Have you ever heard of
returning cash to shareholders via stock buybacks?
The management is dedicated to
returning cash to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
Obviously,
returning cash to shareholders via dividends is firmly embedded in the company's culture.
Coupled with its favorable market segments, Sprouts is generating positive cash flow and
returning cash to shareholders via a stock buyback program.
Corporations will boost sales and keep margins elevated allowing managements to both invest for growth and
return cash to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.
Not exact matches
«While the company faces a number of significant challenges, including the continued rise of Amazon and Google, its high margin and large sales figures enable the company
to generate significant free
cash flow, which it increasingly
returns to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.»
U.S. companies have been more generous than ever in
returning excess
cash to shareholders via dividends.
«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.
Only a few days after Apple announced that it is planning
to return as much as $ 100 billion of its
cash mountain
to shareholders via buybacks, throughout the Q&A session with Berkshire Hathaway
shareholders, Buffett and Charlie Munger answered several questions on the topic of why attracted them
to Apple in the first place.
Tax policy can also influence how companies choose
to return cash to shareholders — if dividends are taxed at a higher rate than capital gains, this creates incentives
to return cash via buybacks and debt reduction.
It seems these companies are able
to return cash to shareholders (
via dividend raises) on average in the 8 - 12 % range without share buybacks and in 11 - 15 % range with (total
shareholder yield) outside of any additional increase in the actual price per share.
Otherwise, free
cash flow should be
returned to shareholders via the other three uses: dividends, share buybacks and debt repayments.
But investors obviously aren't prepared
to give management any benefit of the doubt here, and
to date the company's
cash pile has been inaccessible (& therefore «worthless» in many respects)-- realistically, a decent
return from here is only going
to be delivered
via a sale or liquidation of the company, with the
cash pile
returned to deserving
shareholders (now the only logical step, with acquisitions killed off & presuming the restructuring ensures profitability).
Time for a step - change... Overall, it's a pretty stable core business, so management needs
to start milking it for
cash to return to shareholders (
via dividends / buy - backs), or else accelerate growth by ramping up its leverage & acquisition pipeline / spending (more acquisitions, bigger acquisitions, or both...)-- at this point, I'd still prefer a bet on the latter.
First, re-set the company's capital structure with share repurchases: Use available
cash & a conservative level of debt
to make a substantial
return of capital
to shareholders via a tender offer.
Better yet, Lockheed's management has proven
to be one of the most
shareholder - friendly teams in the industry, with the company
returning 100 % of free
cash flow (
cash left over after running the business and investing in its growth)
via buybacks and dividends in 2016.
Broadtree Residential, Inc. (Broadtree) is a private real estate investment trust (REIT) designed
to provide
shareholders with predictable, tax - sheltered
cash flow, and generate attractive total
returns via investment in a diversified portfolio of multifamily apartment communities.