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Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by __blockcipher__ on Friday May 24, 2019 @01:48PM (#20003766)
Stock buybacks aren’t artificial boosting. It’s the correct move when your company is undervalued and you don’t have better investment options.

See Apple for an example of doing it right.

See Chipotle for an example of doing it wrong.

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Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by challenger22 on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:00PM (#20003865)
It's also a more tax efficient way of distributing returns to shareholders than dividends. GP does not know what he's talking about.
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Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by MarkyC4 on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:22PM (#20004032)
Non-American with no position in Chipotle here. Could you elaborate a bit on how they did their buyback wrong? I see their stock have climbed in the past year, so wasn't the buyback worth it?
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