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MAY 5, 2024

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is making a move it has long avoided -- initiating a dividend. The stock will now pay shareholders $0.80 However, most companies with the largest market caps are now tech companies, and most tech stocks have followed the lead of mature companies in other industries and offered a payout.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 19, 2024

Since the company's initial public offering ( IPO ) in 1999, the stock has risen nearly 300,000%! When combining that with previous splits, even Nvidia's smallest shareholders would own a significant position today. One can't compile a list of history's most successful stocks without including Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Let's explore what the next 12 months could have in store for the company and its shareholders. A very premature business Part of the reason SPAC-related companies have tended to underperform is their relative lack of maturity compared to businesses that hit the market through traditional initial public offerings ( IPOs ).

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 31, 2024

From the company's initial public offering (IPO) in 2005 through 2021, Omega Flex produced total returns more than six times higher than those of the S&P 500 index. Consider when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005. if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $731,449 !*

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The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2024

An investment of just $1,000 at the time of Home Depot's initial public offering (IPO) in 1981 would now be worth $17.5 Some 47 years later, he's still a shareholder. But there is a way to see if top executives are getting paid even if shareholders aren't. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

billion from its initial public offering (IPO). Initially, the ride-hailing business planned on selling about 30.8 Shareholders lost money Three years ago, you could've bought the company's shares at about $48, or 33% less than the IPO price. The company sold 32.5 million shares at $72, raising about $2.3

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 9, 2024

He's known for investing in companies with the goal of unlocking value for himself and other shareholders. But it has also invested in a portfolio of five stocks, in which it owns only part of the public companies. And, as a large shareholder, he pushes for those changes. Should you invest in Southwest Gas, too?

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The Motley Fool

JULY 2, 2023

Here are three stocks that will be worth adding to your portfolio even when the market takes its next downturn. There are times when these companies make their shareholders feel like geniuses, and other times when owning them can feel like a mistake. Walmart has been a market-beating stock over its lifetime as a public company.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 27, 2024

Somewhat surprisingly, history says Nvidia shareholders could make more money in the second half of 2024, even after triple-digit gains in the first half of the year. History says Nvidia could continue soaring in the second half of 2024 Nvidia became a public company in 1999. Read on to learn more. Not one currently recommends selling.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 19, 2024

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) went public in 1919, and since that time, the stock has split quite a few times. So, let's take a look at the history and what it would mean for an original Coca-Cola shareholder. There has been a total of 11 stock splits throughout the company's 105-year publicly traded history.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

Cathie Wood is struggling to get the balance right in her growth stock portfolios. Wood offers up the daily transactions across her half-dozen exchange-traded funds. Ibotta became a broken initial public offering (IPO) at the end of May after disappointing the market with its first financial update as a public company.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 12, 2024

BROS and SBUX Price to CFO Per Share (TTM) data by YCharts As cheap as its valuations may be, however, Dutch Bros needs to be monitored for continued shareholder dilution. Simply put, the company is famous for issuing new shares to fund its growth -- more than doubling its outstanding shares since its initial public offering in 2021.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2023

With the stock still trading below where it did shortly after its late 2020 initial public offering, Upstart looks like an attractive buy to many growth-minded investors. The company's stock is still down sharply from its highs above $300 per share in 2021.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

Well, investors don't need to wait for an initial public offering (IPO). As it turns out, you can already invest in Squishmallows because the brand sneakily went public years ago. But Berkshire Hathaway shareholders do have advantages over those who are invested in index funds. economy grows long-term.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

You may recall that a few years ago many companies took an nontraditional route to going public. Special purpose acquisition companies ( SPAC s) -- more colloquially referred to as "blank check companies" -- became a popular method of pursuing an initial public offering. Should you invest in Archer stock at $3?

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

And they're far above the initial public offering (IPO) price from December 2021. If Nu's growth prospects, profitability, and valuation all aren't enough to convince investors that the stock is a smart buy, then consider that Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway has been a shareholder since the IPO almost three years ago.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 4, 2024

Annaly's value is effectively based on its portfolio of mortgage securities. Add in the use of leverage, often backed by the mortgage securities in the portfolio, and all of the risks at play here can get amplified during rough times. It's pretty openly telling shareholders what they should be focusing on: total return.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

When it launched its initial public offering (IPO) in 2021, Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) was one of the most valuable automakers in the world. The company may turn to debt issuance and equity dilution to obtain cash, which could chip away at shareholder value over the long term.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

billion portfolio held debt and equity positions in 505 businesses as of Dec. It's a proven, wealth-building formula, one that's delivered market-beating returns of 13% annually to shareholders since Ares' initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. The BDC leader's $22.9

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JUNE 17, 2024

A $1,000 investment in its 1981 initial public offering ( IPO) is worth nearly $29 million in total stock returns. Even if one does not earn their original investment back in dividends every quarter, the payout may make the stock too lucrative to sell for many shareholders. HD Total Return Level data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 31, 2024

The company recently initiated its first stock split in its history, splitting shares 10-for-1. Still, the 9,200% growth in the stock price since its 2009 initial public offering (IPO) likely justified such a split. The stock-split stock to buy The stock-split stock in AI to buy right now is Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO).

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 26, 2024

MKTX Revenue (TTM) data by YCharts Despite this nearly 10-fold revenue increase since its initial public offering (IPO), the company has seen its share of the U.S. One culprit leading to this market share loss has been the rise of portfolio trading in the U.S. corporate bond and Eurobond markets decline in recent years.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 21, 2024

Since their initial public offering in 1981, the shares have generated a monster total return of 2,973,000%. Home Depot has manageable debt levels, and it's consistently profitable to the point that it's able to return billions in cash each year to its shareholders in the form of dividends and buybacks.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 11, 2024

This top-retail stock has generated a total return, including dividends, of 2,786,000% since its initial public offering (IPO) in September of 1981. What's more, Home Depot hasn't shied away from returning copious amounts of cash to shareholders. But individual businesses have fared significantly better.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 26, 2024

It has grown sales 117-fold since its initial public offering (IPO) in 1993 and would have made a millionaire out of any investor who bought and held $2,500 worth of stock for the next three decades. Investors might be thinking they have missed their opportunity to take part in this multibagger's incredible run.

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AUGUST 4, 2024

Innovation pays off Companies that turn their shareholders into millionaires don't do so overnight. The company was formed in 2013, had its initial public offering (IPO) in 2016, and last year, earned approval for Casgevy, a gene-editing treatment for two blood-related disorders: sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 5, 2024

Let's look at an example from each category -- Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) -- and see why each could help you build a millionaire-maker portfolio. As with any great stock, becoming part of a millionaire-maker portfolio depends how much you invest and how long you wait. Should you invest $1,000 in Amazon right now?

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The Motley Fool

JULY 16, 2024

Let's examine whether a position in HubSpot can pay off for its shareholders. HubSpot offers an inbound marketing tool for small and medium-size businesses. The stock is up more than 1,400% since its 2015 initial public offering, and despite more recent struggles, it has outperformed the S&P 500 over the last five years.

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MAY 6, 2024

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. It will have plenty of room to pay back its debt and tax receivable agreements, further generating value for shareholders.

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APRIL 25, 2024

After really disappointing shareholders during the period after its initial public offering in May 2019, this transportation-as-a-service stock has been crushing it more recently, up a phenomenal 120% in the past year alone. Is now the right time to buy Uber?

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AUGUST 17, 2024

And yet the stock has dropped roughly 75% from its initial public offering (IPO). And related to this problem, Unity continues to dilute shareholders with stock-based compensation, while it routinely delivers steep net losses. billion in full-year revenue for its strategic portfolio, which is a 2% to 3% decline from 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

After debuting via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2018, the company's shares were more or less flat for its first two years of existence. And that's why Spotify is making its shareholders very happy. Granted, on a longer time scale, it's more of a mixed story for Spotify. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic happened.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Investors seem to be endlessly fascinated by what's in Warren Buffett's portfolio at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). While nobody should purchase a stock simply because Buffett owns it, Berkshire's portfolio can be a great place to look for ideas. You typically don't see him trading frequently in and out of stocks.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

based company held its initial public offering (IPO) in mid-September 2023. 31, 2023, is its second quarterly report released as a public company, but just its first report that covers an entire period in which it was publicly traded. As background, the U.K.-based So, its fiscal Q3 2024 report, for the period ended Dec.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

They own and operate income-producing properties and are required to pay out at least 90% of their taxable income to shareholders. But Agree has been around much longer, and since going public in 1994 has generated a total return of about 2,500% compared with about 1,600% for the big index. That growth, and a portfolio that's 99.7%

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JULY 23, 2024

Vici's casino focus has paid off Vici held its initial public offering (IPO) in early 2018. Vici has rewarded shareholders as it has expanded with a steadily increasing dividend. But diversification is the right move for Vici and its shareholders. It has largely grown via the acquisition of casino assets.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 22, 2023

While flashy growth stocks attract much-deserved attention, relatively unexciting real estate investment trusts (REITs) also deserve a spot in a nicely balanced portfolio. REITs are income-producing properties whose operators are obliged to pay 90% of their taxable income to shareholders. of the current rent roll, respectively.

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