How to Use buyback in a Sentence

buyback

noun
  • Shell also announced a fresh buyback of shares worth $3.5 billion.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The buyback is in anticipation of even richer times to come.
    Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Turf buyback programs have become so important that states are providing the funds to maintain them.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The current buyback has no expiration date, and may be terminated at any time.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The $2 billion share buyback and the quarterly dividend are both moves that should please shareholders.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Nintendo said its strong cash position, due to better-than-expected business from Switch, is the reason for the buyback.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2021
  • In yet more signs of confidence, Williams-Sonoma raised its dividend by 20% and issued a new stock buyback program as well.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Home retailer Williams-Sonoma raised its dividend and introduced a new buyback program.
    Joe Wallace, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Some setnetters have been looking at possibilities of a permit buyback since the early 2000s.
    Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2021
  • This buyback period follows a similar program announced in November 2018, which set the same share and price ranges.
    Dan Rys, Billboard, 20 Aug. 2021
  • With an upbeat quarter, better-than-anticipated profit outlook, and a share buyback plan, the company ticked nearly all the boxes to make investors happy.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • So to some, a buyback tax would be a way to make things consistent.
    Peter Eavis, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2021
  • But too many stock buybacks can drain cash from a business.
    Bernard Condon, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • Not sure if that is the case as Micron just restarted its buyback.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Street Rescue has hosted a number of gun buyback events in the past.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Coming next could be a buyback program or a concierge service to help clients find the piece of their dreams.
    Lily Templeton, WWD, 23 July 2024
  • CFO Hervé Philippe has said that a stock buyback program was one option.
    Georg Szalai, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The buyback plan usually defines how much will be spent and over what time frame.
    Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The event was the first gun buyback hosted by the police department in Salt Lake City in more than 20 years, the release said.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 June 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 call comes in the wake of a strong rally in Amazon shares after the company announced a stock split and share buyback.
    Thyagaraju Adinarayan, Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The White House would levy the tax on companies, collecting 1% of the amount of a company's buyback.
    Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2021
  • No one should be surprised at Warren’s questions about the share buyback.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2021

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