Sentences with phrase «first stock buyback»

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United has tried to placate shareholders, recently doubling its forecast for stock buybacks in the first quarter to $ 1.5 billion, and expanding its board by three new directors last Monday.

The firm said it would increase its stock - buyback program for the first half of 2017 to $ 4.3 billion from $ 2.5 billion.

If all companies really stopped buying back stock in the month of their earnings reports, you would think there would invariably be no buybacks in that first month.

First, companies constantly issue new stock to reward executives and make acquisitions, and the new issues far exceed buybacks.

The company repurchased 1.6 million shares of common stock for $ 24.3 million during the first quarter under the company's $ 300 million share buyback program.

He announced an aggressive stock buyback a few months after opposing such a move, provided more details on the 40/20/10 plan first mentioned in June, and recentralized innovation efforts under one executive.

Using Tronc's own company funds for the selective «stock buyback,» rather than his own money, he first removed that lawsuit threat that still hung over his head; Oaktree agreed, as part of this sale, to drop its potential claims.

The company reported first - quarter results that well exceeded top - and bottom - line growth, announced a $ 1.25 billion stock buyback, provided stable forward guidance and its share price still fell 7.0 %.

Thought of another way, the $ 22.8 billion Apple spent on its first quarter stock buyback is enough buy any of 275 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index.

They're buying back $ 1.5 billion worth of common stock (about 3.2 % of the market cap of the company), which is three times the amount of money the company spent on buybacks during the first two quarters of the year.

First, the dollar value of U.S. stock buyback announcements has registered a five - year low.

As the first quarter earnings announcements wind down, new dividend increases, plus stock buybacks and new acquisitions have put a strong foundation under many stocks.

I do not advocate leveraging the company to buy back stock for two reasons: First, higher return comes with higher risk, thus possibly putting downward pressure on a company's P / E and offsetting any benefits from a share buyback.