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.
Not exact matches
Per my investment thesis, commencing this
buyback immediately would ultimately result in further
stock appreciation of 140 % for the shareholders who choose not to sell
into the proposed tender offer.
As sellers rotated out of UnitedHealth Group's
stock and
into shares of Centene on Wednesday after the latter announced its own
buyback, Cramer spotted an opportunity in UnitedHealth.
Apple's
stock buyback fits
into a broader trend of companies using the financial windfall from President Trump's tax cut to reward shareholders.
Apple's
stock buyback, announced as the company released its quarterly earnings on Tuesday, fits
into the trend of companies using the windfall from the new tax law to reward shareholders.
With a long history of profit growth, overly pessimistic expectations baked
into the
stock, and a 6 % (dividend plus share
buybacks) yield, this week's Long Idea is Eaton Corporation (ETN).
Our own Jim Cramer has this to say about Walt Disney Company's (DIS)
stock, «You sell it today you will be selling it
into one of the great
buybacks of all time... I would like to suggest that you think a little long term.»
Note in particular that factors such as
stock buybacks are already taken
into account in the calculation of index fundamentals such as earnings and dividends for the S&P 500.
Used in combination, these can give a comprehensive look
into a company allowing investors to use
stock buybacks as a signal for good investments.
Or, at least, it did until Harry Wilson got his Wall Street cronies to force GM
into a $ 5 billion
stock buyback.
Thus, I think the floor for the
stock is pretty close below me, and there is a decent possibility that Buffett could do some things with the cash that are even better than
buybacks, especially if the market falls
into bear territory.
Companies can: Reinvest its earnings back
into the business,
Buyback some of its common
stock, or Pay a dividend.
Next the author splits her sample of repeat
buyback companies
into quintiles based on the return to the
stock during the previous
buyback.