The Motley Fool

MAY 20, 2024

With a higher sales volume, Tesla would have the economies of scale to reduce its unit-production cost, giving it even more leverage to lower its selling price further. It will need enormous capital and solid execution to reach that target. While it's early days, there are signs that this strategy is gaining steam. in 2022 to 9.2%

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This was done because management had to choose between paying the dividend or putting money to work in capital investment projects that would grow the company. KMI Financial Debt to EBITDA (TTM) data by YCharts That said, a part of the problem was Kinder Morgan's more aggressive use of leverage than its peers'.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2023

The main factor holding back dividend growth in recent years has been the company's heavy investments to expand its midstream systems. While those investments grew its earnings, its leverage ratio also increased. Leverage has fallen from 4.6 Stomping on the gas Oneok has increased capital investments in recent years.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

One very big reason is leverage. With limited revenue, cruise lines had to raise capital to cover the costs they still had to pay. That's a shocking increase and suggests that Carnival's balance sheet is highly leveraged. Royal Caribbean's leverage was coming down more quickly, having peaked at around 8 times.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 7, 2024

That allows it to raise capital at lower rates and better terms than financially weaker rivals. Capitalizing on its cost of capital advantage Enterprise Products Partners took care of its 2024 funding needs early. It will use the rest to help fund growth capital investments while maintaining a strong liquidity profile. (It

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Mohammed Alardhi, Executive Chairman of Investcorp, said: “This is a key strategic project for Investcorp, demonstrating our commitment to diversifying our portfolio into investments with both solid fundamentals and a strong role to play in climate solutions.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Investors are no longer quite as positive about funding capital investments in the midstream sector despite the still vital nature of the services it provides to the global economy. The end goal was for Enterprise to replace its use of issuing equity with internal cash flow to fund more of its own capital investment projects.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 9, 2024

Josh Scott of BetaKit reports C DPQ invests $136 million CAD into AppDirect lending program for tech advisors: Canadian-founded, San Francisco-based AppDirect has secured $136 million CAD ($100 million USD) from existing investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to expand its AppDirect Capital program.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Annaly Capital Management: 14.81% yield One surefire way to receive more than triple the yield of long-term Treasury bonds is to purchase shares of mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY). This leverage allows Annaly to maximize its profit potential and sustain a double-digit yield.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Temel and the new team will advise private equity clients in transactions such as leveraged buyouts, recapitalisations, as well as structured preferred and growth equity investments. In his new role, Temel will serve as a founding member of the firm’s new Boston office.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The oil and gas company has a two-pronged strategy to drive that earnings growth: cost savings and capital investments. It's pursuing several opportunities to reduce costs, including leveraging its growing scale to capture additional cost savings and modernizing its information technology systems.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Operating a telecommunications business requires a huge amount of capital investment. Verizon's leverage, however, is higher than that of its two main competitors. Verizon's leverage has fallen dramatically over the past decade, so it is moving in the right direction on this front.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 1, 2023

While many may search for the next big winner, searching for well-established companies that could leverage AI to the next level may be a better strategy. Amazon is well-positioned to leverage AI to greater heights Most investors recognize Amazon's leadership in the e-commerce and cloud-computing industries.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 20, 2024

That's important because during energy downturns Chevron takes on leverage so that it can continue to support its business and its dividend. More customers means more revenue and more opportunity for regulator-approved capital investments. A look Chevron's balance sheet shows that its debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12 dividend yield.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 2, 2023

Rithm Capital (NYSE: RITM) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Aug 02, 2023 , 8:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, and welcome to the Rithm Capital second quarter 2023 earnings conference call. and Rithm Capital wasn't one of them! Image source: The Motley Fool.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Avoiding the need to tap the capital markets The most prominent benefit for miners from working with Wheaton, or peers like Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD) and Franco-Nevada (NYSE: FNV) , is that they don't have to sell stock or issue debt. The payment it made covered around 78% of the capital investment Vale was making in the Salobo mine.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2023

While it can be tempting to invest in young EV companies hoping to grow into industry giants, that's a risky proposition. It's capital-intensive and prone to severe downturns. Notably, GM is leveraging the benefits of its Ultium platform to launch a second-generation Chevrolet Bolt. The auto business is hard.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 22, 2023

That's enough to cover its growing dividend ($3 billion) and growth in capital spending ($1.5 The company further backs its payout with a solid investment-grade balance sheet. While its leverage ratio of 5.2 While its leverage ratio of 5.2 billion to build additional international cell towers and expand its U.S.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This is a case of a utility getting even more boring, since regulated utilities have monopolies in the regions they serve but have to get capital investment plans and rates approved by the government. Today, Duke Energy has a capital investment budget of roughly $65 billion dollars.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The fund is the largest of its type since 2018 and one of the five biggest to date, according to Convergence, which tracks the market and said the fund also stood out for the high ratio of private capital invested for every dollar of public funds. The 9-1 ratio is much higher than on average, according to Convergence.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 6, 2023

But that will require a lot of capital investment before there's any substantive revenue coming in. Meanwhile, Intel is looking to preserve cash for its capital investment push, which was highlighted by its recent dividend cut. The problem is that Verizon's business requires a lot of capital spending.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 30, 2024

Our AWS customers are also quite excited about leveraging GenAI to change the customer experiences and businesses. And today, we announced the general availability of Amazon Q, the most capable generative AI-powered assistant for software development and leveraging company's internal data. We remain very bullish on AWS.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 10, 2024

They have unanimously awarded Enterprise investment-grade ratings. Enterprise has low leverage relative to peers You can find other companies offering high yields in the midstream space. And, perhaps more important, having lower leverage than peers is the norm, as the chart below highlights. That's the lowest of the group today.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The company's parks and cruises are doing well, so much so that Disney will double its capital investments over the next decade to $60 billion. The company's vast trove of intellectual property and its track record of leveraging those assets across its entire business are its key competitive advantages.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 26, 2024

There's a good reason for that, however, because operating a utility is a capital-intensive business. There's no way around that, noting also that the utility tends to use more leverage than some of its larger peers. The sharp rise in interest rates will increase Black Hills' costs going forward. population growth.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2023

When energy prices recover, as they always have historically, the company reduces its leverage to prepare for the next downturn. Duke's regulated operations have monopolies in the regions they serve and, in return, must get their rates and capital investment plans approved by the government. Brookfield Renewable Corp.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up TPG, formerly Texas Pacific Group, is co-headquartered in Fort Worth and San Francisco and specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital. The firm was founded in 1992 and manages assets and investments totaling $139bn.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 4, 2024

When the energy market improves again, as it always has historically, leverage is reduced. But that should change over the next year or so, with capital investment picking back up to historical levels. It is a simple model but one that has worked out incredibly well for dividend investors. The yield is around 4% today.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

Then the pandemic hit, and low oil prices coupled with a heavily leveraged balance sheet forced Occidental to make a dividend cut. It's investing heavily to build out direct air capture (DAC) projects that would suck carbon dioxide from the air for permanent sequestration underground. That's a 25% increase from last year's level.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

With this additional capital, we’ll continue to assemble an industry-leading technical team, ensuring top-notch execution in sustainable battery materials production. To date, Redwood has now raised nearly $2bn of equity capital along with an additional $2B loan commitment from the Department of Energy.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It's good old-fashioned leverage that can amplify gains during certain conditions and compound losses if oil prices take a turn for the worse. However, it also said that 90% of its planned upstream capital investments over the next five years will be able to return 10% or more even if Brent crude oil is $35 a barrel. benchmark).

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

The cash that miners receive is usually put toward capital investment projects, like the construction of new mines or the upgrading of existing ones. However, if you see precious metals as a diversification tool , then Wheaton allows you to get exposure to gold and silver without having to invest in a miner or hold bullion.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 22, 2023

The rest is likely to be used to pay off other Dominion debts, helping to improve the utility's overall leverage metrics. First, Dominion's leverage is a concern among investors. Investing in such assets on the regulated side of the business is far more predictable than doing so in the competitive power space. It will use $2.3

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It has a fortress-like balance sheet with a strong investment-grade credit rating backed by low leverage ratios and well-staggered, long-term, fixed-rate debt with no material maturities until 2028. The REIT also has a relatively low dividend-payout ratio, enabling it to retain cash for investment.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 16, 2023

It keeps leverage low so it can lean on its balance sheet when times are tough to support the dividend. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) Medical Properties Trust and Boston Properties are examples of this, noting that leverage is material in the property sector. billion in capital to get done.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 30, 2023

Bigger moves this opens up Higher rates materially change the equation when it comes to investing in companies. For example, higher rates make it more costly for companies to justify capital investment projects since debt will be more costly to manage. As an example, retailer VF Corp. Carey (NYSE: WPC).

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 18, 2023

That extra money will most certainly go toward two things: additional growth-oriented capital spending and debt reduction. So investors that stuck it out while Southern was muddling through this troubled capital investment project have been well rewarded from a total return perspective.

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