Goldmans released buyback aristocrats list

Company Ticker 12-Month Buyback Yield
Tapestry Inc. (TPR) 21 %
Invesco Ltd. (IVZ) 19 %
Aptiv PLC (APTV) 16 %
Globe Life (GL) 16 %
General Motors (GM) 15 %
American International Group (AIG) 15 %
Southwest Airlines (LUV) 15 %
Kroger Co. (KR) 13 %
eBay Inc. (EBAY) 12 %
Jabil Inc. (JBL) 12 %
Match Group (MTCH) 11 %
Expedia Group (EXPE) 11 %
Citigroup Inc. (C) 11 %
Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 10 %
Akamai Technologies (AKAM) 9 %
AppLovin Corp. (APP) 9 %
Charter Communications (CHTR) 6 %
Fox Corp. (FOXA) 6 %
Adobe Inc. (ADBE) 6 %
VeriSign Inc. (VRSN) 6 %
Dell Technologies (DELL) 6 %
3M Co. (MMM) 6 %
Carrier Global (CARR) 6 %
Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 6 %
Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) 5 %
T-Mobile US (TMUS) 5 %
Molson Coors Beverage (TAP) 5 %
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) 5 %
Trimble Inc. (TRMB) 5 %
F5 Inc. (FFIV) 5 %
NetApp Inc. (NTAP) 5 %
EPAM Systems (EPAM) 4 %
GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY) 4 %
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) 4 %
Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO) 4 %
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) 4 %
TE Connectivity (TEL) 4 %
HP Inc. (HPQ) 4 %
ON Semiconductor (ON) 4 %
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Right, interesting, now let’s see when a Buyback Champions ETF (BUYB, or BBCK) launches, if there aren’t 10 on the market already :stuck_out_tongue:

But jokes aside, I hadn’t realised we’re talking about such high numbers, ChatGPT says that in a theoretical situation where PE stays the same buyback yield should translate 1:1 to stock appreciation, but that empirically it’s been more like 0.5:1, so Tapestry’s buyback yield could contribute ~10% stock appreciation if everything else stays the same.

The Impact of U.S. Stock Buybacks: Theory vs Practice by Victor Haghani and James White

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That said companies with high employee stock compensation (e.g. tech) would have a lot of dilution if they didn’t do buyback, you have to look at it after taking that into account as well.

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