Not exact matches
Since 2012, when the company launched the largest share repurchase program
ever, Apple has returned a little more than $ 100 billion to shareholders in
stock buybacks and dividends.
Following what will be one of its most profitable years
ever in North America, General Motors raised its earnings guidance for 2016, while also dramatically increasing its
stock buyback program and its quarterly dividend.
No company has
ever done
stock buybacks like Apple.
Lately, the sheer volume of
buybacks has prompted complaints among academics, politicians and investors that massive
stock repurchases are stifling innovation and hurting U.S. competitiveness — and contributing to widening income inequality by rewarding executives with
ever higher pay, often divorced from a company's underlying performance.
Have you
ever heard of returning cash to shareholders via
stock buybacks?