MGIC has begun to stockpile reserves and has been
aggressively buying back convertible debt.
The Share Buyback bucket includes stocks that are
aggressively buying back their own stock and are considered «consistent share count reducers.»
BAX is also
aggressively buying back shares, amounting to a total of $ 1.5 billion during 2012.
An excellent strategy is to find companies whose shares are very cheap already (like the banking sector) and invest in those companies taking advantage by
aggressively buying back shares.
For instance, look at the situation of the widely held mortgage REIT American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC), which has been
aggressively buying back its shares.
After all, the entire purpose of the ETF is to get exposure to companies
aggressively buying back their own shares.
While the lack of revenue growth is disappointing, I like that the company is
aggressively buying back stock, cutting costs, and increasing margins in order to continue growing profits.
If Johnson & Johnson does not end up buying another company it could use its balance sheet and free cash flow to
aggressively buy back shares.
One way IBM uses its free cash flow is to
aggressively buy back their stock.
They aggressively bought back their own shares ahead of the 2007 stock market peak, slashed their buying during the market slump that followed and now, with stock prices up sharply over the past nine years, they're once again aggressively buying back shares, according to statistics from FactSet.com.
It has
aggressively bought back shares over the past few years pushing the EPS growth to a higher level while the P / E ratio is lower than its peers.
Not exact matches
With such an enormous valuation gap and such a massive amount of cash on the balance sheet, we find it difficult to imagine why the board would not move more
aggressively to
buy back stock by immediately announcing a $ 150 Billion tender offer (financed with debt or a mix of debt and cash on the balance sheet).
IBM has
aggressively used cash to
buy back its stock, a move Buffett has often criticized companies about.
The only comparison I can remember is the dot - com days
back in late 1999 - 2000... you don't want to
aggressively buy stocks now.
That may not be the end of the world either, as Phillips 66 keeps a lot of cash available to
buy back stock and may do so
aggressively if the price is stagnant during the next energy market boom.
With such an enormous valuation gap and such a massive amount of cash on the balance sheet, we find it difficult to imagine why the board would not move more
aggressively to
buy back stock by immediately announcing a $ 150 billion tender offer (financed with debt or a mix of debt and cash on the balance sheet).
Well, I was actually
buying less
aggressively over the past few months and allocating more capital to cash, however the recent purchase of my car drained my cash significantly and now I'm
back to square one.
What price would share be now if they used
buy back approach more
aggressively over past years?
But
buy -
back conditions are restrictive and CAMVAP depreciates the vehicle quite
aggressively, meaning you may take a large hit on the
buy -
back valuation.