Very timely post, one of the companies that repurchased over 15% of its stock over the last 2 years is
$PYPL that just received a takeover offer from Advent and Stripe
Buying Dollar Bills at a Discount: The Truth About Share Buybacks and Value Creation
The Rationality of Share Repurchases: Lessons in Capital Allocation
When examining the landscape of corporate leadership, it is hard to find a better subject for study than Henry Singleton.
$PBR is relatively cheap even without extraordinary dividends, which might eventually be paid out. EV/EBITDA $PBR 2.6x, $CVX 6.3x, $XOM 5.5x --> more than 50% discount to US peers
@Secrets4stocks $PBR yields 14.4% (Q4-23 annualized) distributions (dividends+share repurchases) while organically replacing 168% of reserves and growing production 4%; $CVX yields 9% while replacing only 9% organically, 4% growth; $XOM yields 7.6% while replacing only 45% organically, 0% growth
April 2026, we exited the $PBR position. From the time of our post the Total return was ≈ +61.7% (~26% annualized), while $CVX +33% and $XOM +47% underperformed in comparison. Our return was substantially larger as we entered between $6-10/share vs on 11.04.26 $14.7/share
Buying Dollar Bills at a Discount: The Truth About Share Buybacks and Value Creation
The Rationality of Share Repurchases: Lessons in Capital Allocation
When examining the landscape of corporate leadership, it is hard to find a better subject for study than Henry Singleton.