The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The company is leveraging its massive global distribution system to meet consumer needs with products and packaging that suit each region, filling outlets with Coke-filled coolers, and finding innovative ways to keep costs down. Coca-Cola is in a great position as 2025 gets started.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

On the social media side of the equation, Meta sits in a lucrative position to leverage AI in such a way that helps it understand its user base on an even deeper level. If you've read my prior pieces about Palantir then you'll know that I am incredibly optimistic about the company's future and I fully intend to remain a shareholder.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We've increased our regular dividend rate 160%; and including both regular and special dividends, paid or committed to pay more than $13 billion directly to shareholders; and $3.2 billion of that free cash flow back to our shareholders through a mix of our regular dividend and opportunistic share repurchases. We generated $1.6

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2024

This strategy continues to pay big dividends for shareholders. With further improvements ahead, the company continues sending more cash to its shareholders. Sending more cash to shareholders Devon used some of its free cash flow to strengthen its already solid balance sheet. billion, putting its net leverage ratio at around 0.6

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The private equity firms aim to refinance or reprice Adevintas existing 4.5bn debt and may raise an additional 2bn, potentially for a shareholder dividend, according to sources familiar with the matter. The firms acquired Adevinta in 2023 in one of Europes largest leveraged buyouts backed by private credit.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

There's no additional acquisition costs for clients in our ecosystem, creating even more operating leverage. The ability to leverage technology is crucial to scale, drive profitable growth, and adapt to market shifts. Let's move to the third layer that powers our ecosystem and experience technology. Thanks, Ryan, for the question.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 11, 2025

The company's approach leverages its store base to fulfill 80% of online sales. The company declared a 10% increase in quarterly dividends and initiated a new $3 billion share repurchase program, underscoring its commitment to shareholder value. This strategy enhances customer convenience and operational efficiency.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

We will leverage our strong partnerships and continue collaborating with veterinarians to expand treatment adoption, shifting away from two decades of reliance on NSAIDs. For example, in September, we announced a strategic partnership with Danone to leverage Zoetis' genetic testing capabilities and promoting sustainable dairy production.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Trust in superior capital allocation Capital allocation in the oil space can be difficult because a company's survival is often prioritized over shareholder profits. How can we tell how good a company has done at investing shareholder wealth? Buffett likes companies that put shareholder interests first. of the company.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Alperovich has extensive experience advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a broad range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, minority and growth investments, joint ventures, carve-outs and divestitures, restructurings, SPACs and de-SPACs, and investments in general partners.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 22, 2024

A turnaround plan for the cloud computing business Alibaba was an early mover in the cloud migration trend, leveraging its vast network of businesses and customers to build its cloud computing business. Unlocking value for shareholders Alibaba has been buying back its shares in huge quantities over the last few years. It has spent $4.8

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2025

A five-year dividend growth rate above 6% signals both competitive strength and management's commitment to shareholders. Meanwhile, NextEra Energy Resources leverages its first-mover advantage in renewables to develop and operate an expanding portfolio of wind, solar, and battery-storage facilities across North America. The healthy 59.7%

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 19, 2025

Their leaders prioritize paying shareholders. The pharmaceutical giant leverages its diversified portfolio across multiple therapeutic areas and a global distribution network to generate consistent cash flow. Learn More Image source: Getty Images. They have advantages over competitors that help them stay profitable over the long term.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

We have a packed agenda lined up for the next three days, and we're excited to see our customers, partners, analysts, shareholders, and employees, all in person to share our passion for BI, AI, bitcoin, and innovation. billion in equity in a manner that we believe to be creative to existing shareholders. Equity issuances.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 21, 2024

A series of challenges, such as the crackdown by the Chinese government, slower growth, and a massive management shuffle, have left shareholders in confusion and disappointment. Alibaba aims to be the former group, leveraging AI to redefine its prospects. It also aims to leverage AI to help reach new heights.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

for the full year, strong levels of NII per share and DNII per share to fund our record level of annual shareholder dividends, and a new record for NAV per share for the 10th consecutive quarter. per share, representing an additional 41% paid to our shareholders in excess of our regular monthly dividends.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 2, 2024

At the risk of stating the obvious, this is a pre-stock split price; that piece of financial engineering is subject to shareholder approval in a vote to be taken at the company's June annual meeting. Like many recent changes in analyst evaluations, Palmer's modification came just after Chipotle unveiled quarterly results.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 17, 2024

MSTR data by YCharts MicroStrategy as a leveraged Bitcoin ETF Later in the same earnings call, co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor described MicroStrategy as a more flexible and ambitious version of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

During this time, I have connected with shareholders, customers and clients. The combination of these measures will ultimately deliver greater shareholder value. We're also leveraging AI to create a more intuitive workflow and faster turnaround times to reduce frustrations for our members and provider partners.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Match Group's continued focus on shareholder returns was evident in a robust stock repurchase strategy for 2024 that utilized 85% of its free cash for the year. Investors should monitor how the company leverages its diverse brand portfolio and handles competitive pressures in the evolving digital dating landscape. million to 14.6

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 29, 2024

Walmart's rebound Despite the stock's past struggles, Walmart has finally learned to leverage e-commerce to its advantage. Where that has left Walmart shareholders Unfortunately, these improvements have still left new investors with few reasons to buy. Unfortunately, these improvements may not make its stock a buy today. Here's why.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 1, 2024

Investing in the future while returning cash to shareholders Meta's massive step-up in share repurchases over the past three years is an indication of the strength of its operations and balance sheet. by simply integrating similar features into its app and leveraging its network effect. Image source: Getty Images.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

GFL plans to use approximately CAD3.75bn of the CAD6.2bn net proceeds from the sale to reduce its debt, aiming to bring its net leverage ratio down to 3.0x. The remaining funds, up to CAD2.25bn, are earmarked for opportunistic share repurchases, enhancing shareholder value.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2025

In addition to the opportunity to increase sales and ultimately realize further growth in the pOpshelf banner, we are also able to leverage learnings from this banner and apply them in our non-consumable categories in our Dollar General stores to further strengthen that offering for our DG customers. per share.

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The Motley Fool

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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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Supported by shareholder Commerzbank, the fund has made its first commitment of 50m to a 56 MW battery energy storage project in Germany, set to be operational by 2026. The funds launch underscores Aquila Capitals commitment to leveraging its expertise in clean energy to drive long-term value creation in the energy transition sector.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 19, 2024

reflecting our lower volume and lower average sales price leverage. It will receive recurring monthly option payments, which will be used to pay predictable dividends to shareholders, and will additionally receive initial deposits and proceeds from the sale of fully developed homesites. million shares for over $2 billion in cash.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Thiel remains one of the largest shareholders in Palantir, which has a market cap around $83 billion as of this writing. Co-founder and CEO Alex Karp points out that commercial customers grew from 14 to 295 over the past four years in his most recent letter to shareholders. Thiel has now exhausted the authorization through Dec.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 11, 2024

Adding an accelerant Brookfield Renewable and some partners (its parent, Brookfield Asset Management , and Singapore's state investment company Temasek) recently struck a deal to acquire a majority stake in Neoen from some of its largest shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 17, 2025

This reach is a key part of the company's allure as an investment, with its ability to leverage synergies supporting its market-leading advertising network. As long as the economic environment remains resilient, the company is well positioned to generate sustained profitable growth and reward shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

billion, achieving a leverage ratio of 2.9. With plans to enhance shareholder returns and focus on high-margin product growth, attention will be paid to its execution against these strategic commitments in the upcoming quarters. Despite these hurdles, Viatris reported a 26.1% Viatris made significant strides in reducing its debt by $3.7

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 27, 2024

Apple has the cash to step in and buy its stock, thereby reducing the share count and giving existing shareholders greater ownership of the company. Granted, it only yields 0.6%, but it's still a massive capital commitment for Apple to its shareholders. The dividend is an additional incentive to hold the stock through volatile periods.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2024

I also want to acknowledge the board of directors for providing a unique equity compensation structure that ensures my alignment with shareholder interest. Our board of directors has recently approved the resumption of our share repurchase program, leveraging our existing $50 million authorization.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 12, 2024

There's clearly something special about a company that can add significant shareholder value over a time period in which the price of its main product deteriorates. The company has demonstrated a strong ability to allocate shareholder capital, with impressive returns on capital employed that lead the oil majors.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 28, 2025

It aims to leverage its extensive distribution capabilities while enhancing technological processes in logistics to foster more efficient operations. During the quarter, Sysco returned approximately $803 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends, despite a decrease in free cash flow to $331 million.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Following my comments, Dave and Ryan will provide additional comments regarding our investment strategy, investment portfolio, financial results, capital structure and leverage, and our expectations for the fourth quarter, after which we'll be happy to take your questions. per share.

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