The Motley Fool

APRIL 11, 2025

BDCs use leverage to boost shareholder returns, which can magnify losses during tough economic times. One way to measure this is the debt-to-equity ratio, which compares the company's total liabilities to shareholder equity. How Ares Capital mitigates its risk Lending to middle-market companies can be a double-edged sword.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 9, 2024

To that end, we are leveraging the learnings from early service engagement to develop new tools to accelerate future modernization efforts. In addition, as previously announced, we are bringing search and vector service to our community and EA offerings, leveraging our run anywhere competitive advantage in the world of AI.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

On the institutional side, our continued leadership in pension risk transfer was reinforced through a second transaction with IBM, this time to reinsure $6 billion of pension liabilities. We also maintain a well-diversified, high-quality portfolio and disciplined approach to asset liability management.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 29, 2024

As disclosed earlier in the third quarter, First Solar also possesses a TOPCon patent portfolio through our acquisition of TetraSun in 2013, which we have begun to leverage as part of our ongoing efforts to develop the next generation of PV technologies. Have you fully remediated the backdrop here around the $50 million warranty liability?

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Enbridge also has a strong investment-grade balance sheet backed by a leverage ratio toward the low end of its target range. billion in the coming years to settle most of its claims, 3M has the cash flow and balance sheet strength to cover this liability. It aims to pay out 60% to 70% of its stable cash flow in dividends.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Our Q3 adjusted EBITDA results reflect a continuation of our strong gross margin performance, our disciplined approach to cost management, and the ongoing benefits of fixed cost leverage as we scale. Like, no relative leverage from the extra week. Third quarter advertising and marketing expense was 191.8 million or 6.7% of net sales.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In fact, our top four Contact Center deals in the quarter came from the channel, which speaks to our progress leveraging this amazing resource to extend our success across geographies and industries. You know, they can leverage more service from Zoom. billion share repurchase. I think a lot of, you know, monetization opportunities.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We expect continued year-over-year improvement in the fourth quarter as governed by sales performance given the leverage deleverage nature of service. SG&A leveraged by 640 basis points driven by the growth and gross profit and our continued expense efficiency actions. Brian Nagel -- Analyst It's on SG&A and the leverage.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 26, 2023

The company ended the first half with a net leverage ratio of 2.6 Add in earnings growth, and its leverage ratio should continue declining steadily. All of this assumes the company doesn't face any significant near-term liabilities from potential lead cable exposure. billion) and dividend payments ($5.5 times, down from 2.7

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Adapting to and leveraging new technologies has been in our DNA from the start, and generative AI is pushing the pace of technology innovation faster than ever. in the fourth quarter was up versus last year by about 320 basis points due primarily to leverage from adjusted fixed operating expenses and marketing expenses.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2023

That's not a promising situation for a company that ended its second quarter with only $233 million in cash and equivalents and $793 million in total liabilities. That stock offering won't increase its leverage, but it will cause significant dilution for a company with an enterprise value of only $1.4

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

who can leverage that access to optimize quality care, affordable pricing, and personalized service. As always, we are committed to managing these businesses as a closed system, leveraging their existing reserves and capital to cover future claims. This amount could increase over time with changes to liability assumptions.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 21, 2025

The brand is set to launch and begin delivery in April, leveraging NIO's [Inaudible] network for rapid market expansion. Foreign language] And regarding your question on the efficiency improvement and also the synergies can be leveraged between two brands. Can we see a little bit breakdown into a refreshed capex guidance this year?

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The remaining 50 basis points were driven by ROD leverage. SG&A as a percentage of net sales was 33.4%, leveraging 130 basis points versus last year's reported rate and 110 basis points versus last year's adjusted rate primarily due to lower advertising costs in the quarter. Now, let me turn to SG&A. SG&A was $1.3

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Most tax credits are only partially refundable or not refundable at all, so the EITC is particularly valuable because it could result in a multi-thousand-dollar refund for someone with no tax liability. On the other hand, the IRS says it plans to leverage technology to go after unpaid taxes from higher earners, as well as businesses.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

We're also leveraging AI to create a more intuitive workflow and faster turnaround times to reduce frustrations for our members and provider partners. Our leverage ratio at the end of the quarter was approximately 4.7 The net result of these transactions modestly reduced our leverage ratio. billion of outstanding debt principal.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2023

Takeda's low valuation reflects a handful of important risks, such as key patent headwinds for top-selling drugs like Vyvanse, along with the company's highly leveraged balance sheet. Large-cap pharma stocks, after all, trade at an average earnings multiple of 15.1.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2023

Among the problems that Ackman saw was an enormous amount of leverage. He said the company's liabilities-to-equity ratio was 139 to 1. Just a simple credit downgrade would be catastrophic with that much leverage. Running Gotham Partners Management at the time, he published a huge short report on MBIA in December 2002.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

There's no doubt that AT&T's dividend is safe with its leverage declining. If there were ever to be any health-related liability claims against the company, they'd almost certainly be settled in court. is slow, meaning any sort of financial liability for AT&T would be many years out. The judicial process in the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 24, 2024

Furthermore, from a risk management perspective, we view these credit investments as a prudent, natural hedge to the inherent rate exposure as we have on the liability side of our balance sheet. Realty Income made a total of $858.1 million in credit investments (real estate-backed loans and preferred equity investments) last year at an 8.7%

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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

APRIL 29, 2024

These capital market levers allow us to deploy intelligent leverage to increase our Bitcoin holdings in a manner which we believe has created shareholder value. Leverage provides the opportunity to generate higher returns if the price increases. billion in current market value, which are held at MacroStrategy.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 28, 2024

Not only does the $45 billion company enjoy significant operating leverage, but it also enjoys sales leverage with its consumer staples retailer partners. These details may not seem game-changing on the surface, and the company's massive size could even be viewed as a liability rather than an asset.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 8, 2024

This premier protection allows AGNC to prudently deploy leverage to its advantage. The other reason its shares have been weighed down relates to a July report from The Wall Street Journal that alleges legacy telecom companies may face steep health-related liability and cleanup costs tied to their use of lead-sheathed cables.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 18, 2024

It has over $99 billion in assets compared to around $71 billion in liabilities ( current and non-current) and its brand power allows it to exercise its pricing power to offset periods of stagnant volume growth. KO Dividend data by YCharts Coca-Cola's financial health is one of the more robust you'll find.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 6, 2024

This separation not only protects your personal assets from business liabilities, but can also offer potential tax benefits. Focus on leveraging free resources and reinvesting your earnings for growth. If so, it doesn't have to break the bank. Unlike a sole proprietorship, an LLC draws a legal line between you and your business.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Nor is it likely that the cost of borrowing money will drop so much that it'll have the option of taking out new cheap debt to pay off its liabilities with higher interest rates. Billions in assets would need to be sold with the goal of reaching total de-leveraging and resetting its fortunes.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 9, 2024

The company is leveraging cutting-edge generative AI technology in Copilot to automate and manage diverse business tasks. The company is also investing in innovative solutions for risk management, fraud detection and prevention, and tokenization -- which are helping minimize liability for e-commerce merchants.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

PetSmart, Petco, and Tractor Supply 's Petsense all enjoyed the advantage of not only already being established brands at the time, but were able to leverage and combine their brick-and-mortar businesses with their online ones established in the meantime. It seems crazy on the surface.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

life insurance companies to continue to operate as a closed system, leveraging existing reserves and capital to cover future claims and other obligations. This was driven by a liability remeasurement loss from actual to expected experience, partially offset by favorable cash flow assumption updates related to IFA approval amounts.

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 20, 2024

a huge increase in post-closing indemnification claims for breach of the no undisclosed liabilities seller representation [8] ). He leverages his extensive expertise and SRSAcquiom proprietary data to produce resourceful content regularly utilized by market practitioners. Lessons were and continue to be learned.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

On top of that, Verizon has more leverage than its closest competitors, which puts it at a spending disadvantage. It followed that up with a $6 billion settlement over product liability regarding earplugs it sold to the U.S. So capital spending is important and likely to remain elevated for the foreseeable future.

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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. And we continue to maintain very strong liquidity and a conservative leverage profile, which we believe is important in the current economic environment. Net asset value, or NAV -- or NAV, increased by $0.77 per share or 2.6%

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The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2023

This ratio measures a company's financial leverage. When a company shows a negative D/E ratio, its liabilities exceed its assets -- a sign of potential problems. Why the stock scares off some investors The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio of DigitalOcean is a negative 675% due to total debt of $1.47

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2025

Please note that today's discussion will contain forward-looking statements relating to the company's future performance, which are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability as established by the U.S. Please see our Terms and Conditions for additional details, including our Obligatory Capitalized Disclaimers of Liability.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2025

For 3D Systems, we leverage our unmatched application engineering expertise and depth and breadth of technology and our global footprint to focus on strategic industries such as the ones shown on this slide. Please see our Terms and Conditions for additional details, including our Obligatory Capitalized Disclaimers of Liability.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2024

Adjusted gross margin improvement was driven primarily by lower freight costs, occupancy cost leverage from the extra week, and higher vendor allowances, partially offset by product costs inflation, unfavorable sales mix, and elevated shrink. per share negative impact, primarily from unfavorable general liability insurance claims.

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