Sentences with phrase «count on another buyback»

And investors shouldn't count on another buyback boom.

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Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting systems through better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on marketing or increasing low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count, holding average wages as low as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather than retiring debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a company's current stock price.

Based on the share count before the buybacks, EPS last year would have been only $ 1.81, little changed from $ 1.80 a year earlier, according to a Reuters calculation.

If instead we use total expenditures on dividends plus net stock buyback cash plus change in total debt divided by market capitalization, we don't need to worry about changes in share count due to stock splits.

«The later stages of the 2009 — 2017 bull market are a valuation illusion built on share buyback alchemy... The technique optically reduces the price - to - earnings multiple because the denominator doesn't adjust for the reduced share count... Share buybacks are a major contributor to the low volatility regime because a large price insensitive buyer is always ready to purchase the market on weakness... Share buybacks result in a lower volatility, lower liquidity, which in turn incentivizes more share buybacks, further incentivizing passive and systematic strategies that are short volatility in all their forms... Like a snake eating its own tail, the market can not rely on share buybacks indefinitely to nourish the illusion of growth.

Solid top - line growth, continued buybacks (the outstanding share count will be impacted by the Fox deal), robust profitability (we're talking net margin that averaged 15.63 % annually over the last five years), and the potential for additional scale gives the bottom line plenty of fuel for 2018 and on.

of cash spent on share buybacks since Q3, but recognize the reduced share count.