buyback

(redirected from Buybacks)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Financial.

Related to Buybacks: Stock Buybacks

buy·back

(bī′băk′)

1. An act of buying something that one previously sold or owned.

2. The repurchase of stock by the company that issued it, as to reduce holdings of a single investor or increase the value of shares by reducing their number.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

buy•back

(ˈbaɪˌbæk)

n.

1. the buying of something that one previously sold.

2. any arrangement to take back something as a condition of a sale.

3. a repurchase by a company of its own stock.

[1960–65]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

buyback - the act of purchasing back something previously sold

repurchase, redemption

purchase - the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake"

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

POLITICAL opposition to share buybacks has become so fierce in the US that it was unsurprising to hear Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ramp up the rhetoric at the end of last week, bizarrely describing the practice as "a huge Ponzi scheme".

Buybacks are vital for our economic health; THE CITY VIEW

With the board's approval, FPH will have the total amount of P5 billion available for further buybacks.

First Holdings OKs P5-B buyback plan

'If corporates earn more by parking their surplus cash in other profitable avenues than what they hope to save by not paying dividends on the repurchased shares, why must they get into the hassle of buybacks,' asked a market player.

Shares buyback rejuvenates interest in boardrooms

Stock buybacks are another option, and Buffett recently hinted that Berkshire could begin using share buybacks on a much larger scale than it has been.

Could This Be Warren Buffett's Next $100 Billion Investment?

Stock buybacks refer to the repurchasing of shares by the company that issued them.

ONGC board approves buyback of 25.29 crore shares

Share buybacks signify that stocks may be undervalued.

Should you invest in companies that buy back stocks?

The current accounting rule for stock buybacks is to only record the cost of the buyback as a reduction in the equity section of the balance sheet.

The Big Accounting Hole

An empirical investigation of share buybacks in Hong

Impact of Buyback of Shares on Firm Value: An Empirical Evidence from India

This paper extends prior corporate stock buy back studies by evaluating the effect of stock buybacks on growth and non-growth industries.

Corporate stock buybacks-do they enhance or worsen company performance over time?

Microsoft, P andG and IBM are inclined towards high buybacks while Honda and Toyota are inclined to low buybacks.