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In all these cases it was not until the stock became cheap and management began to return cash to shareholders in earnest that the stocks rebounded nicely.

At the same time, all 3 are focused on returning cash to shareholders in the form of dividends.

Not exact matches

Apple said it will increase the program by returning $ 200 billion in cash to its shareholder by the end of March 2017.

Wolters Kluwer's stock price has doubled since she took charge a decade ago, and the firm has returned half of its cash to shareholders in 2015 in the form of dividends and share buybacks.

Now share buybacks aren't necessarily a bad thing, and in fact are Warren Buffett's preferred method for returning cash to shareholders — as opposed to dividends — because they give management more flexibility.

GM said it expects to return about $ 7 billion in cash to shareholders in 2017, bringing total cash returns to about $ 25 billion since 2012.

«In an environment like this return cash to shareholders keeps them pleased with the short - term gains while not committing to large investments that could hurt performance.»

In a note, analyst Michael Senno wrote that «as an owner of sports cable networks and teams, we believe that MSG is well positioned to capitalize on the increasing value of premium sports content, which should result in AOCF and free cash flow growth above its peers and, combined with incremental leverage, lead to solid shareholder returns.&raquIn a note, analyst Michael Senno wrote that «as an owner of sports cable networks and teams, we believe that MSG is well positioned to capitalize on the increasing value of premium sports content, which should result in AOCF and free cash flow growth above its peers and, combined with incremental leverage, lead to solid shareholder returns.&raquin AOCF and free cash flow growth above its peers and, combined with incremental leverage, lead to solid shareholder returns.»

Michael Ferro may want his shareholders to have faith in his vision of returning Tribune Publishing to some kind of halcyon time when newspapers ruled the media world and spun off millions in cash flow with virtually no effort.

«We also continued to invest in our commercialization capabilities, while returning significant cash to our shareholders — including a 16 percent dividend increase.

Apple shares turned lower in the after - hours after earnings beat and the firm doubled the amount of cash it will return to shareholders.

Metro gets a percentage of sales from every location, so it generates a lot of free cash flow, which it then returns to shareholders in the form of 1.53 % yield and share buybacks.

We used this cash to further reduce net debt and increase returns to shareholders through higher dividends,» Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie said in a statement.

(Reuters)- Murphy Oil Corp (MUR.N) said it will spin off its smaller retail gasoline business in the United States, review options for other assets, pay a special dividend and buy back shares as it seeks to return more cash to shareholders.

Transaction structure will result in a strong and flexible balance sheet to support future growth and shareholder returns: The combination will significantly enhance and diversify MVW's cash flows.

Assets such as excess cash, discontinued operations, and unconsolidated subsidiaries are added to our DCF value as they represent cash that can be returned to shareholders in the future.

The company, which has a longstanding policy of paying out 70 - 80 % of its cash flow per share as dividends, returns over $ 5 billion to shareholders each year in the form of dividends.

In March, Qualcomm Inc, under pressure from hedge fund Jana Partners, agreed to boost its program to purchase $ 10 billion of its shares over the next 12 months; the company already had an existing $ 7.8 billion buyback program and a commitment to return three quarters of its free cash flow to shareholders.

Overall, cash returned to shareholders is much lower today — even with the recent surge instigated by activist campaigns — than in decades past when the economy enjoyed much more robust growth.

Over the last five years, Apple has returned $ 233 billion in cash to shareholders through buybacks and dividends.

We generate cash flow that we deploy to returning to shareholders as well as investing in businesses, doing strategic acquisitions.

Cash and cash equivalents were $ 2 billion versus $ 2.7 billion a year ago, with the reduction largely driven by our commitment to return cash to shareholders and invest in strategic opportunitCash and cash equivalents were $ 2 billion versus $ 2.7 billion a year ago, with the reduction largely driven by our commitment to return cash to shareholders and invest in strategic opportunitcash equivalents were $ 2 billion versus $ 2.7 billion a year ago, with the reduction largely driven by our commitment to return cash to shareholders and invest in strategic opportunitcash to shareholders and invest in strategic opportunities.

Let's further assume that the Nikkei companies in the aggregate have a net cash balance equal to 30 % of market capitalization and decide to return all the net cash to shareholders as a special dividend, the implied P / E multiple for the Nikkei would drop from 8x to 5x.

Exploration and production companies are likely to update investors in their first - quarter reports on budgets and returning cash to shareholders, according to Morgan Stanley.

The company maintains a fairly high payout ratio as it returns much of its cash flows to shareholders in the form of dividends.

The global reflation trade is in full swing, the return of cash flow to shareholders is at a record pace and that is why, in my opinion, the U.S. equity markets are set to extend the current rally well into 2019.

In the long run companies must create enough cash flow to pay expenses, invest in the future (capital expenditures), service their debt (if any), and return money to shareholderIn the long run companies must create enough cash flow to pay expenses, invest in the future (capital expenditures), service their debt (if any), and return money to shareholderin the future (capital expenditures), service their debt (if any), and return money to shareholders.

U.S. companies have been more generous than ever in returning excess cash to shareholders via dividends.

When investors ignore these often - significant minority interests, like in the case of KMI, they are not getting the full picture of a company's cash available to be returned to shareholders.

In both cases, TI allocated about 160 % of its incoming cash flows to shareholder cash returns, dipping into its cash reserves to keep the payouts and buybacks rolling.

Through the team's relentless execution of our plan in the first quarter, we grew revenue, expanded EBITDA margins, produced over 30 % growth in earnings and free cash flow per share and returned essentially all of our free cash flow to shareholders.

Rio, which delivered almost $ 10 - billion of cash returns to shareholders in 2017, could improve on that as cash builds.

Stronger iPhone prices and hints by Apple Inc on Thursday that it could return more than half of its $ 285 billion in cash to shareholders eased concerns among investors, even as the world's biggest technology company gave a disappointing revenue outlook for the current quarter.

While some defend the buyback practice as a method of returning cash to shareholders, others, including my colleague Larry Fink, have argued that some companies today are focusing on maximizing short - term shareholder value at the expense of investing in the future.

Since 2006, more than every dollar generated in free cash flow has been returned to shareholders.

«We recognize activist investors often advocate for firms to return excess cash to shareholders via buybacks,» Goldman's chief strategist David J. Kostin and others said in a note to clients.

If these companies have capital to allocate, and can't reinvest it attractively in the business, make sensible acquisitions with it or pay down debt, they have to either keep it around as cash equivalents or return it to shareholders.

Back in the mid-90's, ROIC - based models such as Economic Value Added (EVA) and Cash Flow Return On Investment (CFROI) were all the rage, with corporate giants such as Coca - Cola (KO), AT&T (T), and Procter & Gamble (PG) linking them to executive compensation and highlighting them in communications with shareholders.

The finding appears to extend to the macroeconomic level as well — shareholders in the larger economy got a much bigger bang for their buck when cash was returned to them as dividends than when it was deployed into capital expenditure.

To be explicit on this: when the earnings yield (the inverse of a P / E ratio) is higher than the return on cash, it is beneficial to shareholders in increasing EPTo be explicit on this: when the earnings yield (the inverse of a P / E ratio) is higher than the return on cash, it is beneficial to shareholders in increasing EPto shareholders in increasing EPS.

Qualcomm has no business being in the venture capital business and should instead return this cash to shareholders.

But the interesting thing is that in the eyes of many investors, Apple's quarterly iPhone sales numbers seem to matter less now than they have for years — at least relative to how much cash Apple is generating and returning to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks.

«The Company will effectively become a well capitalised cash shell with approximately # 18 million that can be utilised for new opportunities in line with our proposed investing policy or returned to shareholders.»

Return of Capital During the quarter, the company returned over $ 28 million in cash to its shareholders, including $ 16.5 million through share repurchases and $ 11.5 million in dividends.

During the quarter, the Company returned $ 21.0 million in cash to its shareholders, including $ 11.0 million in dividends and $ 10.0 million through share repurchases.

The management has wisely bought back shares of the stock at severely depressed levels, and doesn't seem to get too carried away with regular buybacks, preferring to return excess cash to shareholders in the form of special dividends (much preferred to buybacks).

In one similar situation, the company could have returned in excess of $ 10 / share in cash to shareholders had it been liquidated in 200In one similar situation, the company could have returned in excess of $ 10 / share in cash to shareholders had it been liquidated in 200in excess of $ 10 / share in cash to shareholders had it been liquidated in 200in cash to shareholders had it been liquidated in 200in 2005.

As cash returned to shareholders can be reinvested in the common stock of a particular company, investors benefit from high - yield companies as a group.

Naturally, shareholders would prefer to reinvest a business's earnings into more ownership of a business rather than see the cash sit in the company's bank accounts for a paltry.5 % annual return.

... to exercise its fiduciary duty to shareholders by winding up NTII in order to return cash to shareholders as quickly and efficiently as possible.