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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

And just when investors hoped that a complete spin-off of Alibaba Cloud from the group would rekindle growth and unlock shareholder value, the parent company's recent decision to cancel the spin-off further confused investors. So, what's going on with the business? Let's explore that further. Image source: Getty Images.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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JANUARY 25, 2024

Filling them up, therefore, allows the company to leverage these high fixed costs and turn a higher profit. With its strong profitability, the cruise line rewarded shareholders with share repurchases and a high-yield dividend. Therefore, there's plenty of reason to be encouraged if you're a Carnival shareholder.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The "ultimate financial measure": F ree cash flow per share In his 2004 letter to Amazon shareholders, Jeff Bezos said (emphasis mine): Our ultimate financial measure, and the one we most want to drive over the long term, is free cash flow per share. Image source: Getty Images. How can investors use this metric?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

shareholders that "our favorite holding period is forever." Here's a look at what Buffett had to say about the oil stock in Berkshire's latest annual letter to shareholders, as he likened it to his company's stakes in Coca-Cola and American Express. In 1988, Warren Buffett famously wrote to Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)

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MARCH 20, 2024

It also raises questions for shareholders regarding the mechanics of a stock split and what it means to investors. The stock split will be subject to shareholder approval at Chipotle's annual meeting on June 6. The stock split will be subject to shareholder approval at Chipotle's annual meeting on June 6. Image source: Chipotle.

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MARCH 3, 2024

Not only do they provide passive income, but they can also produce above-average total returns as they grow their earnings and shareholder payouts. times leverage ratio. times leverage ratio its stable cash flow can support. Dividend stocks can be magnificent investments. MPLX ended last year with $1 billion in cash and a low 3.3

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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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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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MARCH 16, 2024

Apple prefers to return money to shareholders via stock buybacks rather than with dividends. Building an investment thesis There are three basic ways a company can reward its shareholders -- capital gains, dividends, and stock repurchases. It has delivered the trifecta for shareholders. Microsoft is in this elite category.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

The oil giant delivered industry-leading earnings, cash flow, and shareholder returns during the third quarter. Finally, Exxon plans to continue leveraging its growing scale to reduce costs. Exxon's monster plan to grow shareholder value Exxon plans to invest heavily into growing its best assets over the next several years.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

The company had to cut its distribution in half in the fall of 2020 after it had gotten over its skis with its debt and needed to reduce its leverage. The sell case for Energy Transfer While Energy Transfer has newfound discipline, that hasn't always been the case.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

This is an icy cold regulatory filing and not a warm Buffett note to shareholders or a chat with investors at the company's iconic annual shareholder meeting. The meandering top-line growth, leveraged balance sheet, and potential slow fade out of the satellite radio model can't be ignored. I guess I should speculate.

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JUNE 21, 2024

This move, while not directly affecting the value of shareholders' portfolios, opened the door to more investors who lack access to fractional shares and therefore couldn't afford the hefty share price before the split. The stock is up over 10% since the split. Broadcom currently has a ratio of 1.5. That's pretty high.

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MAY 12, 2024

One of them was the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to leverage PayPal's huge data trove and create more value for clients and expand its opportunities. He's made some important changes to the company's trajectory to boost profitability and create a clear and compelling growth story. So far, it's going well.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

PDD leverages its huge short-video user base to offer livestreaming e-commerce services, an area where Alibaba was the incumbent. To this end, Alibaba is embracing a low-cost strategy and leveraging its logistics arm (Cainiao) and artificial intelligence to provide a better e-commerce experience to consumers.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Leveraging its leading position in the graphics card space, Nvidia has since grown from its relatively small 1999 public offering to the $1.5 The company's been through ups and downs which would have shaken several of even the staunchest of shareholders out. The rest, as they say, is history. trillion powerhouse it is today.

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MARCH 19, 2024

The high-flying AI server specialist filed this morning to sell 2 million shares, diluting existing shareholders by approximately 3.6%. Leveraging its lofty stock price to strengthen its competitive advantage makes sense.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Microsoft is leveraging the old with the new. Five of the Magnificent Seven stocks pay a regular dividend to their shareholders When most investors think of the Magnificent Seven, they probably envision Wall Street's steadiest growth stocks. It has the balance sheet and capital to support a continuous payout to its shareholders.

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MAY 16, 2024

Dividends compensate patient shareholders for enduring the cyclicality of the oil patch. Operating a massive portfolio of green energy assets, Brookfield Renewable has demonstrated a strong commitment to rewarding shareholders, and its 4.8% The energy and utilities sectors are known for their high yields.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

This massive size gives the business negotiating leverage to acquire goods from suppliers at low per-unit costs, savings that are passed on to customers. More sales translates to better leverage versus suppliers, leading to ongoing savings for members. This creates a flywheel effect for Costco.

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MARCH 17, 2024

The threat of TikTok was largely responsible for Meta's sell-off in 2022, compounded by a broader tech sell-off and disgruntled shareholders who were tired of the company spending money on the metaverse and its unprofitable Reality Labs segment. However, Instagram's improvement has worked wonders for the company. Meta estimated it has over 3.1

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Two stocks that have rapidly increased their dividend payments to shareholders over the last half-decade, Visa (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) , have managed to outperform non-dividend payers in that time. So, each extra swipe practically puts more money in shareholders' pockets. And I mean that quite literally.

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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. Domino's has taken advantage of that by strategically using its balance sheet to return money to shareholders.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

In addition, the company's rapid pandemic-era growth was simply unsustainable, and it took a different approach that didn't resonate well with shareholders. 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.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

At their core, banks are essentially leveraged bets on a lending portfolio. Banks typically use debt, or leverage, to boost those returns. Both companies are able to squeeze more shareholder profit out of each dollar invested. Quite simply, the bank isn't able to squeeze as much profit out of its asset base.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

CFO Monish Patolawala noted in earnings calls that "volume gives us the best leverage." By leverage, he means the ability to grow margins as sales increase. Judging by the share price performance, none of these actions have worked, and they certainly haven't made money for shareholders over extended periods.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Palantir Technologies is delivering a banner year for shareholders driven by exceptional growth and accelerating profitability. The company's Pangiam digital identity brand leverages biometrics with real-time images and videos to automatically detect anomalies and secure against threats. computer vision leadership Where BigBear.ai

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MAY 14, 2024

The good news is that I saved some of the more potent aspects of the bullish argument for the end to justify at least holding Sirius XM if you are already a shareholder. Sirius XM is also starting to pay down its long-term debt since that bearish leverage peaked in 2022. There's the dividend, of course.

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