Dividends and Buybacks
Dividends and Buybacks Articles
We have been calling for a premium IPO and a higher share count deal for Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) and its highly anticipated IPO. Technically this is a re-IPO and is the largest private...
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Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) has priced its IPO and is set to begin trading Wednesday morning. The deal has a bit of a mixed win-loss here in the terms and pricing. This IPO has a...
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The method of using capital from the corporate treasury to return capital to shareholders via share repurchase programs has long been under question. Most buybacks never are fully utilized, and...
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Video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) today authorized a boost of $500 million in its share buyback program, replacing a $300 million authorization made in September 2010, and about half of...
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Corporation are now sitting on billions and billions of dollars in their corporate treasuries. They are keeping their share prices higher by returning capital to shareholders. Most are certainly...
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Despite big companies holding unprecedented billions and billions of dollars on their balance sheets, it is shocking how many companies do not reward shareholders in the most classic sense by paying...
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Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) has some mixed earnings data this morning that is driving shares. America’s Big Tobacco reported earnings of $0.44 EPS versus $0.35 EPS a year ago, meeting the...
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is often questioned about its hoard of nearly $60 billion in cash and securities. Investors wonder why the most valuable technology corporate in the US based on market...
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Last week we began a series of companies which we expect will raise their dividends in 2011. It was the first piece of a series and there are many other companies which we expect to boost their...
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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is announced this morning that it was increasing its share repurchase program by a whopping $10 billion. While this is a positive, it does raise some questions....
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Many investors find no better teacher than Warren Buffett. His place as one of the world’s wealthiest men speaks for itself thanks to the almost unimaginable gains seen by Berkshire Hathaway Inc....
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The rising dividend theme of 2010 is already continuing in 2011 and this looks to be another great year for investors seeking higher dividends. We have seen three fresh dividend hikes from Carnival...
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Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is taking a very opportunistic approach to raising more capital to buy mortgages. The mortgage REIT is raising roughly $1.3 billion in gross proceeds. ...
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We have already issued many sector calls for 2011 with our outlooks and we have even given a 2011 DJIA target of 13,042 based upon the same methodology that got us within about 1% of the DJIA close...
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Share repurchase programs, or stock buybacks, have been and may always be a more questionable method of returning capital to shareholders than dividends. Many even disagree with the effect of...
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