We have a responsibility as capitalists to watch over the firms that we own to the greatest extent possible, and to encourage them to foster greater
shareholder friendliness.
It is, of course, why Kiplinger, Money, and Morningstar all try to incorporate additional factors, like
shareholder friendliness, experience, and strategy, when compiling their Best Funds lists.
All in all, these are three great measures of
shareholder friendliness.
(For readers unfamiliar with the term, «shareholder yield» is a holistic measure of
shareholder friendliness that includes dividends paid, shares repurchased, and debt repaid.)
Share buybacks are one of only three criteria it considers when ranking stocks for
shareholder friendliness.
So, which of these stock buyback ETFs is the «best» option for
shareholder friendliness?