The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Count me among those who think Munger's impact on Warren Buffett is probably underappreciated by the wider investing community. Suffice it to say that as a result of counseling Buffett to focus more on business quality than a cheap price, the foundation of the world's greatest conglomerate was laid.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Industrial conglomerate and world-renowned dividend stock 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) has suffered a fall from grace that's taken shares over 60% from their highs, last seen in early 2018. The culprit? However, as the chart above shows, that didn't pan out as well as planned. It's not as outlandish as it sounds. Is the business growing?

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Warren Buffett is a famous billionaire investor, and his trillion-dollar conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , owns nearly 50 stocks in its portfolio. Warren Buffett often talks about the importance of a high return on investing capital (ROIC), a metric that compares profits with its assets.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2024

However, in the first quarter, the conglomerate bought more than 9.9 It also has a higher return on invested capital (ROIC) -- a metric that Buffett is known to like -- in recent years than JPMorgan. In late 2021, one of the conglomerate's two investment managers bought shares of Activision Blizzard. Or did they?

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2023

The healthcare conglomerate sells pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices. The stock yields 3% at the current share price, giving retirees a solid return on investment they can trust. Here are five fantastic dividend stocks that can pay you for the rest of your life -- without too much stress along the way. government!

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 7, 2023

Let's dive into the quarter to see how ITW's business is doing and why the diversified industrial conglomerate remains an excellent buy now. The ITW investment thesis ITW's strategy is straightforward and effective. The company's 2030 performance goals call for a 30% operating margin and an over 35% return on invested capital (ROIC).

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 6, 2025

Hershey Confectionery and snack conglomerate Hershey (NYSE: HSY) has been a longtime market-beating stock. return on invested capital , generating profits to fund dividends. The stock has slid to a forward P/E under 18, and its 3.55% dividend yield is a decade-high outside of the COVID-19 market crash in 2020.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Mary Long: Our good investments written in the stars joining us now for a medium dive into Canada's Constellation Software is Motley Fool analyst, Tom King. Mary Long: Constellation Software is a conglomerate of over 500 software businesses. Tom, welcome. Good to have you here. Tom King: Thank you for having me, Mary.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 6, 2024

Our track record of reinvestment is very strong, not just because our business already generates high returns on invested capital, but more specifically recall that we launched SpoiledChild with around $20 million of up-front investment. And as I mentioned, we launched Spoiled with $20 million of upfront investment.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

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., Sainsbury's is a great example of how a customer can realize a fast payback on its investment when converting to the platform.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But there is inherently a trade-off between growth rates and return on invested capital. Shifting to our xScale initiative, the wave of hyperscale demand to support AI and cloud is translating into robust demand in pre-leasing activity. Sometimes, we need it, and we actually may sort of work to get it to happen.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 3, 2024

From there, Berkshire acquired more and more utilities and renamed the energy conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Energy, spanning several utilities across the Western and Midwestern U.S., For a guaranteed return on a large amount of capital deployed. as well as the U.K. and Canada. Why did Buffett like utilities?

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2024

But how about a globally diversified conglomerate started by brothers, and these brothers have been a bit more successful so far than David and Tom Gardner and perhaps ironically in this case, the company has a much larger market cap than our company and yet those brothers maintain, I would say, a much lower profile than maybe Tom and I do.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 8, 2025

Procter & Gamble Shares of profitable companies that make everyday essentials can be wonderful income investments. Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) is a high-performing consumer goods conglomerate that has paid a dividend every year since 1890 and has increased it for 68 consecutive years.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 29, 2025

For example, a multinational conglomerate customer saw a 45%% reduction in live chats from July to December with Now Assist, and the company is now targeting to targeting to save millions by the end of 2025. Does it have the return on investment that customers need to say yes? You know, is it desirable? Is the dream there?

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