Apple led all companies in stock buybacks, investing $20.4 billion in its own shares during the third quarter. As a consistent repurchaser…
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While rivals plow money into data centers, Apple spends big on buybacks
Apple is holding back on AI data center spending. Its free cash flow is fueling the tech industry’s largest buybacks program…
Led by Apple, American companies are buying their own stocks at a record pace
Led by Apple, American corporations executing buybacks at an unprecedented pace, with projections estimating a record-breaking $1.1 trillion…
Apple’s massive buybacks can’t hide flat growth
Apple, before this year a standout long-term performer in equity markets, faces a valuation increasingly disconnected from its core…
Apple’s new $100 billion share buyback is the second-largest in history
Apple on Thursday announced a $100 billion share repurchase program, marking it as the second-largest buyback in U.S. corporate history…
Apple expected to rain more cash on shareholders
Apple’s March-quarter report is when the company typically reveals its plans to return cash to shareholders for the next 12 months…
Busy week for markets ahead with Apple, tech earnings, U.S. jobs data due
A busy week ahead will challenge the U.S. stocks rebound as investors eye earnings, led by Apple, the world’s most valuable company…
How will Apple’s new CFO handle dividends and buybacks?
Apple on Monday announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Luca Maestri will transition from his role on January 1, 2025. Maestri will…
Apple has spent more than $800 billion on buybacks since 2012
On May 2nd, Apple’s board authorized up to $110 billion to buyback the company’s common stock. The company has spent more than…
Following Apple’s lead, Big Tech embraces a hallmark of pre-internet stocks
Shareholders aren’t just seeing their stock prices swell, they are getting paid too. The dividend, its importance demoted over the past…
Apple stock surges after earnings report
Among the risers was Apple stock, which enjoyed a surge fueled by a record $110 billion share repurchase plan…
Apple poised to throw billions more at investors amid stock slump
Apple stock has been in decline for most of the year, but AAPL investors are likely to get at least one bit of good news when the company…
Apple has a low earnings bar to clear with big buyback hopes
Apple has low expectations from Wall Street analysts and investors for its second-quarter results due right after the close on Thursday…
Apple’s mammoth stock buybacks boost returns for investors
Apple, the world’s king of stock buybacks, is a value-add for AAPL investors, an analyst says. The company spent a total of…
Apple bonds are yielding more than 5%. Apple stock has a 0.5% dividend yield
Apple’s 10-year bonds currently yield about 5.20%. In comparison, the implied dividend yield on Apple’s stock at current prices is 0.54%…
Apple leads the way in buybacks – by far – over the last decade
Over the past ten years, some of the largest technology companies have led the way in rewarding its shareholders with stock buybacks. Apple …
How Apple’s market value can surpass $4 trillion
The value of Apple’s buybacks is often under-appreciated, especially during a period of slowing growth like Apple is experiencing currently…
Apple has invested over $500 billion into stock buybacks since 2012
Apple has invested over $500 billion into stock buybacks since 2012 for a number of reasons: To increase shareholder value…
Apple stock buybacks are still in full swing, benefitting Warren Buffett’s bottom line
For many years now, Apple has made good on its history-making buyback program, investing more than $573 billion on share repurchases since…
Apple again nears $3 trillion market value, but the company itself makes hitting that milestone difficult
Apple stock hit its highest price in more than a year on Tuesday putting the company’s value just below $3 trillion (a point its been…
What Apple’s cash ‘problem’ means for AAPL investors
Apple has a problem that most of us would love: It has too much cash. For AAPL investors, that means massive buybacks and healthy…
Apple’s dividend yield is low, but the dividend payment will likely grow over time
Though AAPL’s dividend yield is low, its dividend payment will likely continue to grow annually for the foreseeable future…
Apple beats Street with second quarter results
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2023 second quarter. The company posted quarterly revenue of…
What Wall St. expects from Apple’s earnings after market close
Apple is expected to report $1.43 in earnings per share on $92.97 billion in sales, a 4.4% decline year over year, consensus estimates…
Apple poised to increase its dividend
Even though Apple returns even more cash to shareholders indirectly through share buybacks than it does via dividends, the company has…
Apple’s massive buybacks matter as much to investors as iPhone and Mac sales
When Apple reports results on May 4th, one of the most important numbers is the amount Apple is allocating for buybacks – share…
Apple expected to boost its dividend and stock buybacks once again
When Apple reports earnings late this month, the company is widely expected to increase its dividend and boost stock buybacks once again…
Why Apple stock is doing better than other Big Tech companies
Like most U.S. stocks of late, Apple isn’t doing great, but it’s doing better than other Big Tech companies due to myriad reasons…
Apple stock breaks below key support. Now what?
Apple shares fell $1.99 (-1.46%) to $134.51 in Friday trading. This after the stock fell 4.7% on Thursday, outpacing the declines in both…
Apple’s historic buybacks buoy stock amidst market slump
Apple buybacks exceed $550 billion over the past decade, far more than any other American company, and, amidst a broader market slump…
Where will Apple stock be 5 years from now?
There are plenty of reasons to believe that Apple stock can perform well over the next five years. Just ask Warren Buffett…
New U.S. buyback tax will force companies to think twice on how to use cash
U.S. Senate Democrats’ so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,” about which there’s low confidence that the legislation will have any positive…
Apple’s latest debt deal could reach $6.5 billion
Apple, following up record quarterly results tied to robust iPhone sales, rolled out a four-part bond deal on Monday to raise new debt in a…
Apple plans four-part bond sale to fund stock buybacks
Apple is preparing a four-part bond sale to fund stock buybacks and the payment of dividends to investors…
Apple’s paltry dividend yield leaves much to be desired
A list of the top global dividend payers each quarter shows that Apple is among the top payers of dividends in total dollars, but its yield…
Apple poised to emerge from downturn even stronger and more powerful
Flush with cash, Apple and other “Big Tech” firms are positioned to emerge from an economic downturn stronger and more powerful…
Warren Buffett bought $600 million worth of Apple shares last quarter
Warren Buffett bought even more of Apple, far and away his No.1 stock, on the dip during the Cupertino Colossus’ first quarter sell-off…
Apple earnings focus: iPhone demand, buybacks, dividend, revenue outlook
After market close on Thursday, Apple is expected to release its earning report showing all-time record revenue of $93.89 billion…
Apple’s inflation double whammy
Inflation has risen over the past several quarters to a level the U.S. hasn’t seen in four decades. Inflationary pressures can affect Apple …
Apple looks poised to exceed expectations, post all-time record Q2 earnings on April 28th
Apple investors may see Apple’s stock price receive a nice boost. The company is widely expected to post a new all-time fiscal Q2 record …
Apple could be poised to unleash $90 billion in buybacks
Apple investors will, as always, be eyeing revenue and profit, but they also will be focused on the company’s plans for buybacks and…
Apple could boost dividend 10% – Citigroup
Citigroup analyst Jim Suva estimated that Apple could increase its dividend by 5% to 10% and may announce a buyback plan of $80 billion…
