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  2. What are stock buybacks and why do companies use them? - AOL

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    A stock buyback is one of the major ways a company can use its cash, including investing in the operations, paying off debt, buying another company and paying out the money as a dividend to investors.

  3. How Stock Buybacks Work and Why Companies Do Them - AOL

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    One term you may be less familiar with is "stock buyback". In a nutshell, a stock buyback occurs when a … Continue reading ->The post How Stock Buybacks Work and Why Companies Do Them appeared ...

  4. Share repurchase - Wikipedia

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    A listed company may also buy back its shares in on-market trading on the stock exchange, following the passing of an ordinary resolution if over the 10/12 limit. [12] The stock exchange's rules apply to "on-market buybacks". A listed company may also buy unmarketable parcels of shares from shareholders (called a "minimum holding buyback").

  5. Treasury stock - Wikipedia

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    In an efficient market, a company buying back its stock should have no effect on its price per share valuation. [ citation needed ] If the market fairly prices a company's shares at $50/share, and the company buys back 100 shares for $5,000, it now has $5,000 less cash but there are 100 fewer shares outstanding; the net effect should be that ...

  6. Accelerated share repurchase - Wikipedia

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    Accelerated share repurchase (ASR) refers to a method that publicly traded companies may use to buy back shares of its capital stock from the market. [1]The ASR method involves the company buying its shares from an investment bank (who in turn borrowed them from their clients), and paying cash to the investment bank while entering into a forward contract.

  7. Investing 101: Which Companies Are Buying Back Their Own Stock?

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    Lowe's Corporation (NYS: LOW) , the second largest U.S. home improvement chain, recently announced its intentions to set aside $5 billion to buy back its shares over the next two to three years ...