The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 21, 2023

We are working to pivot our business toward a model that will streamline our operations, sell nonstrategic assets, improve the consistency of our earnings, increase EBITDA and dividends per share, reduce debt, rightsize the balance sheet, and improve the return on invested capital. million on pre-tax income of $13.4

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The Motley Fool

JULY 23, 2024

billion, up 14%, with the increase driven primarily by content acquisition costs, followed by depreciation, as well as the impact of the Canadian Digital Services Tax, which was applied retroactively. And how are we thinking about the return on invested capital with this AI capex cycle? Other cost of revenues was $22.1

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2024

For taxes, the second-quarter adjusted effective tax rate was 25.7%. Regarding other income and expenses, in the quarter, we incurred a noncash after-tax charge of $337 million to adjust the carrying value of long-lived assets related to the Dr.Ci:Labo business. We're always with an eye on the strong return on investment.

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Hedgestone

JULY 10, 2023

It’s a crucial step in the buying and selling of businesses, and it’s also necessary for tax purposes, financial reporting, and legal matters. The Asset Approach: This approach looks at the company’s assets and liabilities to determine its value. Each of these approaches has its strengths and weaknesses.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For taxes, our fourth quarter adjusted effective tax rate was 15.8%. The decrease versus prior year is primarily the result of tax law changes that negatively impacted 2022, the release of tax reserves, mostly due to statue of limitations expiring and benefits from effective tax planning. billion for the year.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

For taxes, the first quarter adjusted effective tax rate was 28.3%. For the full year, we continue to expect an adjusted effective tax rate of 25.5% which reflects changes in tax laws, as well as tax-optimization strategies that the company intends to pursue. Adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.28.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 6, 2024

Gains from investment activity in the first quarter were approximately $0.75 after-tax lower contribution compared to last year. Now, let me talk about other platform investments, affectionately known as OPI. billion and recorded a pre-tax and after-tax gain of $415 million and $311 million, respectively.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 12, 2024

Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue has declined from 2023 due to higher cash interest expense from debt related to the VMware acquisition and higher cash taxes due to a higher mix of U.S. billion withholding taxes due on vesting of employee equity, resulting in the elimination of 1.2 We spent 132 million on capital expenditures.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

billion in cash taxes. In the Fios footprint, it's obvious we will go for it when it makes sense for us, both from a return on investment. So if my base case is that the tax regime remains the same. Cash tax is going up. And then cash taxes, as you mentioned, they're up this year. Thanks, Hans.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2024

Today's discussion may contain forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements about our strategies and business plans, as well as our belief, expectation, and guidance about our business prospects such as the future growth of our business, revenue, take rate, profitability and return on investments, and share repurchases.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 24, 2024

billion from the release of valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets. Accordingly, starting with Q1, our book tax rate will now be more in line with other companies in the S&P 500. And the last investor question is from Siddharth: What are the preliminary results on return on investment of your ads and education campaign?

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The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2023

While we aggressively pursue growth opportunities, the company will remain focused on its three long-standing, long-term financial tenants, those being to maximize free cash flow, maximize return on invested capital, and returning excess free cash to our shareholders. On a GAAP basis, we recorded a tax benefit of 7.3

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Hedgestone

JULY 3, 2023

The Asset-Based Approach The asset-based approach is based on the premise that the value of a restaurant business is equal to the value of its assets minus its liabilities. To use the asset-based approach, you will need to obtain an accurate valuation of the restaurant’s assets and liabilities.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 20, 2023

Turning to taxes. As can be expected, there are several unique items impacting our second-quarter effective tax rate with our IPO in May. On a reported basis, our tax rate is approximately 32.7%. And on an adjusted basis, our Q2 effective tax rate is 30%. Moving to taxes. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 10, 2024

And following the Fitch upgrade in July, our balance sheet now has two investment-grade ratings and our dividend yield is in line with the S&P 500. Across much of the industry, there has been an accelerated pace of change and we are encouraged by the actions the industry is taking to improve profitability and returns.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 23, 2024

due to higher tax payments, cycling working capital benefits from the prior year and higher capital expenditures. This may include pre-funding upcoming payments related to the IRS tax case and the Fairlife contingent consideration. With respect to our IRS tax case, which we continue to vigorously defend. Good morning.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 28, 2024

GAAP and non-GAAP other income and expenses are expected to be about $350 million, including gains and losses from nonaffiliated investments and publicly held equity securities. GAAP and non-GAAP tax rates are expected to be 17%, plus or minus 1%, excluding any discrete items. That's a tremendous return on investment.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 6, 2024

I would now like to turn the presentation over to your host for today's conference, Julie Kerekes, senior managing director of global tax and investor relations. Julie Kerekes -- Treasurer and Senior Managing Director of Global Tax and Investor Relations Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Please proceed, Ms. a year ago.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 12, 2024

You made a comment when you were talking about the Fourmile vend-in that as long as a joint venture meets a return on invested capital, did you mean the Fourmile meeting the return on invested capital, or the joint venture itself, the whole Nevada Gold Mines? And the second question I had on tax. Anita again.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2024

Rack stores that were opened last year are performing well delivering a solid return on investment while attracting new customers. Income tax expense of $42 million or 25.7% of pre-tax earnings, was higher than the 17.2% Last year's second quarter income tax benefited from the favorable resolution of certain tax matters.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We delivered these results while investing almost $800 million to sustain productivity and accelerate our organic growth initiatives in our highly profitable core businesses. After-tax return on invested capital is expected to remain firmly at 30%-plus, and we expect strong free cash flows again, with conversion greater than net income.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

trillion in assets, are likely bidding up the paper to hedge for growing liabilities, strategists at Citigroup Inc. The bank says liabilities of the ten biggest pension funds have a weighted average duration of around 18 years, so the hedging activity will impact swaps and cash bonds on the 20- and 30-year segment in particular.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 26, 2024

Adjusted EPS grew 6% in Q2 and 7% year-to-date, reflecting double-digit adjusted operating income growth and ongoing share buyback, partially offset by higher interest expense, the issuance of 19 million shares to fund the acquisition of NFP and a higher tax rate. And then my follow-up question, the tax rate in the quarter went to above 22%.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 11, 2024

Earlier this morning, we reported our June quarter results, posting pre-tax earnings of $2 billion, or $2.36 With strong cash generation, we continue to progress our balance sheet back toward investment-grade metrics and announced a 50% increase to our quarterly dividend. We appreciate you joining us today. over last year.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We continue to make progress on the remaining leases and expect to have entered settlement agreements with landlords for substantially all remaining lease liabilities by the end of the year. million expense related to the remeasurement of the company's tax receivable agreement; $4.5 The company has paid approximately $16.1

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

In the second quarter, we once again delivered exceptional results, demonstrating the strength of our category-defining brand, our clear leadership position in Mediterranean, our powerful unit economic engine and the return on investments we continue to make in our business and our people. The Motley Fool recommends Cava Group.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

In the factory, we're beginning to see early returns on investments in production, including robotics, our patented automated mold polishing process, and machine perception in our quality verification process. We currently estimate a non-GAAP effective tax rate of 24%, plus or minus 50 basis points in the second quarter.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 20, 2024

As a result, returns on our acquisition marketing investments remain elevated. We remain on pace to sustain a time to return on investment, or TROI, of four to five months. I think one other dynamic you guys mentioned was just maybe the tax rate going up. So, I don't think that it will have any impact.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 2, 2023

The performance in the quarter included a favorable timing impact from a discrete tax item. As a reminder, the timing of discrete tax items is difficult to predict, and therefore, we do not provide quarterly effective tax rate guidance. Our effective tax rate guidance for the full year remains unchanged. to $27.35.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2024

operating margin and pre-tax income of $5.2 We generated free cash flow of $2 billion while investing 5.3 Return on invested capital was 13.4%, a 5-point improvement from 2022. per share and pre-tax income of 5.2 Return on invested capital improved to 13.4%, up 5 points over 2022. We delivered an 11.6%

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 8, 2024

million, producing a core margin of 16.2%, and an annualized return on invested capital of 14.9%. Results, this quarter include net after-tax charges of 16.4 CMC's effective tax rate for the quarter was 21.6% Excluding the impact of nonoperational items, which Paul will cover in detail, adjusted earnings were 192.7

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The Motley Fool

JULY 24, 2024

was from favorable FX and timing of discrete tax planning benefits within the year and $0.11 Our Q2 net interest expense was $59 million, which is $89 million lower than Q2 2023 due to high cash and investment balances. Our adjusted tax rate in the quarter was 10%. We continue to expect adjusted income tax rate will be 10.5%

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 20, 2024

Returning to our third quarter results, CMC's reported net earnings of 119.4 and a trailing EBITDA return on invested capital of 11.3%. million on an after-tax basis. On a pre-tax basis and excluding depreciation, mill operational commissioning costs were 11.8 CMC's effective tax rate was 25.5%

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 10, 2024

Earlier this morning, we reported our March quarter results, posting pre-tax earnings of $380 million or $0.45 billion, and we delivered a return on invested capital of nearly 14%, putting Delta's returns in the top half of the S&P 500. per share, a $0.20 Free cash flow was $1.4 Fuel efficiency was 1.9%

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 4, 2024

Both of these Q1 wins were assisted by our inventory rebuilds and targeted product categories, combined with our buy team's continued focus on making wise inventory investments, maximizing markup, while also providing incredible values for our customers. However, we posted positive comps in each month of the quarter.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

of EPS growth was driven by last year's high tax comp, along with benefits from net interest and a lower share count. billion in the quarter, driven by strong income generation and positive working capital flows while continuing to invest capital to support growth and sustainability. to earnings. The remaining $0.16 Turning to cash.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 25, 2024

I think at the end of the day when you're talking about a company that is that large that has that much valuation per person, you have to go to brass tax and say, a huge amount is being expected of in Nvidia. Cracker Barrel needs to leverage their brand before it becomes a liability. Ricky Mulvey: Well, it is. What say you?

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