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AUGUST 31, 2024

Buffett's reason for selling focuses on the favorable tax laws American corporations currently benefit from. He expects taxes to go up in the future. Since Berkshire's sitting on a substantial capital gain from its Apple investment, he decided to take some money off the table and pay taxes now instead of waiting until later.

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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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MAY 14, 2024

billion in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) and $1.2 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. It has posted an annual profit every year since 2010.

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

For decades, ADM has leveraged its enormous global asset base to originate, process, and transport agricultural commodities between over 190 countries. As a BDC, Hercules Capital can avoid income taxes by distributing at least 90% of profits to shareholders as a dividend. The stock offers a 3.4% annually since 2020.

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MARCH 3, 2024

In CEO Jack Dorsey's letter to shareholders, he said that the company would keep a cap on its number of employees at 12,000 "until we feel the growth of the business has meaningfully outpaced the growth of the company." In November, the company laid out plans to streamline its operations and become more efficient.

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JULY 28, 2023

billion and negative shareholder equity of $217.7 This ratio measures a company's financial leverage. You can calculate it by dividing the company's total debt by shareholder equity. DOCN shareholders equity (quarterly) data by YCharts. DOCN R&D to revenue (TTM) data by YCharts; TTM = trailing 12 months.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

He called her "an extraordinary manager" at Berkshire's 2023 Shareholder meeting in May. Shares currently trade for an enterprise value/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EV/ EBITDA ) multiple of just 5x. As a result, she sees oil climbing to $80 per barrel by the end of the year.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

It all starts with its master limited partnership structure, which is designed to pass income on to investors in a tax-advantaged manner. (A Moreover, its leverage is normally toward the low end of its peer group, so it is conservative on both an absolute and relative basis. A portion of the distribution is usually return of capital.)

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DECEMBER 1, 2024

That enables their shareholders to generate some extra income each year. AGNC Investments can boost its investment return by using leverage (borrowing money) to buy additional MBS. Energy Transfer Energy Transfer is a master limited partnership (MLP ), entities that send their investors a Schedule K-1 federal tax form each year.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

in net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). One of the especially alluring qualities of Newmont is its attention to rewarding shareholders. At the end of 2023's third quarter, Agnico had an investment-grade balance sheet and a conservative ratio of 0.36 The stock sells for about 11.2

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Meanwhile, the company said it was seeing selling, general, and administrative expenses (SG&A) leverage, as 40% of its order volume is now benefiting from automation. During the quarter, the company bought back $500 million worth of shares from its largest shareholder, BC Partners.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

The company noted that current leverage is at 3.1 times adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), but that it should go down to 2.3 Vertiv also has a significant amount of debt, which stood at around $3 billion at the end of last quarter, against just $275 million in cash. Probably not.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Since Hercules is a BDC, it's required to pay out 90% of its taxable income to shareholders each year in the form of a dividend. As such, shareholders have cheered the stock for quite some time. The company specializes in more complex transactions such as leveraged buyouts , for example. Enterprise Products Partners: 7.2%

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AUGUST 18, 2023

However, a crucial part of being an industrial conglomerate is using cash flow and financial leverage to acquire or internally develop new businesses. billion in net debt compared to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of about $9.5

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APRIL 4, 2024

Energy Transfer is structured as a master limited partnership (MLP), so investors will get a K-1 and have unique tax advantages (and obligations). Approximately 90% of Energy Transfer's 2024 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) is projected to come from fee-based activities.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

However, the deal was very large, requiring the company to take on material leverage. It was a smaller deal and should be easier to digest, but it also makes clear that Oxy's push today is about competing with energy industry giants and not returning cash to shareholders via dividends. distribution yield.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

As we have demonstrated many times before, we expect to generate leverage on these investments as we scale and OG&A will decline over time as a percentage of revenue. We generated $132 million of income before income taxes in Q3 and a $70 million of net income attributable to Coupang stockholders.

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MARCH 25, 2024

The company claimed it could deliver a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40%, taking revenue from $140 million in 2020 to $388 million in 2023 while expanding its gross margin from 30% to 50% and keeping its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margins in the high teens.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Basically, through thick and thin, the MLP has made sure that its shareholders receive a steady and growing quarterly disbursement. For example, its ratio of debt to EBITDA ( earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ) is generally among the lowest of its closest peer group. That isn't the only thing to consider.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

First, REITs are designed to pass income on to shareholders in a tax-advantaged fashion. Very often leverage is employed in an effort to enhance returns. Is there more to come as AGNC Investment's stock price bounces up against the $10 price level? What does AGNC Investment do?

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APRIL 24, 2024

Thanks to fast portfolio growth and impressive operating leverage, servicing income reached $273 million. Turning to Originations, our team did a great job generating $32 million in pre-tax income while continuing to be an industry leader in retention. On a year-over-year basis, the portfolio is up 33%. Good morning.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Its leveraged exposure to oil production has pushed down Occidental's share price to levels it hasn't seen since the beginning of 2022. In his 2023 letter to shareholders, he wrote: "No one knows what oil prices will do over the next month, year, or decade.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

The logic behind the spinoff was that it would unlock shareholder value and allow each company to more easily pursue mergers and acquisitions (M&A), allocate capital, and compensate employees as a pure play focused on one industry. billion in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ).

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JUNE 23, 2023

Perhaps even more encouraging for shareholders is Carnival's path to getting back toward profitability. In fact, management thinks that Carnival will produce adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of $4 billion (at the midpoint) this fiscal year. That's quite the turnaround from last year.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

It's been a tough past couple of years for Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) shareholders. We've seen plenty of highly touted, publicly traded companies end up imploding, punishing all-too-patient shareholders as a result. The stock soared during the early days of the pandemic, shortly after its initial public offering (IPO). Make no mistake.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Now that Sea's business is fully funding operations, shareholders don't have to worry about incremental financing to pay the bills, which could otherwise dilute shareholder value. for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). SE EPS diluted (quarterly) data by YCharts.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

Here are three reasons why the future looks bright for Kraft Heinz and its shareholders in 2024 and beyond. But management has brought leverage down to 2.9 times its net debt (total debt minus cash) versus its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ). Is it stubbornness? Is it perfect yet?

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

He wrote, "[We] believe [The Trade Desk] could rapidly scale its [operating system] ambitions via Roku's 85 million+ global streaming household footprint, while Roku could quickly leverage its first-party viewer data and expanding CTV inventory to match with growing advertiser demand."

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

And with ROIC ending 2024 at 11%, comfortably above our cost of capital, we are already delivering long-term value for our shareholders as we lay the foundation we'll build upon in 2025 and beyond. times net debt to EBITDA, closing in on our expectation to reach investment-grade leverage metrics in 2026. compared to the prior year.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Companies that pay dividends display a commitment to shareholders and tend to have prudent capital management. These companies get tax treatment similar to real estate investment trusts (REITs) that requires them to pay out 90% of all taxable income to shareholders through dividends or other distributions.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

With the new year comes new hopes for the future, a new tax year, and new opportunities to invest in the trends that will define our future. This buy has several very attractive aspects for Realty Income shareholders, not least that it's being paid for entirely in stock (as opposed to precious capital). 2024 is just getting started.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Selling stock dilutes shareholders and can lead to stock price weakness. Selling debt increases leverage, adds to operating expenses (specifically interest expense), and can lead to credit downgrades. But the stream only ate up 23% of the earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) of the mine.

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JULY 24, 2024

For example, in software, our broad suite of automation products like Apptio and watsonx Orchestrate are leveraging AI and we expect to do the same with HashiCorp once the acquisition is complete. The last 12 months of AI pilots has made it clear that sustained value from AI requires truly leveraging enterprise data.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It's leveraging its AI investments to grow two businesses at scale. Meanwhile, it's using the considerable cash flows it generates to buy back shares, boosting the value of future earnings to shareholders. While that's well above the average stock in the S&P 500 , Microsoft is worth the premium price.

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JULY 8, 2024

These deals are expected to be completed by the end of the year and will increase the Enbridge's exposure to natural gas utilities from 12% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to 22%. That's because the company is buying three regulated natural gas utilities from Dominion Energy.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

It's also worth noting that more than 100 banks and credit unions are now leveraging the company's AI-driven lending solutions. But there are reasons for current and prospective shareholders to be concerned. During Tesla's annual shareholder meeting in May, Musk made clear that his company's pricing strategy is based on demand.

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APRIL 16, 2024

billion after tax and EPS of $0.76. billion to shareholders this quarter and share repurchases and dividends. Shareholders' equity increased $1.9 billion from the fourth quarter earnings, as they were only partially offset by capital distributed to shareholders. I am starting on Slide 2 of the earnings presentation.

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