The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Verizon has a lot of debt Verizon is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States, operating a large cellular network. As such, companies in the industry tend to carry a lot of debt on their balance sheets. Verizon's leverage, however, is higher than that of its two main competitors.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2023

Why the stock scares off some investors The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio of DigitalOcean is a negative 675% due to total debt of $1.47 This ratio measures a company's financial leverage. You can calculate it by dividing the company's total debt by shareholder equity. On the one hand, the company has high debt.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 11, 2023

The midstream giant made the difficult decision to slash its payout by 50% in 2020 to retain additional cash for debt reduction. The company recently achieved its targeted leverage ratio of 4.0 The company structured the deal so that it would be leverage neutral. That deleveraging strategy has been a success. It spent $1.45

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

It's also taking on debt as another source of funding. Its Q2 total liabilities of $4.2 billion in debt, which is an increase over the prior year's debt of $2.2 It's carving out a niche in the entertainment industry by leveraging its electronics expertise to deliver consumer experiences. billion included $3.8

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 24, 2024

Furthermore, from a risk management perspective, we view these credit investments as a prudent, natural hedge to the inherent rate exposure as we have on the liability side of our balance sheet. Finally, investing in credit while rates are high will help mitigate some of its exposure to higher future interest rates on maturing debt.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

We're very satisfied with our approximately 81% ownership stake in Enact as it continues to generate significant earnings and cash flows that support our capital allocation priorities of share repurchases, opportunistic debt reduction and growth investments in CareScout. per share since the program's inception in May 2022.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 21, 2024

But there are some years where it loses money and has to rely on cash from its balance sheet or debt to pay the dividend. CVX Net Total Long Term Debt (Quarterly) data by YCharts Chevron has very little debt on its balance sheet for a company of its size -- hence the low debt-to-capital and financial debt-to-equity ratios.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 26, 2023

The company ended the first half with a net leverage ratio of 2.6 Verizon's growing excess free cash will enable it to continue paying down debt. Add in earnings growth, and its leverage ratio should continue declining steadily. billion) and dividend payments ($5.5 billion) with room to spare ($2.5 times, down from 2.7

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2023

That's not a promising situation for a company that ended its second quarter with only $233 million in cash and equivalents and $793 million in total liabilities. However, its high debt-to-equity ratio of 2.9 It secured a new $150 million revolving credit facility back in late July to broaden its safety net.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 30, 2024

By using proceeds from equity and debt financings, as well as cash flows from our operations, we strategically accumulate bitcoin and advocate for its role as digital capital. We leverage our development capabilities to explore innovation and bitcoin applications, integrating analytics expertise with our commitment to digital asset growth.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 31, 2024

Since our last earnings call on April 30, I am pleased to announce that we are making solid progress on our path forward of one, simplifying the business; two, operational performance improvement and three, reducing leverage. Our path forward goal is to reduce $2 billion in debt. On to balance sheet matters.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Banks and other financial institutions partner with Visa to issue cobranded cards, and they're responsible for handling all the debt. Visa's rival Mastercard (NYSE: MA) uses the same low-risk business model, but American Express (NYSE: AXP) issues its own cards and takes on those liabilities. compared to a ratio of 4.7

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

That lifeline will keep Plug Power's business alive, but it will also roughly double its total liabilities to $3.45 billion and boost its debt-to-equity ratio to 1.2. It ended its latest quarter with just $243 million in cash and equivalents, and its high debt-to-equity ratio of 3.3 government.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

When we entered fiscal 2024, we were sitting with over $73 million in total debt. This followed the adverse Seaguard ruling, which added $42 million in debt, which was already too high given contributing losses at that time. This provided us with $48 million in gross proceeds, which we used to pay down debt. 1 priority.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2023

Takeda's low valuation reflects a handful of important risks, such as key patent headwinds for top-selling drugs like Vyvanse, along with the company's highly leveraged balance sheet. Large-cap pharma stocks, after all, trade at an average earnings multiple of 15.1.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 2, 2024

We are very pleased with our approximately 81% ownership stake in Enact, as it continues to generate significant earnings and is a key source of cash flows, helping fuel our share repurchase program, opportunistic debt reduction, and our growth investments in CareScout. As we said before, we manage the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 9, 2024

Strengthening its financial foundation American Tower's telecom tower business in India has been more of a liability in recent years. American Tower will use the cash proceeds from the deal to repay debt. It had gotten its leverage ratio down to 5x at the end of the third quarter, putting it at the top end of its 3x-5x target range.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 9, 2024

defaulting on its debt. The company is leveraging cutting-edge generative AI technology in Copilot to automate and manage diverse business tasks. The company is also investing in innovative solutions for risk management, fraud detection and prevention, and tokenization -- which are helping minimize liability for e-commerce merchants.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As Avigal mentioned, we are growing Delek Logistics with prudent management of liquidity and leverage. We have managed liquidity throughout the year by accessing debt and equity markets. We are also managing our leverage as we get into core spending period on our new gas processing plant expansion. I can't wait to see that.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2023

In 2014, Ackman reportedly told Bloomberg that he had invested $60 million in General Growth Properties -- both in the company's unsecured debt and in the stock itself. Among the problems that Ackman saw was an enormous amount of leverage. He said the company's liabilities-to-equity ratio was 139 to 1.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2024

ROCE is a profitability metric that is calculated as earnings before interest and taxes divided by total assets minus current liabilities. It showcases a company's ability to generate profits from capital, as well as manage debt. It is now leveraging that pricing model through a growing home delivery service.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In line with our stated financial strategy, after funding our dividend, Core continued to dedicate free cash to paying down debt. During the third quarter, Core's net debt was reduced by nearly $12 million or 9%. This reduction in our outstanding debt also decreased our leverage ratio to 1.47, down from 1.66 last quarter.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

It aims to have an economic leverage ratio below 10. That metric measures the ratio of its debt and derivatives divided by its total equity.) However, the average cost of its liabilities also increased from 0.79% two years ago to 3.01% last year. As a result, its net interest spread narrowed from 1.89% in 2021 to 1.32% in 2023.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2024

Those improvements stabilized its liquidity and slightly reduced its total leverage. million 13% Total liabilities $614.79 million 13% Total liabilities $614.79 Nikola's debt-to-equity ratio of 1.1 Metric First Half 2023 First Half 2024 Change (YOY) Trucks produced 96 120 25% Trucks shipped 76 113 49% Total revenue $26.04

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

At CAVA, we believe technology should enhance, not replace the human experience, and we're leveraging it to create warm personal moments across our physical and digital channels and to support our team members in engaging and connecting with our guests. CAVA same restaurant sales growth and leverage in G&A. million or 25.6%

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

life insurance companies to continue to operate as a closed system, leveraging existing reserves and capital to cover future claims and other obligations. Launching our new growth strategy with CareScout has been made possible by the financial flexibility we've built over the last decade, reducing debt from $4.2

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2024

Pillar three calls for reducing complexity and simplifying our organization structure with an emphasis on driving client engagement, quality, automation, and operating leverage. We also successfully completed a tender exchange of our 2025 unsecured notes, extending the maturity to 2027 and reducing outstanding corporate debt by $137 million.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

On top of that, Verizon has more leverage than its closest competitors, which puts it at a spending disadvantage. VZ Debt to Equity Ratio data by YCharts Of the three companies here, Verizon is probably the most attractive given its large customer base and annuity-like revenue stream. For example, it agreed to a $10.3

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The proceeds from the sale of the facility were used to pay down our outstanding debt and reduce overhead costs. And on SG&A, we are focused on driving greater efficiency and leverage. This also serves to reduce the debt service costs that hit our P&L as well. Now, let me provide a summary of our results. billion and $1.41

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Beyond this, we're full speed ahead on leveraging our new consumer data platform to provide more targeted promotions and offers to last or new visitors. Our REIT-adjusted net debt decreased approximately $220 million, or over 20% year over year, and our REIT-adjusted net debt leverage decreased to 1.8 times from 2.1

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

billion indirectly through share repurchases, all while reducing debt 35%. And we continue to improve our capital efficiency by leveraging technology and innovation across both our foundational and emerging assets. And it reflects our confidence in the increasing capital efficiency of our business going forward.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

NAV is defined as total assets minus total liabilities and is also reported on a per share basis. And we continue to maintain very strong liquidity and a conservative leverage profile, which we believe is important in the current economic environment.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Leverage decreased modestly for the quarter to 7.2 government debt and ongoing budget deficits. And we are -- and then also, from our perspective, makes sense for us now to operate with a hedge ratio less than 100% so that we, over time, will gain some benefit of having some of our debt repricing to the new Fed funds rate.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

Unfortunately, a series of safety-related recalls, debt offerings, and layoffs indicated Rivian was still struggling to maintain a sustainable business model. billion in total liabilities at the end of the quarter, which gave it a fairly manageable debt-to-equity ratio of 0.6. billion -- so it won't go bankrupt anytime soon.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2024

In line with our stated financial strategy after funding our dividend, Core continued to dedicate free cash to paying down debt. During the quarter, Core's net debt was reduced by $15.8 This reduction in our outstanding debt also decreased our leverage ratio to 1.66, down from 1.76 million, net debt was $132.3

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

They operate as a closed system, leveraging existing reserves and capital, current premiums, as well as future new premiums under the LTC MYRAP plan to cover future claims and other obligations. Our second strategic priority is to leverage Genworth's LTC expertise to develop new, innovative aging services and solutions.

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