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There Are Over 50 Dividend Kings. Here Are My Top 3 to Buy and Hold for the Next 20 Years.

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The industrial conglomerate has seven core segments -- automotive, test & measurement and electronics, food equipment, construction products, welding, polymers & fluids, and specialty products. ROCE is a profitability metric that is calculated as earnings before interest and taxes divided by total assets minus current liabilities.

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Better Stock-Split Stock: Sony vs. MicroStrategy

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The conglomerate possesses an array of strong entertainment businesses. In its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, the conglomerate's revenue rose 12% year over year to 2.6 Its Q2 total liabilities of $4.2 These segments made up about 60% of its revenue in its 2023 fiscal year, ended March 31, 2024. billion included $3.8

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This Stock Turned $10,000 Into $263,690 Since Its 2016 IPO. Here's Why It's Not Too Late to Buy.

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Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett is a big fan of buying insurance companies, which have been a key component of the conglomerate's long-term success. That's because people and businesses are always looking to protect themselves from risks such as weather-related events, liability protection, or cybersecurity attacks.

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Microsoft (MSFT) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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Excluding the impact of the change in accounting estimate, operating margins increased roughly 6 points driven by improved operating leverage through cost management and the higher gross margin noted earlier. And so, I think that focus is really helping on both execution and leverage. Now to our segment results. Thank you, guys.

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Shopify (SHOP) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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Thousands of top consumer brands joined in, leveraging Shop Cash and shop campaigns to draw in new buyers. We also signed a global agreement with Luxottica, the Italian eyewear conglomerate, to launch the first of what we hope will be many brands coming to Shopify in the future.

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NCR (VYX) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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In addition to signing new customers, we renewed and expanded with our existing restaurant customers this quarter, including a leading restaurant conglomerate in the U.S., These third-party applications leverage the cloud-based architecture of our platform and generate either transaction-based or recurring revenue with healthy margins.

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Lindblad Expeditions (LIND) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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With the power of both our brands, now combined with the distribution cloud of Disney, we believe we can leverage our collective strengths to really take advantage of the increased demand while distinguishing ourselves from competition. A key component of the new arrangement is the ability to leverage the powerful Disney sales network.