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This Unstoppable Telecom Giant Returned More Capital to Shareholders Than Both AT&T and Verizon Over the Past Year, and It Just Raised Its Dividend 35%

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And many of the biggest companies in the industry are happy to return that cash to shareholders. But one of its biggest competitors has returned even more cash to shareholders. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) returned a total of $11.8 Share repurchases, on the other hand, are an indirect way to return cash to shareholders.

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Forget Chipotle's Stock Split: Buy This Monster Restaurant Growth Stock Instead

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Over the last 20 years, Chipotle stock has put up monster returns. Posting a total return level of 7,000% since its initial public offering (IPO), the stock has crushed the S&P 500 's 459% return over that same time frame. So, what restaurant is the next Chipotle? I think a fantastic candidate is Portillo's (NASDAQ: PTLO).

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

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Cruise lines took on a lot of additional debt during the pandemic-related shutdown in 2020 that lasted well into 2021. Its debt-saddled enterprise value is almost $50 billion. Reality can be kinder if Carnival uses its newfound profitability to pay down its debt and repurchase its shares. on Thursday.

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Should Investors Still Buy Carnival Cruise Stock Right Now, Even After Shares Doubled?

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Shares were issued, and debt was incurred to raise the cash needed to keep Carnival alive and see its recovery through. Investors can see Carnival's enterprise value below. That is Carnival's market cap plus debt minus cash on hand. Management has stated that they're pulling back on spending to pay down debt.

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Is 3M Spinoff Solventum a Buy? (And What It Means for 3M Investors)

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First, 3M saddled Solventum with debt to shore up the balance sheet of the former as it faces multibillion-dollar legal settlements. Wall Street expects Solventum to end the year with $7 billion in net debt, and servicing the interest on the debt is eating into FCF. In 2020, 3M sold the majority of its drug delivery business.

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

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While operations are recovering, Carnival's stock is trading near its decade lows, and it's not clear if the company will be able to pay down debt quickly. The pandemic overhang Improving operations is good, but below you can see that Carnival's enterprise value (market cap plus debt) is still about the same as it was before the pandemic.

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Better Bitcoin Stock: MicroStrategy vs. Riot Platforms

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That's more than 40% of MicroStrategy's current enterprise value of $9.4 However, its rising BTC impairment charges also caused it to stay unprofitable over the past three years, while its issuing of fresh debt to fund its BTC purchases boosted its debt-to-equity ratio to 3.0. And with an enterprise value of $2.9