... invests in 100 [U.S. listed] stocks with market caps greater than $ 200 million that rank among the highest in (a) paying cash dividends, (b) engaging in
net share repurchases, and (c) paying down debt on their balance sheets.
Shareholder yield has been defined differently by different analysts, but Faber defines it as a combination of (a) cash dividends, (b)
net share repurchases and (c) debt repayment.
Focusing strictly on dividend payments, however, misses a second key indicator of strong free cash flow:
net share repurchases.
The manager believes that a focus on both factors — dividend payments and
net share repurchases produces a portfolio of companies that exhibit strong free cash flow characteristics.
Coca Cola has already completed about $ 1.5 billion worth of
net share repurchases this year, and has another $ 1 billion to $ 1.5 billion expected for the next two quarters.
Specifically, SYLD invests in 100 stocks with market caps greater than $ 200 million that rank among the highest in (a) paying cash dividends, (b) engaging in
net share repurchases, and (c) paying down debt on their balance sheets.
The following chart shows how much money McDonald's spent on dividends and
net share repurchases between 2004 and 2011.
Not exact matches
Over the 12 - months ending September 30, 2015, S&P 500 companies have spent 64.6 % of their
net income on
share repurchases.
The
share repurchases in the march quarter drove Apple's cash
net of debt down slightly to $ 145 billion.
The purchase price of each
Share will be (i) not less than the
net asset value per
Share (the «NAV Per
Share») of the Company's common stock (as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Company or a committee thereof, in its sole discretion) immediately prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase)(the date of
repurchase) and (ii) not more than 2.5 % greater than the NAV Per
Share as of such date, plus any unpaid dividends accrued through the expiration date of the Tender Offer.
NEW YORK — When health insurer Humana Inc reported worse - than - expected quarterly earnings in late 2014 — including a 21 percent drop in
net income — it softened the blow by immediately telling investors it would make a $ 500 million
share repurchase.
In the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016 our potential dilutive
shares, such as stock options, RSUs, common stock subject to
repurchase, and
shares of convertible Series A, A-1, B, and C preferred stock were not included in the computation of diluted
net loss per
share as the effect of including these
shares in the calculation would have been anti-dilutive.
Cash Flow — for simplicity purposes, we assume
net income equals cash flow other than dividends and
share repurchases
We again simply ask you to help us convince the board of how these two underlying issues (inefficient
net cash growth and
share undervaluation) persist and combine to enhance the opportunity for accelerated
share repurchases in greater magnitude.
Therefore, given the persistently excessive liquidity of $ 133 billion
net cash on Apple's balance sheet, we ask you to present to the rest of the Board our request for the company to make a tender offer, which would meaningfully accelerate and increase the magnitude of
share repurchases.
If the
repurchases reduce the
shares outstanding to a greater extent than
net income is falling, then earnings on a per -
share basis will rise irrespective of the health of the overall business.
In fact, should the
share repurchases grow large enough, it's possible that a perfectly healthy, prosperous company could have a negative stated
net worth and appear to be leveraged to the hilt!
If, on the other hand, a company is diluting its
shares by issuing more
shares than it is
repurchasing, EPS will grow more slowly than
net income.
If a company grows its
net income, while using some of its money to
repurchase its own
shares, then EPS will grow faster than
net income.
A non-dividend paying company may also choose to use
net profits to
repurchase their own
shares in the open market in a
share buyback.
The shareholder yield tested by Mebane Faber is also worth mentioning (Dividend yield + Percentage of
Shares Repurchased +
Net debt repaid yield)
Net Debt Repaid Yield = Change in total debt / Market Value of the company
Indeed, Omnicom typically returns (via a combination of dividends and
share repurchases) ~ 100 % of its
net income back to shareholders, every year.
Leverage and interest coverage are both very strong for the group, in fact at 1.0 x
Net Debt / NTM EBITDA the group is actually under - levered and would obtain a more optimal capital structure by adding debt at current rates, perhaps choosing to
repurchase shares with the debt.
Turning to the cash flow statement, it is equally simple and clear; cash increased last year by $ 20 million
net of $ 115 million in
share repurchases and $ 50 million in dividends paid out.
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All
net disposal proceeds will be ploughed into
share repurchases, on an opportunistic tender / buyback basis.
The
net impact of a
share repurchase is to reduce the number of outstanding
shares, which boosts the much - watched earnings - per -
share metric even if overall
net income remains flat.
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Net Cash: TFG held $ 373.1 million of Fair Value in net cash at 30 June 2016, a reduction on the balance held at the end of Q1 2016 as a result of the share repurcha
Net Cash: TFG held $ 373.1 million of Fair Value in
net cash at 30 June 2016, a reduction on the balance held at the end of Q1 2016 as a result of the share repurcha
net cash at 30 June 2016, a reduction on the balance held at the end of Q1 2016 as a result of the
share repurchase.
One such company
repurchasing shares will be familiar to anyone who has followed Greenbackd for a while: Chromcraft Revington, Inc., (CRC: AMEX), which I entered as a sickly
net net and exited right before it went up five-fold.
Except for the exercise of stock options, in each case the increases in
net worth were attributable to increases in retained earnings, i.e.,
net income minus cash distributed to shareholders via dividends and
share repurchases.
Nearly $ 200MM was spent to
repurchase far more expensive IMN
shares prior to 2008 while a pittance of IMN capital has been deployed to buyback
shares when the stock is trading for less than its
net cash value.
With
net cash (inc. receipt of $ 1.8 mio in policy maturities) currently around $ 1.6 mio, and
net debt expected to peak around $ 16 mio in 2015, the company actually now has ample scope to begin
repurchasing shares.
But the dividend's consumed the last 5 years of free cash - flow (ignoring M&A and
share repurchase, so
net debt's actually tripled), and now they've a new CEO & CFO on board.