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stock buyback

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun stock buyback has 1 sense
  1. stock buyback - a corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock; increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can discourage a takeover attempt)
    --1 is a kind of
    purchase

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Stock Buyback

Noun:

A stock buyback, also known as a share repurchase, is the repurchasing of a company's own outstanding shares in the open market. This action reduces the number of shares available on the market, which can increase the value of the remaining shares.

Sample Sentence:

Apple announced a stock buyback of $100 billion, indicating confidence in the company's future prospects.

Verb:

To stock buyback refers to the act of a company repurchasing its own shares from the open market. This action is usually done to return wealth to shareholders or to increase the value of the remaining shares.

Sample Sentence:

The company decided to stock buyback 10% of its outstanding shares in order to boost investor confidence.

Usages:

- Strategic stock buybacks can be used to fend off a hostile takeover attempt.

- Stock buybacks often indicate that a company believes its stock is undervalued.

- Some argue that excessive stock buybacks can hinder the company's ability to invest in growth.

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