Apple has plowed over $500 billion into stock buybacks since 2012 — more than Visa, JPMorgan, or Exxon are worth::Only eight companies in the S&P 500 have larger market values than Apple’s outlay on share repurchases over the last decade.
Apple has plowed over $500 billion into stock buybacks since 2012 — more than Visa, JPMorgan, or Exxon are worth::Only eight companies in the S&P 500 have larger market values than Apple’s outlay on share repurchases over the last decade.
While absolutely true and I believe it should be illegal, Apple is not exactly strapped for cash. If there is one company that could afford buybacks, without hurting their investments, payroll, r&d, hell, even their bottom line hardly budges with these buybacks. They had 166B profit in the last 12 months…