The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Dividend stocks may not offer the exciting return prospects of growth stocks, but when stock market volatility returns, it is always nice to have extra cash automatically deposited in your account. That is the value of holding shares of strong companies with a long record of paying dividends to shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 24, 2023

To be exempt from paying federal taxes, BDCs must return at least 90% of their income to shareholders in the form of dividends. Ares Capital has generated a lot of earnings to return in this manner: Its dividend yield currently tops 9.8%. Can Ares Capital sustain its dividend at such an ultra-high level?

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

As a business development company (BDC) , it must return at least 90% of earnings to shareholders as dividends to be exempt from federal income taxes. That's especially cheap for a company that has delivered an average return on invested capital of 12% over the last 10 years. for the S&P 500 energy sector.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 8, 2023

A high-growth restaurant John Ballard (Chipotle Mexican Grill): Chipotle has been a stellar performer for shareholders over the last decade. The stock returned 450%, beating the major indexes, as the company grew revenue and earnings at double-digit percentages on an annualized basis. billion-$4.25 billion-$4.25

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The Motley Fool

MAY 12, 2024

Also, many of the companies in this industry are structured as master limited partnerships, which makes each shareholder responsible for their portion of the partnership's taxable income. The business passes much of its cash flow to investors to cover their portion of taxes. Should you invest $1,000 in Enbridge right now?

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

At the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in May, Buffett signaled that his Apple sales are linked to locking in the current 21% capital gains tax rate, and not due to a loss of faith in the company. He expects the tax rate to go up, considering the current size of the federal deficit.

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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. I want to wish all of our team members and our shareholders a very happy holiday season, and I look forward to updating you on our fourth quarter results in the new year.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Stock Advisor service has more than quadrupled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*. In the third quarter, we recorded shareholders' net income of $739 million or $2.63 This is driven by a noncash after-tax net realized investment loss of $1 billion or $3.69 billion and pre-tax adjusted earnings grew 9% to $1.9

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

So, to examine this, investors can look at what each company is generating as a return on invested capital (ROIC). LOW Return on Invested Capital data by YCharts A high ROIC is excellent, but what a company pays for its capital, called the weighted average cost of capital, or WAAC , is just as important.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2025

Finally, I'll finish my remarks by narrowing in on specific actions we're taking in the near term to drive improved profitability and enhance shareholder value in 2025. I'll then shift focus to some of our key markets and our progress on new products. Then our CFO, Jeff Creech, will provide more details on our financials.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 18, 2024

Generating positive free cash flow (FCF) every year since the turn of the century, the stock has delivered total returns of 3,600% over that time -- or seven times the S&P 500 index's return. Should you invest $1,000 in MTY Food Group right now? is down 40% from its high.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This is money that could have otherwise been reinvested into Carnival's business or returned to shareholders. However, one goal may be even more important than all of these : reducing debt. On top of interest expense, the debt principal also has to be paid down -- with the sum ramping up from $1.8 billion in 2025 to a staggering $8.8

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In the quarter, pre-tax intangible asset amortization was $138 million including $86 million related to SRS. In the third quarter, our effective tax rate was 24.4%, compared to 23.3% During the third quarter, we invested approximately $820 million back into our business in the form of capital expenditures. per share.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 27, 2023

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) came in at $681 million, toward the high end of its guidance, and a significant improvement from a loss of $928 million in the quarter a year ago. billion in debt due by the end of 2025.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2024

However, as with other debt instruments, baby bonds are senior to a company's preferred shares and common stock and are paid before preferred and common shareholders in the event of a default. Tax Considerations -- It's important to consider the tax implications of baby bonds.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2024

We'd like to welcome all of our shareholders, analysts, and most importantly, our employees to Core Laboratories' second quarter 2024 earnings call. Chris will then give a detailed financial overview and have additional comments regarding shareholder value. Income tax expense and an effective tax rate of 20% and ex-items was $2.6

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2025

We do this through a combination of strategic M&A and substantial return of capital to our shareholders. In 2024, we returned $4.6 billion of capital to our shareholders through stock buybacks and dividends, including repurchasing $1 billion of shares in the fourth quarter. The adjusted tax rate was 10.9%

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

We are encouraged to see that this new user cohorts are purchasing bigger basket sizes than older cohorts, giving us better returns on investments and improving our unit economics. We had a net income tax expense of $93 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to net income tax expense of $62 million in the third quarter of 2023.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 25, 2023

Earnings season is here, and Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) shareholders have every right to be tense. The stock has been a big winner in 2023 -- up 77% year to date through Monday's close -- so it will need to justify that surge by delivering a blowout second-quarter performance. Roku has delivered on the earnings stage so far this year.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2023

Ideally, your nest egg will generate passive income, so you don't need to sell your investments to live off of them. Mature, profitable companies with long track records of paying shareholders, and also increasing the amount they pay yearly, can be a strong foundation for any retirement portfolio. Dividends can do this well.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 17, 2023

Carnival also proposes the formidable goal of attaining a 12% adjusted return on invested capital (ROIC), an extraordinary feat that involves more than doubling the 2023 adjusted ROIC by 2026, reaching an unprecedented level. billion in cash and equivalents to help keep operations afloat, Carnival shows no signs of sinking soon.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2023

However, with $62 billion of non-cancellable leases on its books -- and generating over $5 billion annually in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) -- the company should easily handle its debt obligations. In simplest terms, when a company's ROIC is higher than its WACC, shareholder value is created.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The board has decided those are the three things that are actually driving the most shareholder value. In the short term, we made some trade-offs, some strategic trade-offs that Hans and I feel very good about to drive shareholder value. But where does the value come for Verizon and its shareholders? billion in cash taxes.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2024

In addition, while we would expect to continue to operate in a volatile environment, our progress to date and our plans for the back half bolster our confidence to deliver on our long-term value creation algorithm, targeting attractive total shareholder return in 2025 and beyond. Now to summarize our expectations for 2024.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 7, 2024

The continued business growth and strong cash flow generation allowed us to deliver on our commitment to our shareholders. These actions demonstrate the confidence that the board and management have in the execution of our strategic priorities as we continue to focus on capital deployment to drive value for our shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

The company estimates it could generate an additional $300 million of annual adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) from this business in the coming years. So, with dividends reinvested, Enterprise Products stock generated nearly 42% returns for shareholders in the past five years.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

We have invested $71 million in capex in 2023, up 55%. We returned $178 million to shareholders in 2023, including share repurchases of $61 million, and we recently increased our quarterly dividend 9%. or 4 percentage point negative impact to EPS related to changes in global tax standards that went into effect January 1st.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 20, 2025

We continue to significantly reduce capital intensity while returning capital to shareholders. And including our dividend, we're on track to return $3.8 billion to shareholders in FY '25. billion, supporting strong free cash flow and shareholder returns. billion, our target for the full year.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

However, in doing so, our securitization excludes a portion of carrying costs and taxes, which leads to a one-time charge of $63.5 million net of tax. Our adjusted tax recovery was $8.1 million from the unfavorable tax adjustment we recorded last year associated with custom delays at our New Market Solar Project.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 26, 2024

With the tax cuts and things like that, it was a great environment for banks and the stock was going nowhere, so they had to do something. Things have trouble without a clear path to how are you going to grow and a clear path to growth isn't well, we're just going to get up to go back to being a good investment bank like we were.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 7, 2024

Thank you pricing hikes for Chipotle shareholders. For the smoke brisket, I personally don't eat beef, so I'm not as excited, but as a shareholder of Chipotle and a fan of Chipotle, I think it's fantastic. It's a lot like return on invested capital. Just assume it's all after tax. Revenue up 18%. I love that stuff.

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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 million.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 5, 2024

I know there's not just top-line growth, do I have to guess the effective tax rate for the companies I'm looking at five years from now? All you really needed to know was premier cash generating story of our generation and religious about returning that cash of shareholders. Here's our target return on invested capital.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2023

We'd like to welcome all of our shareholders, analysts, and most importantly, our employees to Core Laboratories second quarter 2023 earnings call. In addition, we'll review Core's strategies and the three financial tenets that the company employs to build long-term shareholder value. On a GAAP basis, we recorded a tax benefit of 7.3

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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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