Sentences with phrase «higher equity buybacks»

Repatriation of foreign earnings is likely to lead to higher equity buybacks.

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If shares outstanding stop declining as buyback activity recedes and net equity issuance turns positive, it will put more onus on the numerator — the actual earnings — to propel earnings per share higher.

But this year is on track to be even bigger: Birinyi has tracked $ 201 billion in buyback announcements so far this year, the «record highest» at this point in time compared to other years, Chris Costelloe an equity trader there, said in an email.

Management has turned this seemingly sleepy business into one that generates high margins, throws off lots of free cash flow for dividends and buybacks, and provides returns on equity in excess of 20 %.