The Motley Fool

JANUARY 1, 2024

Food conglomerate Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC) is a rare example of his investments gone bust. Here are three reasons why the future looks bright for Kraft Heinz and its shareholders in 2024 and beyond. However, the merger also loaded up the new entity with debt. The stock price is down over 60% from a high over six years ago.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 21, 2024

14, Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) This leaves ample cash for rewarding shareholders. Moreover, it doesn't have any debt, meaning creditors don't have any claim on its future profits. This situation leaves most of Ulta Beauty's profits for shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 5, 2024

This explains why roughly 40,000 investors eagerly flock to Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting each year. In Warren Buffett's most recent annual letter to shareholders, he laid out eight existing positions that he and his team intend to hold "indefinitely." Many books have been written about Buffett's "recipe" for success.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The company now holds a significant amount of debt. Management plans to divest non-core assets to accelerate the paydown of that debt. He called her "an extraordinary manager" at Berkshire's 2023 Shareholder meeting in May. Occidental's big investments in the Permian Basin have put pressure on its balance sheet.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 5, 2023

While that's enough to make it the second-biggest stock in the conglomerate's portfolio, it owns a lot more of another asset -- U.S. However, that was mainly because of the political battles over increasing the debt limit, not because the U.S. government's ability to service its debt has declined. Treasuries. Treasury bills.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

An old stock with a new face You probably know healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson for some of its former brands, like Tylenol and Band-Aids. It's financially healthy: The nearly $17 billion in debt on its balance sheet is just 1.7 All of this points to a reliable company that allows shareholders to sleep well at night.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2024

Wall Street has no shortage of amazing dividend stocks to choose from Although well over 1,000 stocks currently pay a dividend to their shareholders, no two income stocks are alike. government, signifies S&P's utmost faith in J&J servicing and repaying its outstanding debts.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 10, 2024

It basically tells you the hypothetical yield of a stock if it distributed all of its FCF to shareholders. If a company's FCF yield exceeds its dividend yield, that's a sign that it can more than support its dividend with FCF, instead of relying on reserve cash or debt. Let's go back to Apple as an example. Still, Deere has a 1.5%

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The Motley Fool

JULY 31, 2023

With the market's warm reception to Tilray Brands ' (NASDAQ: TLRY) latest earnings report, the marijuana conglomerate's outlook is looking better and better. Generating FCF will also open several doors that it could take to accelerate shareholder returns.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 10, 2024

When his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) Brand power In Berkshire Hathaway's most recent letter to shareholders, Buffett praised his longtime partner Charlie Munger for many things, including a key lesson he taught Buffett. Image source: Getty Images. AAPL Shares Outstanding data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2024

The company has done a masterful job of betting on its best brands and avoiding investing too heavily in new brands or making ineffective acquisitions -- choosing instead to pass along its profits to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. It showcases a company's ability to generate profits from capital, as well as manage debt.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2023

This is a massive conglomerate that spans the insurance, energy, and transportation sectors, among other things. It's the long-term growth of the business that has created so much wealth for Buffett and his long-term shareholders. Occidental's underperformance was driven at least partly by merger debt the company took on.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The tech conglomerate, which first applied AI to its search engine in 2001, appeared to have lost a step in the AI race, when OpenAI released GPT-4o in 2023. That would allow Alphabet to maintain the same pace of spending for years without having to add debt.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The conglomerate possesses an array of strong entertainment businesses. As part of this, shareholders will receive stock in the new company in exchange for Sony shares. In its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, the conglomerate's revenue rose 12% year over year to 2.6 It's also taking on debt as another source of funding.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 10, 2024

It wasn't obvious at first, but Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) disappointed its shareholders this week. The entertainment conglomerate reported that it earned $1.21 Abracadabra -- heads, Disney wins, and tails, Disney shareholders don't lose! Such a price would value Disney at roughly $278 billion, including net debt.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 13, 2024

Here's what you need to know as you consider the buy, sell, or hold call on this massive conglomerate. It is even dramatically different from most other conglomerates. Notably, Berkshire does not pay dividends because Buffett prefers to keep the cash so he can invest it on behalf of shareholders. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

You might not have heard of NEAM, but it's been a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway since the giant conglomerate acquired General Re in 1998. Excelling on multiple fronts BDCs, like real estate investment trusts ( REITs ), must return at least 90% of their taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 31, 2024

The latest in Paramount's takeover news The news is only the latest in Paramount's takeover saga; shares also climbed last month amid reports that the entertainment conglomerate was the subject of takeover interest from Skydance Media and venture capital firm RedBird Capital Partners. early Wednesday, then settled to close up 6.7%

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

But Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) Cash flows and returns to shareholders Another attribute Buffett likes is high and stable margins, with companies that seek to improve those margins continuously. That debt is currently around 3.2 One is Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRI).

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Honeywell in 2023 The company is an industrial conglomerate , and it's doing what one should do. As such, the so-called industrial conglomerate discount doesn't apply here. Does that make the stock a buy now? It shows a stock trading toward the high end of its peer group. Apologies for obsessing over FCF, but if you flip the 21.2

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Warren Buffett, the longtime head of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , has delivered an impressive nearly 20% annualized return for shareholders since 1965, doubling the S&P 500 's benchmark return. The conglomerate holding company owns a majority stake in more than 60 businesses, like Dairy Queen and GEICO.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2023

In 2019, the massive industrial conglomerate DowDuPont split off into three companies. billion FCF yield (TTM) 4% 10% Available liquidity $11 billion $13 billion Net debt $16.7 The first is that the company could support a 10% dividend yield if it distributed all of its FCF to shareholders through a dividend. billion $9.3

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

KKR agreed to buy Hitachi’s electronic equipment unit in 2017 in a deal valuing the business at 257bn yen as the conglomerate streamlined operations. Applied Materials has built a 15% shareholding in the company over the last three years. The IPO will also provide a partial exit to KKR. Sales were roughly flat at 245.7bn yen.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 27, 2024

Those show up as wholly owned subsidiaries within the growing Berkshire conglomerate, as well as equity investments in its portfolio. Buffett's decision to buy Berkshire stock has paid off handsomely for shareholders over the past five years. But Buffett isn't just sitting on the sidelines due to high interest rates.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 11, 2024

It's also sometimes referred to as shareholder's equity. Just look at the value for total stockholders' (or shareholders') equity on the balance sheet. The conglomerate is more than twice the size of Microsoft based on the metric. business in history, according to Buffett in his latest letter to Berkshire shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 28, 2023

Discount retail conglomerate TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) is a good example of one of these quality investments. As demonstrated by the company's recent results for its fiscal 2024 second quarter (concluded July 29), this business model benefits both customers and shareholders. Diluted share count 1.18 billion Data source: TJX Companies.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

UnitedHealth Group Healthcare conglomerate UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) might be the central cog in the U.S. UnitedHealth has nearly $30 billion in cash on its balance sheet, and its debt is just 1.8 Its borrowing is modest; long-term debt is just 1.6 However, the business never wavered in returning capital to shareholders.

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AUGUST 31, 2024

The "Magnificent Seven" companies -- Microsoft , Apple , Nvidia , Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) , Amazon, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) , and Tesla -- are known for their growth prospects and rewarding long-term shareholders with epic gains, but not so much for being value stocks. billion in long-term debt.

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MAY 2, 2024

The industrial conglomerate has paid dividends to its shareholders for over a century without interruption and has raised its payout annually for more than 60 straight years. 3M's net debt was down 13% year over year in the first quarter to $10.4 3M (NYSE: MMM) has been a dividend stalwart.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Despite taking its fair share of lumps in recent years due to rising interest rates (telecom companies often lug around quite a bit of debt) and allegations from The Wall Street Journal that its lead-clad cables could be a health hazard, AT&T is well-positioned to succeed in the current economic climate. billion, as of June 30.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

Motley Fool host Ricky Mulvey and contributor Matt Frankel dive into Boston Omaha , a company that could be poised to be the next great conglomerate. The deal would be for premium of 32% for shareholders based on when the deal was brought up at the end of November, stock has been battered around for a bit. The share count down 23%.

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APRIL 22, 2024

The Sweden-based conglomerate of video game studios took a sharp strategic turn today. However, the Asmodee Group runs a leaner business with lower capital expenses than its corporate siblings, and will take on most of the Embracer Group's financial debt. Shares of Embracer Group (OTC: THQQ.F) rose as much as 9.9% on Monday morning.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

Companies that have raised their dividends for the past 25 consecutive years have done well enough to continue paying shareholders more despite recessions following the dot-com bubble, the financial crisis, and the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dividend stocks are great for this. RTX (NYSE: RTX) is a leader in both sectors.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 25, 2024

A conglomerate can own various brands but often operates within an industry. Ideally, a business grows and accumulates assets faster than it does debt. People might ask why Berkshire Hathaway has $157 billion in cash on its balance sheet and doesn't pay dividends to shareholders. Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 17, 2024

Diageo (NYSE: DEO) is a conglomerate that owns several household alcohol brands, including Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Smirnoff, and more. Credit card debt across America totals more than $1 trillion today. It's as simple as that. In all, Diageo is doing over $20 billion in annual sales.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As of the end of March 2022, just prior to completing the spinoff of content arm WarnerMedia, AT&T was sitting on $169 billion in net debt. Discovery , AT&T's net debt has shrunk to $128.7 S&P has the utmost confidence that Johnson & Johnson can service and repay its outstanding debts. billion, as of Sept.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2024

2 to buy hand over fist in 2024: Johnson & Johnson The second Dow stock that investors can confidently buy hand over fist in 2024 is healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) , which is better known as "J&J." government, signifies S&P's utmost faith that J&J can service and repay its outstanding debts.

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