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APRIL 10, 2024

billion, and we delivered a return on invested capital of nearly 14%, putting Delta's returns in the top half of the S&P 500. billion in profit sharing to our employees and investing $1.1 Our leverage ratio improved to 2.9 So it looks like your leverage is getting to be in a pretty good place.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 9, 2023

And with me today are Sonos' CEO, Patrick Spence; and CFO and chief legal officer, Eddie Lazarus. Now, I will turn the call over to Eddie to provide more details on our results and our outlook, Eddie Lazarus -- Chief Legal and Financial Officer Thank you, Patrick. Eddie Lazarus -- Chief Legal and Financial Officer All right.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This spread was supported by $165 million of adjusted free cash flow available after dividend payments to fund investments. These spreads are based on our short-term nominal cost of capital that measures the year-one dilution from utilizing external capital and excess free cash flow on a leverage-neutral basis to fund our investment volume.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

We're working through the details of how we staff, train and incentivize our sales force, price our products leverage our distribution network and capture cross-sell opportunities, and we'll share those details as they evolve. We ended Q3 with a pretty hefty cash balance, our leverage ratios remain pretty attractive.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We are also leaning into live sports with an expanded NFL relationship and leveraging our popular commercials featuring Lowe's home team players trying their hands at DIY projects. Capital expenditures totaled $620 million in Q4 as we continue to invest in strategic initiatives to drive growth and profitability. Good morning.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

Our linear channels are deeply embedded in our direct-to-consumer strategy, as they continue to deliver high-quality content that reaches demographics not captured on streaming alone, allowing us to broaden our audiences and leverage our unmatched content engine across an expansive base. With a business with that profile, you invest in it.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 20, 2024

Regarding our Teleradiology services, we are leveraging our USARAD client based on a network of radiologists as a significant part of our U.S. million was mainly due to a decrease in our legal expenses in the amount of $1.6 We are optimistic we will move toward prototyping tubes in the second half of this year. deployment plan.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 23, 2024

This quarter, we announced over 30 new ads features and products to help advertisers leverage AI and keep pace with the evolving expectations of customers and users. Luxury jewelry retailer Tiffany leveraged Demand Gen during the holiday season and saw a 2.5% Let me briefly share two examples with you. The campaign drove a 5.6

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

We've designed our capital investment programs to ensure that we will continue to be the market leader in the years ahead. We believe our approach will enable us to grow faster in the long term, grow our share of EBITDA in the Macao market, and generate industry-leading returns on invested capital.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 20, 2024

We have very effectively leveraged our partnership with Messi to gain exposure to our new DIY loyalty program, MyLowe's Rewards. in the second quarter, down 19 basis points from last year due to continuing supply chain investments, partly offset by lower transportation costs and ongoing PPI initiatives. Gross margin was 33.5%

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Most notably, we're executing our 3x3 plan to leverage our risk capital and human capital structure and capability, embed the Aon client leadership model across the firm, and utilize Aon Business Services to set a new standard of innovation in client service. First question is about the Vesttoo legal settlement. Good morning.

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JULY 26, 2024

We're on track to fully deliver in line with guidance on all aspects of the combination through efficiencies, cost synergies, and free cash flow impact leveraging operational best practices from Aon business services. And fourth, bottom line growth. So everything is in the construct of that. Listen, we love this platform.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 21, 2024

And we continue to invest in pro growth, which includes expanding our capabilities to handle larger order delivery to the job site while also opening new Lowe's pro supply branches around the country. per share and repurchased 3 million shares for $743 million, returning $1.4 That customer still leverages the store for fill-in.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2023

In closing, our agreement with Marriott, ongoing investments into our operations and a fantastic sports entertainment backdrop in Las Vegas position us well to create operating leverage by growing our EBITDAR against our fixed rent escalators. This implies a creation multiple of 2.4

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Fortune Financial

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Once a client advances past the basics, then they can dive deeper into more complex investments such as hedge funds, private equity or leveraged credit. Common Alternative Investments. Farmland and crops have proven throughout history to be stable investments due to the consistent demand. Private Equity. Real Estate.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 21, 2024

And of course, we were pleased this month to welcome Amy Tu into the role of chief legal and compliance officer. Since the full chain rollout of this new tool, our team members have leveraged the technology more than 50,000 times, giving answers in a highly efficient average chat time of less than one minute.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 7, 2024

We are working to pivot our business toward a model that will streamline our operations, sell nonstrategic assets, improve the consistency of our earnings, increase EBITDA and dividends per share, reduce debt, right-size the balance sheet, and improve the return on invested capital.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2023

This new capability allows us to leverage our 1,700-plus store footprint to make those much needed last-minute deliveries to Pro job sites, saving them both time and money. And we also continue to leverage our penetration of rural stores to drive sales productivity. But the reality is we still have a lot of opportunity ahead.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

At the same time, we continue to expand margins through sales leverage and productivity and savings initiatives. We also had extraordinary legal expenses of approximately $800,000 in the fourth quarter. It allows us to optimize the restaurant, both from an efficiency standpoint but also from a return-on-investment standpoint.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 25, 2024

Revenue was at the higher end of our guidance, and we had strong EPS upside as a result of our ongoing relentless focus on driving operating leverage and expense management, including comfortably meeting our $3 billion cost savings commitment for fiscal year '23. 2023 was definitely a year when we did what we said we would do and more.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

These centers will drive operational and marketing excellence while leveraging the brand's scale, strengthening a competitive moat that has helped KFC grow successfully around the globe in 150 countries, an achievement that few global brands have ever accomplished. 1 grilled chicken sandwich by daily meal and the No.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Actual results could differ materially from our expectations, and we have no duty to provide updates unless legally required. Is a dividend in the works to at least provide some return on investment? And so, Robinhood Connect really leverages that and turns that into a powerful B2B product. This one is for Jason.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2024

By leveraging our digital assets, our suite of omnichannel offerings will enable us to grow our selection online as well as enhance the customer experience as we strive to deliver great brands at great prices for our customers regardless of how they choose to shop. Our second priority is reducing our leverage. versus 4.5%

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The Motley Fool

MAY 14, 2024

As we build out our own ecosystem, we can leverage their expertise in deep product catalog in the verticals in which they operate. That is why we continue to invest in our Pro sales teams and capabilities. What's really exciting is how we are also now leveraging Computer Vision for other applications across the store.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 30, 2024

Our guidance assumes, among other things, that we don't conclude any additional business acquisitions, restructurings or legal settlements. Our AWS customers are also quite excited about leveraging GenAI to change the customer experiences and businesses. And now I'll turn the call over to Andy. Worldwide operating income was $15.3

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

and foreign operations related to a legal entity restructuring implemented in anticipation of the IPO and separation. As Steph mentioned, we will take a disciplined approach to that M&A, balancing profitable growth with return on invested capital. The effective tax rate for 2023 was 24.3%, compared to 19.6%

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Our guidance assumes, among other things, that we don't conclude any additional business acquisitions, restructurings, or legal settlements. At the application or top layer, we're continuing to see strong adoption of Amazon Q, the most capable generative AI-powered assistant for software development and to leverage your own data.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 30, 2024

Overall, BCI’s investment is expected to generate a significant return on invested capital and a successful outcome for its pension plan and insurance fund clients, BCI stated. ABOUT BCI British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is amongst the largest institutional investors in Canada, with C$250.4

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In short, we believe these changes enhance our competitive position by elevating the value of our identity graph and further improving the effectiveness and return on investment for the ZMP for engagement. Second, we're leveraging our flywheel. First, we're taking share while growing efficiently. So it moves very, very quickly.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

We did this by leveraging our best-in-class cost finance team in merchants to effectively manage cost movements while also being our customer's advocate for value. Sales leveraging our digital platforms increased approximately 2% compared to the fourth quarter of last year. We also navigated a unique disinflationary environment.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

During the quarter, we leveraged these new capabilities to reduce operating expenses while enhancing the customer experience for both Pro and DIY customers at the same time. With these smaller format stores, we can leverage lower cost real estate and trade areas closest to our core customer without cannibalizing a nearby Lowe's store.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Pro is one of our biggest growth opportunities, and this organizational change will allow us to better serve them by leveraging our full ecosystem of expertise, product assortment, fulfillment, and operations. Sales leveraging our digital platforms increased approximately 5% compared to the third quarter of last year.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 6, 2024

Behind each of these drivers is the need to make AI more actionable with more relevant personalization, more impactful marketing programs and more measurable return on investment. We're seeing encouraging returns on investments across product development, sales, and marketing.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 9, 2023

Jeffrey Graves, president and chief executive officer; Michael Turner, executive vice president and chief financial officer; and Andrew Johnson, executive vice president, chief corporate development officer, and chief legal officer. The webcast portion of this call contains a slide presentation that we will refer to during the call.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Lastly, we made substantial progress on certain legacy compliance and legal matters, including resolving our Janssen settlement for which Emergent received a $50 million payment. The strong performance in the business coupled with our debt refinancing and reduction efforts, has lowered our net leverage to 3.3

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You know, people are comfortable, leverage builds. RIEDER: — to the investment grade market. If I get functionally, 90 percent, 85 percent to 90 percent return on investment grade, I can sleep a whole lot better at night. RITHOLTZ: It doesn’t look like it’s been massaged to death by legal.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Our data assets are unique, and we're excited about the potential to leverage them in new and impactful ways. Delivery speed and accuracy are obviously important, and we lack how we're leveraging our physical assets. Partially offsetting this, international expenses leveraged significantly on strong sales growth. In the U.S.,

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