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JANUARY 23, 2025

Collecting dividends While waiting for sales growth to pick up and the stock price to appreciate, PepsiCo's shareholders can confidently rely on dividend payments. Certainly, the payments have become an important way to reward shareholders, and its 76% payout ratio indicates they aren't in danger of getting cut.

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JANUARY 4, 2025

Shareholders of Palantir no doubt appreciated the company's performance in 2024, but investors are likely looking at the new year and asking themselves: Can Palantir keep up this momentum? Today, Palantir's market cap of $167 billion seems wildly out of line with what it can earn in the future, even in the most bullish of scenarios.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

They are also the company's largest shareholders, which means they have a direct stake in its long-term success. This will provide a further cash runway, but will also dilute existing shareholders. But before investors rush to join Uber and Nvidia as a Serve shareholder, they should carefully examine its valuation.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Buffett's famous axiom In Buffett's 1986 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, he wrote about two "super-contagious diseases" -- fear and greed. He even said in the letter to Berkshire shareholders, "[W]e have no idea-and never have had-whether the market is going to go up, down, or sideways in the near- or intermediate-term future."

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

See the 10 stocks An unmatched value proposition ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods showcased the strength of the company's portfolio and strategy when speaking on the fourth-quarter earnings conference call : We are creating unmatched value for our shareholders. For comparison, Chevron 's adjusted earnings were $18.3 billion.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In fact, even though it is a "growth stock" -- delivering total payment volume and revenue growth of 41% and 13%, respectively, in its last quarter -- the company has already started returning cash to shareholders.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Palantir Technologies is delivering a banner year for shareholders driven by exceptional growth and accelerating profitability. At the time of this writing, the stock has returned 285% year to date, amid market optimism that this artificial intelligence (AI) innovator is still in the early stages of a global expansion opportunity.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

billion in dividends to shareholders last year, boosting its total outlay to $93 billion since the start of 2010. This streak puts the company in the elite group of Dividend Kings , companies with 50 or more years of annual dividend increases. With that raise, Coca-Cola's dividend now yields 2.9%, more than double the S&P 500 's 1.3%

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DECEMBER 22, 2024

He has an innate ability to allocate capital into investments that generate outsize returns for his shareholders. As good as the Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway is at growing shareholder value, Brookfield Corporation (NYSE: BN) has been even better. That is a more than 25% compound annual return from today's share price.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 21, 2025

The company likely has the backing of its largest shareholder to do the right thing, even if the right thing takes some time. Thus, it has a vested interest in ensuring that Hershey is run in a conservative manner that ensures a reliable and growing dividend.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

These pricey shares are still easy to love The Trade Desk has a shareholder-friendly ability to deliver strong results in a weak economy. Still, the mere attempt to earn a market slice could work in The Trade Desk's favor while negotiating ad-spot rates.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

Billionaire Warren Buffett has always had a thing for companies that return capital to their shareholders. Passive income can compound into vast sums of wealth and make money productive as investors wait for a stock to appreciate. Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway owns several high-yielding stocks in its portfolio.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We've increased our regular dividend rate 160%; and including both regular and special dividends, paid or committed to pay more than $13 billion directly to shareholders; and $3.2 billion of that free cash flow back to our shareholders through a mix of our regular dividend and opportunistic share repurchases. We generated $1.6

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

In my view, shares of IBM within a diversified portfolio should continue to reward shareholders. IBM is likely the better stock for most investors to gain exposure to themes in operational AI and enterprise machine learning applications with a combination of good value and high-quality fundamentals.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

Nonetheless, founder James Watt remains a significant shareholder, and the company has yet to start a formal process. However, it is also considering New York. Private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners bought a 22% stake in BrewDog in 2017 for around 213m.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 10, 2025

Harvest Partners joined as a significant shareholder in 2020 after acquiring a stake from Vista and K1 Investment Management. Founded in 1999, Denver-based Granicus provides digital solutions that help federal, state, and local governments streamline services, improve transparency, and enhance citizen engagement.

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MARCH 19, 2025

I am incredibly excited about this acquisition, which enhances our footprint in some of the most bet-upon sports, including tennis, soccer, and basketball, and will deliver significant value to our clients, partners, and shareholders. Now that that is behind us, once the window opens up again, we will look to return capital to shareholders.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Shareholders' expectations are sky high. That said, Palantir is also a much larger and more profitable business. In the end, investors should be aware of the risk that comes with SoundHound's premium valuation. Meanwhile, many of its business relationships are rather new and still susceptible to disruption.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

In this instance, long-term shareholders should always want the management team to think about the next decade, as opposed to trying to hit some short-term financial targets. Knowing that Amazon can stop spending in order to boost earnings at any point, the market has given the company a pass. Most other businesses aren't so fortunate.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

It will reduce the need for additional financing in the future, or capital raises that dilute existing shareholders and negatively impact their returns. The company's pivot toward growing its bottom line will create a more sustainable business for the long term.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

At least shareholders are being rewarded It may only be guiding for modest revenue growth in the coming quarter, but eBay is guiding for much better growth for its earnings per share (EPS). It turns out that eBay is quite profitable and is rewarding shareholders -- $1 billion in Q4 alone between share repurchases and its dividend.

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JANUARY 5, 2025

And certain Wall Street experts see huge returns on the horizon for Nvidia and Tesla shareholders: Equity analyst Beth Kindig believes Nvidia could be a $10 trillion company by 2030. Sign Up For Free With that in mind, Citigroup analysts estimate humanoid robot sales will hit $14 billion by 2030, $1.1

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 19, 2025

T&D Holdings will become the largest shareholder, while Allianz will acquire a 25% stake. The deal marks a significant exit for the British buyout firm following heightened regulatory scrutiny of private equity ownership in the insurance sector. The transaction values Viridium at 3.5bn, including debt.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The demand, outlined in an open letter to shareholders, comes as HVPE struggles to bridge the gap between its share price and net asset value (NAV). Sharp emphasised the potential value unlocked if the discount were eliminated, stating it could generate £1.3bn for shareholders. Metage, which holds 0.9%

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

Dividend stocks reign supreme Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders are almost always profitable on a recurring basis, as well as time-tested. Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day. Sign Up For Free Image source: Getty Images.

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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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JANUARY 3, 2025

Prospective investors should look elsewhere, and current shareholders should consider trimming their positions. The company has yet to demonstrate it can monetize artificial intelligence, and its last major innovation that gained traction was AirPods in 2016. Should you invest $1,000 in Nvidia right now?

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Adding it all up, that's a 53% increase to the share count in less than one year, which dilutes shareholders. Put another way, let's suppose that a shareholder owned 10% of Serve Robotics back in June. Now that same shareholder only owns less than 7% of the company because there are so many more shares. million shares.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 10, 2025

If you're not a shareholder now, I'd only add a small position size (no more than 1%) to your portfolio if you believe in the business. This cheap price indicates skepticism from the market, and investors should heed that warning. If UiPath rebounds, you'll still make a solid profit.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

According to a recent press release, as part of the agreement, existing employee and director shareholders of Craigs will retain 50% ownership, forming a close partnership with TA Associates. The agreement is subject to several conditions, including Court approval, shareholder approval, and consent from the Overseas Investment Office (OIO).

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MARCH 17, 2025

Meanwhile, chip manufacturing can be quite capital-intensive, limiting the amount those companies can return to shareholders. per share, an increase of 15%, which will be made on June 12 to shareholders of record as of May 22. billion remaining on its already-existing program.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Executive chair Stefano Pessina would likely retain a significant shareholding as part of the deal, according to sources familiar with the matter. While initial plans involve taking Walgreens private as a whole, Sycamore intends to separate its three core businesses into independent units with distinct capital structures.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The online retail leader keeps winning for shareholders John Ballard (Amazon): Berkshire Hathaway has held a position in Amazon stock since 2019. Finally, Domino's Pizza trades at a reasonable price-to-earnings ratio of 29, making the stock an appealing buy for long-term investors.

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MARCH 6, 2025

It spun off a portion of its office portfolio to shareholders by creating office REIT Net Lease Office Properties. In a better position to grow long-term shareholder value W. While diversification has always been a key hallmark of the REIT, it has shifted its focus away from certain property types over the past couple of years.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

If the euphoria surrounding AI fades, Nvidia and its shareholders would, presumably, feel the pinch. The lesson is that all technologies take time to mature, and artificial intelligence is unlikely to be an exception. Should you invest $1,000 in Nvidia right now?

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Fuji Soft’s board responded by rejecting Bain’s proposal and approving KKR’s offer, which has the backing of activist shareholders 3D Investment Partners and Farallon Capital Management, collectively holding about 33% of the company. This is the most complicated piece of M&A in Japan,” remarked a banker involved in the deal.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 2, 2025

One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm focused on the industrial, healthcare, and technology sectors in North America and Europe, has completed a majority investment in industrial automation and robotics company Comau,making Stellantis an active minority shareholder.

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