Not exact matches
Offering bank investors a view of the company stock, Dimon contended that it still made financial sense for JPMorgan to buy back shares «even at or
above two times
tangible book value» per share, which was $ 53.56 at year - end.
In the reinsurance industry, it is understood that buybacks
above 1.3 x
tangible book destroys
value.
If you run the same numbers as
above, but at $ 45 per share, buybacks would be accretive to earnings and approximately break even to
tangible book value — still attractive but far less so.
The tables
above show our earnings per share and
tangible book value per share over the last six years.