvidia, upping his position by 5%.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

His Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund owns only 10 stocks. Google Cloud should have tremendous growth prospects as more organizations migrate to the cloud over the next decade, with AI accelerating this shift. Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Learn More The most magnificent of the seven Alphabet is one of seven leading tech companies dubbed the Magnificent Seven due to their strong growth prospects and stock price performance in recent years. Alphabet is capitalizing on that same growth catalyst. billion last year.

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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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JANUARY 11, 2025

On its last earnings call, the company said it's had requests to connect to about 45 power plants that it does not currently serve in 11 states and more than 40 prospective data centers in 10 states. It noted that many of these power plants and data centers were within two to three miles of one of its pipelines.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It's no secret that over the last couple of years investors have become increasingly curious about the prospects artificial intelligence (AI) presents. 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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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Charles Reynolds Lambert -- Vice President, Treasurer, and Managing Director of Capital Markets Good morning and welcome to the Medical Properties Trust conference call to discuss our third quarter 2024 financial results. Land and buildings are often an operator's single largest asset, and that must be funded with some form of capital.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In 2025, Meta expects to spend between $60 billion and $65 billion on capital expenditures, mostly centered around its AI investments. Meta Platforms trades for 30 times trailing earnings and 28 times forward earnings , indicating that Wall Street isn't as bullish on its 2025 prospects.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Below, I'll examine the prospects and the valuations of these two companies and check which one is the better semiconductor stock to buy right now following the remarkable gains in the past two years. This puts TSMC in a position to capitalize on multiple secular growth opportunities within the semiconductor space.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

To me, it's just too difficult to see a company doing roughly $3 billion in revenue trading at a market capitalization of over $260 billion. This isn't to say that Palantir's prospects aren't bright, but the ongoing momentum in the stock should make investors think twice about where shares could be headed in the long run.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Major private equity firms have faced significant obstacles in selling or listing their China-based portfolio companies in 2023, with Beijings tightening restrictions on IPOs and a decelerating economy having left foreign investors capital effectively trapped, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 8, 2025

Graycliff Partners has acquired Boss Industries , a manufacturer specializing in power take-off and engine-driven air technology, from Wynnchurch Capital. Wynnchurch acquired Boss in January 2019 from Strait Lane Capital Partners which had purchased the business in July 2014. billion in committed capital.

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 10, 2024

CCMP Growth Advisors has acquired Combined Caterers , a provider of event management and catering services, from Falfurrias Capital Partners. In July 2024, CCMP Growth closed its latest fund, CCMP Capital Investors IV LP , with over $500 million in commitments.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 11, 2025

Oracle is expanding its data center capacity to meet demand for AI with capital expenditures expected to grow to $16 billion for fourth quarter, roughly doubling from a year earlier.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2024

The leading North American pipeline and utility operator generates very durable cash flow and has very visible growth prospects. It's investing several billion dollars in capital into those utilities over the next three years. Those capital projects are only a slice of Enbridge's backlog. billion). billion-$6.6

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Led by our employees' commitment to operational excellence and capital discipline, we outperformed on oil, natural gas, and NGL volumes for the quarter, as well as beating expectations on per-unit cash operating costs. And it reflects our confidence in the increasing capital efficiency of our business going forward. We generated $1.6

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

On top of that, the company's telecom towers and fiber assets are capitalizing on the ever-increasing need for data transmission infrastructure. Brookfield is also investing roughly half the capital required to fund the development of two semiconductor fabrication facilities in the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 19, 2025

That gives it unparalleled access to low-cost capital to continue investing in income-generating real estate. It has tremendous future growth prospects. Capital projects are only one of the company's growth drivers. Given its robust growth prospects, Brookfield should trade at a much higher valuation multiple.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2024

The bank slashed its dividend in response to a host of issues, and macroeconomic conditions are fueling investor skepticism about its prospects. Larger banks pose risks to the economy if they fail, so they need sufficient capital to cover unexpected losses. Shares of New York Community Bank (NYSE: NYCB) dropped 68.6%

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The smaller MLP also produces significant free cash flow after capital expenses (nearly $1.2 Energy Transfer also produces excess free cash after covering its distribution and capital spending. Those sales enabled it to recycle capital by paying down debt following its $855 million acquisition of Meritage Midstream Services.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

1: Rewarding shareholders through buybacks and dividends Nvidia has demonstrated a strong commitment to returning capital to shareholders. This substantial buyback authorization underscores management's confidence in Nvidia's long-term prospects. Image Source: Getty Images. Reason No. The company repurchased 62.8 billion as of Aug.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 5, 2024

The charging company got an injection of capital to help its survival prospects. Parkev Tatevosian, CFA®, discusses what the news could mean for EVGO (NASDAQ: EVGO) stock investors. Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Oct. The video was published on Oct. Should you invest $1,000 in EVgo right now?

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 5, 2024

Over the last year or two, some of the major catalysts driving the market higher have included the prospect of lower inflation, lower interest rates, and accelerated growth in the tech sector. In December, it laid out a clear corporate plan that included capital spending, free-cash-flow (FCF), earnings, and cost-saving estimates through 2027.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 5, 2024

With a high yield, strong growth prospects, and a cheap price, Brookfield Infrastructure could produce robust total returns in the coming years. In addition, it's investing heavily to expand its renewable-energy business outside the state, where it's capitalizing on robust demand. times its FFO. times and the 16.5

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A consortium led by Mubadala Capital-backed private equity firm Fortress Investment Group and BlackRock is among several parties evaluating bids for Viridium Group, a German life insurance consolidator, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Co-CEO Tom Long noted on the company's fourth-quarter earnings call, "We're currently executing on a large opportunity set of growth projects, and we're excited to deploy capital on these impactful opportunities that are expected to provide strong returns and a significant growth trajectory through the end of the decade."

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

It sees its leverage ratio trending toward the lower end of that range next year as it captures the full benefits of its recent natural gas utility acquisitions and maintains its current capital spending range. It generates enough post-dividend free cash flow to fund a significant portion of its secured capital program.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 21, 2024

However, savvy investors may be looking for options other than Nvidia to capitalize on the AI boom. The acquisition of Silo AI will diversify AMD's AI prospects as the company has mostly been training its sights on the hardware side of the market so far. That's because Broadcom is the leader in the market for custom AI chips.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2025

That may prompt companies to scale back on some of their capital spending in the near future. But for long-term investors, now may be an opportune time to load up on the stock -- the market has turned bearish on Builders as tariffs and trade wars could make the prospects for near-term growth even more concerning.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 3, 2024

This October, two stocks stand out for their attractive dividends and growth prospects: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY). What sets Lockheed apart is its dividend growth rate of 5.58% annually over the past five years -- a remarkably high figure for a company with a market capitalization of $144 billion.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Net lease transactions are often capital-raising events, where a company sells a property it owns and uses in what is called a sale/leaseback transaction. Being so large tends to give the REIT advantaged access to capital markets, which means it can compete aggressively for properties and still turn a profit.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2025

But make no mistake about it, Apple's and Amazon's long-term growth prospects are dependent on AI. In addition to an increase in energy demand vis--vis AI-data centers, BHE should be able to capitalize through investments in battery storage and smart grid technology.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2024

So, working with private equity outfit 3G Capital, Buffett helped orchestrate Heinz's acquisition of Kraft in anticipation of synergies and cost savings. Even with new leadership in place though, 3G Capital still recently abandoned its Kraft Heinz position, locking in the big loss on its investment.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Additionally, the company has poured billions of dollars of capital expenditures ( capex ) into data center infrastructure. AMZN Capital Expenditures (Quarterly) data by YCharts Revenue growth is great, but rising profits are even better Despite the exciting prospects of AI, Amazon is facing other financial challenges.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2024

That said, he's sold off some shares recently , purposefully taking the capital gains amid a favorable tax environment. They all have very strong competitive positions and good earnings prospects that should support their current valuations. All of the companies above might look attractive at their current share prices.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 1, 2024

The clearest headwind current and prospective Chevron shareholders have to contend with is the prospect of a recession taking shape in the U.S. Coca-Cola is also known for its top-tier capital-return program. Oil and gas stocks tend to ebb-and-flow with the spot price of crude oil and natural gas. economy has remained resilient.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

Today's conference call may include forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Lennar's business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, strategies and prospects. debt to total capital ratio. Additionally, it has driven consistent and dependable cash flow even with variable bottom-line results.

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