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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

They often have very high dividend payout ratios and leverage ratios , which puts them at a higher risk of needing to cut their dividends if they run into financial trouble. leverage ratio, well below the 4.0 leverage ratio its stable cash flows can support. in the coming years. Here's a look at what fuels that view.

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Put simply, Occidental has a lot of leveraged upside in a rising-price environment. Just as Occidental has leveraged upside in a rising-price environment, it also has leveraged downside in a falling-price environment.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

In this category, I would include the new leveraged and inverse Bitcoin ETFs that give investors the opportunity to make even bigger bets on the future direction of Bitcoin. For example, the new leveraged and inverse ETFs track daily moves in Bitcoin, and not long-term moves in Bitcoin.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

Furthermore, the company is on pace to reach its leverage ratio target of around 2.5 The investment bank believes the company will see improved revenue in the future and could potentially start buying back its shares, given the improvement in its leverage ratio. Is AT&T a buy after last month's surge?

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leverage ratio , well below its 20% to 25% target range. Given Chevron's low-leverage balance sheet, it will likely continue returning the bulk of its excess cash to shareholders. Even with those additional debt-funded returns, Chevron ended the period with an 11.9%

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Leverage decreased modestly for the quarter to 7.2 One of the reasons why we ended the quarter last quarter with our leverage still very low at 7.2% I think we were well positioned from a leverage perspective. So I don't anticipate us having to do anything on the leverage side. for the quarter, comprised of $0.36

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

The mortgage REIT can boost its returns by using leverage (i.e., While it's a higher-risk dividend stock due to the REIT's use of leverage, it could continue providing a very rewarding income stream as long as conditions don't take an unexpected turn for the worse. borrowing money) to buy more MBSes. right now?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The REIT also has a strong investment-grade balance sheet with a low leverage ratio. times at the end of the second quarter, leverage was below its target range in the mid-to-high 5s. That gives it a decent cushion while enabling the REIT to retain some cash to help fund new investments.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

The company currently boasts an investment-grade credit rating backed by a leverage ratio toward the low end of its 4.5-5.0 It expects leverage to fall as it captures the full benefits of its utility acquisitions. times target range.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

He also had to face a global pandemic, and he restructured the company to leverage its unmatched distribution network as efficiently as possible. CEO James Quincey came on board in 2018 when sales were slowing down, and it looked like the company might be losing ground. That creates higher sales for Coca-Cola at more profitable levels.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The company continues to see a ton of operating leverage in its business as sales climb, with gross margin for the quarter improving to 77.5% At the same time, it has seen a ton of operating leverage in its business, being able to realize tremendous growth while not increasing its sales and marketing spend and improving its gross margin.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

After leveraging its balance sheet to acquire CrownRock -- a shale producer with assets in the Permian Basin -- the company is set to make around $260 million in additional cash flow for every $1 increase in oil prices. If you're bullish, few investment options are superior to Occidental, given its direct leverage to rising prices.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

And when it comes to healthcare stocks, Wood goes for those that may revolutionize patients' lives, from her top holding Twist Bioscience -- a maker of DNA products -- to Recursion Pharmaceuticals -- a company that aims to "industrialize" drug discovery by leveraging hardware, software, and data.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The company is essentially seeking to bring artificial general intelligence to the healthcare world and is leveraging Nvidia's Avatar Cloud Engine to do it. By contrast, Eli Lilly has identified a specific opportunity to pursue and is leveraging AI to find solutions. billion by 2028.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Rising oil prices can also benefit leveraged companies. Therefore, the lowest-quality, highest-leveraged E&Ps benefit the most from rising oil prices. But when oil prices rise, it can make less-efficient operators more profitable. Some E&Ps choose to take on a lot of debt to compound returns during expansion periods.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

As it scales, Palantir is exhibiting tremendous operating leverage. And while the company is showing strong earnings growth as it leverages its fixed costs with more commercial customers, that valuation makes it extremely risky to own. It can also help develop applications using enterprise data sets.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

To top it all off, Chevron has an elite balance sheet with very low leverage. Although the deal made Oxy, once again, more leveraged, it could pay off as long as oil prices remain around current levels. In addition to paying a boatload of dividends, Chevron generates plenty of capital to reinvest in the business and repurchase stock.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

In under two years, we have paid down over $8 billion of debt off our peak and significantly reduced interest expense, which, coupled with our improving EBITDA, has improved our leverage metrics tremendously. times net debt to EBITDA, closing in on our expectation to reach investment-grade leverage metrics in 2026. We achieved a 4.3

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

Here's how these two elite REITs stack up against each other: Monthly Dividend Stock Dividend Yield Dividend Payout Ratio Leverage Ratio 2024 AFFO Growth Rate (Midpoint) Price-to-AFFO NNN REIT 5.4% NNN REIT has a slightly lower dividend payout ratio and leverage ratio. Realty Income 5.6% Data source: Realty Income and NNN REIT.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

That would be low for any company, but importantly gives management the leeway to take on leverage to fund the business (and the dividend) during energy industry downturns. But that's just par for the course in the energy industry, noting that Chevron added a little leverage so it could keep the business running as usual.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

Leveraging the balance sheet to drive investment returns A franchise network of thousands of pizzerias creates durable cash flows. Management has been aggressive with this strategy, borrowing enough to leverage the business to between 4 and 6 times its EBITDA throughout the past decade.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Chriss has been leveraging this experience to turn things around at PayPal as he tries to reignite the business and attract more businesses and customers to the payment platform. The company has a slew of consumer spending data and wants to leverage that data to better connect customers with merchants and convert more sales.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

The company has a conservative balance sheet with low leverage, minimal near-term debt maturities, and ample liquidity. Its leverage ratio is currently around 4.76, which is within its 4.0-5.0 Omega Healthcare is in a solid position to continue growing in the future. target range.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

Even better, the long-term potential for operating leverage remains high even as its AI chips business scales and it builds its recurring revenue enterprise software business. And with improved operating leverage, it should produce the earnings growth needed to justify its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Meta leverages AI throughout its business to help customers improve the quality of their content creation, make content faster, optimize its search algorithm to keep users engaged, and more. Broadcom leverages its intellectual property portfolio to create these custom ASIC AI accelerators.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

By creating cbBTC, Coinbase lets users leverage their Bitcoin in DeFi while keeping the original Bitcoin fully backed. However, with the introduction of cbBTC, Bitcoin holders can now leverage their assets within DeFi easily. However, that might be changing as Coinbase has introduced a new Bitcoin-equivalent token: cbBTC.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

And third, you need some leverage, a reason for the creditor to say yes. The best leverage you can have is a legitimate threat of filing bankruptcy, because, with all unsecured debts, creditors get zero on the dollar. You may need to use home equity, or a special type of personal loan called a hardship loan to create this fund.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Amazon's trusted brand means a lot to both merchants and customers, and Amazon is leveraging that trust and brand to generate higher sales. It's also combining this effort with its advertising business, which is its fastest-growing segment.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

While corporations may not fully cancel their existing contracts with their other software vendors, business leaders might have more leverage at the negotiating table when it's time to renew their deals since AI was not part of the picture when many of those initial deals were signed.

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OCTOBER 5, 2024

Like Amazon, MercadoLibre is leveraging its extensive e-commerce platform for media and advertising with strong results. Home Depot stock might not look like a bargain right now, trading at a price-to-earnings ratio of 27, but there's a lot of leverage in its business model. It has the No.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Another impressive quarter for Palantir Referring to its artificial intelligence platform (AIP), Palantir's chief revenue officer Ryan Taylor said on the company's earnings call , "In this winner-take-all AI economy, the divide is widening between those who are leveraging AIP and those who are not."

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

The new collaboration will enable Enbridge to leverage AI powered by Microsoft Azure machine learning across its operations. Embracing the future should pay dividends for Enbridge Enbridge is working with Microsoft to leverage the power of AI to improve safety, cut emissions, and reduce costs.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

billion, using primarily leverage and equity. In 2020, everything changed when now-Executive Chairman Michael Saylor decided to purchase $250 million of Bitcoin, making MicroStrategy the first publicly traded company to do so. The company had excess cash but faced slowing revenue growth. The bet has paid off so far, as MicroStrategy's $15.9

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

Moreover, its leverage is normally toward the low end of its peer group, so it is conservative on both an absolute and relative basis. That supports management's view that Oneok will be able to grow its dividend by 3% to 4% annually during that period while also repurchasing shares and reducing its leverage ratio. times over.

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DECEMBER 13, 2024

It isn't a leap to suggest that future members of the $3 trillion club will earn their admission into this elite fraternity by leveraging AI. However, the company is leveraging advances in generative AI to take that to the next level. What members of this tenacious trio have in common is that they're all on the cutting edge of AI.

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

The consistent growth of the company's social media platform, ongoing strength in digital advertising, and brilliant strategy for leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) should combine to help Meta take its place in this exclusive society. Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 23, 2024

Margins benefited from leverage from higher sales. Cava continues to expand its footprint as well: It added 18 restaurants to bring its grand total to 341, up 22% from a year ago. The company also showed off strong margin improvement as its restaurant-level profit margin improved to 26.5% from 26.1% in the quarter a year ago. million to $34.3

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