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Dividends or Share Repurchases? Share repurchases can be beneficial, but dividends reward shareholders in every environment. |
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Share Buybacks Aren't All Equal In the right circumstances -- when a company has excess capital and undervalued shares -- share repurchases are great for shareholders. But if the company is repurchasing overvalued shares, the buyback can actually be a sign of poor management. |
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Share Repurchase: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Share repurchases rarely signal an undervalued stock price. |
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A Promising Energy Prospect This unique business development company focuses on the energy sector. Investors, take note. |
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American Capital: An Investing Gorilla The business development company offers a unique opportunity for savvy investors. |
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Target Releases Arrows Made of Money The retailer has done well by shareholders, and might do even better. |
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Bad Buyback, Bad! Today companies often choose to reward shareholders with a simple and popular method investors love: share buybacks. When is it good? When is it bad? |
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January 8, 2007
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An Investor's Guide to Business Development Companies Understand the nuts and bolts of a uniquely profitable investment space. These companies are very well-managed, and have historically delivered very high returns for shareholders. |
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A Capital Idea Deflated by the credit crisis, business development company American Capital looks like a bargain. |
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Sonic Goes Dutch at the Drive-In A modified Dutch tender offer will reduce outstanding shares and increase value to shareholders of the drive-in burger purveyor. |
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Overlooked Dividend Plays Business development companies offer some of the market's juiciest yields. |
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Share Repurchase Signals What exactly does a share repurchase indicate about a company these days? What does mean to investors? Here is a look at share-repurchase trends in places like Autozone, Target, Wal-Mart, Dell, Costco... |
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Buy Back or Payout? Some REITs are repurchasing stock, but not all analysts agree with the move. |
InternetNews
August 18, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Microsoft Buys Back Billions in Stock Microsoft said it will repurchase $16.2 billion shares of additional stock, expanding the buyback program announced in July to $36.2 billion. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2008
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Don't Buy the Buyback Hype Are share buybacks little more than a tool for management to massage earnings? As for the benefit to individual shareholders, is it all it's cracked up to be? |
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July 27, 2010
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Buy, Sell, or Hold American Capital? Should you be pouncing on American Capital's stock? |
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June 25, 2007
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The Public Dangers of Private Equity Deals allowing small investors to get in on private equity transactions are flourishing. What does that mean for the investors? |
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February 16, 2007
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American Capital: The Private-Equity Steamroller The business-development specialist rolls through another quarter. Investors, take note. |
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May 13, 2010
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Is Your CFO Sleeping Around? "Stock buybacks are like hooking up," Stern School of Business professor Aswath Damodaran says. "Dividends are like getting married." |
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March 31, 2006
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The Business of Buybacks What do stock repurchases mean for your portfolio? |
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November 15, 2005
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Ross Stores Fails to Impress As unimpressive as the off-price retailer's quarter was (its shares are down 4.5%), it's not fair to judge a company based on one quarter's financial results. |
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Some Dividends Are More Equal Than Others This business development company looks attractive from a dividend standpoint, but investors should steer clear. |
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November 14, 2006
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A Savage War for Investment Returns The fiercely ambitious business development company Ares Capital battles on investors' behalf. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2006
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The Skinny on Share Buybacks Do buybacks enhance shareholder value? Many times, these plans can work out very well for investors. But does this really make a company more valuable? No, not really. |
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THE ABCs OF BDCs A business development corporation is a pass-through tax structure, analogous to a REIT, allowing individual investors access to formerly institutional-only asset classes such as private debt. |
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Raytheon: Compounding or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 7.6 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like a good use of shareholder capital at these prices. |
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Stride Rite Springs Ahead Shoe designer steps up to the platform and begins large share repurchases. |
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December 7, 2006
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Gladstone Capital: A BDC With a Twist This highly respected business-development company turns in solid results, and is investor-friendly, to boot. |
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Accenture: Creating or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 14.3 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like a decent use of shareholder capital at these prices. |
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What Microsoft Does With Its Cash Cash is king. What a company does with it matters. |
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Don't Buy Into People's United's Buyback People's United's new buyback program doesn't mean you should buy. |
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September 28, 2011
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Lockheed Martin: Creating or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 9.3 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like an acceptable use of shareholder capital at these prices. |
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CAPS Strategy Review: How You Can Profit From Mark-to-Market Trauma One top CAPS contributor shares his success formula. |
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Dell: Compounding or Destroying Value? Dell's share buyback program looks like a good use of shareholder capital. In fact, I think it's worth adding Dell to your watchlist. |
