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Re:Alphabet overtakes Apple to become most cash-rich company by outside1234 on Friday August 02, 2019 @07:18PM (#20597469)
Most academic research found that, overall, that dividend paying companies actually have more total return than non-paying companies.

https://www.thebalance.com/why-dividend-stocks-outperform-no...

Also, is buying back stock really any different than a dividend? I would say that it is, but only in the sense that most of that buy back money gets transferred to employees in stock grants.

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Re:Alphabet overtakes Apple to become most cash-rich company by mehrdada on Friday August 02, 2019 @07:39PM (#20597587)
s/employees/executives

Power-law distribution in stock-based compensation.

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