Buybacks

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) shares are rallying pre-market trading in reaction to a press release from the company earlier Tuesday, where it detailed its forward guidance, buyback plans among other metrics. The release came ahead of the retail giant's annual meeting for the investor...

The two primary avenues of shareholder rewards are buybacks and dividends. Plenty of exchange-traded funds focus on dividends while a handful of others are dedicated to share buybacks and/or net reductions in shares outstanding. Some ETFs offer investors leverage to both themes and do so in a...

Ubiquiti sees Q1 sales $240M-$250M vs $234.5M est. sees FY18 EPS $3.70-$4.30 vs $3.61 est., sales $1B-$1.15B vs $1.01B est.

Share buybacks, along with dividends, are considered shareholder rewards, but there is additional insight to be gained from companies' repurchase efforts. Several exchange-traded funds, in some form or fashion, focus on companies that are prodigious repurchasers of their own shares, including...

Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) announced Monday that it has commenced a modified Dutch auction, a self-tender offer to purchase up to $600 million shares of its common stock using cash. The pricing was fixed between $60 and $68. The company also said, for each share tendered, shareholders would...

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) impressed investors in its second-quarter earnings report Wednesday, sending the stock higher by more than 5 percent — a strong move considering Target already issued guidance in early July. Target reported that it earned $1.23 per share in the quarter on...

Payment processing company Vantiv Inc (NYSE: VNTV) announced Wednesday a deal to buy U.K.-based peer WORLDPAY GRP PLC UNSPON ADR EACH REPR 3 ORD (OTC: WPYGY) for $10 billion. Following the announcement, Stifel added shares of Vantiv to the Stifel Select List, citing its belief that the stock...