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2 Stocks That Could Turn $1,000 Into $5,000 by 2030

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Let's start with leverage. Cruise lines took on a lot of additional debt during the pandemic-related shutdown in 2020 that lasted well into 2021. Leverage isn't typically a positive thing, but let's play this out. Its debt-saddled enterprise value is almost $50 billion. Carnival's market cap is $20 billion.

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Microstrategy Jumps Another 16% on $4.6 Billion Bitcoin Purchase

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Microstrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) continues its incredible run as the company sells more debt and equity to buy more Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). As Microstrategy becomes a pure Bitcoin play, if the enterprise value of the company exceeds the value of the Bitcoin on the balance sheet, it will issue shares to buy Bitcoin.

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Carnival Cruise Lines Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

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Carnival (NYSE: CCL) is one of the companies that's still being affected by the pandemic, both by the aftereffects of restrictions and by the financial leverage it took to get through the pandemic. The biggest change has been a huge increase in debt, which currently stands at $31.3 billion last quarter.

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3 Reasons to Buy Enterprise Products Partners Stock Like There's No Tomorrow

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Enterprise's consistency stems from its largely fee-based model, where the company only takes on minimal commodity or spread risk. Meanwhile, it has historically been conservative with its leverage, distribution coverage ratio, and growth capital expenditure (capex) spending. Currently, the stock carries a forward yield of about 6.2%.

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A Few Years From Now, You'll Wish You Bought This Undervalued Stock

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It's trading for 26 times trailing earnings, and given its debt-bloated balance sheet, that multiple jumps to nearly 60 if you swap out market cap for enterprise value as the numerator. Carnival and its peers had to load up on debt at high rates or sell new shares at low prices to stay afloat. cruise was able to set sail.

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Carnival Corporation Stock Is Beaten Down Now, but It Could 10X

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It also turned unprofitable in both years and took on more debt to stay solvent. That rising leverage made Carnival a risky stock to hold as interest rates rose, and its stock sank to a 30-year low of $6.38 With an enterprise value of $46.6 Carnival's debt load is worrisome, but it already prepaid $6.6

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Where Will Carnival Stock Be in 3 Years?

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The cruise line operator's revenue plunged in 2020 and 2021 as global travel ground to a halt during the pandemic, and it was forced to take on a lot more debt to stay solvent. billion in long-term debt, but that figure hit a whopping $29.5 billion in long-term debt, but that figure hit a whopping $29.5 NYSE: CCL).