NOUN
- a corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock; increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can discourage a takeover attempt)
How To Use stock buyback In A Sentence
- The stock buyback translates into $0.70 / share for the quarter, which could have been paid as a cash dividend. US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
- Many companies and investors favor using spare corporate cash for stock buybacks or to reinvest profits instead of paying dividends.
- If a company does not have a stock buyback program, then earnings will be reduced by both the cost of the options issued and dilution.
- Pfizer also has initiated a $5 billion stock buyback - though the company says that isn't a direct result of the profits it's shipping home, since share repurchases aren't allowed under the Treasury regs.
- Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, sent a bullish signal about its prospects with its new stock buyback program.
- His company have just announced a $1 billion stock buyback.
