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Enbridge also has a strong investment-grade balance sheet backed by a leverage ratio toward the low end of its target range. billion in the coming years to settle most of its claims, 3M has the cash flow and balance sheet strength to cover this liability. It aims to pay out 60% to 70% of its stable cash flow in dividends.

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This Billionaire Is Selling This Magnificent Dividend Stock: Here Are 3 Other Higher-Yielding Dividend Stocks He Likes Instead

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Western Midstream, Enterprise Products Partners, and MPLX expect their leverage ratios to be in the low 3.0 Meanwhile, Energy Transfer expects leverage to be at the low end of its 4.0 Enterprise has the lowest leverage level of the group at 3.0, The MLPs also have similarly strong financial profiles. range this year.

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Why I'm Not Worried About Verizon's 8%-Yielding Dividend

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Likewise, any related legal liability would likely take years to materialize, given past litigation for lead-based issues. Verizon has an excellent bond rating (A-/BBB+/Baa1) backed by a solid leverage ratio of 2.7 (and Its long-term target is to get leverage down to an even lower range of 1.75-2.0. and down from 2.8

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3 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy With $20 Right Now

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This premier protection allows AGNC to prudently deploy leverage to its advantage. The other reason its shares have been weighed down relates to a July report from The Wall Street Journal that alleges legacy telecom companies may face steep health-related liability and cleanup costs tied to their use of lead-sheathed cables.

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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. A material deterioration in leverage from current levels would indicate a potentially worrisome increase in risk.

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3 Red Flags for ChargePoint's Future

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That's not a promising situation for a company that ended its second quarter with only $233 million in cash and equivalents and $793 million in total liabilities. That stock offering won't increase its leverage, but it will cause significant dilution for a company with an enterprise value of only $1.4

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This 7.7%-Yielding Dividend Is Growing Safer by The Quarter

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The company ended the first half with a net leverage ratio of 2.6 Add in earnings growth, and its leverage ratio should continue declining steadily. All of this assumes the company doesn't face any significant near-term liabilities from potential lead cable exposure. billion) and dividend payments ($5.5 times, down from 2.7