repurchase
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So companies can overspend on buybacks, continuing to repurchase even when their shares are trading at historically high levels to earnings, cash flow or book value.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
On Monday, the securities regulator said it planned to ease share-buyback rules, including by allowing companies to repurchase shares when the price falls below the level at which the shares made its debut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
GM's new $20 billion shareholder repurchase plan follows the completion of its latest $6 billion plan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
When companies repurchase their own stock, they reduce the number of shares outstanding, and that can help boost earnings per share.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Kabuo pulled into a turnout one rainy afternoon and explained to her in grave tones that he intended to repurchase his parents’ property as soon as the chance arose.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
In the third quarter, it repurchased $1.4 billion worth of shares.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
GM has repurchased nearly $30 billion in shares over the last five years and nearly $43 billion over the last decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Some of the gold was sold in the U.S. and repurchased in the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Bearish investors can borrow shares they don’t own and sell them, betting that they can be repurchased at a later date for a lower price.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
After she was recaptured, Ellen was sold to slave traders but was later repurchased by abolitionists and taken north.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Ultimately, Arcuri thinks the company could end up repurchasing at least $200 billion worth of shares a year, and he believes the stock will be rewarded with a higher P/E multiple.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Yields have continued their climb despite the Treasury Department’s efforts to stem them by repurchasing the government’s own bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
He expects Micron could authorize a buyback program in the low-$20 billion range, though the company likely wouldn’t begin repurchasing stock before December.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
The rest of the transfer was carried out by selling the gold in New York, and repurchasing it in London, the bank said, external.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
And with an eager face Nicholas began to speak of the possibility of repurchasing Otradnoe before long, and added: "Another ten years of life and I shall leave the children... in an excellent position."
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
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