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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The cruise line was hoping to top $100 in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) per available passenger cruise day, up from its prior record of $87 in 2019. Finally, optimizing capital allocation and enhancing its operating income would be the keys to exceed its 2019 record of 10.5%

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MAY 11, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), meanwhile, rose 6% to nearly $2.5 Last year, Enterprise picked up its growth capital expenditures to $3.5 Enterprise has averaged about a 13% return on invested capital over the past five years. billion on growth projects.

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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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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Ares Capital What better to put you in the holiday spirit than a juicy forward dividend yield of around 8.7%? That's what you'll get with Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). As a business development company (BDC) , it must return at least 90% of earnings to shareholders as dividends to be exempt from federal income taxes.

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MAY 9, 2024

Being able to accurately forecast its operating cash flow is vitally important when it comes to outlaying capital for bolt-on acquisitions and new projects. Multiple years of reduced capital spending by major energy companies during the pandemic has constrained the global supply of oil. during the pandemic.

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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. The company's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margin also increased by five percentage points from the year-ago period.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Coke not only has attractive growth prospects in international markets, but management continues to allocate capital to maximize profitable growth. Realty Income Investing in real estate investment trusts (REITs) can be a great way to boost your portfolio's yield.

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MAY 29, 2024

Enterprise's business model has seen the company consistently grow its distributable cash flow (DCF) per unit (operating cash flow minus maintenance capital expenditures [ capex ]) most years, while keeping it pretty steady during difficult environments, such as when oil prices collapsed during 2014-2016. Image source: Getty Images.

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MAY 29, 2024

Enterprise's business model has seen the company consistently grow its distributable cash flow (DCF) per unit (operating cash flow minus maintenance capital expenditures [ capex ]) most years, while keeping it pretty steady during difficult environments, such as when oil prices collapsed during 2014-2016. Image source: Getty Images.

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JULY 8, 2023

It reported a better-than-expected adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) profit of $681 million, though it's still losing money on a generally accepted accounting principles ( GAAP ) basis. The company said customer deposits reached a record of $7.2 billion-$4.25 billion-$4.25

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That money will grow tax-free, allowing your savings to compound year after year. A 401(k) company match is the best return on investment you'll find anywhere. You immediately receive a substantial, guaranteed return that no other investment offers. That could lead to a massive sum of cash by the time you retire.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

So, to examine this, investors can look at what each company is generating as a return on invested capital (ROIC). LOW Return on Invested Capital data by YCharts A high ROIC is excellent, but what a company pays for its capital, called the weighted average cost of capital, or WAAC , is just as important.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

At the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in May, Buffett signaled that his Apple sales are linked to locking in the current 21% capital gains tax rate, and not due to a loss of faith in the company. He expects the tax rate to go up, considering the current size of the federal deficit. Not necessarily.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

I'm going to talk about the highlights of the third quarter, then we're going to do some -- a little bit of strategic updates and we're going to end up with Tony talking about the results and capital allocation. And the third is our capital allocation priorities. billion in cash taxes. But over time, I want to be clear.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

From 2014 to 2019, Paycom's annual revenue grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37% while its adjusted earnings before taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) rose at a CAGR of 64%.

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APRIL 19, 2024

The former measures how much cash in distributions the company is paying out, compared to how much distributable cash flow (operating cash flow minus maintenance capital expenditures) it's generating. billion in growth capital expenditures (capex) this year, and another $3 billion in 2025. On that front, Enterprise had a robust 1.7x

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MAY 12, 2024

The business passes much of its cash flow to investors to cover their portion of taxes. What makes MPLX stand out among its peers is its strong rates of return, capital discipline, and generous returns to shareholders. MPLX has emerged as one of the best in the energy infrastructure business.

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JULY 26, 2024

The trifecta to be achieved by the end of 2025 seemed ambitious at the time: Royal Caribbean was aiming to top $100 in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) per available passenger cruise day. This would shatter its pre-pandemic record of $87 in 2019. Its previous record was 10.5%.

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JULY 31, 2024

Software and infrastructure strength In IBM's consulting segment, the company is seeing clients continue to pull back on discretionary projects in favor of projects with clear returns on investment in the form of cost savings or productivity gains.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

An excellent way to quantitatively answer this question is to compare its return on invested capital (ROIC) to its peer group, as historically, companies with a higher ROIC have tended to perform better over time. ROK Return on Invested Capital data by YCharts.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Carnival also proposes the formidable goal of attaining a 12% adjusted return on invested capital (ROIC), an extraordinary feat that involves more than doubling the 2023 adjusted ROIC by 2026, reaching an unprecedented level.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

However, one goal may be even more important than all of these : reducing debt.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) also rose 5% to nearly $2.44 DCF is similar to free cash flow, except that operating cash flow is only reduced by maintenance capital expenditures ( capex ) and not growth capex. It produced distributable cash flow (DCF) of $1.96

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JANUARY 20, 2024

The company estimates it could generate an additional $300 million of annual adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) from this business in the coming years. In yet more evidence of efficient capital allocation, consider that Enterprise Products' cash flows have grown steadily in the past decade.

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AUGUST 18, 2024

Generating positive free cash flow (FCF) every year since the turn of the century, the stock has delivered total returns of 3,600% over that time -- or seven times the S&P 500 index's return. Compared to its weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 7%, the company consistently creates value for investors.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), meanwhile, climbed 10% to nearly $2.4 Its FCF was lower compared to a year ago as the company increased its capital expenditures (capex) on new growth projects. At a similar return, the approximately $10.5

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OCTOBER 5, 2024

Finally, Carnival lifted its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) guidance for the full year to $6 billion -- that's up by nearly $200 million from guidance, given a few months ago, and represents a 40% increase from last year.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Paycom Software (NYSE: PAYC) and Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) both digitize human capital management (HCM) services with cloud-based tools for managing payrolls, employees, expenses, and digital documents. Analysts expect Paycom's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) to rise 22% in 2023 and 9% in 2024.

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JULY 25, 2024

While we navigate through the current challenges and pursue growth opportunities, the company will remain focused on its three long-standing, long-term financial tenants, those being to maximize free cash flow, maximize return on invested capital, and returning excess free cash to our shareholders. Christopher S.

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MARCH 23, 2024

The automotive industry is capital intensive; consumers aren't adopting electric vehicles (EVs) quickly enough to justify the billions of investment into fleets of EVs and battery technology; and Chinese automakers are on the brink of entering the lucrative U.S. billion in earnings before interest and taxes ( EBIT) during 2023.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Let's see why that was the case, and check whether investors should consider buying The Trade Desk following its latest dip to capitalize on the digital ad market's growth. per share, while adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) increased 28% to $257 million. billion this year to $42.5

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

We are working to pivot our business toward a model that will streamline our operations, sell nonstrategic assets, improve the consistency of our earnings, increase EBITDA and dividends per share, reduce debt, rightsize the balance sheet, and improve the return on invested capital. million on pre-tax income of $13.4

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MAY 6, 2024

Gains from investment activity in the first quarter were approximately $0.75 after-tax lower contribution compared to last year. billion and recorded a pre-tax and after-tax gain of $415 million and $311 million, respectively. And again, we don't expect any capital as part of that participation. OPI had a $0.02

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

While we continue to pursue growth opportunities, the company will remain focused on its three long-standing, long-term financial tenets, those being to; maximize free cash flow, maximize return on invested capital, and returning excess free cash to our shareholders. On a GAAP basis, we recorded a tax expense of $4.7

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JULY 13, 2024

Inflation and higher interest rates have reduced the return on invested capital in commercial and residential solar projects, making the industry less attractive. These microinverters qualified for the 45X production tax credit under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. manufacturing and staying nimble.

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JULY 7, 2024

Further, management said it had made substantial progress toward its 2026 "SEA Change" goals of sustainability; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) per available lower berth day; and return on invested capital (ROIC).

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JULY 28, 2023

In the second quarter, Teladoc's results either reached or beat all of the company's forecasts -- and Teladoc raised the low end of its full-year revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) guidance. Teladoc may not be the right investment for the most cautious investors.

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