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The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Alex Dumortier	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.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Alex Dumortier	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.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2011 Alex Dumortier	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.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Alex Dumortier	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.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Flowserve: Compounding or Destroying Value? Based on its price-to-earnings ratio, Flowserve trades toward the bottom of the range against four of its competitors.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Kroger: Compounding or Destroying Value? Management is spending your capital.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Staples: Compounding or Destroying Value? With shares trading at just 9.1 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, Staples' share buyback program looks like a very good use of shareholder capital.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Edwards Lifesciences: Creating or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 33.2 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like a poor use of shareholder capital at these prices.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Don't Buy Into People's United's Buyback People's United's new buyback program doesn't mean you should buy.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Buy WellPoint's Share Buyback Share buybacks are a contrarian indicator, but not WellPoint's.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Alex Dumortier	AutoZone: Creating or Destroying Value? The share-buyback program looks like a poor use of shareholder capital at these prices. The shares of Sonic Automotive and Asbury Automotive, on the other hand, look a lot more attractive.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Atmos Energy: Creating or Destroying Shareholder Value? With shares trading at 13.3 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the new share-buyback authorization looks like a poor use of shareholder capital at these prices.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should F5 Networks Be Buying Back Shares? All stock buybacks aren't created equal.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should You Piggyback on Tesoro's Share Buyback? Tesoro's price-to-earnings multiple is in the middle of the range relative to the company's industry
The Motley Fool November 1, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should WebMD Be Buying Back Shares? At nearly 31 times next twelve months' estimated earnings, the shares don't look like any kind of bargain.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should SanDisk Be Buying Back Shares? The new repurchase authorization is up to $500 million over a period up to five years.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should IBM Be Buying Back Shares? At 13 times the next 12 months' estimated earnings, the shares don't look like any particular bargain.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should Altria Be Buying Back Shares? The new buyback program is no buy signal. Altria's price-to-earnings multiple is in middle quintile relative to the companies in the S&P 500 and to its own five-year history.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should Itron Be Buying Back Shares? The CEO is putting your money (and his) where his mouth is.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should First Horizon Be Buying Back Shares? First Horizon's new repurchase authorization is up to $100 million worth of shares to be acquired by the end of August 2012.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Buy Into Jabil's Share Buyback Whether management knows it or not, Jabil Circuit shares look cheap.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Don't Buy Into Pall's Share Buyback Purification and filtration products manufacturer Pall's new buyback program is no "buy" indicator.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should RadioShack Be Buying Back Shares? At less than 10 times next 12 months' estimated earnings, the shares look attractive on a first pass.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should Hansen Natural Be Buying Back Shares? The new share-buyback program is no buy signal.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Should Monster Be Buying Back Shares? The CEO says the stock is "an excellent investment." Is it?
The Motley Fool October 10, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Buy Corning's Share Buyback Share buybacks are often a contrarian indicator, but not Corning's.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Coca-Cola Enterprises: Compounding or Consuming Value? With the shares trading at 11.1 times the earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, this share buyback program looks like an acceptable use of shareholder capital.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Is Hewlett-Packard Crazy? Hewlett-Packard recently announced that its future is looking brighter and it's tripling its planned share repurchases, upping the limit to $12 billion worth of stock. Is it a good move?
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Rich Smith	Aetna's $1.25 Billion Buyback The health insurer Aetna splurges on its own shares; its board has authorized a $1.25 billion hike in its stock-repurchase authorization.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Shubh Datta	It's Buyback Time at Coca-Cola Enterprises Coca-Cola Enterprises plans to buy back $1 billion worth of its shares.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2011 Todd Wenning	What Does United Technologies Do With Its Free Cash? United Technologies is a well-entrenched company with solid competitive advantages that generates plenty of free cash flow to fund buybacks and dividends.
CFO June 15, 2012 Vincent Ryan	Plenty of Ammo Left in Buyback Plans U.S. firms have repurchased more than one-third the dollar amount of shares that their buyback programs allow.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2011 Todd Wenning	What Does 3M Do With Its Free Cash? Let's find out if company management is a good steward of your capital.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2006 Rich Duprey	Black & Decker Buys Back Profit Though recent share repurchases have come at a premium, the power tool maker has had a history of being a good shepherd with shareholder money. Will its recent buyback announcement be just as good?
The Motley Fool August 18, 2011 Todd Wenning	What Does Medtronic Do With Its Free Cash? Is it a good steward of shareholder capital?
The Motley Fool November 19, 2004 Rich Smith	The Credibility Gap Sales and profits stagnate, while share dilution continues for the Gap.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2010 Dan Caplinger	These Companies Wasted Your Money Many big buybacks haven't fared all that well.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2006 Seth Jayson	Bad Advice on Buybacks The point of a buyback is not to "move" the stock -- not over the short term. The point of a buyback is to increase shareholder value in the long run by giving existing shareholders a bigger cut of future economic benefits.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Rich Duprey	Pennies on the Dollar Tree Management at the discounter announces a $500 million share buyback; investors ought to ask themselves: Is Dollar Tree a good buy now?
The Motley Fool June 28, 2007 Billy Fisher	A Strong Start for Big Health Care A look at how four blue-chip insurers have fared in the first half of 2007. Aetna... CIGNA... UnitedHealth... WellPoint...
The Motley Fool December 27, 2006 Billy Fisher	2006 in Review: Aetna The health insurer's stock price has stabilized after strong reactions to quarterly results.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2005 Richard Gibbons	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.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Buybacks: 4 Companies That Reward Shareholders Most companies get buybacks wrong; these four got them right: Utah Medical Products... Markel... Fairfax Financial Holdings... Brookfield Asset Management...
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Shubh Datta	At Walgreen, It's Payback Time Walgreen buys back shares and raises its dividend.
The Motley Fool December 26, 2007 Rich Smith	Northrop's $2.5 Billion Buyback Northrop Grumman announces a buyback authorization of truly mammoth proportions. At $2.5 billion in size, this buyback could potentially reduce Northrop's share count by approximately 9% if implemented in full.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2011 Todd Wenning	What Does Procter & Gamble Do With Its Free Cash? Let's find out whether it's a good steward of your capital.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2008 Rich Duprey	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?
The Motley Fool June 7, 2004 Chris Mallon	Shareholder Dilution Delusions Using shareholder cash to stem stock option dilution is a deceptive, wealth-destroying practice.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2010 Rich Greifner	Is Your CFO Sleeping Around? "Stock buybacks are like hooking up," Stern School of Business professor Aswath Damodaran says. "Dividends are like getting married."
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 Rich Smith	Staples Secures Shares Wall Street's buyback binge continues. Staples had a $1.5 billion buyback plan in place already, but it had burned through $1.2 billion of its authorization and decided a re-up was in order.