Sentences with phrase «increase stock buybacks»

Buoyed by an unquenchable thirst for short - term stock gains, traders and activist investors are mounting pressure on a wide array of companies to cut research and capital expenditures in order to increase stock buybacks and thus boost stock prices.

Meanwhile, the automaker increased its stock buyback program by $ 4 billion, bringing it to a total of $ 9 billion.

Following what will be one of its most profitable years ever in North America, General Motors raised its earnings guidance for 2016, while also dramatically increasing its stock buyback program and its quarterly dividend.

Not exact matches

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

However, investors are reacting positively to two other pieces of news: Tims» dividend hike — increased 23 %, or six cents a share to 32 cents — and a $ 440 million share buyback, driving the stock up 3 % in early trading.

Apple's shares gained 1.6 % in after - hours trading following the company's earnings release that included an announcement that it plans to expand increase its dividend and stock buyback plan yet again.

The math on stock buybacks is pretty simple: by repurchasing your own company's stock in the market you reduce the number of shares outstanding, thereby increasing your earnings per share by cutting your denominator (earnings per share is calculated by dividing income by shares outstanding).

Buyback proponents say they reward these long - term shareholders by effectively increasing their ownership of the company, and they help boost the value of a stock by raising the company's earnings per share.

Apple also made investors happy announcing a 16 % increase in its stock dividend and a planned $ 100 billion share buyback.

The tax cut and excess federal spending may boost some areas of the economy, but thus far, it has not produced anything more than a modest boost in capital spending (most of it from capital intensive technology companies) but a surge in stock buybacks and dividend increases, Apple being a case in point.

The company's Wednesday earnings release, in which Cisco announced a $ 25 billion increase in its stock buyback program and a dividend boost of 14 %, helped lead to a 6.7 % jump in its stock price in after - hours trading.

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.

Companies in the S&P 500 are on track to give investors more than $ 1 trillion in stock buybacks and dividend increases this year, according to Howard Silverblatt, a senior analyst at S&P Dow...

«But if you look at hundreds of examples, you find that stock buybacks do increase long - term value.»

Investors should want companies to reinvest in themselves and their employees versus repurchasing their own stock to increase the share price, said William Lazonick, an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, who studies stock buybacks.

Apple has called the idea «creative» and says it continues to study it, along with the notion of increasing the size of its dividends and stock buyback programs.

Earlier this year, under investor pressure, Apple decided to increase the size of a dividend - and - buyback program to $ 100 billion, including $ 60 billion to repurchase stock through 2015.

Investor activist Carl Icahn has submitted an advisory proposal asking Apple to increase the size of its stock buyback program in 2014 to $ 50 billion.

This year, Apple increased the size of its dividend and stock buyback program to $ 100 billion.

Remember that the key justification for not paying dividends was that the earnings were being retained for stock buybacks and increases in book value for the benefit of shareholders.

During their earnings call on May 1st, Apple announced a $ 100B stock buyback program plus a 16 % dividend increase payable in May.

And although the company announced a record stock buyback program earlier this year, Icahn would like to see it increased even more.

Aflac also announced a 5.4 % increase in their quarterly dividend to $ 0.39 a share and increased the size of their buyback plan from $ 1 billion to $ 1.2 billion which I like since it shows management is being smart when it comes to buying back stock on cheap valuations.

As a result, we think they have room to increase dividends and stock buybacks as earnings improve and capital is freed up.»

Announced a 5 million share increase to their buyback program, bringing their total authorized buyback plan to 10 million shares which will retire about 10 % of the company's outstanding stock if fully executed.

The telecom company continued to show solid share - net growth in the December quarter, supported by stock buybacks, good cost management, wireless margin improvement, and increased penetration of U-verse, its broadband, video, and IP telephone service.

Thanks to hefty stock buybacks, earnings per share did even better, increasing 350 percent.

At such a cheap valuation, VIAB can use its $ 3 billion in annual free cash flow to buyback stock, retiring shares at a undervalued price, thereby increasing the overall value for remaining shareholders.

Some analysts predict the company could send as much as $ 180 billion to investors through stock buybacks and dividend increases over the next two and a half years, on top of the $ 300 billion it has already authorized.

By providing a lift to a stock's price, buybacks can increase total shareholder return to target levels, resulting in more stock awards for executives.

The increase is due in large part to Apple's increasingly aggressive stock buyback program.

The company traditionally makes a dividend increase announcement at this time of year, and some believe that some of the billions in repatriated cash could go back to investors in the form of dividends or stock buybacks.

The company recently announced an $ 8.6 billion (1 % of market cap) stock buyback program, and it would not be surprising to see that number increase significantly in the near future.

As long as companies see their valuations at elevated levels, stock buybacks should not increase.

Generally VOD uses their FCF to increase their dividends, buyback their own stock, acquire other companies, or pay down debt

As for stock buybacks, more than $ 136 billion was repurchased by S&P 500 companies in the fourth quarter, an increase of 5.2 percent year - over-year.

There has been a lot of commentary around the historically high levels of share repurchases, and if its not the increase in stock - based compensation, what is the reason for the increase in buyback programs?

I agree that buybacks at a high valuation are likely foolish, but increasing the attractiveness of the stock to those focused on the immediate payback would seem to make acquiring more shares at a good price more difficult.

Schumer read aloud quotes from CEOs saying they would plow corporate tax cuts into stock buybacks and other such expenditures aimed at increasing the value of shares (and potentially CEO bonuses), with no mention of jobs.

These banks are now able to move forward with their plans to return cash to shareholders, either in the form of stock buybacks or increasing dividends.

Do a share buyback, which should increase the stock price over time.

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.

There is no discussion by G&D of stock buybacks as a method of enhancing a common stock's market price over the long run, giving the management the flexibility to retain cash in troubled times, and also increasing the percentage ownership interest of each non-selling stockholder.

With the reduction in both corporate and repatriation taxes, we expect an increase in acquisition activity, stock buybacks and dividend hikes over the course of the next 12 to 18 months.

«Most of those savings are going to be used for stock buyback programs and increased dividends, both of which will enhance shareholder value.»

The share buyback to repurchase $ 2M of its stock will increase the per share liquidation value by around 6 % to $ 1.64.

The impact of a $ 2M stock buyback at Friday's closing price is to increase per share liquidation value by around 6 % to $ 1.64 and leaves the company with $ 26.3 M in cash and short term investments.

Investors that were waiting for Apple's announcement this week weren't disappointed — the consumer electronics behemoth announced a 16 % dividend increase and a $ 100 billion stock buyback.

During their earnings call on May 1st, Apple announced a $ 100B stock buyback program plus a 16 % dividend increase payable in May.

In my mind, the stock was completely neglected, the far higher NAV was also being ignored by investors, and there was a fair chance further share buybacks might actually prompt investor selling, based on an increasing inside ownership stake.