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Beat the Dow Jones With This Cash-Gushing Dividend Stock

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WM Cash from Operations (TTM) data by YCharts Despite this ramped-up capex spending, Waste Management remains FCF positive, returning $283 million in dividends and $370 million in stock buybacks to its shareholders during the third quarter. ROIC shows that it is the best in its industry at reinvesting in its business.

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Want Safe Income? This Stock Raised Its Dividend in the Last 8 Recessions

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ITW Return on Invested Capital data by YCharts. The company has prudently acquired companies over the years (more than two dozen acquisitions), steadily increasing its return on invested capital (ROIC). TTM = trailing 12 months. Strong management sets the company apart from many of its peers.

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Best Stock to Buy Right Now: Home Depot vs. Lowe's

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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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A Bull Market Is Coming. 1 Growth Stock That Could Surge When the Economy Turns.

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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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3 Robinhood Stocks To Buy Right Now

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Looking ahead, management also gave new long-term guidance, calling for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) per available passenger berth day (ALBD/APBD) to increase by 50% by 2026, reaching its highest level in almost two decades.

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Roku Stock Has a Lot to Prove This Week

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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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Carnival Stock Is Getting Dumped Even After Record Bookings. Time To Buy?

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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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