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JULY 20, 2023

Even though they haven't gotten the same level of attention as some of their Dow peers, J&J and IBM have plenty of prospects to sustain their business models and find new avenues for growth. The healthcare conglomerate reported second-quarter financial results that gave its shareholders just about everything they had wanted to see.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

However, he could be in for some great news if they're right about one of the conglomerate's holdings. Seaport Global really likes the prospects for Liberty Live, but it's the lone analyst surveyed by LSEG that covers the stock. It has huge growth prospects with the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. shares is $56.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

conglomerate just hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion for the first time, joining rare air occupied only by Microsoft , Nvidia , Apple , Alphabet , Amazon , and Meta Platforms. We knew it was coming. We just didn't know when. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Tesla is still a high-growth story stock Lee Samaha (Tesla): There can't be many companies like Tesla that hold a 56% share of their core market but are still worth buying for their high growth prospects. Despite its $753 billion market capitalization, Tesla is not a mature car company or some new-age conglomerate.

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JULY 14, 2024

from a sleepy textile company into a conglomerate with a wide range of investments and subsidiaries. While the ratings business' results can fluctuate due to factors affecting bond issuance, its market position and limited competition mean the unit has good long-term prospects. Coca-Cola and Moody's have different investing rationales.

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JULY 5, 2024

But the sprawling conglomerate also has a gargantuan $394 billion public equities portfolio as well, headed by the Oracle of Omaha. It's currently the third-largest holding for Berkshire, with the conglomerate owning a sizable 21.1% Prospective investors should consider the valuation. There are dozens to consider.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Q2 update last week revealed the conglomerate was a net seller of stocks to the tune of nearly $8 billion. How they stack up Buffett's primary considerations when he buys a stock are valuation and earnings growth prospects. Horton, Lennar, and NVR should have strong long-term growth prospects. Lennar Group 10.32 However, D.R.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

The tech conglomerate formerly known as Google influences the entire digital landscape, starting from a distinct background of online search and advertising. Yet, the smaller company has a lot in common with the storied Google parent and may one day evolve into a similar cross-industry conglomerate. Let me show you how.

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MARCH 23, 2024

It's a conglomerate that just so happens to use much of its idle cash to hold stocks of publicly traded companies. Take Prospect Capital (NASDAQ: PSEC) as an example. All told, Prospect is working with over 100 different companies including Shutterfly, Staples, Credit.com, and playground equipment maker PlayPower.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

For equity investors, it can be useful to think about Ethereum as a blockchain conglomerate that does a little bit of everything. They are both proven winners, and both have solid long-term growth prospects. One big reason for that has to do with Ethereum's huge, sprawling blockchain ecosystem.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

The industrial conglomerate has long been a fascinating investment proposition. 3M isn't perfect The industrial conglomerate is far from perfect. Nevertheless, it is a real possibility and hangs over the stock's prospects. With a 64-year history of increasing dividends and a 5.6% Does it all add up to make the stock a buy?

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APRIL 25, 2024

On the surface, investing in a sin stock may not be the most appealing prospect. However, there are a couple of reasons why I still like Altria's investment prospects. Sure, the company is a conglomerate that produces tons of household products. Nevertheless, I like Walmart's prospects in the long run.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

Palantir has closed several AIP-related deals with major companies, including the non-profit senior advocacy group AARP, which will use it to personalize user experiences, and the Japanese electronics conglomerate Panasonic , which will use the platform to optimize its finance, quality control, and manufacturing.

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JULY 27, 2024

Another significant difference is that Amazon is a highly diversified tech conglomerate with other businesses including cloud computing through Amazon Web Services (AWS), logistics, advertising, and more. Another aspect where both companies differ significantly is their prospects. For instance, AWS generated $9.4 billion.

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APRIL 1, 2024

Factoring in its strong growth prospects makes Ally's price-to-earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio of 0.91 The reason it's not higher on the list is the company's growth prospects are underwhelming. The Japanese conglomerate operates in a wide range of businesses. look especially appealing. Its stock is attractively valued.

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MAY 19, 2024

The China-based e-commerce and technology conglomerate faces ongoing political uncertainty, market weakness, and competition from nimble rivals. And Alibaba's lumbering conglomeration of disjointed businesses makes it even less appealing. The company's AI prospects also look much worse than U.S. alternatives.

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MAY 17, 2024

In reality, two new companies came out of the spinoff of Solventum (NYSE: SOLV) and 3M (NYSE: MMM) -- a newly created healthcare company and an industrial conglomerate without a healthcare business. It's always interesting when a new company comes to market and doubly interesting when it's a spinoff.

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JULY 31, 2024

I believe the prospect of lower interest rates could also be a boon for the company. The Oracle of Omaha's conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway , is a large shareholder, and the fact that the position is being trimmed might be a cause for concern.

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JUNE 23, 2024

More recently, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has arguably been the best stock the conglomerate has owned. This means that its growth prospects are a bit more limited. The investing moves he makes as head of Berkshire Hathaway are watched by both amateurs and pros. Berkshire initially bought shares in the first quarter of 2016.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

So to get started, it's best for beginners to stick to a well-proven method: Buy good companies with bright prospects and hold them over the long term. What started as a small messaging service company called QQ has become a conglomerate covering gaming , entertainment, fintech, cloud computing, and more. Image source: Getty Images.

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MARCH 23, 2024

It's by far the biggest position for Berkshire, accounting for nearly 43% of the conglomerate's portfolio. The cloud units of Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft should have tremendous growth prospects. Last year, he told Berkshire Hathaway shareholders at their annual meeting that Apple was "a better business than any we own."

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Toshiba said on Monday a group led by private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) would launch a $14bn tender offer on Aug 8th to take the industrial conglomerate private and put it in domestic hands. The tender offer, which values the electronics-to-power station’s maker at 2 trillion yen ($14 billion), will complete on Sept.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Investors would have done well placing retail brand conglomerate VF Corp (NYSE: VFC) in their shopping carts on Tuesday. This can indicate how people managing and overseeing a company really view its prospects. Ultimately, the shares closed 10% higher in price -- more than good enough to top the S&P 500 index's 1.9%

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The nearly $200 billion market cap the company achieved at its peak this week likely wasn't the result of investor excitement about its business prospects, though. billion total shares outstanding are held by Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup. It reported a loss of more than $2 billion last year on revenue of $634 million.

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JUNE 7, 2024

However, Buffett's conglomerate owns 41.2% stake in the Japanese conglomerate, but he and his team agreed not to increase its holdings above 9.9%. The digital bank should have solid long-term growth prospects as it offers more financial services to underserved customers in Latin America. of the dialysis services provider.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

The diversified conglomerate's share purchases occurred only a few months after T-Mobile completed its merger with Sprint, a move that made it one of the largest wireless carriers in the United States. And with management ratcheting up the company's shareholder rewards program, its prospects as a growth vehicle look exceptionally bright.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

While investors should not give up on Apple stock, its prospects for beating the market over time have become increasingly uncertain. The company recently released its Vision Pro goggles, arguably its most notable new product release in years. The state of Apple stock today First, investors need some perspective when it comes to Apple.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

Buffett took advantage of the lower prices and added to the conglomerate's position in BofA in early 2023. billion of Chevron stock, enough to make it the conglomerate's fifth-largest holding. Chevron should continue to have good growth prospects in the coming years. Last year, the banking crisis negatively impacted the stock.

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JANUARY 27, 2024

Although Apple stock has been a great investment since Buffett and his team first started buying the tech giant in 2016 , it's unlikely that the iPhone maker will continue to outpace small- and mid-cap growth stocks over the next 10 to 20 years due to its enormous size and moderate growth prospects.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

While Berkshire initiated a position in Amazon in 2019, Buffett acknowledged at the time that the decision was made by one of the conglomerate's two investment managers. If so, AWS should have massive growth prospects ahead. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) makes up 0.4% of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway portfolio. I suspect he's right.

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JUNE 28, 2024

Buffett took Berkshire Hathaway from a struggling textile business and turned it into a conglomerate with a huge insurance business and equity portfolio at its center. Investors watch Berkshire's equity portfolio changes closely to try to glean ideas from the Oracle of Omaha. Should you invest $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway right now?

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AUGUST 31, 2024

The "Magnificent Seven" companies -- Microsoft , Apple , Nvidia , Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) , Amazon, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) , and Tesla -- are known for their growth prospects and rewarding long-term shareholders with epic gains, but not so much for being value stocks. It exited its recent quarter with a whopping $110.9

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MARCH 31, 2024

During these events, prospective customers have an opportunity to demo Palantir's various products and identify a use case centered around AI. In other words, AI is just a portion of Microsoft's overall conglomerate -- along with gaming, personal computing, and more.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Berkshire Hathaway , the conglomerate run by Warren Buffett , owns about a 6% stake in the iPhone maker. And as the market realizes that Apple's growth prospects are diminishing, the stock could get rerated downward. Through the first three quarters of fiscal 2023, the business paid $11.3 billion in dividends and bought back $56.5

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MARCH 20, 2024

British American Tobacco is rumored to be in the process of selling a sizable stake in Indian conglomerate ITC, which itself has a sizable cigarette operation. Or it could be used more directly, either to fund near-term investment in new-categories businesses or near-term acquisitions to bolster the division's growth prospects.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Berkshire Hathaway: A fortress of value Berkshire Hathaway is not just a stock, but a conglomerate of businesses that operate in various sectors, such as insurance, energy, transportation, manufacturing, retail, and technology. Read on to find out more about this top value stock. Image Source: Getty Images.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Procter & Gamble Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) (P&G) is one of the world's premier conglomerates. Diageo Diageo (NYSE: DEO) is another conglomerate, focusing on alcohol and related products. There shouldn't be too many questions about the company's long-term prospects. Should you invest $1,000 in Coca-Cola right now?

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