Sentences with phrase «repurchasing shares increases»

Repurchasing shares increases the ownership of percentage of shareholders; it causes your stake in the company to grow.

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Spirit AeroSystems Reports Q1 2018 Financial Results; Announces Acquisition of Asco Industries; Plans Debt Refinancing; Announces $ 725 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Plan; Increased Dividend by 20 %

The math on stock buybacks is pretty simple: by repurchasing your own company's stock in the market you reduce the number of shares outstanding, thereby increasing your earnings per share by cutting your denominator (earnings per share is calculated by dividing income by shares outstanding).

Guidance for the upcoming quarter was strong and the company also approved a $ 100 billion share repurchase authorization and a 16 percent dividend increase.

«We believe the bogey for investors is a 15 percent increase to Apple's total reported capital return number (shares repurchase plus past dividends), which would imply a $ 150 billion headline number, up from $ 130 billion announced last year,» said Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, in a recent note.

In general, the number of companies participating in share repurchases has increased since the U.S. recession.

As a corporation, KKR plans to pay an annualized dividend of 50 cents per common share and increase its authorized share repurchase amount to $ 500 million.

Apple also increased its dividend 15 percent to $ 3.05 a share and said it will expand its share repurchase program to $ 60 billion from the $ 10 billion level announced last year.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

On April 27, 2015, Apple announced that it had expanded its capital return program to $ 200 billion, which included an increase in its share repurchase authorization from $ 90 billion to $ 140 billion.

Investors should want companies to reinvest in themselves and their employees versus repurchasing their own stock to increase the share price, said William Lazonick, an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, who studies stock buybacks.

For each CEO's tenure, the researchers calculated three metrics: the country - adjusted total shareholder return (including dividends reinvested), which offsets any increase in return that's attributable merely to an improvement in the local stock market; the industry - adjusted total shareholder return (including dividends reinvested), which offsets any increase that results from rising fortunes in the overall industry; and change in market capitalization (adjusted for dividends, share issues, and share repurchases), measured in inflation - adjusted U.S. dollars.

As such, we would not expect to see a material increase in share repurchase activity without a significant decline in the stock price.

the Company's significant strategic accomplishments in 2011, including returning $ 5.0 billion to stockholders in the form of a 140 % common stock dividend increase and repurchasing 86 million common shares, successfully completing the Wachovia merger integration, and implementing the Company's expense management and efficiency initiative; and

In 2011, we distributed $ 5.0 billion to stockholders through share repurchases and common stock dividends, including increasing the common stock dividend rate 140 % from 2010, and repurchasing 86 million common shares.

Share repurchases are part of what economists describe as the increasing «financialization» of the U.S. corporate sector, whereby investment in financial instruments increasingly crowds out other types of investment.

Thereafter, HP may increase its volume of opportunistic share repurchases above that level.

A shareholder proposal by Carl Icahn of a non-binding advisory resolution that the Company commit to completing not less than $ 50 billion of share repurchases during its 2014 fiscal year (and increase the authorization under its capital return program accordingly)(Proposal No. 10); and

«RESOLVED, that the shareholders hereby approve, on an advisory basis, High River's proposal that Apple commit to completing not less than $ 50 billion of share repurchases during Apple's fiscal year ending September 27, 2014 (and increase the amount authorized for share repurchases under its Capital Return Program accordingly).»

The reduction in outstanding shares resulting from the stock repurchase program increased fiscal 2014 EPS.

Again, we expect to generate solid cash flow in fiscal 2013, which we've done consistently since we became a public company in 1995 and to use this to pay our increased dividend and to repurchase shares.

While we recognize and applaud the company's previously increased share repurchase authorization, we ask you to consider our advice once again (to the benefit of all shareholders) and consider accelerating share repurchases again via a tender offer.

A proposal by Carl Icahn of a non-binding advisory resolution that the Company commit to completing not less than $ 50 billion of share repurchases during its 2014 fiscal year (and increase the authorization under its capital return program accordingly)

It is our understanding that you solicited feedback from various large shareholders concerning our previous request, but we don't think anyone would deny that we were a key influence with respect to your previous decision to increase share repurchases.

During today's second quarter earnings release, Apple said that it is launching a new share repurchase authorization of $ 100 billion, with a 16 percent increase in quarterly dividend.

Therefore, given the persistently excessive liquidity of $ 133 billion net cash on Apple's balance sheet, we ask you to present to the rest of the Board our request for the company to make a tender offer, which would meaningfully accelerate and increase the magnitude of share repurchases.

KKR expects to pay an annualized dividend of $ 0.50 per common share as a corporation and announces an increase in its available share repurchase authorization to $ 500 million, effective immediately.

As a part of the stress tests, these banks must also seek regulatory approval to increase their dividends or authorize new share repurchase programs.

By borrowing money at less than 4 % and repurchasing shares that the company pays 5 % on, it is increasing current cash flows while simultaneously reducing share count.

In addition to immediately increasing demand for shares, repurchases also have long - term positive impacts on company financials.

A figure that was subsequently increased repurchase share at prices no higher than 20 percent premium to book value.

The debt has been put to work largely in the form debt - financed merger and acquisition activity as well as share repurchases and dividend increases.

Management also recently announced a $ 10 billion increase to Oracle's existing share repurchase program.

There has been a lot of commentary around the historically high levels of share repurchases, and if its not the increase in stock - based compensation, what is the reason for the increase in buyback programs?

This capital can be used to invest in new products (the company recently released its new catalog with 1,300 new products), increase its dividend, or even continue repurchasing shares at a discount as it has done in the past.

Apple's Board has also approved a new $ 100 billion share repurchase authorisation and a 16 per cent increase in our quarterly dividend, he said.

``... We look forward to the capital return program update in April, anticipating it will include a large increase to share repurchases,» Icahn wrote.

Because AIG sells for less than book value, each share it repurchases increases the book value of the remaining shares.

We achieved moderate annual revenue increases in Jewish Networks and Other Affinity Networks, improved Contribution margins to 74 %, cut Operating Expenses by 19 %, drove annual Adjusted EBITDA to record levels at a 28 % margin and returned capital to stockholders by using cash flow to repurchase 21 % of the shares outstanding at the start of 2008... we are disappointed with second half trends and in particular the fourth quarter, as revenue and subscribers decreased sequentially in each online segment.

A corporation can repurchase issued shares, which helps support or increase the share price since fewer shares are available to meet demand.

Excess cash flows allow a company to pursue investment opportunities, make acquisitions, repurchase shares, and pay / increase dividends.

In Corning's 2014 annual statement they confirmed their commitment to returning cash to shareholders, citing their recent 20 % dividend increase and $ 1.5 billion share - repurchase program.

Share repurchase does increase per share metrics, such as book value and earnShare repurchase does increase per share metrics, such as book value and earnshare metrics, such as book value and earnings.

Through a combination of increasing dividends and aggressive share repurchases, Chubb's high shareholder yield allows it to give investors good returns even without core growth, and in this case, the company would have roughly doubled your money if you had invested seven years ago and reinvested all dividends.

CEOs who are busy increasing dividends, repurchasing shares and making acquisitions may be doing things that stroke their own egos and favor shareholders over bondholders.

The Board also approved a $ 200 million share repurchases program and increased the quarterly cash dividend to $ 0.06 per share.

Invest in companies that pay consistent dividends with increasing trend and that also at times repurchase shares at an appropriate price.

Some analysts estimate FCF should expand at an average of 10 % annually over the next five years, increasing Microsoft's ability to repurchase shares and pay dividends.

There is much debate about whether companies should increase shareholder value by repurchasing their shares or returning excess cash to shareholders by way of dividends.

The company increased its dividend by 33 % and announced the start of a share repurchase program.