Apple has already done a $ 17 billion bond offering (the company decided to borrow the money rather than pay the hefty U.S. taxes required to bring some offshore cash back home) in order to raise funds for a planned $ 60 billion
share repurchase over three years.
Not exact matches
The firm maintains an index of S&P 500 companies spanning nine sectors that have offered the highest yield from
share repurchases and dividend payments
over the past 12 months.
Over the same period of time it has paid out $ 40 million in dividends, and has spent $ 31 million
repurchasing its own
shares, including $ 16.5 million in the currently ongoing Normal Course Issuer Bid announced June 17, 2011; and,
Over the 12 - months ending September 30, 2015, S&P 500 companies have spent 64.6 % of their net income on
share repurchases.
Here's some more color on returning cash to shareholders from Butters» note: «
Share repurchase programs have become a very popular way of returning capital to shareholders
over the years.
«Dollar - value
share repurchases amounted to $ 134.4 billion
over the second quarter (July), which represented a 6.9 % decline from the first quarter (April) and a 0.4 % decline year -
over-year,» FactSet's Andrew Birstingl notes.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market
share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products
over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its
share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
Over the past 30 years, during which earnings growth hasn't been stellar, market values have instead been driven by Federal Reserve - induced low interest rates leading to corporate
share repurchase strategies and merger and acquisition activity.
Share Repurchases — we assume share repurchases of $ 37.5 billion, $ 31.25 billion, and $ 37.5 billion over the next three year for our forecast and not the more aggressive pace we hope the Board will unde
Share Repurchases — we assume share repurchases of $ 37.5 billion, $ 31.25 billion, and $ 37.5 billion over the next three year for our forecast and not the more aggressive pace we hope the Board wil
Repurchases — we assume
share repurchases of $ 37.5 billion, $ 31.25 billion, and $ 37.5 billion over the next three year for our forecast and not the more aggressive pace we hope the Board will unde
share repurchases of $ 37.5 billion, $ 31.25 billion, and $ 37.5 billion over the next three year for our forecast and not the more aggressive pace we hope the Board wil
repurchases of $ 37.5 billion, $ 31.25 billion, and $ 37.5 billion
over the next three year for our forecast and not the more aggressive pace we hope the Board will undertake
Add to that a
share repurchase program that has reduced
share count by
over 3 % in the last year, and suddenly Apple looks a lot more lucrative to conservative investors.
- Since 2010, DISCK has deployed $ 8 billion toward buybacks (~ 50 % of its current market cap)-- reducing diluted
shares outstanding by
over 30 % — including $ 1.4 billion utilized in 2016 to
repurchase ~ 53 million
shares at an average cost of ~ $ 26 a
share.
AZO has
repurchased nearly half of its outstanding
shares over the past five to ten years, decimating common equity while providing a nice boost to EPS.
As well as missing revenue forecasts, Alibaba announced a $ 4 billion
share repurchase program
over two years, which it said was primarily aimed at offsetting the impact of the company's
share - based compensation programs and other factors that could dilute the
share price.
This was exasperated recently when I was discussing the case of how most investors misunderstand how it can actually be good
over the long - run to change a company's capitalization structure to replace equity with debt by borrowing funds on a long - term, low - cost, fixed - rate basis to
repurchase stock, lowering the total count of outstanding
shares.
The company
repurchased 1,033,705
shares of its common stock at an average price of $ 66.21 per
share for a total of
over $ 68.4 million.
If you own
shares of McDonald's, Johnson & Johnson, an S&P 500 index fund, or any other countless security, when you glance
over your reports, you should know exactly why you own them — how much you expect earnings per
share to rise
over the next decade, management's capital allocation policies (dividends vs.
share repurchases vs. debt reduction vs. acquisitions, vs. growing organically), as well a legal and economic trends that might affect your position.
«On October 24, 2017, our board of directors authorized a $ 150.0 million stock
repurchase program, allowing us to
repurchase shares of our common stock
over a two - year period from time to time at various prices in the open market or through private transactions.
And then lastly, we feel great about the amount of cash that this business continues to kick off, allowing us to reinvest in this low risk, high return new unit growth and the infrastructure to support it, while continuing to pay a competitive and
over time, growing dividend, as well as consistent, robust
share repurchases.
During the quarter, we returned
over $ 300 million to shareholders through the
repurchase of 2.7 million
shares of common stock and the payment of a quarterly dividend.
I wanted to
share all my favorite beauty products from the last year with you; the items I
repurchase over and
over again, and would hate to ever live without.
For the Beauty Spotlight Team we've been
sharing the 5 - 10 products that we
repurchase over and
over.
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.
As I wrote last year, the 500 largest U.S. companies
repurchased about a quarter of their equity's dollar value from 1998 to 2012, but the number of
shares outstanding actually grew more than 7 %
over that same period.
Investing in businesses that reward shareholders with dividends and
share repurchases while steadily growing year after year is a fantastic way to create wealth
over time.
As
share repurchases are often compared to the alternative, dividends, it is interesting to see a buyback fund perform twice as well
over the 5 - year period as one of the most popular dividend ETFs.
Companies buy back
shares on the open market
over an extended period of time and may even have an outlined
share repurchase program that buys back
shares at certain times or at regular intervals.
The excess bottom - line growth can be explained via
share repurchases: Cisco reduced its outstanding
share count by approximately 19 %
over the last decade.
Each company has also made regular
share repurchases on top of their dividend payments, leaving little — if any — free cash flow left
over to fund acquisitions or fuel innovation.
Share repurchases can have a significant positive impact on an investor's portfolio and are a great way to build investor wealth
over time.
Weyco has an active
share repurchase program that it has expanded
over the years.
CEOs who are busy increasing dividends,
repurchasing shares and making acquisitions may be doing things that stroke their own egos and favor shareholders
over bondholders.
To date, 1,735,000
shares remain to be
repurchased on the program, representing
over 4 % of the total number of outstanding
shares.
Over the past four years, Wal - Mart has
repurchased about 570 million
shares.
Some analysts estimate FCF should expand at an average of 10 % annually
over the next five years, increasing Microsoft's ability to
repurchase shares and pay dividends.
With a little
over $ 4 billion in cash on hand and a $ 1.1 billion dividend deficit in Q3, it seems likely to us that XOM will need to raise another $ 4 to $ 6 billion in debt
over the next year unless oil prices recover, its costs drop significantly, it sells off substantial assets, or
share repurchases are temporarily halted.
Now, some of that bottom - line growth was due to extensive
share repurchases — the company bought back approximately 23 % of the outstanding
shares over the last 10 years.
Share Repurchases: Let's assume the DCP share price increases by just over 40 % in the next year & continues at half that growth rate (just over 20 % pa) for the following 4 y
Share Repurchases: Let's assume the DCP
share price increases by just over 40 % in the next year & continues at half that growth rate (just over 20 % pa) for the following 4 y
share price increases by just
over 40 % in the next year & continues at half that growth rate (just
over 20 % pa) for the following 4 years.
That's an average
share repurchase price of $ 285.05
over that time.
Considering the highest
share price
over that time is well below the average
repurchase price things don't bode well for their buyback being very effective.
Since the first calendar quarter of 2007, the company has
repurchased over 6.5 % of its
shares outstanding at highly advantageous prices.
Over the years, for example, investors in Teledyne have repeatedly benefitted from timely
share repurchases and spinoffs.
In practice, index funds are based on market capitalizations and
share pricing, so dilution or
repurchase effects are largely irrelevant within that valuation scheme (however, it would be interesting to see a mutual fund invest in all companies of an index at a fixed, flat ownership position
over all companies
over time).
It has just initiated a buy - back plan to
repurchase over a three - year period up to 4M
shares out of 40.7 M on issue.
The Company has also suspended the stock
repurchase plan, approved in August of 2008 by its Board of Directors, to buy back up to 4 million
shares of common stock
over a three year period.
Over the longest term, your results will be superior either because the market eventually returns the price to its fair value, or because for as long as its under its fair value, your reinvested dividends or the company's
share repurchases will be able to buy more
shares for the same amount of money.
«Initiated
share repurchases which contributed to 400 % increase in stock price
over three - year period.»