Sentences with phrase «of stock buybacks»
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.
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Meantime, corporate executives have a history of using excess cash in the form of stock buybacks.
A company spokesman said Thomson Reuters does not adjust for the impact of stock buybacks on those metrics.
A wave of stock buybacks spurred by an earlier corporate tax holiday, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, provoked one of the nation's leading newspapers to accuse Congress of «us [ing] phony labels like «job creation» and... «economic growth» to justify excessive tax cuts that increasingly serve to concentrate wealth among the few.»
Despite some investors waxing rhapsodic about things like «mass collaboration and sharing enabled by technology and global communications networks,» S&P 500 Index revenues have grown at a nominal rate of just 3.2 % annually over the past 20 years, and just 1.6 % annually over the past decade, and that includes the benefit of stock buybacks.
«I'm amazed at how many CFOs don't truly understand the long - term sustainability and value creation of stock buybacks.»
I've been a long time fan of their stock buybacks, dividends, and profit margins.
The pace of stock buybacks at Mastercard also emphasized the commitment that the payments giant has in returning capital to shareholders.
So, which of these stock buyback ETFs is the «best» option for shareholder friendliness?
In the case of McDonalds, I have been very impressed by the fact that the company is actually increasing per share profits (the company's total profits are only up 2.5 %, but per share profits are actually up 4 % due to a lower share count courtesy of stock buybacks).
About BM = Book Value / Market Cap...... the numerator too is polluted in case of stocks buybacks.
Warren Buffett has long been a proponent of stock buybacks.
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.
For those interested in the prospects for equities — asset allocation, the most important decision and most common mistake — the support of stock buybacks is crucial.
A large portion of stock buybacks only sop up new shares issued by the company to employees exercising stock options.
Just prior to a significant Apple surge based on rumours of a stock buyback, investors were optimistic about a quarterly report that could restore confidence in the innovative firm.
Impressive size of stock buyback, these guys have really «got religion» in terms of really working for shareholder
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.
He said decisions about the size of stock buybacks and investment in R&D, which totaled $ 17 billion during his tenure, were not related.
It has borrowed a little in the past couple of years, taking advantage of low interest rates to fund some of its stock buybacks and dividends.