I'm a big fan of dividend growth but I also like stocks that buy back own shares. By reducing its own outstanding shares, earnings per share could get a boot.
It's the highest shareholder friendly activity that a company can make but also very sensitive because buybacks will shut down ealier than dividend growth.
Many companies from the S&P 500 pay good dividends and buy on a regular basis shares in the same amount. If you have a stable business model, you can easily do both without hurting your operational business.
Recently, the buyback numbers from the S&P were released and some financial research firms jumped on that data to create researches. I have read them and I want to share the best buyback companies with you here today.
Most of the stocks with the highest buyback volume in Q2 outperformed the market. These are the companies with the strongest buyback programs:
10 Top Buyback stocks for Q2/2014...
These are the key-notes from the publishing:
Quarterly Buybacks Declined Year-over-Year Q1 Buyback Leaders Take a Breather Consumer Discretionary Sector Increases Buybacks 35% Buybacks Relative to Free Cash Flow Hit 2008 LevelsYou also may like: 6 Dividend Growth And Share Buyback Stocks Of The Week
These stocks have the strongest buybacks year-to-date:
#1 Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) has a market capitalization of $188.77 billion. The company employs 77,700 people, generates revenue of $51,584.00 million and has a net income of $11,410.00 million. Pfizer's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) a
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