Sentences with phrase «share repurchases»

Liquidity options vary and may take the form of share repurchase programs or secondary marketplace transactions but are generally limited.

Liquidity options vary and may take the form of share repurchase programs or secondary marketplace transactions but are generally limited.

The firm's plan also includes an up to $ 11.5 billion of common stock repurchases, compared to $ 8.3 billion in share repurchases in the four quarters ended in the first quarter of 2017.

A CEO that is willing to push for share repurchases when a company's stock has fallen rather than acquire another business is much more likely to create wealth than one who is bent on expanding the empire.

As such, the company is one of the largest dividend payers in the world and has the largest share repurchase authorization in history.

The company spent heavily on share repurchases in the first quarter of 2016, at the height of the fallout from its E. coli scare.

But unlike the bias of many of today's investors, we are just as happy to see that capital returned through share repurchase as through a large dividend payout.

Spirit AeroSystems Reports Q1 2018 Financial Results; Announces Acquisition of Asco Industries; Plans Debt Refinancing; Announces $ 725 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Plan; Increased Dividend by 20 %

Buyback yield — value of shares repurchased by a firm divided by their outstanding shares; high values are best;

So, they being repurchasing 6 million shares each year in addition to continuing to issue their bonuses, for a net share repurchase of 4 million shares per year.

Jim Cramer highlights large share repurchase programs at Apple, Boeing and others in a market that's grown sour on buybacks.

HP increased share repurchases from $ 3.51 billion in 2005 to $ 7.78 billion in 2006, and again to more than $ 9 billion a year in four of the next five years.

Some of these earnings will be needed to support organic growth, but barring a strong economy, companies will still have plenty of capital for continued share repurchases and acquisitions.

For year - end 2010 and 2011, the analyst team also foresees more share repurchases as well as mergers and acquisitions.

As long as that keeps happening consistently, you can anticipate seeing more share repurchase programs from successful companies in the future.

The bank also said it will increase share repurchases from $ 3.5 billion to up to $ 5 billion of outstanding common stock for the four quarters beginning the third calendar quarter of this year.

Assuming completion, Wolters Kluwer intends to deploy the proceeds of this divestment towards additional share repurchases of approximately $ 150 million in 2018 and 2019 to mitigate the expected earnings dilution.

Franklin Electric has a modestly active share repurchase program.

As a corporation, KKR plans to pay an annualized dividend of 50 cents per common share and increase its authorized share repurchase amount to $ 500 million.

BlackBerry has announced share repurchases in the past (and totally failed at timing), but there are none on the horizon.

A difference in tax treatment makes share repurchases more attractive to many shareholders.

A Reuters analysis shows that many companies are barreling down the same road, spending on share repurchases at a far faster pace than they are investing in long - term growth through research and development and other forms of capital spending.

If the Institutional Imperative does reign supreme, I'm confident Zamano offers significant upside potential regardless... And if management manages to shoot the lights out & actually deliver sustained organic growth, an exceptional acquisition (& integration), an aggressive share repurchase programme, and / or a superior bid, these are all free options on sale today.

CLX has an open - market share repurchase authorization of up to $ 750 million, all of which was available as of June 30, 2017.

We also like that management has demonstrated good stewardship of capital through opportunistic share repurchases (i.e., during periods when the share price was weak and trading at a discount to our estimate of intrinsic value).

Anyway, a share price retracement can often be a great opportunity to add to (or initiate) your position — and also an excellent opportunity for companies with an active share repurchase programme.

While the board's actions to date ($ 60 billion share repurchase over three years) may seem like a large buyback, it is simply not large enough given that Apple currently holds $ 147 billion of cash on its balance sheet, and that it will generate $ 51 billion of EBIT next year (Wall Street consensus forecast).

Firms that completed share repurchases between 2002 and 2006, however, have not generated any better returns since that time than those who did not.

There's been relatively little share repurchase activity during the last four and a half years.

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.

Corporate America has led the way in passing on the problem of its surplus capital to investors via share repurchases, with around $ 530 billion spent on U.S. buybacks last year and $ 800 billion expected in 2018, according to JPMorgan.

At 1.7 %, the yield isn't as strong as it is for other alcohol companies, but Anderson expects share repurchases and dividend hikes this year.

Against this, we have GBP 0.348 mio spent on share repurchases since June.

We wish more managements thought about share repurchases this way.

«Initiated share repurchases which contributed to 400 % increase in stock price over three - year period.»

The payout ratio can also include share repurchases, in which case the formula is: (total dividends + share buybacks) / net income.

So index level earnings per share are already adjusted for company share repurchases.

Share repurchases allow management to side step the «Al Gore Millionaire's Tax.»

The following chart shows how much money McDonald's spent on dividends and net share repurchases between 2004 and 2011.

«We believe continued share repurchase reflects management's ongoing confidence in the business and its strong cash flow,» writes Jaffe.

«On a trailing twelve - month basis (TTM), dollar - value share repurchases totaled $ 555.5 billion, which was approximately flat with the first quarter.»

«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.

Both Apple and Microsoft issued bonds to help fund their expanded share repurchase programs (see Exhibit 3).

The ultimate irony is that the companies that did spend heavily on share repurchases when capital was super-abundant may not have enough firepower to purchase shares when another bear market ensues.