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AUGUST 20, 2024

Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Aug 20, 2024 , 9:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Lowe's Companies second quarter 2024 earnings conference call. Should you invest $1,000 in Lowe's Companies right now?

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MAY 21, 2024

Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) Q1 2024 Earnings Call May 21, 2024 , 9:00 a.m. Welcome to Lowe's Companies' first quarter 2024 earnings conference call. Should you invest $1,000 in Lowe's Companies right now? The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Operating margin of 12.4%

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MAY 5, 2024

Paying off credit card debt has one of the highest guaranteed returns on investment you can find. Another high return on investment opportunity is your employer's 401(k) match , if they offer one. You could receive an immediate return between 50% and 100% just by saving for retirement.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Feb 27, 2024 , 9:00 a.m. Welcome to Lowe's Companies fourth-quarter 2023 earnings conference call. Should you invest $1,000 in Lowe's Companies right now? The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. SG&A of 20.9%

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MAY 11, 2024

However, the company is set to go into growth mode, which should excite investors even more. Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), meanwhile, rose 6% to nearly $2.5 The company is also in solid financial shape concerning its debt load. That means that if the company spends $3.5

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MARCH 22, 2024

Its core product is its Intelligent HUB, a machine learning-based platform that connects ad buyers and sellers to optimize transactions and return on investment. The company also recently introduced an audio AI technology, WAVE, that can create customizable ads for radio and podcasts.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) ranks as the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). To be exempt from paying federal taxes, BDCs must return at least 90% of their income to shareholders in the form of dividends. The company continues to generate strong earnings. I think so.

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MAY 16, 2024

Major cloud computing companies and governments around the globe have been lining up to buy Nvidia's AI graphics processing units (GPUs), leading to outstanding growth in the company's revenue and earnings. In 2018, the company launched and started integrating an AI tool known as Koa into its platform. per share.

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OCTOBER 8, 2023

Here's a look at the return on invested capital ( ROIC ) among some of the largest integrated oil companies using data from New Constructs. Drilling down into the data ROIC helps measure the profitability of a company's investments as a percentage of its debt and equity capital. ROIC over the last 12 months.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

GXO Logistics (NYSE: GXO) just marked two full years as a publicly traded company. 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.

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JULY 17, 2023

The company is a favorite among millennials with the average age of account holders estimated to be 31. The company benefits from several competitive advantages, including network effects, a well-known brand that allows it to save money on advertising, and a marketplace-based business model where its hosts do the hard work for them.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Analysts had forecast the small rocket company would lose $0.07 million estimate that Wall Street anticipated), a loss on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), and giving no guidance for earnings as calculated according to generally accepted accounting principles ( GAAP ). As of 11:30 a.m.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The company's recent results have been modest, and it doesn't specialize in the kind of GPU and related processors that have made Nvidia so in demand. Instead, the company is known for networking and connectivity solutions such as routers, switches, and network adapters, which are expected to play a role in the AI boom.

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JUNE 23, 2023

The company's Koa system analyzes large datasets with machine learning algorithms to help clients design effective and targeted advertising strategies. The company also leverages AI algorithms to optimize ad placements in real-time bidding, thereby ensuring a high return on investment for its clients. billion in 2022.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Companies will often wait three months between "beat and raise" performances. 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. in return on invested capital. and $10.10

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MAY 9, 2024

Today, investors have thousands of publicly traded companies and exchange-traded funds to choose from when putting their money to work. Hartford Funds found that publicly traded companies without a dividend generated a modest average annual return of 4.27% over 50 years and were 18% more volatile than the benchmark S&P 500.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Dividend stocks may not offer the exciting return prospects of growth stocks, but when stock market volatility returns, it is always nice to have extra cash automatically deposited in your account. That is the value of holding shares of strong companies with a long record of paying dividends to shareholders.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Because savings accounts typically don't provide a very generous return on investment, it's really difficult to get rich just by sticking your money in savings. When you invest, you don't pay taxes on the money you put into your account, so each contribution doesn't reduce taxable income by as much.

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JULY 8, 2023

The best way to ensure you're always a step ahead of Wall Street is to hold shares of quality companies with great prospects for long-term growth. The stock returned 450%, beating the major indexes, as the company grew revenue and earnings at double-digit percentages on an annualized basis.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

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. The company's business remains strong. In the third quarter of 2024, Ares made new investment commitments of around $3.9 Its forward price-to-earnings ratio of 11.3

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 31, 2025

Similarly, in human capital, a global company with over 100,000 employees in more than 100 countries awarded us the mandate for their global benefits program. Moving to interest, other income and taxes on Slide 11. Also embedded in this guidance is an expected tax rate of 19.5% or 3-point EPS headwind.

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MAY 29, 2024

One of the stocks I've held longest in my portfolio is pipeline company Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) , which I've owned for over 15 years. Consistency Enterprise has been one of the most consistent companies over the past two decades. The pipeline company brought its organic growth capex up to $2.9

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MAY 29, 2024

One of the stocks I've held longest in my portfolio is pipeline company Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) , which I've owned for over 15 years. Consistency Enterprise has been one of the most consistent companies over the past two decades. The pipeline company brought its organic growth capex up to $2.9

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MAY 5, 2024

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Nov 21, 2023 , 9:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Lowe's Companies third quarter 2023 earnings conference call. and Lowe's Companies wasn't one of them!

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MARCH 27, 2025

If you followed our company for the last several years, you'll remember that since 2018, 3D Systems has been in a terrific partnership with United Therapeutics, with a goal of developing the world's first 3D-printed biocompatible human lung. If you followed our -- let me give you a little more color on what that means in layman terms.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That money will grow tax-free, allowing your savings to compound year after year. The bare minimum you should be contributing to your 401(k) right now If you want to make the most of your 401(k), you should be contributing at least enough to get the full company match. That could lead to a massive sum of cash by the time you retire.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Aug 22, 2023 , 9:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Lowe's Companies second-quarter 2023 earnings conference call. and Lowe's Companies wasn't one of them!

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MARCH 30, 2024

It's very unlikely you'll find anywhere else to put your money that would provide the return on investment (ROI) that comes from avoiding such expensive interest. You also get tax breaks for a 401(k) contribution, as you won't pay taxes on the money you invest in this account. A 401(k) match is free money.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

This brand strength offers the company a moat, or competitive advantage, a key element Buffett looks for in a company. Well, it's another company that's a household name, though it operates in the technology industry rather than the beverage sector: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). But the company has steadily paid one since 2012.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

That's a steal for a company that's projected to increase its earnings at a compound average growth rate (CAGR) of 19% across the next five years. That's despite the company planning to sell its natural gas assets, which currently contribute almost 20% to its cash available for distribution. times trailing sales today.

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JULY 26, 2023

million, as the social media company continued to struggle with a weak digital advertising market even as its daily active user base increased 14% to 397 million. On an adjusted basis, the company reported a loss per share of $0.02, on par with the quarter a year ago, but better than the consensus for a loss of $0.04. It lost $118.9

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In local currency, Mexico and Canada posted comps above the company average, with Mexico posting positive comps in the quarter. He's left us with an invaluable legacy in the backbone of our company, our values, and culture. Turning to total company online sales. During the third quarter, our total company comps were negative 1.3%

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Why should companies that are returning cash to investors through either dividends or buybacks be attractive to investors? Meb Faber : There’s a lot of co inherited traits for a company that’s paying dividends or buying back shares. Because of the standpoint of companies that issue shares.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

This is driven by a noncash after-tax net realized investment loss of $1 billion or $3.69 In the third quarter, we also recorded other after-tax net special item charges of $162 million or $0.58 And we continue to infuse new talent into the company to across many sectors and industries to round out our enterprise perspective.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

But a smaller investment minimum doesn't mean that this type of bond has lower risks. Baby bonds are issued by the same types of companies that issue traditional bonds, including utility companies, investment banks, telecom companies and other types of corporate issuers.

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JULY 31, 2024

The company still expects to produce mid-single-digit revenue growth at constant currency, but it now foresees free cash flow above $12 billion. The company has now booked more than $2 billion worth of business related to generative AI, with about 75% of that total coming from the consulting segment.

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