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OCTOBER 25, 2024

However, one goal may be even more important than all of these : reducing debt. Carnival's debt load remains alarming While Carnival's revenue and operating income have exceeded pre-pandemic levels, the cruise company's stock is still 68% below its all-time high of $66 , reached in early 2018. billion in long-term debt.

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OCTOBER 5, 2024

This is thanks, in part, to Carnival's fantastic earnings performance, but another element may be even better news for shareholders. Carnival's wall of debt First, let's take a quick look back in time at the challenges Carnival faced in recent years. Carnival also has prepaid debt, for example prepaying $7.3

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 27, 2023

On the bottom line, Carnival continued to move in the right direction though the company is still facing stiff headwinds from its heavy debt burden, which jumped during the pandemic. The company is making progress on easing its debt burden as it prepaid more than $1 billion in short-term, variable-rate debt, though it still has about $7.5

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 18, 2024

Generating positive free cash flow (FCF) every year since the turn of the century, the stock has delivered total returns of 3,600% over that time -- or seven times the S&P 500 index's return. This $400 million outlay gives the company plenty of integration work to do as it focuses on paying down its $686 million net debt balance.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

So, to examine this, investors can look at what each company is generating as a return on invested capital (ROIC). LOW Return on Invested Capital data by YCharts A high ROIC is excellent, but what a company pays for its capital, called the weighted average cost of capital, or WAAC , is just as important.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 19, 2024

It has averaged a return on invested capital (ROIC) of about 12% over the past decade. If the company spends $3 billion to build a new project, it would earn $360 million a year in gross operating profit on that spending, which should also be similar to the cash flow the asset generates. billion to $3.75

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 23, 2023

s (NYSE: CCL) debt was enough to make investors cringe -- and flee the stock. Cruise operators were forced to halt sailings during the early stages of the pandemic, and as a result, Carnival took on more and more debt to stay afloat (excuse the pun). This is key because free cash flow is the tool to pay down debt.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) also rose 5% to nearly $2.44 It ended the quarter with leverage of 3x, which it defines as net debt adjusted for equity credit in junior subordinated notes (hybrids) divided by adjusted EBITDA. billion, a 5% increase.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Yet, on the other hand, inflation and higher interest rates are a big counterweight to the bull case, as all major cruise companies are now loaded with debt -- a result of the emergency borrowing during the pandemic -- while also battling higher labor costs. In 2023, investors in the largest cruise company in the world, Carnival Corp.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 7, 2024

Further, management said it had made substantial progress toward its 2026 "SEA Change" goals of sustainability; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) per available lower berth day; and return on invested capital (ROIC). But June's earnings report was certainly a good start.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 25, 2024

Importantly, the company also continued to chip away at its debt load it accumulated during the pandemic. billion in debt, while repricing another $2.7 The company also issued $535 million in notes maturing in 2030 to pay off its 2026 unsecured notes, extending its debt maturities. In the second quarter, Carnival paid down $1.6

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ), meanwhile, climbed 10% to nearly $2.4 Over the past five years, Enterprise has averaged about a 13% return on invested capital, so these growth projects should provide meaningful growth to the company in the years ahead.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2023

After seeing the company saddled with over $39 billion in debt during a rising interest rate environment, the market seems to be taking a more cautious approach to American Tower's stock. Furthermore, 85% of its debt has fixed interest rates, making it less susceptible to today's interest rate hikes.

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JULY 26, 2024

Royal Caribbean announced three goals less than two years ago as its fleet began returning to full operations. a share it posted in adjusted earnings back in 2019. a share it posted in adjusted earnings back in 2019. This would shatter its pre-pandemic record of $87 in 2019. Its previous record was 10.5%.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2023

An excellent way to quantitatively answer this question is to compare its return on invested capital (ROIC) to its peer group, as historically, companies with a higher ROIC have tended to perform better over time. ROK Return on Invested Capital data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 12, 2023

Doximity says its customers get exceptional return on investment from marketing on the app, and the company has historically turned that into upsell opportunities for more marketing -- and, more recently, the upsell of app extensions like video conferencing and e-signature.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

But its debt-to-equity ratio at 0.65 The company estimates it could generate an additional $300 million of annual adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) from this business in the coming years. CVX Dividend Per Share (Annual) data by YCharts.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

Management believes these acquisitions now grow sales by more than 10% annually, generate more than $3 billion in annualized sales, and maintain an adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) margin of 20%.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 6, 2024

This three-year strategy -- introduced in June 2023 -- is a comprehensive approach aimed at bolstering Carnival's financial health, as indicated by improvements in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA) and return on invested capital ( ROIC). billion from its peak in early 2023.

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Hedgestone

JULY 10, 2023

This includes everything from equipment and inventory to debts and loans. The capitalization rate is determined by dividing the expected rate of return on investment by the risk-free rate of return. Subtract the value of the business’s liabilities, including debts and loans.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Deidre Woollard: They don't have a lot of debt, so they've got runway, they've got time. How do you think investors earn that right if they want to practice this expectations investing approach? Asit Sharma: Earning the right to use the multiples is pretty simple. Ricky, you've heard me talk about this one before.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

For those who don't know what EBITDA is, it's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, so think of it as earnings before really everything that matters. Now they're selling a lot of AI services that have a good return on investment. A lot of their incentives are tied to that.

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JULY 17, 2023

Looking ahead, management also gave new long-term guidance, calling for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) per available passenger berth day (ALBD/APBD) to increase by 50% by 2026, reaching its highest level in almost two decades.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

The health crisis temporarily halted sailings, and as a result, Carnival shifted to a loss and debt ballooned. The cruise giant also aims to more than double its return on invested capital (ROIC) from 2023 to 2026. And the company says it's well on the path to its goal of approaching investment-grade status by the end of 2026.

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APRIL 6, 2025

Management believes the deal would immediately be accretive to Sportradar's adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) margins if the deal closes in the fourth quarter of 2025 as expected.

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MARCH 9, 2025

Best yet for investors, Federal Signal has maintained an average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 12% over the last decade. FSS EBITDA Margin (TTM) data by YCharts To view it from another perspective, consider how much Federal Signal's EBITDA and free cash flow (FCF) figures have grown compared to sales since 2010.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

It raised guidance for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) and return on invested capital for the full year. Lower interest rates will help with the debt, and more Carnival stock has been on the rise since the Federal Reserve announced that it's cutting interest rates.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 20, 2025

But it's important to remember that Carnival is in a much better financial situation than it was in the early pandemic days, when sailings came to a halt, the company shifted to a loss, and debt ballooned to about $34 billion.

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