Which investors also usually don't like. It says "we have all this cash, but we have no idea what to do with it so we are buying out own stock". While I'd expect a company to actually invest (into research, tech, growth etc.) with it's excess cash to make more money in the future.

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inemesitaffia 4 days ago | parent [-]

Preferred by some to dividends.

	▲	roland35 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		If stock buybacks cause the price to go up like it should in theory, that's less of a tax hit than dividends! I'll take it