The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Investors looking to capitalize on upward momentum in the S&P 500 should consider two index funds: the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) and the Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF (NYSEMKT: SPHQ). The index fund spreads capital across value stocks and growth stocks from all 11 market sectors, and it covers about 80% of the entire U.S.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

There's no additional acquisition costs for clients in our ecosystem, creating even more operating leverage. The ability to leverage technology is crucial to scale, drive profitable growth, and adapt to market shifts. billion of corporate cash used to self-fund loan originations. Let me share just two quick examples.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We've increased our regular dividend rate 160%; and including both regular and special dividends, paid or committed to pay more than $13 billion directly to shareholders; and $3.2 billion of that free cash flow back to our shareholders through a mix of our regular dividend and opportunistic share repurchases. We generated $1.6

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 22, 2024

A turnaround plan for the cloud computing business Alibaba was an early mover in the cloud migration trend, leveraging its vast network of businesses and customers to build its cloud computing business. Unlocking value for shareholders Alibaba has been buying back its shares in huge quantities over the last few years. It has spent $4.8

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 19, 2025

The Office of Retirement and Disability Policy says Social Security's funds might run out by 2037, which could cut benefits to about 76% of what people get now. Their leaders prioritize paying shareholders. You'll need passive income to live well in retirement, especially with Social Security's uncertain future.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Keeping with this theme, the Oracle of Omaha has repeatedly advised investors to consider passively managed index funds with low management fees and that track a broad range of fundamentally sound businesses. Be like Buffett: Buy this low-cost ETF Buffett is a big fan of Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and for good reason.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 11, 2024

Adding an accelerant Brookfield Renewable and some partners (its parent, Brookfield Asset Management , and Singapore's state investment company Temasek) recently struck a deal to acquire a majority stake in Neoen from some of its largest shareholders. The acquisition accelerator Brookfield Renewable has tremendous built-in growth drivers.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Following my comments, Dave and Ryan will provide additional comments regarding our investment strategy, investment portfolio, financial results, capital structure and leverage, and our expectations for the fourth quarter, after which we'll be happy to take your questions.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

GFL plans to use approximately CAD3.75bn of the CAD6.2bn net proceeds from the sale to reduce its debt, aiming to bring its net leverage ratio down to 3.0x. The remaining funds, up to CAD2.25bn, are earmarked for opportunistic share repurchases, enhancing shareholder value.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 17, 2024

MSTR data by YCharts MicroStrategy as a leveraged Bitcoin ETF Later in the same earnings call, co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor described MicroStrategy as a more flexible and ambitious version of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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The Motley Fool

JULY 12, 2023

Meanwhile, it pays out a reasonable percentage of that stable cash flow to shareholders in dividends (60% to 70%). leverage ratio , putting it at the low end of its 4.5-5.0 leverage ratio , putting it at the low end of its 4.5-5.0 billion) in annual funding capacity between post-dividend excess cash and balance sheet capacity.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

If you're looking for cash distributions and diversification, you may want to consider income-generating exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to round out your portfolio. It's also an index fund, packing a low expense ratio of 0.08%. True to their name, preferred shareholders have priority in the unfortunate case of a corporate liquidation.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In fact, our top four Contact Center deals in the quarter came from the channel, which speaks to our progress leveraging this amazing resource to extend our success across geographies and industries. Where should they get more money or fund, right, to support AI? billion share repurchase. So, I think look at AI, the cost, right?

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

for the full year, strong levels of NII per share and DNII per share to fund our record level of annual shareholder dividends, and a new record for NAV per share for the 10th consecutive quarter. Our positive performance in all four quarters for the year resulted in a return on equity of 19.4%

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

We have a packed agenda lined up for the next three days, and we're excited to see our customers, partners, analysts, shareholders, and employees, all in person to share our passion for BI, AI, bitcoin, and innovation. billion in equity in a manner that we believe to be creative to existing shareholders. Equity issuances.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

It has already started to rebuild its portfolio and shareholder payout. It spun off a portion of that portfolio to shareholders by creating office REIT Net Lease Office Properties. That lower level allows it to retain more cash to fund new investments. times leverage ratio , below its mid-to-high-5s target range.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

times leverage ratio , down from 2.7 The company's long-term target is to get leverage between 1.75 As leverage declines, the company expects to allocate some excess free cash toward repurchasing shares (once leverage falls under 2.25 Verizon ended the second quarter with a 2.6 times in the year-ago period.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 13, 2023

As a regulated investment company, Ares Capital must distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to shareholders as dividends. There shouldn't be any issues for Ares Capital to fund its juicy dividend. Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund I'm going to cheat just a bit with this pick.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

During this time, I have connected with shareholders, customers and clients. The combination of these measures will ultimately deliver greater shareholder value. We're also leveraging AI to create a more intuitive workflow and faster turnaround times to reduce frustrations for our members and provider partners.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Income that's leverage to rising oil prices Reuben Gregg Brewer (Pioneer Natural Resources): Unlike most companies, Pioneer Natural Resources has a variable dividend policy. The stock has followed along, which is a net benefit for shareholders, of course. That will give it more money to return to shareholders. per share).

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 19, 2024

reflecting our lower volume and lower average sales price leverage. It will receive recurring monthly option payments, which will be used to pay predictable dividends to shareholders, and will additionally receive initial deposits and proceeds from the sale of fully developed homesites. million shares for over $2 billion in cash.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In the quarter, we continue to execute against our strategy that is driving long-term growth and shareholder value. We're very pleased with Enact's operational strength's capital levels and consistent shareholder distributions. Our first priority is to create shareholder value through Enact's growing market value and returns.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The "ultimate financial measure": F ree cash flow per share In his 2004 letter to Amazon shareholders, Jeff Bezos said (emphasis mine): Our ultimate financial measure, and the one we most want to drive over the long term, is free cash flow per share. Image source: Getty Images. How can investors use this metric?

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 9, 2024

However, some of their investments indeed hold growth potential, and three Motley Fool contributors believe Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) , Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) , and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) could serve their shareholders well. And among their favorites is Alphabet. billion annual dividend expense.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Our first priority is to create shareholder value through our approximately 81% ownership stake in Enact. Enact's value continues to grow with a total shareholder return, or TSR, since its IPO of approximately 100% as of February 14th and approximately 15% in 2024. Overall, the net present value of our MYRAP increased by $3.2

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2024

I also want to acknowledge the board of directors for providing a unique equity compensation structure that ensures my alignment with shareholder interest. With liquidity of approximately $114 million, we can more than sufficiently fund our business initiatives. Citi Trends has really unique and exciting growth opportunity.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2023

While those investments grew its earnings, its leverage ratio also increased. Leverage has fallen from 4.6 Overall, Oneok anticipates its free cash flow after funding dividends and growth capital expenses will be more than $1 billion annually on average over the first four years following the deal's closing. by mid-2023.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

When a big shareholder sells such a substantial amount, it can have a massive impact on the stock price. He started the Bezos Earth Fund to fight climate change and protect nature in 2020. The sales from earlier this month appear to be a simple tax-planning maneuver by Bezos to fund his charitable giving plans. of his holdings.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

shareholders that "our favorite holding period is forever." Here's a look at what Buffett had to say about the oil stock in Berkshire's latest annual letter to shareholders, as he likened it to his company's stakes in Coca-Cola and American Express. In 1988, Warren Buffett famously wrote to Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 16, 2024

Apple prefers to return money to shareholders via stock buybacks rather than with dividends. Microsoft stands out because it can afford to raise its dividend regularly, buy back stock, fund its operations, invest in research and development, and still maintain a balance sheet with more cash than debt.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 31, 2025

First, we committed to leveraging our distinctive risk capital and human capital structure to unlock new solutions that address the evolving client demand discussed earlier. Interest expense of $206 million in the quarter was up $82 million versus last year primarily reflecting the issuance of $7 billion in debt to fund the NFP acquisition.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 3, 2024

Not only do they provide passive income, but they can also produce above-average total returns as they grow their earnings and shareholder payouts. That enabled the MPLX to retain all the money it needed to fund expansion projects with more than $800 million to spare. times leverage ratio. That's comfortably below the 4.0

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

We also maintained our disciplined approach to capital deployment, while continuing to invest in our businesses and returning excess capital to shareholders. trillion of assets under management supporting defined benefit and defined contribution plans, PGIM serves more than half of the world's 300 largest pension funds.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 6, 2025

This hesitancy is widespread across most segments of the construction markets, with the notable exception of publicly funded work such as infrastructure. CMC's leverage metrics remain attractive and have improved significantly over the last several fiscal years. The adjusted EBITDA margin for the North American steel group of 12.4%

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (NYSEMKT: FBTC) followed close behind, reaching the milestone the next day. Importantly, scale can play an important role in driving down costs for shareholders. Issuers can leverage certain operational expenses for an ETF, such as marketing spend. and Bitcoin wasn't one of them.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 8, 2024

According to a study from Hartford Funds, stocks that initiated or increased their dividends dramatically outperformed stocks that didn't pay dividends over the last 50 years. So, each extra swipe practically puts more money in shareholders' pockets. Both Visa and Mastercard return nearly all their free cash flow to shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Companies that pay dividends display a commitment to shareholders and tend to have prudent capital management. Riley Financial (NASDAQ: RILY) , Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE: BXSL) , and Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). Blackstone Secured Lending Fund invests in underserved companies and sports a 11.2% They are B.

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