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

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    Companies are able to buy back shares at any time, but share repurchases are typically highest during periods of strong economic activity when companies have the cash available.

  3. Share repurchase - Wikipedia

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    The most common share repurchase method in the United States is the open-market stock repurchase, representing almost 95% of all repurchases. A firm will announce that it will repurchase some shares in the open market from time to time as market conditions dictate and maintains the option of deciding whether, when, and how much to repurchase.

  4. Explainer: What are share repurchases? - AOL

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    A share repurchase, or share buyback, is when a company rebuys its own shares and returns money to its investors. Explainer: What are share repurchases? Skip to main content

  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 the underlying value of each share is unchanged.

  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. Why Share Repurchases Aren't Always Good for Investors - AOL

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    Investors count on earnings per share, or EPS, to measure earnings, not stock repurchases. Meanwhile, some companies are going into debt in order to continue their stock buyback programs. M.H ...

  8. Are Reduced Share Repurchases Reason to Sell This Oil Major?

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    Share buybacks are one of the main way's management teams return cash to shareholders. Share repurchases serve a variety of purposes. First, it's a tax-advantaged alternative to paying dividends. ...

  9. Signalling (economics) - Wikipedia

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    Signaling typically occurs in an IPO, where a company issues out shares to the public market to raise equity capital. This arises due to information asymmetry between potential investors and the company raising capital. Given firms are private before an IPO, prospective investors have limited information about the firm's true value or future ...