Sentences with phrase «to return cash to shareholders»

It is a lower risk way to play mobile growth and expansion into emerging markets and its policy of returning cash to shareholders is a further positive.

At the same time, all 3 are focused on returning cash to shareholders in the form of dividends.

It certainly demonstrates that returning cash to shareholders via dividends is embedded in the company's way of doing things.

In addition to being a vehicle for returning cash to shareholders, they reduce the total number of shares outstanding, so they should increase the value for the remaining shareholders, right?

And, of course, worries about unwanted attention from activists have likely motivated other companies to proactively return cash to shareholders.

This is one way it is returning cash to shareholders along with dividend growth.

They are now returning this cash to shareholders to help unlock value.

The other big tech names also are in strong positions and have also increased dividends and have more favorable policies on returning cash to shareholders.

Obviously, returning cash to shareholders via dividends is firmly embedded in the company's culture.

Imperial Oil Ltd. (IMO / TSX) was also added to the fund, in part, because of its strong history of returning cash to shareholders through growing dividends and share repurchases.

Covestro has announced that it will return cash to shareholders if it can't find a suitable takeover target within two years.

You're left pretty much in peace, and you can do classically shareholder - unfriendly, empire - building things like being acquisitive rather than classically shareholder - friendly, management - disciplining things like returning cash to shareholders.

You don't think STX 4.1 % dividend and $ 2.5 Billion share buyback is considered returning cash to shareholders??

... to exercise its fiduciary duty to shareholders by winding up NTII in order to return cash to shareholders as quickly and efficiently as possible.

McDonald's is a company focused on returning cash to shareholders with an increasing dividend payout.

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.

Other companies announcing plans to return cash to shareholders include Facebook Inc, which announced a $ 9 billion buyback program when it reported earnings last week, and AbbVie Inc, which plans a tender offer starting as early as May 1 to buy up to $ 7.5 billion of its stock.

Agree that IBM has been great at returning cash to shareholders with dividends and buybacks.

Besides, buybacks work better as an interim measure for returning cash to shareholders when the outlook is iffy.

In all these cases it was not until the stock became cheap and management began to return cash to shareholders in earnest that the stocks rebounded nicely.

Its five - year average return on equity is 19.8 %, and the company has generously returned cash to shareholders with buybacks and dividend hikes over that time frame.

Qualcomm is now a cheap stock, with a steady business, that is returning cash to shareholders by the boatload.

A buyback returns the cash to shareholders who decide to sell.

If WDC or STX were good about returning cash to shareholders, I think I could be convinced that either made a very nice odds - on bet.

Management has proven they are shareholder friendly, not giving dilutive options and share grants, conserving cash and even returning cash to shareholders that they feel they can't deploy (a $ 1 / share — equivalent to $ 10 post reverse split — dividend in December 2009).

Its leadership position in the menthol segment, aggressive Newport strategy and emphasis on returning cash to shareholders make it a good investment.

Despite the strong start, concern remains among retail investors and portfolio managers that chief financial officers remain too fixated on returning cash to shareholders through stock buybacks and dividends.

Have you ever heard of returning cash to shareholders via stock buybacks?

While some defend the buyback practice as a method of returning cash to shareholders, others, including my colleague Larry Fink, have argued that some companies today are focusing on maximizing short - term shareholder value at the expense of investing in the future.

Now share buybacks aren't necessarily a bad thing, and in fact are Warren Buffett's preferred method for returning cash to shareholders — as opposed to dividends — because they give management more flexibility.

After paying themselves nicely to run down the business (or actually exploiting for themselves what is left of the juice), they are now saying that it will take 6 months to return cash to shareholders if it happens at all.

The company has launched a business review to consider returning cash to shareholders, making medium - sized acquisitions and more aggressive cost cuts, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

In recent decades, share buybacks have overtaken dividends as a preferred way to return cash to shareholders as there is more preferential tax treatment.

Instead, it has concentrated on returning cash to shareholders through buybacks and dividends; earnings per share have risen nearly 40 % since the last quarter of 2014, while the quarterly dividend is up 43 %.

«One of the things you're seeing is a trend to return cash to shareholders,» said Kevin Brown, research analyst with Tortoise Capital Advisors.

«In an environment like this return cash to shareholders keeps them pleased with the short - term gains while not committing to large investments that could hurt performance.»

Buying back stock is, for example, Warren Buffett's preferred way of returning cash to shareholders (rather than paying a dividend).

Corporations will boost sales and keep margins elevated allowing managements to both invest for growth and return cash to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.

Apple's beefed up plans to return cash to shareholders through dividends and buybacks will provide additional support for its stock price.

Coupled with its favorable market segments, Sprouts is generating positive cash flow and returning cash to shareholders via a stock buyback program.

Still, given the size of the technology opportunities the company sees and the heightened level of competition, Apple's board says it's important to continue taking a measured approach to returning any cash to shareholders.

While the Board and management oppose this shareholder proposal, they are fully committed to returning cash to shareholders.

General Motors recently responded to an activist group with a plan to return cash to shareholders through share repurchase, and Lear had previously undertaken this action.

Exploration and production companies are likely to update investors in their first - quarter reports on budgets and returning cash to shareholders, according to Morgan Stanley.

And with a payout ratio of 47.8 %, you're looking at what's basically a «perfect balance» between retaining earnings for company growth and returning cash to shareholders.

Qualcomm has no business being in the venture capital business and should instead return this cash to shareholders.

Our first priority remains investing in new stores and the infrastructure to support our store growth, while our second priority is to return cash to shareholders through anticipated dividends and share repurchases.