The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

But despite having a well-defined niche, it has struggled to create shareholder value -- with the stock falling by over half since its initial public offering (IPO) in mid-2021. Lucid's luxury orientation may have also become a liability as the tight economic conditions pressure consumers to opt for lower-priced alternatives.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Buffett created Class B shares to deter fund managers from setting up a mutual fund-like structure that would sell slices of the company in smaller pieces. BNSF shareholders had the choice to receive $100 or a mixture of cash and Berkshire shares, which valued the railroad at $34 billion.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As a point of reference, in last year's fourth quarter, we revised our prior year non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA including the third quarter to eliminate adjustments for raw material write-offs and also to correct the understatement of accrued liabilities related to contract litigation following the decommissioning of our Taiwan facility.

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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. We remain confident that these strategies, together with our cost-efficient operating structure, will allow us to continue to deliver superior results for our shareholders in the future.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Regardless of how much money you have to invest or your risk tolerance, there are stocks and/or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that can grow your wealth. Last year, the Hartford Funds published an extensive report ("The Power of Dividends: Past, Present, and Future") extolling the greatness that is dividend stocks.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 17, 2024

The end of the crypto winter came in large part because of anticipation that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) might finally grant approval to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) seeking to own Bitcoin directly. As a consequence, shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust plunged far below the value of the underlying Bitcoin that the fund owned.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The investment helped establish our $83 million Jupiter Fund, with which we are now actively investing in international cannabis growth opportunities, setting the stage for long-term global expansion. I understood the Jupiter Fund. And here you are with the Jupiter Fund, a very strong balance sheet, just focusing on hemp.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 18, 2024

The widely followed S&P 500 index includes some of the strongest companies in the world, and many of these industry leaders regularly distribute dividends to shareholders. Part of that dip can be attributed to concerns regarding legal liabilities related to lawsuits involving its talc products.

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Whereas about half of claims handled by RWI are resolved within 12 months, closer to three quarters are resolved within that time when handled by a professional shareholder representative. [ a huge increase in post-closing indemnification claims for breach of the no undisclosed liabilities seller representation [8] ).

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

Recently, the investment advisors at Hartford Funds refreshed their data from an extensive report that examined the numerous ways dividend stocks have one-upped non-payers over multiple decades. Ford also has a healthy balance sheet that should allow it to return plenty of capital to its shareholders. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

It's funding Bitcoin purchases from the cash generated by its software business, taking on debt, and issuing stock. Over the long term, MicroStrategy's goal is to accumulate Bitcoin faster than it issues shares to generate value for shareholders. At the end of Q2, MicroStrategy's total liabilities were $4.2 billion, $3.8

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Companies can't pay quarterly or monthly dividends to their shareholders unless they already have reliable profits. Stocks in the same index that didn't pay dividends rose by just 3.95% annually over the same time frame, according to Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Well, the Fed hasn't begun dropping interest rates yet, instead keeping the benchmark federal funds rate unchanged for the fourth straight meeting when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met on Jan. As a result, these passive-income machines tend not to hold onto much cash and must finance their acquisitions by taking on debt.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

Costco paid a $15 special dividend to shareholders earlier this year, and it's also due for a membership fee hike. This is a lucrative undertaking that gives the company tons of cash to fund other ventures and invest for interest income. Costco has split its stock three times in the past, and the last time it did was 24 years ago.

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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. Coming in, in close second is providing our shareholders with an attractive level of cash distributions in the form of both dividends and share repurchases. Thank you very much.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 19, 2024

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. Lennar will distribute 80% of the stock of Millrose to Lennar shareholders. million shares totaling $2.1

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Subscription services and advertising services are two additional ancillary segments that are delivering in a big way for Amazon and its shareholders. Alphabet A second stock-split stock that some of the smartest billionaire fund managers want to own ahead of 2024 is Alphabet. to 7.6%) over the trailing year, ended Sept.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

NAV is defined as total assets minus total liabilities and is also reported on a per-share basis. 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.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Excluding preferred stock and exchange-traded funds, Microsoft is the asset manager's largest position, at more than 2% of its total holdings. If you subtract long-term debt and operating lease liabilities, there's more than $51 billion in net cash, so Microsoft has plenty set aside for a rainy day. per share -- an increase of 10%.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders tend to be profitable on a recurring basis and time-tested. The intimation is that the replacement of these cables, along with potential health-related liabilities, could be quite costly for telecom companies. court system, and that would likely be a long process.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Watsonville was forced into bankruptcy primarily because it was unable to access COVID funding, similar to most of the other hospitals in 2020. At the time, MPT was virtually the only party willing to step in and provide the funds necessary to ensure the hospital could remain open. This morning, we reported GAAP net loss of $1.34

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

But all of these big research and development (R&D) projects will require funding. million in operating lease liabilities. The chance that shareholders will see their stakes diluted by new stock issuance is rising markedly although precisely when that might occur is difficult to predict.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 2, 2024

According to a study from Ned Davis Research and Hartford Funds, publicly traded companies that initiated and grew their payouts between 1973 and 2022 generated an annualized return of 10.24%. Further, any financial liability claims (should there be any) would likely take years to determine in the U.S. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Shareholders essentially get paid the difference between its revenue, which totaled $1.4 However, it would take quite a while to wait for debt to be fully paid off before making another investment, so it's typical for the company to take out additional debt and use some of the funds to pay off the existing debt load.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 31, 2024

Effectively, the company's auditors don't believe it has sufficient capital to cover its liabilities over the coming 12 months. Although selling common stock has provided Plug with some much-needed capital, it's been dilutive to the company's existing shareholders. That's not something that can be swept under the rug.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2024

Berkshire is run by billionaire CEO Warren Buffett, who's delivered a greater than 5,325,000% return to his Class A shareholders (BRK.A) What's more, a report released from Hartford Funds last year found that income stocks have more than doubled up the average annual return of non-payers over the last half century -- 9.17% vs. 4.27%.

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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. As I hand the call over to Tom, I want to reiterate the importance of delivering on our commitments to our shareholders. We ended the quarter with approximately $3.8

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2025

Finally, I'll finish my remarks by narrowing in on specific actions we're taking in the near term to drive improved profitability and enhance shareholder value in 2025. Please see our Terms and Conditions for additional details, including our Obligatory Capitalized Disclaimers of Liability. And we'll then open the line for Q&A.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 18, 2024

Last year, the Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research published data showing that dividend stocks averaged an annualized return of 9.18% over the past half-century (1973-2022). Companies that consistently pay a dividend to their shareholders are almost always profitable and time-tested. Image source: Getty Images. economy in 2024.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2025

billion in capital to shareholders due to dividend and share repurchases, lowering our leverage in line with our objectives and continuing our balanced capital allocation discipline. billion in capital to shareholders, including $1 billion of share repurchases. Third, we paid down $2.1 billion in debt and returned $1.6

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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

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As I mentioned during our last call, shareholders rightfully expect both short- and long-term results. Excluding live streaming revenue, gains in emerging brands over the past few quarters have largely been offsetting declines from the Evergreen brands as we illustrated in the shareholder letter. Turning to our outlook.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2024

First, it helps Airbnb fund operations and growth initiatives, like advertising, developing a more personalized app, and promoting hosting. The company reported $18 billion in current assets against $11 billion in current liabilities last quarter. Finally, Airbnb returns billions to shareholders in the form of stock buybacks.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Buffett alluded to the threat of a higher capital gains tax rate, which seemed to have faded since earlier this year, and selling Apple does help to clear the deck for Berkshire's tax liability. Shaw David Shaw is the billionaire behind the hedge fund D.E. The hedge fund still has nearly 10 million shares of Apple stock.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

billion of corporate cash used to self-fund loan originations. This achievement highlights our strong balance sheet and financial profile and paves the way to access a wider range of funding sources at a much more favorable cost of funds. Together, these assets represent a total of $9.8 billion of value on the balance sheet.

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