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To: Elroy who wrote (78101)9/13/2025 1:36:48 PM
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and they won't blow up!

Probably not. Though, like everything else, there's a reason to yield more than treasuries.

Not exactly a growth situation:


About as substantial GAAP to EBIDTA adjustment as I remember seeing:

substantially breakeven GAAP earnings in the last three years turn into ~ half a billion dollars of EBIDTA



401-K p73

Class B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units I don't remember what half those words mean. They forgot "convertible." Apparently they cleaned up their act in 2024. I'm not going to delve into where the money came from.

p. F-35

Note 7—Long-Term Debt. A long passage starting p.F-25

I don't see immediate default. But there is a risk there.

FWIW, an analysis by folks who are paid to do this full time:

fitchratings.com

Edit:

Some updates at

fitchratings.com

Note the Class D preferred feature.