The Motley Fool

MARCH 9, 2024

Therefore, most of its Bitcoin transactions were funded through debt and equity. First, the company's debt has exploded from approximately $531 million in net cash to $2.1 billion in net debt since its spending spree began. MSTR Net Financial Debt (Quarterly) data by YCharts. What could go wrong for MicroStrategy?

Debt 130

Debt Leveraging Exchange-Traded Funds Collateral 130

The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In fact, REITs avoid corporate-level taxation as long as they pass at least 90% of their taxable income on to shareholders via dividends. So it makes complete sense that dividends are a big piece of the way Annaly Capital provides returns to shareholders. Dividends from REITs are taxed at an investor's regular income tax rate.)

Capital 130

Capital Initial Public Offering Collateral Pension Funds 130

The Motley Fool

APRIL 24, 2024

Liquidity consisted of $578 million in unrestricted cash with a remaining in MSR line capacity, which is fully collateralized and immediately available. We feel good about the ability to continue to earn good returns for our shareholders. We look at all these portfolios. We run them. And we do call that out separately.

Leveraging 246

Leveraging Amortization Bidding Collateral 246

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

Those four parts are: one, we look for businesses with good returns on capital that don't use too much debt. Five years ago, at June 30, 2019, we had total net investments, that is our entire investment portfolio plus cash minus debt of $17.5 I think that this ought to produce excellent returns for our shareholders over time.

Collateral 130

Collateral Liabilities Asset Management Portfolios 130

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Default Risk -- Most baby bonds are classified as unsecured debt of the issuer. In other words, they're not backed by any underlying assets or collateral. If an issuer were to default, baby bondholders would get paid only after the claims of secured debt holders were met.

Due Diligence 100

Due Diligence Investing Bidding Taxes 100

The Motley Fool

MARCH 25, 2024

Most dividend-focused investors should probably own a few, given that they are specifically designed to pass income on to shareholders. However, some REITs own less desirable properties than others, and some REITs use too much debt. Annaly is a complex company I generally love REITs. Image source: Getty Images.

Capital 130

Capital Collateral Leveraging Portfolios 130

The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

billion of transaction volume was driven by strong debt brokerage volume of $3.3 Our clients need capital, and our debt brokerage team did a fantastic job finding the appropriate capital for their needs. million premium write-off from the refinancing of acquired debt, and a $7.5 billion, up 40% year over year.

Debt 130

Debt Banks Assets Capital 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

Both investments are subject to approval by CWEN's independent directors and are expected to be funded with existing sources of liquidity, such as retained CAFD generated over the next few years and excess debt capacity, which Sarah will discuss in more detail in the financial summary section. in CAFD per share for our shareholders.

Taxes 130

Taxes Debt Shareholders Capital 130

The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2023

We used most of that cash to pay down over $550 million of debt, bringing our net debt down to $3.9 billion, our lowest debt level since we were just a mining company in 2019. Q2 of 2023 was our largest quarterly debt reduction in company history. We also returned nearly $100 million to shareholders by buying back 6.5

Debt 130

Debt Shareholders Capital Banks 130

Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Investors have begun allocating more to private equity strategies than private debt, according to iCapital, which has more than $200 billion in alternative assets on its marketplace for money managers. Axel Springer SE will remain as a minority co-shareholder in the classified businesses, with an approximate 10% ownership stake.

Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Mergers and Acquisitions Investing Stakes Buyout 59

The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2023

billion in shareholder remuneration with payment in September. Since 2021, the total amount distributed in dividends and interest on capital translated into a 27% yield to our shareholders. billion from bond issuance, whose proceeds were mostly used to repurchase $500 million of higher cost debt and to repurchase $1.4

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Shareholders Finance Financing 130

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Our plan to source corporate growth capital is first from retained CAFD; second, with access corporate debt capacity in line with our target BB rating; and third, we may lead to issue external equity to fund investments to the extent such investment would be sufficiently accretive to shareholders. We also recognize that we had $2.1

Assets 130

Assets Capital Leveraging Debt 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

billion, and we raised $525 million from debt investors, secured, in part, by the Deepwater Titan's five-year contract. By timely and opportunistically addressing certain debt maturities, we provided additional comfort to investors about our liquidity position. This operational performance is not by chance.

Debt 130

Debt Shareholders Assets Liabilities 130

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Bitcoins purchase their proceeds from Capital Markets activities, including equity and debt issuances are held at MicroStrategy, a wholly owned subsidiary of MicroStrategy. Our outstanding debt and-convertible notes remain unchanged at a total $2.2 These Bitcoins are not pledged to our Senior Secured Notes and are fully unencumbered.

Education 130

Education Assets Leveraging Debt 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2023

The excess cash generated by our business is then dynamically allocated to our three capital allocation priorities: Deleveraging; selective M&A and return of capital to shareholders. As of June 30, our net debt-to-EBITDA ratio reached at 3.7 times year over year with net debt reached US$73.8 times down from 3.86

Taxes 130

Taxes Debt Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Portfolios 130

The Motley Fool

MAY 13, 2024

But in regards to selling those assets -- I mean, we always analyze different options in order to maximize shareholder value, but the business as a whole is performing well and generating cash. So, you have been able to access the volume from other players, and the collateral is working well as of now?

Banks 130

Banks Collateral Financial Services Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

And within these coupons, only a small fraction of our pools are backed by generic collateral and approximately 70% have what we would characterize as high-quality prepayment protection and the benefits of our collateral selection were best seen in the latest prepayment report. We don't need to.

Capital 130

Capital Leveraging Collateral Assets 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Our disciplined approach to capital deployment enables us to effectively balance investing in the long-term growth of our businesses with returning capital to shareholders. In the fourth quarter, we returned over $700 million of capital to shareholders. We have cash and collateral balances that earn short-term yields.

Mergers and Acquisitions 130

Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Assets Liabilities 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

We closed out the year on a strong note with fourth-quarter financial results above our expectations as we continue to generate strong earnings and cash flows while returning capital to shareholders. I would encourage you all to check out Manufacture Like a Pro series of videos and other marketing collateral. We generated $77.8

Taxes 130

Taxes Shareholders Collateral Capital 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2023

As with prior programs, we may use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, which include the purchase of Bitcoin as well as the repurchase or repayment of our outstanding debt. Our outstanding debt and convertible notes remain unchanged at a total of $2.2 billion with a bundled weighted average interest rate of approximately 1.6%.

Leveraging 100

Leveraging Assets Debt Finance 100

The Motley Fool

JULY 26, 2023

The combination of our next-generation cloud-native API technology will allow us to create new products and build a bespoke community bank for each industry we serve, while our industry remains woefully stuck in the mud, supporting and maintaining billions of lines of ancient code that they call technical debt. It is collateralized.

Banks 189

Banks Accounting Prospects Collateral 189

The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2024

Total shareholder distributions in the quarter were $122 million, including $100 million of share repurchases. Net debt declined sequentially to NOK 260 million. Importantly, we now have access to the lower-cost investment-grade bond market for any future term debt needs. Moving to our guidance.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Debt Leveraging Collateral 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Now a second factor leading to the decline in yields in the fourth quarter is this change in debt issuance dynamics as the treasury chose to issue incremental supply in the front end of the yield curve, taking advantage of the record amount of cash in money market funds while exerting less pressure on longer-term yields.

Capital 130

Capital Leveraging Banks Assets 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2024

Our press release and the shareholder letter were issued earlier today and are posted on the Investor Relations section of our website. A reconciliation of GAAP non-GAAP results other than with respect to our non-GAAP financial outlook is provided in today's press release and in our shareholder letter. I'll elaborate on this later.

Shareholders 130

Shareholders Best Practices Liabilities Accounting 130

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I guess the real question is around timing and how you see your ability to free up some of that restricted cash and start to bring on some of those closed one or more of those deals that you're talking about in the shareholder letter? So, you talked about corporate debt solutions. I mean I really don't have any debt.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 190

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Leveraging Capital Finance 190

The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 9, 2024

C3 AI and Microsoft will create joint webinar sales collateral to train the Microsoft and C3 AI sales forces on our joint offering solutions and value propositions. There is no question that this has been and continues to be in the best interest of our shareholders. Total allowance for bad debt remains at less than $0.5

Professional Services 130

Professional Services Accounting Shareholders Public Companies 130

The Motley Fool

APRIL 1, 2024

I know our shareholders want to own a company they can count on for profitability and growth with strong ethics, values, and integrity. As of December 31st, 2023, consolidated gross debt was $4.1 Debt, net of our $1.2 At the same time, we are funding high-return projects for the benefit of our customers and shareholders.

Capital 130

Capital Leveraging Portfolios Shareholders 130

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I would point out that corporate debt interest expense increased from $67 million to $75 million sequentially, reflecting two months of interest expense from the senior notes issued in August. Also, we've chosen very high-quality collateral where customers have low note rates and large equity cushions.

Taxes 130

Taxes Leveraging Capital Amortization 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

I am proud of the work we have done during my time at Planet Fitness to deliver value to our franchisees and our shareholders. We are capitalizing on our strong momentum, along with our proactive forward-thinking mindset to drive enhanced value for shareholders. Now to our debt. I know that we have a lot more work to do.

Capital 130

Capital Debt Banks Initial Public Offering 130

The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2024

And consistent with prior quarters, we favored high-quality prepayment-protected collateral with durable cash flows. While repo rates remained stable, even declining 2 basis points in Q2, securitized debt expense increased in Q2 due to the high volume of securitizations we completed in the first six months of 2024.

Capital 130

Capital Assets Leveraging Portfolios 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 2, 2023

Our disciplined approach to capital deployment, coupled with the added capital flexibility achieved through our de-risking transactions, enables us to effectively balance investing in the long-term growth of our businesses with returning capital to shareholders. Turning to Slide 12 and in summary. dollar and yen-denominated?

Assets 100

Assets Capital Liabilities Asset Management 100

The Motley Fool

JULY 19, 2024

Following our successful $750 million debt issuance in June, we used the proceeds to purchase a like amount of securities with a similar duration in order to maintain a relatively neutral balance sheet position and bolster liquidity. In some instances, we're adding additional collateral to support the credit. billion to $4.8

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Assets Capital Banks 130

The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2024

Over the last two years, we found some of the best OAS yields on deep out-of-the-money collateral, and you've heard us comment on the high-quality stable cash flow those pools will provide us for years to come. How much of it is debt that you -- the advances, I guess, the funding lines? So it's all debt. Your line is now open.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Capital Assets Amortization 130

Blackstone

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Those managers experienced in due diligence with sufficient scale to build out funds with higher-quality collateral and low leverage in defensive sectors may be able to provide a better cushion. forward base rates, which implies that nearly 20% of the private credit market does not have sufficient cash flow to cover their debt.

Leveraging 52

Leveraging Debt Banks Leveraged Buyouts 52

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Underwriting fees were up meaningfully with debt up 56% and equity up 26%, primarily driven by favorable market conditions. And to be fair, your long-term shareholders really don't care about whether it's 87% or 85%, right? Our shareholders will be very well-served by just waiting. 1 with year-to-date wallet share of 9.1%.

Banks 130

Banks Capital Assets Mergers and Acquisitions 130

The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2023

And to note, we've achieved a 6% return year to date and kept book value largely unchanged, notwithstanding heightened uncertainty caused by the changing path of Fed rate hikes, the regional banking turbulence, and debt ceiling negotiations. We also reduced our holdings of seasoned intermediate coupons and 15-year MBS.

Capital 100

Capital Leveraging Banks Assets 100

The Motley Fool

APRIL 12, 2024

The rebound in Banking gained speed during the quarter, led by near-record levels of investment-grade debt issuance as improved market conditions enables issuers to pull forward activity. billion in capital to our common shareholders, and that includes $500 million through share buyback. During the first quarter, we returned $1.5

Banks 130

Banks Mergers and Acquisitions Assets Investment Banks 130