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As a result, most pay out very generous distributions, which are similar to dividends, but much of the payout is considered a return of capital. By and large, this structure has been eliminated, and MLPs are generally in better financial shape as a result, carrying less leverage and being able to grow their business through free cash flow.
Palantir is also showing considerable operating leverage. Shares currently trade for an enterprisevalue -to-revenue multiple of 62. Even with strong sales growth expectations, the company's enterprisevalue is still 48 times analysts' revenue expectations for 2025. Growth is particularly strong in the U.S.,
Additionally, its breadth gives it leverage in distribution agreements for better positioning and promotions. It can also use that leverage to get new products on shelves and in front of potential customers, enabling it to expand its product lineup more easily than smaller competitors. "No
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.
Let's start with leverage. Leverage isn't typically a positive thing, but let's play this out. Its debt-saddled enterprisevalue is almost $50 billion. A fivefold advance in Carnival's market cap to $100 billion would find its enterprisevalue -- all things being equal -- less than tripling to $130 billion.
Snowflake Cloud infrastructure is one of the backbones of AI development, and Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) plays a pivotal role for many large enterprises looking to leverage their cloud data for AI. Shares trade for an enterprisevalue -to-sales ratio of less than 14. The sell-off appears to be overdone.
Warren Buffett's diversified conglomerate generated those steady returns even as inflation, elevated interest rates, and geopolitical conflicts rattled the broader markets. With an enterprisevalue of $1.01 If it trades at 20 times that figure, its enterprisevalue would roughly double to $2 trillion by the end of the decade.
Meanwhile, its balance sheet is in good shape with a leverage ratio (net debt/adjusted EBITDA ) of just 3.2 < Situated in the right basins, MPLX looks in good shape to continue growing its distributions, while its forward enterprisevalue (EV) -to-EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) valuation of 9.6
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. CCL EnterpriseValue data by YCharts However, it's worth noting that Carnival didn't generate $2.4 billion last quarter.
As Microstrategy becomes a pure Bitcoin play, if the enterprisevalue of the company exceeds the value of the Bitcoin on the balance sheet, it will issue shares to buy Bitcoin. That's the phase they're in right now, and it's a feedback loop, creating demand for Bitcoin, which increases the value of the balance sheet.
Enterprise ended the quarter with leverage of 3x. It defines leverage as net debt adjusted for equity credit in junior subordinated notes (hybrids) divided by adjusted EBITDA. What this means for investors in simpler terms is that Enterprise's distribution payout is well covered by its cash flow. cents per unit.
At a stock price of around $39 per share, DraftKings trades for an enterprisevalue roughly 21 times management's 2025 outlook for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). Revenue growth should remain strong, while operating margin should show considerable improvement as it leverages fixed costs.
billion, and for it to return to full-year profitability with $1.2 That leverage gives Carnival a high debt-to-equity ratio of 4.6. Nevertheless, investors should still take into account Carnival's debt -- which is reflected in its higher enterprisevalue instead of its lower market capitalization -- when valuing its stock.
During 2023, Medical Properties has found itself in need of de-leveraging and has sold off some properties to do so. However, Medical Properties also has a massive amount of debt, as most real estate companies do, making the valuation on an enterprisevalue basis much higher. and Medical Properties Trust wasn't one of them!
Energy Transfer: A low value gives it a high yield Energy Transfer expects to generate $13.1 The master limited partnership (MLP) currently has an enterprisevalue (EV) of $95.2 billion to $13.5 billion of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) this year. That puts its valuation at 7.2
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 enterprisevalue as the numerator. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Carnival also isn't exactly out of favor right now.
But with an enterprisevalue of $24 billion, it's still only a tenth as valuable as cloud-based CRM leader Salesforce , which has an enterprisevalue of $241 billion. Salesforce leveraged its first-mover advantage to become the top CRM company, but that market's growth is cooling off.
At the same time, Energy Transfer continues to trade at a forward enterprise-value -to- EBITDA multiple of 8 times based on 2025 estimates, which is well below historical levels, not to mention one of the lowest valuations in the MLP space. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.
That stock offering won't increase its leverage, but it will cause significant dilution for a company with an enterprisevalue of only $1.4 I believe all that red ink, high leverage, and imminent dilution will make ChargePoint an unappealing stock to own as long as interest rates stay elevated.
However, Chevron is by far the largest, with a nearly $320 billion enterprisevalue compared to Occidental's at over $80 billion. That put its leverage ratio at 12%, or 8.8% The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Chevron has a much higher production rate (3.35 billion of debt.
When Energy Transfer cut its distribution in 2020, it was because its leverage became too high, and it needed to pay down debt. After getting its leverage down, it was able to not only return its distribution to pre-cut levels, but its quarterly distribution of 31.5 The Motley Fool recommends Enterprise Products Partners.
Several trends underpin a long-term outlook, including Block's ability to leverage its multiproduct platform. On this point, Block stock is trading at just 14 times its consensus full-year EBITDA estimate as an enterprisevalue (EV)-to-forward-EBITDA multiple. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Block.
Shares currently trade for an enterprisevalue/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EV/ EBITDA ) multiple of just 5x. That leverage puts added pressure on management if oil prices decline in the future, making it less profitable to drill. Moreover, the valuation for Occidental is extremely attractive.
Dirt cheap any way you slice it Enterprise Products Partners has generated $9.1 With its enterprisevalue currently around $88.2 The MLP is also really cheap on a cash flow basis: Image source: Enterprise Products Partners. Enterprise Products Partners has ample financial flexibility to continue investing in its growth.
That said, the company still has a lot of operating leverage to gain from scaling the business. That makes its enterprisevalue-to-sales multiple of 9.4 The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than tripled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*.
but its leverage could keep rising as it brings its new miners and plants online. With an enterprisevalue of $6.1 The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than tripled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*.
Lastly, it continued to rack up steep losses while increasing its leverage with more convertible debt offerings. With an enterprisevalue of $17.5 Yet during those 10 years, Apple's stock has delivered a total return of over 1,000%. Second, it issued several safety-related recalls.
This payout gives investors a nice base return to go with outsized upside potential. With an enterprisevalue (EV) of $96.6 It expects to invest $2 billion into high-return expansion projects that will grow its cash flow in the coming quarters. Meanwhile, it expects its leverage ratio to be at the lower end of its 4x-4.5x
Low historic industry valuations Between 2011 to 2016, midstream companies on average traded at an enterprisevalue (EV) -to- EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) multiple of over 13.5 The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.
Its low enterprisevalue of $670 million might even make it a compelling takeover target for a larger tech company. The company might gradually stabilize its business, but it could struggle to stand out in a crowded market favoring large players that can leverage economies of scale to maintain their pricing power.
It's leveraging its AI investments to grow two businesses at scale. Meanwhile, it's using the considerable cash flows it generates to buy back shares, boosting the value of future earnings to shareholders. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. as of this writing.
Alphabet may not generate the same eye-popping returns it did in its first 20 years as a public company, but it still can be a core holding that can help you retire a millionaire. The segment just turned profitable in 2023, but it is now set to grow its profitability at a quicker pace than revenue given the operating leverage in the business.
With an enterprisevalue of $50 billion, Atlassian doesn't seem cheap at 13 times this year's sales. I would stay away from this stock until its valuations cool off, it makes more progress toward generating GAAP profits, and it takes more steps toward reducing its leverage. But it didn't provide an outlook for total revenue.
I consider Enterprise's distribution extremely safe. The two biggest areas to look at when it comes to dividend safety are its distribution coverage ratio and leverage ratio. On that front, Enterprise had a robust 1.7x When the leverage at companies gets too high, there's a risk they may cut their dividend. billion to $3.75
Its leveraged exposure to oil production has pushed down Occidental's share price to levels it hasn't seen since the beginning of 2022. Occidental's current share price of about $50 gives it an enterprise-value -to- EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) multiple of just 5.3.
Stocks that historically underperform the average returns of the S&P 500 tend to keep coming up short. But shareholders just got good news on that front: Previously, India had banned its most popular video game, but now the ban is lifted , giving hope that Sea's video game unit can return to growth as well. billion, or only 11.5
Without reducing debt any further, the company is on track to get to 3 times leverage (net debt/adjusted EBITDA) by year end. At that point, Western Midstream will have reached its leverage goal and be set up to pay out enhanced distributions above its base distribution in 2025. or more a quarter in enhanced distributions.
However, it commands a higher market cap and enterprisevalue than its larger rival Carnival. It's also not necessarily trading at a valuation premium despite its larger market cap and enterprisevalue. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Image source: Getty Images.
The analyst retained a buy rating on the stock and raised the price target to $425 from $400 following the announcement to buy SRS Distribution for an enterprisevalue, or EV, (market cap plus net debt) of $18.25 The deal will increase Home Depot's debt leverage from an adjusted debt to EBITDAR (the "R" bit stands for rents) of 2.1
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 Carnival's exposure to macro headwinds and high leverage still make it a tough stock to love, but I believe it has a viable path toward generating a 10-bagger gain within the next 20 years. per share on Oct.
based company known for its prowess in reverse logistics (processing returns). It recently announced it was buying PFSweb for $181 million, or an enterprisevalue of $142 million, which includes the company's cash balance of $39 million. Now, GXO has made another promising deal. What's next for GXO?
With interest rates likely headed lower over the next few years as the Fed embarks on a rate-cutting cycle, income-oriented investors may be looking for places to invest that can offer higher yields and attractive returns. Typically, investors value midstream companies using an enterprise-value -to-EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) multiple.
Its earnings growth has also helped drive down its leverage ratio , which it expects will be toward the low end of its 4.0-4.5 That lower leverage recently gave two credit rating agencies the confidence to upgrade Energy Transfer's credit rating to BBB with a stable outlook. The MLP aims to expand that payout by 3% to 5% annually.
An elevated leverage ratio led the master limited partnership (MLP) to slash its distribution to retain more cash for debt reduction in 2020. However, as leverage improved, the company's priority shifted back to rebuilding its payout. This move could help push its unit value higher, fueling stronger total returns for investors.
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