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JANUARY 16, 2025

Here are two Berkshire-held stocks to buy today that have above-average return prospects over the next five years. AWS has been expanding its AI capabilities by offering tools like Amazon Bedrock , which helps companies build AI agents. Analysts expect the company to deliver 22% annualized earnings growth over the next several years.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Investing in strong consumer brands with excellent earnings growth prospects is a tried-and-true strategy of building wealth in the stock market. Amazon has a legion of over 200 million Prime members, and a growing fulfillment and data center infrastructure that give the company a major advantage over competitors.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Medical Properties Trust leased a significant percentage of its hospital portfolio to two tenants, which cost the company and its shareholders dearly when it ran into financial troubles. That taught me to pay much closer attention to customer concentration and quality when investing in any company. Prospect Medical Holdings 14 7.5%

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The company is a solid artificial intelligence (AI) expert with fantastic business prospects over the long haul. I love the company and expect it to soar for years to come -- but I would not recommend buying it at these extremely lofty prices. SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) is an unusual beast. Let me explain.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Investors should focus on companies with sustainable payouts, management committed to shareholder returns, and businesses poised for long-term profitability. This October, two stocks stand out for their attractive dividends and growth prospects: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY).

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been one of the best performing stocks over the past few years, a run that catapulted it into the world's most valuable company. But over the last month or two, it slipped to second place and then -- briefly -- to third, behind two other big tech companies, Apple and Microsoft. 2 spot with a market cap of $3.41

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Companies will need to invest trillions of dollars in the years ahead to support their digitalization and decarbonization initiatives. However, a couple of companies stand out for their robust growth potential related to these megatrends, including Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIPC) (NYSE: BIP) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ: CEG).

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A change in CEO can have a significant impact on a company's growth strategy and a stock's overall trajectory. The company made great efforts to do so and is paying the executive a significant compensation package to help the coffee chain get back to generating strong growth numbers.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 20, 2024

While the semiconductor industry can experience cyclical demand, the increasing quantity of chips used in consumer devices, cars, and data centers bodes well for the industry's long-term prospects. To profit off this opportunity, here are two outstanding chip companies to hold for the next 10 years.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 14, 2024

But if Rivian has such exciting growth prospects, why are shares trading at a discount? Despite the company's promise, there are some important caveats to get out of the way. The questions for Rivian right now are more short-term in focus: Can the company achieve a positive gross margin, and can it find a way to tap the mass market?

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This is thanks to Nvidia's triple-digit revenue growth quarter after quarter along with the company's commitment to innovation to stay ahead of rivals. Though this company has seen its stock climb about 40% in 2024, its valuation remains lower than Nvidia's, suggesting there may be plenty of room for this AI player's stock to run.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The company's shares have surged 145% year to date, dwarfing the S&P 500 's gains. times fiscal 2027 projected earnings, which isn't outlandish for a top-tier tech company. The company repurchased 62.8 This substantial buyback authorization underscores management's confidence in Nvidia's long-term prospects.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 16, 2024

My tax-advantaged portfolios include 14 stocks primarily held for their growth prospects. Here, I'll explain why I continue to invest in each of these companies and discuss their 12-month upside potential based on Wall Street's consensus price targets and year-to-date performance. NVDA Total Return Level data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The best returns have come from companies that consistently increase their dividends. They offer high dividend yields and healthy growth prospects. That rising dividend has contributed to the company's 14.1% The company expects to continue growing briskly in the future. There's a long list of great dividend growth stocks.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Small rocket manufacturing company Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) (which despite its size is the second-most frequent rocket launcher in the U.S.) Instead, investors focused on the prospects for future profits at Rocket Lab. But for now, just the prospect of that happening seems sufficient to have grabbed investor attention.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Here's what investors with those expectations need to know about SoFi's prospects. Instead, various offerings, like bank accounts, loans, credit cards, and insurance products are all offered via the company's mobile app. SoFi has positioned itself to succeed in a hyper-competitive banking industry. between 2023 and 2026.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Down 13% during the past five years, investors have become worried about the company's long-term prospects now that it's not getting a boost from COVID-19-related revenue and with multiple patent expirations looming. However, Pfizer has been investing in strengthening its growth prospects with many acquisitions in recent years.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Despite shifting consumer preferences away from sugary carbonated beverages, the company has continued to drive growth across a large lineup of water, tea, coffee, energy, and other carbonated beverages. There are over 2 billion servings of the company's products consumed every day, which translates to consistent revenue and profits.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 4, 2024

But she also holds some investments in companies in less-cutting edge industries. So let's explore f intech company SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) , which I think this is a rare example of a stock in Ark's portfolio where the share price and the underlying fundamentals are disconnected. SOFI Net Income (Quarterly) data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The company posted a net loss per share of $3.48 What investors really liked about the company's Q4 update was its plans to close around 1,200 stores over the next three years. However, the company's shares trade at only 4.2 Walgreens has prospects of higher earnings with the planned store closures.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 16, 2024

There are six publicly traded companies with trillion-dollar valuations. trillion, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the fifth-most-valuable company in the world, trailing peers including Apple , Microsoft , Nvidia , and Alphabet. Specifically, the company invested $4 billion in a competitor to OpenAI, Anthropic.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 5, 2024

That's why I focus on companies with excellent histories of dividend growth that seems highly likely to continue. The company expects to continue growing its dividend. With a high yield, strong growth prospects, and a cheap price, Brookfield Infrastructure could produce robust total returns in the coming years. times its FFO.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The stock has soared 190% so far this year, but valuation actually remains reasonable considering the company's leadership in the market and long-term prospects. Demand has surpassed supply, and the company sees this as continuing well into next year. Let's find out. Image source: Getty Images. That report is set for Nov.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

If shares of a compelling prospect are down in a big way, pull the trigger while you can even if it's not clear that stock's bottom is in. Since John Fieldly took the helm as CEO back in 2018 and rethought the company's product positioning as well as its marketing, annual sales have soared from less than $500 million roughly $1.5

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Some investors may sell their shares due to lower confidence in the stock's long-term prospects. companies," taken from the S&P 500 index. Stock splits are not expensive So Microsoft could keep its share count stable for the foreseeable future without harming the company, the stock, or its investors.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Investors are expecting to hear from CEO Elon Musk about the next stage of growth for the electric vehicle (EV) company, especially in light of recent weakness in EV demand. The company delivered 462,890 vehicles, within the 460,000 to 465,000 range that analysts were expecting, but investors were likely hoping for better numbers.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

But it looks like those reports may not hold much water after all, as the company's iPhone 16 lineup seems to be receiving a solid response from customers. More importantly, a closer look at the potential sales prospects of the latest iPhone models indicates that Apple could witness a nice bump in sales going forward.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2025

The primary tailwind fueling Palantir boils down to one thing: the company's newest software suite, dubbed the Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP). Last year, Palantir was the top-performing stock in the S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) after the company's shares soared 340%. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Users of the company's online selling tools sold $67.2 The company's own revenue reached $2 billion for the same quarter, growing just as much. If most prospective clients are already online, they won't be signing up to use Shopify's services again. And the numbers say online sellers increasingly love the option. Bottom line?

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Investors have largely ignored Chinese companies in recent years amid challenges such as the tech crackdown by the Chinese government, and its deteriorating relationship with the U.S. Lately, however, the vast stimulus package announced by the Chinese government has brought Chinese companies back on investors' radar. NASDAQ: BIDU).

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Progressive (NYSE: PGR) , the insurance company perhaps best known for its quirky TV ads, had a fine Wednesday on the stock market. On news of an analyst's latest bullish take on its prospects, the insurer's stock enjoyed a more than 4% rise across the Hump Day trading session. Should you invest $1,000 in Progressive right now?

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Investor expectations are clearly very high, as the company's share price had withered by nearly 20% week to date as of Friday before market open, according to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence. At the end of the year, the company added, over 11,800 patients were taking the medication. Then youll want to hear this.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) have delivered stunning gains of 152% and 133%, respectively, in 2024, as both companies have been benefiting from the fast-growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) hardware and software. The company is expected to sell between 6.5 Nvidia reported $0.68

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

At the same time, it's a young company on the stock market. SoundHound AI entered the public stock market by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in the spring of 2022. The company has reported its backlog of order bookings from the start. million to $55.5 million while lowering its net loss by 70%.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Duolingo's future prospects in the e-learning market Duolingo is already on a roll. In other words, this little company is experiencing high-octane growth today and market makers are paying attention. In other words, this little company is experiencing high-octane growth today and market makers are paying attention.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 15, 2025

Buying a stock for its high yield only for the company to stop paying it or cutting it later can be a big blow to investors, and it can send the stock price into a tailspin as well. A quick look at the company's recent earnings shows a concerning picture for investors. Its current quarterly dividend rate of $0.08 every quarter.

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