How to Use buyback in a Sentence

buyback

noun

• At the same time, a spate of share buybacks has helped swell stock prices.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 25 May 2023
• The new stock buyback tax goes counter to that approach.
  — Laura Davison, Bloomberg.com, 5 Aug. 2022
• Spending on stock buybacks is up 1,500%, Fain said in the video.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
• The company has a very strong Quality Grade of A based on a buyback yield rank of 88.
  — Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Many have complained about the CEO dumping his stock and are asking for a share buyback.
  — Dana Hull, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
• The proceeds of an eventual sale would go back to Comcast’s investors in the form of stock buybacks, Roberts said.
  — Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
• The firm also spent $1.1 billion on buybacks in the period, bringing the total for the first nine months of the year to about $7 billion.
  — Max Reyes, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
• The top end of its buyback target range rose by a third to $20 billion a year, giving Chevron scope to raise even further in the future.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
• In his State of the Union address February 7, Biden called for quadrupling the tax on stock buybacks.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
• That's pennies on the dollar of a company that gives $6, $7 billion in stock buybacks.
  — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2023
• So, why not take a fraction of that stock buyback money and give people a better living?
  — Tony Dokoupil, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2023
• Dig deeper Do gun buyback programs work?Thousands of firearms surrendered in New York in one day.
  — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• The Treasury guidance does not treat that liquidation as subject to the buyback tax.
  — Jim Tankersley, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• It should be stressed, however, that this is by no means the only consideration that might drive a share up in the wake of a buyback.
  — The Editors, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
• The latter's wealth went up by about $2 billion after a share buyback sent the company's stock upward.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
• Comcast has been engaged in an expansive buyback program over the past year or so.
  — Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
• So, what’s a stock buyback, and why do companies undertake them?
  — The Editors, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
• PayPal recorded $24 million in tax for buybacks through June.
  — Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2023
• An announcement of a $40 billion share buyback plan didn’t hurt, either.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2023
• In 2014, Carl Icahn pushed for Apple Inc. to accelerate its buyback program as a way of pushing up the stock price.
  — Ryan Vlastelica, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2022
• Lowe’s, which has become something of a bête noire on the IPS’s annual report, topped all-comers with respect to stock buybacks.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
• The three have been generous in passing profits on to shareholders through stock buybacks.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• But apart from a few isolated measures like an excise tax on stock buybacks that Biden wants to quadruple to 4 percent, Biden hasn’t pushed very hard in this area.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
• For the first time in two decades, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office will host a gun buyback program, offering people a chance to turn in their guns in exchange for a $100 gift card.
  — Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
• The 1 percent excise tax may slow the buyback mania (although a 2 percent excise tax would work better).
  — Steve Rosenthal, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• The president also wants to quadruple a new excise tax on corporate stock buybacks under the new plan.
  — Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Most buyback funds are reinvested in the stock market and in private equity, where they can be put to more productive use.
  — Burton G. Malkiel, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2023
• The company pays no dividend and has a three-year average share buyback ratio of -7.7%.
  — Gurufocus, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• Calling off the transaction also frees up about $10 billion in cash, some or all of which could be used for an additional stock buyback, Moskowitz said in the note.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
• The buybacks were equivalent to around 4% of Gabon’s total debt, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
  — Will Horner, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024