The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2024

Even as it faced macroeconomic headwinds and one-time tax liabilities over the last year, Microsoft continued to post sales growth and strong profits. For investors seeking AI growth stocks backed by dependable businesses and strong competitive moats, Microsoft continues to be a great play. Data source: Microsoft. Chart by author.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

They're all particularly sensitive to interest rates because they're required to pay out at least 90% of their taxable income as dividends in exchange for the ability to pass the tax liability on to shareholders. When the Fed signaled it would quit raising rates, REITs rallied.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2023

billion and negative shareholder equity of $217.7 You can calculate it by dividing the company's total debt by shareholder equity. When a company shows a negative D/E ratio, its liabilities exceed its assets -- a sign of potential problems. DOCN shareholders equity (quarterly) data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

In the second quarter, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) increased by 2.6%, while free cash flow of $4.6 Long plagued by a heavy burden of liabilities, AT&T is managing to deleverage with a decline in net debt supported by positive free cash flow. billion was up $0.4

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 17, 2024

Even worse, Grayscale didn't offer any redemption rights , so unlike with an ETF, even large institutional shareholders had no ability to exchange shares for the Bitcoin that the trust held. There were a couple of problems with Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, however. First, it carried a high expense ratio of 2% per year.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This requirement helps ensure that the portfolio consists of financially stable businesses with a proven commitment to shareholder returns. Over the prior 10-year period, the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF has delivered a total return (assuming dividends were reinvested and without accounting for tax liabilities) of 216%.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Companies that regularly dole out a dividend to their shareholders are often profitable on a recurring basis, time-tested, and capable of offering transparent, long-term growth guidance. Furthermore, any potential liabilities would likely be determined by the U.S. These results shouldn't be a surprise. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 3, 2024

While there are instances of companies conducting reverse-stock splits and going on to deliver big-time gains for their shareholders (e.g., Based on comments provided by CEO Elon Musk during the company's annual shareholder meeting in May, these price cuts were based solely on demand. a reverse stock split ).

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders tend to be profitable on a recurring basis and time-tested. The intimation is that the replacement of these cables, along with potential health-related liabilities, could be quite costly for telecom companies. court system, and that would likely be a long process.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2024

The company has done a masterful job of betting on its best brands and avoiding investing too heavily in new brands or making ineffective acquisitions -- choosing instead to pass along its profits to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. It is also one of the longest-tenured Dividend Kings, with 68 consecutive years of dividend raises.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In the quarter, we continue to execute against our strategy that is driving long-term growth and shareholder value. We're very pleased with Enact's operational strength's capital levels and consistent shareholder distributions. Our first priority is to create shareholder value through Enact's growing market value and returns.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2024

Adjusted SG&A expenses increased primarily from ongoing labor investments, higher incentive compensation, unfavorable general liability claim development, and depreciation, partially offset by leverage from additional sales from the extra week. Our adjusted effective tax rate was 23.1%, compared to 23.4%. million, compared to $1.4

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 18, 2024

On the liability side, current liabilities increased by NT$113 billion, mainly due to the increase of NT$140 billion in accrued liabilities and others, partially offset by the decrease of NT$44 billion in accounts payable. Also, in the second quarter, we will need to accrue the tax on the undistributed retained earnings.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 10, 2024

Buffett explained his rationale for that move during Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting -- citing that he believed changes to the tax code were on the horizon. Essentially, Buffett was looking to lock in some gains and avoid a higher tax liability should his prediction come to fruition. Image source: Getty Images.

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Buffett alluded to the threat of a higher capital gains tax rate, which seemed to have faded since earlier this year, and selling Apple does help to clear the deck for Berkshire's tax liability. Notably, Berkshire's keeping that money in Treasury bills rather than investing it in other stocks.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We generated $132 million of income before income taxes in Q3 and a $70 million of net income attributable to Coupang stockholders. Excluding Farfetch, net income attributable to Coupang shareholders was approximately $108 million for the quarter and diluted earnings per share was $0.06. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

We also maintained our disciplined approach to capital deployment, while continuing to invest in our businesses and returning excess capital to shareholders. We also maintain a well-diversified, high-quality portfolio and disciplined approach to asset liability management. Our pre-tax adjusted operating income was $1.6

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

APRIL 24, 2024

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. Now let's turn to Slide 10 and discuss originations where we reported pre-tax earnings of $32 million which came in slightly above guidance. Good morning.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The non-GAAP tax rate for the quarter was actually 20.1%, which is higher than my 19% guidance. Even as higher tax rate lowered EPS by $0.02, we still hit the high end of my constant currency guidance. Lastly, my EPS guidance for Q3 assumes a base tax rate of 19%. Absolutely, we did better.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 18, 2024

Don took great pride in the company's growth, profitability, and shareholder returns, which have been at the top of all public companies in America for the past decade. Our consolidated pre-tax income increased 1% to $1.8 billion on a 2% increase in revenues to $10 billion, with a pre-tax profit margin of 18.1%.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 18, 2024

includes significant tax credits within the period. That said, core pre-tax income of $108 million does not reflect what the company is capable of. Second, we have a liability-sensitive balance sheet heading into a falling rate environment. On liabilities, cost of funds increased 3 basis points quarter over quarter.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 20, 2024

This, together with our increased focus on capital allocation discipline, will further enhance shareholder value. Finally, with this high-quality revenue growth model, we have the resources to keep investing in our businesses while, at the same time, returning more capital to our shareholders. Starting with our financial performance.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 6, 2025

The result included a 264 million after-tax charge for litigation expense as a result of a verdict the company intends to appeal. Excluding an approximate 265 million after-tax charge related to the litigation accrual, adjusted earnings for the quarter totaled 88.5 million, or a loss of $1.54 per diluted share, on sales of 1.9

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I would suggest that the gauges measuring our total net investments, our underwriting and insurance earnings, our Markel Ventures earnings, and our recurring investment earnings would be the measurements that I, as your pilot and you as fellow shareholders should be monitoring. Net income to common shareholders was $2.2

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Very few public companies offer monthly dividends, and the ones that do are typically real estate investment trusts (REITs) because they are legally required to pay out 90% of their taxable earnings to shareholders. times its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) over the past few years.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

See 3 “Double Down” stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of November 4, 2024 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. We now carry an after-tax present value liability of $1.2

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Hopefully, you all have downloaded and read the shareholder letter. The shareholder letter provides a rich update on our strategic progress in the quarter. The shareholder letter and other earnings related materials are available on our website at investors.arm.com. Should you invest $1,000 in Arm Holdings right now?

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Pretax loss was $73,000 or breakeven as a percentage of net sales compared to last year's pre-tax loss of $1.5 Income tax benefit was $4,000 or 6.2% of pre-tax loss compared to a benefit of $0.3 of pre-tax loss last year. million or 0.9% of net sales. million or 23.2% million or $0.04 million to $8.7

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I continue to believe in this model, our future growth prospects, and our ability to deliver value and convenience for our customers, a positive experience for our employees, and long-term value for our shareholders. Our effective tax rate for the quarter was 21.3% With that, I now would like to turn the call over to Kelly.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

We'd like to welcome all of our shareholders, analysts, and most importantly, our employees to Core Laboratories third-quarter 2024 earnings call. Chris will then give a detailed financial overview and have additional comments regarding shareholder value. Lawrence Bruno -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Thanks, Danielle.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

And most importantly, we are aware of the awesome responsibility we have each and every day to serve our customers, associates, and shareholders. of EPS that wasn't in our June outlook, was related to general liability claims. was attributable to the general liability adjustment, while the remaining $0.08 Of that $0.38, $0.30

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The Motley Fool

JULY 24, 2024

billion of operating pre-tax income, and $2.43 Our 4% revenue growth at constant currency combined with greater than 200 basis points of operating pre-tax margin expansion drove 17% operating pre-tax income growth and 11% operating diluted earnings-per-share growth, highlighting our strong execution. billion in revenue, $2.8

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The process now is designed to expand the universe of interested parties and really look at the best path forward to leverage our strengths, monetize, non-core assets, and build out a more profitable and valuable business for our shareholders. million on a pre-tax basis. billion shareholder note.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 5, 2024

With his financial and operational expertise, I'm confident that Adrian will support our growth objectives to create sustainable value for our shareholders. As this will be my last earnings call with Yum China, I want to express my sincere gratitude to Joey, my colleagues and shareholders, and our analysts. billion to shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

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. And we have nothing in the forecast for these changes, for the tax. compared to the prior year. This was 0.6 Just so everybody knows.

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