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AUGUST 5, 2023

Not all public companies will be great investments, and there are some big names that have terrible operating trends. In this video, Travis Hoium covers four companies that face an uphill battle being good investments for long-term shareholders. Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of Aug.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 2, 2024

Investors look forward to Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter, and in the 2023 version, released on Feb. shareholder whom Buffett described as understanding "many accounting terms, but. And since they track publicly-traded companies, the value of these equity positions changes daily -- as much as $5 billion per day.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 29, 2023

The confirmation comes exactly a week after news of the acquisition bid first came to light, and some two years after SAP spun the business out as an independent publicly traded company, having bought it back in 2018 for $8 billion just as Qualtrics was originally planning its IPO. Shareholders have been offered $18.15

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The Motley Fool

MAY 15, 2024

That said, the company's gross margin was between 55% and 60% during its early quarters as a public company. The company is debt-free and has $455 million in cash, deposits, and investments. But with the small improvements in the first quarter, there isn't much reason for shareholders to sell, either.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 25, 2024

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett put it well in 2023 in a letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders: "The weeds wither away in significance as the flowers bloom. The growth in a long-term winner can often dwarf losses elsewhere in a portfolio. Over time, it takes just a few winners to work wonders" for your returns.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 13, 2024

It's been a public company since 2009 and has been profitable and free cash flow generative every year since its initial public offering ( IPO ). For most of its time as a public company, DocuSign has been unprofitable but has demonstrated impressive revenue growth. To businesses, data is vital.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 18, 2024

Crushing existing shareholders The capital raise will come from offering new shares "at the market." But the move will slam current shareholders. So, issuing another $1 billion worth of shares will grow outstanding shares by enough to meaningfully cut the ownership level of existing shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) recently completed its 25th year as a public company. It increased its cash distribution to investors every year while significantly growing the company's value. On the fourth-quarter conference call , Teague stated: "2023 marked our 25th anniversary as a public company.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

-based company held its initial public offering (IPO) in mid-September 2023. 31, 2023, is its second quarterly report released as a public company, but just its first report that covers an entire period in which it was publicly traded. So, its fiscal Q3 2024 report, for the period ended Dec. 32% Data source: Arm Holdings.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The filing noted that it released another approximately 26 million shares to be sold by other shareholders. Those proceeds won't go to the company, but they add to the downward pressure on the stock. But even after the decline from its lofty share price, the company still has a market cap of about $20 billion.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 11, 2024

The company ended the first quarter with around $182 billion in cash on its balance sheet. That's larger than the market cap of most public companies. Using that $182 billion unwisely could do a great deal of damage to shareholders and to Wall Street's perception of Berkshire Hathaway's stock. It's a huge sum of money.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In this article, I'll take a big picture view of PayPal's profits and capital allocation before explaining why I believe shareholders can hope for better returns moving forward. The multibillion-dollar question Since going public, PayPal has spent over $19 billion repurchasing its own shares. PayPal may not have used its $30.9

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2024

With that in mind, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) and Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) rewarded shareholders with monster returns of 345% and 395%, respectively, over the last five years. That share price appreciation makes both companies stock-split candidates in 2024.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 14, 2024

If the deal involves cash, then shareholders could be banking on a big payday coming their way. Depending on the premium an acquirer could pay, shareholders might get a much higher return on their investment than if they sold their investment prior to the acquisition. Should you invest in CRISPR stock today?

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APRIL 16, 2024

of Model N, has said that the deal does not represent good value for shareholders. In a letter to Model N, ClearBridge wrote: “We believe the proposed acquisition materially undervalues Model N’s outlook as a public company or value to strategic or financial buyers.”

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

Right now Chipotle is hitting its best numbers in the past year, which is encouraging for shareholders. In fact, the company is actually hitting record high numbers that are night-and-day better than just five years ago. Thinking longer-term, Chipotle aims to have 7,000 company-owned locations in the U.S., Table by author.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 25, 2024

Investors have gravitated to stock-split stocks A " stock split " is an event that allows a publicly traded company to cosmetically alter its share price and outstanding share count by the same factor. I say "cosmetically," because stock splits have no effect on a company's underlying market cap or its operations.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And on the company's earnings call , CFO David Obstler said, "The trends we see in early Q4 are stronger than they've been for the past year." With these results and commentary from Datadog, Snowflake's shareholders grew more optimistic in November. These are the things shareholders want to see.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 15, 2024

To address this, the company's AI is compiling factors that point to possible party animals, to stop them from booking beforehand. In November, Airbnb made its first acquisition as a public company: GamePlanner.AI. Management says it's working, which is good for its community of hosts. Its profit margin of 10.5%

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Altria Group American tobacco giant Altria Group (NYSE: MO) has made millions for shareholders over the past century selling Marlboro cigarettes in the United States. The company's golden years are far behind it now that the general public is better informed about the dangers of smoking. Image source: Getty Images 1.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 21, 2024

That would supply the oil giant more cash to return to shareholders and invest in growing its lower-carbon energy businesses. Shares are down more than 20% since it came public, driving its dividend yield up to 3.8%. That's largely due to turnover among shareholders. In the third quarter, it reported $3.9 billion in sales, a 3.3%

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 24, 2024

Consistent earnings help drive dividends and share buybacks, which might be appealing to some investors, particularly those who seek to own proven businesses that return cash to shareholders. In the last three months of 2023, SoFi reported its first-ever quarterly profit as a public company, producing earnings per share (EPS) of $0.02

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2024

Examining Snowflake's leadership change It can be unnerving whenever a company changes leadership, especially in the CEO position. The CEO of a company is like a ship's captain. They set the tone for the business, including culture and strategic direction, and answer to shareholders about how it performs.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 21, 2024

Down 63% from its initial public offering in 2021, Sportradar (NASDAQ: SRAD) is a shining example of why investors should usually wait to see a few quarters of earnings data from a newly public company before buying.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

Apple has put $674 billion to work in a unique way for its shareholders Collectively, Apple has spent about $183.1 However, its commitment to R&D is dwarfed by another "investment" that no other public company has come close to matching. Image source: Getty Images. billion on R&D since fiscal 2013 began.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

Costco paid a $15 special dividend to shareholders earlier this year, and it's also due for a membership fee hike. MercadoLibre has been a public company since 2007, and it has never split its stock. Costco has split its stock three times in the past, and the last time it did was 24 years ago.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 1, 2024

Lucky for us, Buffett outlined why he is hoarding the cash in his annual letter to shareholders. Let's look at how Berkshire built its unprecedented cash hoard, what the company currently does with its cash, and what it might take for Buffett to deploy it meaningfully. What else could Berkshire do with its cash?

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The Motley Fool

MAY 8, 2024

Following the spin-off, the goal is to lean more heavily into these two higher-growth business units, which could mean more earnings growth for shareholders. The company's financials are among the best on Wall Street, and it is one of two public companies with an AAA credit rating, something not even the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Now what Every Dick's shareholder should be asking whether its EPS can grow in coming years so the stock price can rise. Dick's went public more than 20 years ago. And during its tenure as a public company, it has registered net losses only once , for a brief stint during the Great Recession.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2023

Broadridge Financial Broadridge Financial provides public companies with investor communication materials like proxy statements, annual reports, quarterly reports, prospectuses, and other shareholder documents. The valuation is a bit high with a P/E of 33, but it is not outside of its recent historical range.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 7, 2024

While lightning occasionally strikes, most millionaire-makers are boring but successful companies that grow earnings for decades, often sharing profits with shareholders via dividends. Management has given shareholders 67 consecutive raises, and there's no reason to think it will stop. million with dividends reinvested.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

The consistent generation of cash flow not only allows Verizon to pay off its debt but also to reward shareholders in the form of a dividend. Take note of the dividend VZ Dividend data by YCharts The chart above illustrates Verizon's dividend growth during its tenure as a public company. Image source: Getty Images.

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APRIL 27, 2024

But none of these obstacles impact Apple's ability to deliver growth and reward shareholders over the long term. One of the strongest brands in the world John Ballard (Apple): Apple stock has underperformed so far in 2024. Investors appear concerned about slowing iPhone sales in China and regulatory headwinds.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Investors buying in to Sylvamo should expect the company to dedicate a lot of the cash it generates to shareholders, including a dividend currently yielding about 2.13%. There is still a big need for paper in this digital age, but also real questions about how much that demand will grow over time.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 13, 2024

During his company's annual shareholder meeting on May 4, the "Oracle of Omaha" confessed that all shares of media behemoth Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA) -- 63,322,491 shares, as of Dec. But if you asked Warren Buffett what his favorite thing is about Apple, it might very well be the company's unsurpassed capital-return program.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 19, 2024

billion S&P 500 companies collectively spent on share repurchases on a trailing-12-month basis, as of Sept. The reason public companies enact share repurchase programs is threefold: For companies with steady or growing net income, a steady reduction in the number of outstanding shares can increase earnings per share (EPS) over time.

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MAY 10, 2024

In his shareholder letter, CEO Jack Dorsey said he gets asked all the time about why Block, which changed its name from Square to signal its trajectory, is investing so heavily in Bitcoin. In other words, instead of deliberate consideration about how the Bitcoin ventures are scaring away shareholders, he doubled down on the premise.

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