The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As a reminder, in the prior year, we recognized $441 million of pre-tax transaction costs associated with the sale of the Canadian retail business. The effective tax rate was 23.8% in line with prior-year adjusted effective tax rate. And lastly, we delivered a return on invested capital above 36% for the year.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 23, 2024

billion, up 14%, with the increase driven primarily by content acquisition costs, followed by depreciation, as well as the impact of the Canadian Digital Services Tax, which was applied retroactively. The largest single factor in the year-on-year decline in G&A expenses was lower charges related to legal matters.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 26, 2024

Adjusted EPS grew 6% in Q2 and 7% year-to-date, reflecting double-digit adjusted operating income growth and ongoing share buyback, partially offset by higher interest expense, the issuance of 19 million shares to fund the acquisition of NFP and a higher tax rate. And then my follow-up question, the tax rate in the quarter went to above 22%.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 2, 2023

The performance in the quarter included a favorable timing impact from a discrete tax item. As a reminder, the timing of discrete tax items is difficult to predict, and therefore, we do not provide quarterly effective tax rate guidance. Our effective tax rate guidance for the full year remains unchanged.

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Hedgestone

JULY 10, 2023

It’s a crucial step in the buying and selling of businesses, and it’s also necessary for tax purposes, financial reporting, and legal matters. The capitalization rate is determined by dividing the expected rate of return on investment by the risk-free rate of return.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 21, 2023

Requires being sufficiently knowledgeable about taxes, insurance, retirement accounts, social security, estate planning, cost-savings, all kinds of stuff. How's your tax situation got to change and so on. The return on investment for hiring a financial professional get that second opinion might be smaller.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Operating income grew 10% but was offset by a headwind from a higher tax rate in the quarter and nonoperating expense. For the full year, cash from operations increased $216 million year over year, or 7%, reflecting double-digit operating income growth and overall working capital optimization, partially offset by higher cash tax payments.

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Fortune Financial

MAY 4, 2023

It gives investors exposure to many key players and could be a useful way to invest in the market without having to conduct analysis on individuals, according to Bankrate. 3D Printing Has Immediate Impacts On Supply Chain Overall, investing in 3D printing can be a smart move for those interested in technology and innovation.

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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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Fortune Financial

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Farmland and crops have proven throughout history to be stable investments due to the consistent demand. Here are just a few potential benefits to investing in farmland: Potential for above-average return on investment. The information contained herein is based on current tax laws, which may change in the future.

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Ballast Advisors

AUGUST 23, 2023

One smart approach is to treat college choices like any other business decision — by considering the potential return on investment (ROI). does not provide investment, tax, legal, or retirement advice or recommendations. A Georgetown University analysis of public data from the U.S.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The main difference between the three options is t he level of the participant’s involvement to the investment of the contributions and collective risk sharing by using a reserve in the event of disappointing returns on investments. 30% tax - The tax limitation will no longer be on pension accruals, but on the contributions.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 21, 2024

of sales, down 137 basis points versus last year's adjusted SG&A, driven by sales deleverage, as well as the cycling of a favorable legal settlement. The effective tax rate was 23.7%, largely in line with last year's adjusted effective tax rate. per share and repurchased 3 million shares for $743 million, returning $1.4

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Hedgestone

JULY 10, 2023

It’s important to conduct thorough due diligence to ensure that the business you’re interested in is a good investment. It’s important to conduct thorough due diligence, evaluate the business’s potential, secure financing, and negotiate the deal to ensure that you’re making a sound investment.

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Hedgestone

JULY 3, 2023

In contrast, a restaurant with significant liabilities, such as outstanding debts or legal liabilities, is likely to be less valuable. You will also need to review the restaurant’s tax returns and other financial records to gain a complete understanding of its financial performance over the past several years.

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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? We're working hard to make great improvements to our tax law and P&L tracking this year and we hope you will like them.

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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. So now I want to end my commentary on the quarter by covering our after-tax return on invested capital, which is an important measure of the quality of both our financial results and our capital investments.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 20, 2024

In the quarter, we recognized a pre-tax gain of $43 million on deferred consideration associated with the 2022 sale of our Canadian retail business. of sales delevered 87 basis points due to sales deleverage, as well as the cycling of a favorable legal settlement. declined 114 basis points, and the adjusted effective tax rate of 24.2%

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The effective tax rate for 2023 was 24.3%, compared to 19.6% 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.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 12, 2024

But again, that's all in the optionality going forward and how we'll choose it but getting back to the actual legal basis on which we can manage this, I'll pass it to Graham. And the second question I had on tax. You recognize the 137 million tax adjustment around proposed settlements in Chile? There's definitely a way to do it.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

You wouldn’t be surprised to learn the tax consequences of owning a mutual fund is a part of it. Tremendous track record, unusual background comes from computer science and software and, and pivoted into quantitative investing. Yes, to pool clients and GMO’s always been an advocate of pooled investing.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 25, 2024

This also meaningfully extends the production life of our installed capacity and improves our returns on investments, similar to the announcement last quarter of our Tower Semiconductor partnership at the 65-nanometer node with our New Mexico site. with a tax rate of 13% and EPS of $0.13. Now, turning to Q1 guidance.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

of EPS growth was driven by last year's high tax comp, along with benefits from net interest and a lower share count. billion in the quarter, driven by strong income generation and positive working capital flows while continuing to invest capital to support growth and sustainability. We have a strong return on investment in the spaces.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2023

Please note that it also includes the benefit of a one-time legal settlement. The effective tax rate was 24.6%, in line with the prior year. SG&A of 16.4% of sales delevered 16 basis points, largely due to lower sales related to the shift in our fiscal calendar. Operating margin rate of 15.6% Inventory ended the quarter at 17.4

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The Motley Fool

MAY 14, 2024

The increase was primarily driven by a benefit from a legal settlement that we are overlapping from the first quarter of fiscal 2023 as well as deleverage from our top-line results. In the first quarter, our effective tax rate was 22.6%, compared to 24.2% Our effective tax rate is targeted at approximately 24.5%.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2024

We expect a 2-percentage-point increase in our effective tax rate relative to 2023 to be back at our typical rate of 27%. to $2.05, again weighed upon modestly by the accounting method change as well as the anticipated increase in our effective tax rate relative to 2023. They have continued to drive a strong return on investment.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The effective tax rate was 24.6%, in line with prior-year adjusted effective tax rate. Capital expenditures totaled 579 million as we continue to invest in our strategic priorities within our total home strategy. billion, capital expenditures of up to 2 billion, and an adjusted effective income tax rate of approximately 25%.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In the fourth quarter and for fiscal 2023, our effective tax rate was 24%. And finally, during fiscal 2023, we returned approximately $8 billion to our shareholders in the form of share repurchases, including $1.5 Our effective tax rate is targeted at approximately 24.5%. and, for the year, was approximately 14.2%.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2023

We made a number of significant decisions and identified the programs we want to prioritize and others where we assess the challenges resulted in a low probability-adjusted return on investment and thus were promptly modified or discontinued. and EU sometime later in 2023.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

I'd like to start by congratulating Erica Burkhardt, who was recently promoted to chief legal officer and corporate secretary for Yum! Our ex special tax rate was higher year-over-year at 24%, translating to a $0.09 Erica is a seasoned and respected leader throughout Yum!, who has been with the company for over 20 years.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In the third quarter, our effective tax rate was 23.3%, down from 24.4% billion in dividends to our shareholders, and we returned approximately $1.5 Computed on the average of beginning and ending long-term debt and equity for the trailing 12 months, return on invested capital was approximately 38.7%, down from 43.3%

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 10, 2025

We reported a December quarter pre-tax profit of $1.6 billion of pre-tax income, representing nearly 50% of the industry's profitability. Our return on invested capital of 13% is in the upper half of the S&P 500 and double the rest of the industry. per share, and a return on invested capital of 13%.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

“Despite significant declines in global equity and fixed income markets during our fiscal year, our investment portfolio remained resilient, delivering stable returns while outperforming major indexes.” The positive fiscal-year results reflect returns on investments in infrastructure and certain U.S. and the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2024

We are planning a higher tax rate as we do not expect the same amount of R&D credits as well as the benefit of some other one-time items that helped lower the rate in 2023. So, as you think about -- you think about 2024 and opex, we're going to -- we've kept a similar run rate for legal, not the fourth quarter run rate but the full year.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The increase of about $50 million from our prior guidance relates to continued progress on the development of our sustainability growth investments. Additionally, we continue to expect $145 million of investment tax credits in 2024 from our renewable natural gas projects. Your line is open. Thanks, and good morning.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

How, 00:15:40 [Speaker Changed] How hard is it to show those audited returns? The, it’s not even return on investment, here’s our $50 billion. I mean, which to be fair, they have, they were the victims of one of the biggest tax ever. The, the point of the series is this was legal.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

AIMCo’s chief people, culture and engagement officer, chief legal officer and chief of staff were also dismissed on Nov. 7, and its chief investment officer left in September after less than two years in the role. 30 this year.

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