Sentences with phrase «of reducing the share count»

The purpose of reducing the share count is to increase the ownership percentage of each share.

Not exact matches

The tech company has also returned an additional $ 151 billion to shareholders since its fiscal year 2013 in the form of share buybacks — a move that has reduced share count and boosted earnings per share by about 21 % in the past four years, according to Silverblatt.

Never mind that because of aggressive stock buybacks that reduced the company's share count, Microsoft's market cap is $ 460 billion, far below the old peak.

As of [Tuesday] night, 92 companies in the S&P have reported Q2 earnings; 20 have reduced their share count by at least 4 % year - over-year.

Counting employer contributions this way would reduce the share of covered workers with deductibles of at least $ 1,000 to 38 percent.

Over the last 9 years, JNJ has only reduced its share count by -5.8 % an annualized rate of -0.67 %.

JNJ's ability to generate large amounts of free cash flow means it could easily take on more low - cost debt and drastically reduce its share count.

«The later stages of the 2009 — 2017 bull market are a valuation illusion built on share buyback alchemy... The technique optically reduces the price - to - earnings multiple because the denominator doesn't adjust for the reduced share count... Share buybacks are a major contributor to the low volatility regime because a large price insensitive buyer is always ready to purchase the market on weakness... Share buybacks result in a lower volatility, lower liquidity, which in turn incentivizes more share buybacks, further incentivizing passive and systematic strategies that are short volatility in all their forms... Like a snake eating its own tail, the market can not rely on share buybacks indefinitely to nourish the illusion of grshare buyback alchemy... The technique optically reduces the price - to - earnings multiple because the denominator doesn't adjust for the reduced share count... Share buybacks are a major contributor to the low volatility regime because a large price insensitive buyer is always ready to purchase the market on weakness... Share buybacks result in a lower volatility, lower liquidity, which in turn incentivizes more share buybacks, further incentivizing passive and systematic strategies that are short volatility in all their forms... Like a snake eating its own tail, the market can not rely on share buybacks indefinitely to nourish the illusion of grshare count... Share buybacks are a major contributor to the low volatility regime because a large price insensitive buyer is always ready to purchase the market on weakness... Share buybacks result in a lower volatility, lower liquidity, which in turn incentivizes more share buybacks, further incentivizing passive and systematic strategies that are short volatility in all their forms... Like a snake eating its own tail, the market can not rely on share buybacks indefinitely to nourish the illusion of grShare buybacks are a major contributor to the low volatility regime because a large price insensitive buyer is always ready to purchase the market on weakness... Share buybacks result in a lower volatility, lower liquidity, which in turn incentivizes more share buybacks, further incentivizing passive and systematic strategies that are short volatility in all their forms... Like a snake eating its own tail, the market can not rely on share buybacks indefinitely to nourish the illusion of grShare buybacks result in a lower volatility, lower liquidity, which in turn incentivizes more share buybacks, further incentivizing passive and systematic strategies that are short volatility in all their forms... Like a snake eating its own tail, the market can not rely on share buybacks indefinitely to nourish the illusion of grshare buybacks, further incentivizing passive and systematic strategies that are short volatility in all their forms... Like a snake eating its own tail, the market can not rely on share buybacks indefinitely to nourish the illusion of grshare buybacks indefinitely to nourish the illusion of growth.

Twelve of our companies, just over 20 % of our holdings, used their cash flow to achieve all four goals: they increased the dividend, reduced the share count, made an acquisition and still ended the year with a stronger balance sheet.

Management has a long track record of disciplined capital allocation, having reduced the share count by nearly one - third over the past decade, and it recently initiated a fairly generous dividend.

Five of the men shared the symptoms of the mice — small testes and reduced sperm count — but two of the five had fathered children.

While none can completely escape the issue of market timing, they can certainly address the most critical aspect: ensuring that share buybacks do indeed return capital to shareholders by reducing share count.

On the top side, and I did not see any of these, be aware of reverse splits, which can reduce the share count, are a sign of a badly run company, but do nothing for the economics of a firm, aside from keeping them listed on a major exchange.

That should give one pause before investing in the stock of a company that subjects itself to a split aimed at reducing the share count and raising the stock price.

In the above scenario, if those 100,000 shares outstanding that initially traded at $ 10 per share fell to $ 2 per share, and the company wanted to restore the price of the stock, it might issue a 1:5 reverse stock split in which the share count of the business would be reduced to 20,000 shares outstanding that trade at a price of $ 20 per share.

The First Asset Canadian Buyback Index ETF (TSX: FBE) «provides investors with exposure to a portfolio of equity securities of quality companies with active share buyback programs that have significantly and consistently reduced their issued and outstanding share count.»

In working out strategies for people with very large option profits, I've found that many of them can actually reduce their tax cost by making disqualifying dispositions before the end of 2012, at least if we don't count the potential benefit of having a large unused AMT credit after selling their shares.

Finally, during the last week of the quarter I cut back my exposure to AIG and BAC, reducing share count by 10 % and 20 % respectively, and initiated a small hedge using SPY puts.

The share count has been reduced by a total of 4.0 M over that time.

of cash spent on share buybacks since Q3, but recognize the reduced share count.

Outerwall hasn't been liquidating itself through buybacks — instead it has leveraged the balance sheet by issuing large amounts of debt, using the proceeds to buy back stock, which has reduced the share count, but not the size of the balance sheet or the amount of capital employed.

This reduces my estimated NAV to $ 178.5 mio & a corresponding share count of 195.3 mio shares outstanding.