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To undertake a stock buyback, a company typically announces a “repurchase authorization,” which details the size of the repurchase, either in terms of the number of shares it might buy, a percentage of its stock or, most typically, a dollar amount.
Who Benefits From a Stock Buyback? Companies benefit from a stock buyback because it can preserve or raise stock prices, consolidate ownership, and take the place of dividends. Investors can benefit because they receive capital back. However, a repurchase doesn't always benefit investors.
A stock buyback, or share repurchase, is when a company repurchases its own stock, reducing the total number of shares outstanding. In effect, buybacks “re-slice the pie” of profits into fewer slices, giving more to remaining investors.
The following have been some of the notable buyback announcements so far in 2024: Apple Inc. AAPL. -0.20% in May announced a record $110 billion stock-repurchase program. Microsoft Inc. MSFT. +1.14% in September rolled out a $60 billion buyback plan. Alphabet Inc. GOOG. +1.31% GOOGL. Nvidia Corp. NVDA. +4.45%
Buybacks reduce total assets and equity of a company's stock, which increases return on equity and earnings per share. "It's a way for management to optimize capital," Mazzola said. While companies may still make share repurchases when rates are higher, buybacks are even more attractive when rates decline.
Ten S&P 500 companies, including Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Nvidia (NVDA), each spent more than $3.5 billion buying their own stock in the third quarter, says just-released data from S&P Dow Jones Indices' Howard Silverblatt.
Top 10 Corporate Stock Repurchasers for Q1 2024 Apple (AAPL) topped all companies marketwide, as usual, with $23.5B in buybacks in Q1'24. Alphabet (GOOGL) repurchased $15.9B in Q1'24, matching the amount it spent in the prior quarter. Meta Platforms (META) bought back $14.5B, more than double the prior quarter.
Overall, Nike spent $1.18 billion on stock buybacks from the end of June through the end of August this year. The company has a stock buyback plan in place that authorizes a total of $18 billion in share repurchases between 2022 and 2026. There is now $8 billion left of that share repurchase authorization.