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We expect to see continued benefit of our operating leverage as we grow revenue sustainably with a strong belief that BetMGM is on its way to achieving the $500 million annual EBITDA we've talked about in the future. How concerned are you about more states looking to raise Digital or land-based taxes? That changes the dynamic.
Our AI-powered solutions leverage the vast amount of proprietary enterprise data generated by 500 billion transactions per day processed by our zero trust exchange. We will continue to leverage our data and combine it with new agent based technologies to rapidly expand our AI portfolio. compares to 80.7% in the year-ago quarter.
And we continue to improve our capital efficiency by leveraging technology and innovation across both our foundational and emerging assets. For 2025, we anticipate a 50% increase in Utica activity as we continue to leverage consistent operations to achieve additional economies of scale. price realizations of $76.95
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times net leverage ratio on a comparable basis in the third quarter, still slightly below our three times target. Comparable effective tax rate was 16.3% compared to 18% for the corresponding quarter last year, and we continue to expect our full-year comparable tax rate to be approximately 18.5%. We maintained a 2.9 and $13.80.
billion after tax and EPS of $0.76. By leveraging our technology and continuous investment in that technology and putting customers at the center of everything we do, we have successfully deepened our relationships and expanded our customer base across all our businesses. I am starting on Slide 2 of the earnings presentation.
reflecting our lower volume and lower average sales price leverage. In summary, the strength of our balance sheet, strong liquidity, and low leverage provides us with significant confidence and financial flexibility as we move into 2025. We expect our Q1 tax rate to be approximately 24.5% per share for the quarter.
Our adjusted effective tax rate was 23.8%, compared to 21.8%, reflecting lower workers' opportunity tax credits in the current year. Our bank-defined leverage at quarter-end stood at approximately 2.4 Yes, we leverage third party. And what is the long-term SG&A leverage opportunity as the 3.0 rollout matures?
Learn more *Stock Advisor returns as of February 24, 2025 Consistent with previous reporting practices, adjusted production numbers cited in today's call are adjusted to exclude noncontrolling interest in Egypt and Egypt tax barrels. deferred tax benefit related to the write-off of APA's investment in our U.K.
Work is underway to edit our assortment, leverage our scale, and deliver newness and trend-right high-quality product at an amazing value, while at the same time improving your store experience and optimizing our cost structure. We expect a full effective tax rate for 2024 of approximately 25%. versus last year's third quarter.
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