Sentences with phrase «share buyback programme»

However, management's been shareholder - friendly to date (also prompted by activist Everest's 3.4 % stake), particularly with a v aggressive share buyback programme which has significantly enhanced NAV.

It's also one of the few stocks which is actually committed to returning a decent amount of cash to shareholders — it pays a 30 ct annual dividend (a 3.2 % yield) & the company completed a $ 200 mio share buyback programme in 2012.

Shares of Apple closed higher ahead of the release of fiscal second - quarter earnings on Tuesday as investors cheered reports that the iPhone maker is set to announce a bumper share buyback programme.

Nestle has completed the remaining SFr10b (Eur7.2 b) share buyback of its SFr25b share buyback programme initiated in August 2007.

From my perspective, I was actually v encouraged by the added shareholder value arising from the company's smart & v chunky share buyback programme, and by the presence (until recently) of an activist shareholder, Everest Funds **.

So, unless they acknowledge otherwise or the numbers start getting a lot bigger, I don't consider this to be a value - enhancing share buyback programme.

As for VOF itself, it trades on a 0.81 Price / Book multiple, despite an aggressive & ongoing share buyback programme — I see plenty of gains ahead in terms of NAV growth & discount compression, as Vietnam continues to leverage & benefit from its labour / cost export advantage, and (just as importantly) its burgeoning domestic consumer economy.

Overall, slow growth may be a blessing — to run UTV private equity style (i.e. focus on margins, cashflow & invest in a regular share buyback programme) might actually offer the best shareholder return.

Hopefully, the negative price / investor reaction was a wake - up call... a significant share buyback programme since is a promising step (& is mildly accretive)-RSB-.

Has there been a historical decent dividend policy or share buyback programmes in place?

Nestlé will also speed up a previously announced 20 billion Swiss francs ($ 21 billion) share buyback programme.

DowDuPont reported its first post-merger quarterly earnings on Nov. 2, and announced a $ 4 billion share buyback programme.

Cupid said it is to hold a shareholder meeting on December 19 «to apply for shareholder approval for a share buyback programme of up to 10 % of the issued share capital of the company».

In fact, I suspect most investors didn't notice a share buyback programme was approved this year for almost 8 % of the company's shares.

What perhaps was missed was a v shareholder - friendly (and aggressive) share buyback programme.

I hope to return to this topic in greater detail, but clearly the most obvious remedy is a re-activation of their (previously aggressive) share buyback programme.

The company even recently approved a share buyback programme (though I think the company will prefer to direct cash towards growth / capex).

At the current share price, a share buyback programme isn't intrinsically attractive, so a special dividend makes the most sense — but I wouldn't bet on it!

With financial risk now eliminated, the only thing really missing here is a share buyback programme:

If you were a foreign investor, and somebody discreetly promised a substantial capital return / share buyback programme was coming soon, wouldn't you think about taking a decent chunk?

-- Share buybacks: Forget de-listings & MBOs — just commence an aggressive share buyback programme, where you opportunistically buy at a discount to intrinsic value.