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How Industries Compare as Stock Repurchasers | |||||||||
Industry | Market Capitalization | $ Total Buyback | $ Total Buyback / Market Cap | Buyback Strategy | Buyback Effectiveness | Buyback ROI | |||
Automobiles and Components | $157,136 | $6,914 | 4.4% | 3.6% | 39.2% | 44.2% | |||
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | $1,152,622 | $83,444 | 7.2% | 25.4% | 13.0% | 41.7% | |||
Media | $556,594 | $52,358 | 9.4% | 24.3% | 12.6% | 39.9% | |||
Insurance | $431,290 | $34,136 | 7.9% | 17.2% | 15.2% | 35.0% | |||
Diversified Financials | $1,081,446 | $53,161 | 4.9% | 14.0% | 17.0% | 33.4% | |||
Real Estate | $298,839 | $1,019 | 0.3% | 17.4% | 13.3% | 33.0% | |||
Retailing | $675,923 | $51,098 | 7.6% | 27.7% | 1.8% | 29.9% | |||
Food and Staples Retailing | $467,115 | $30,008 | 6.4% | 20.6% | 6.1% | 27.9% | |||
Banks | $447,401 | $14,523 | 3.2% | 17.6% | 6.8% | 25.6% | |||
Capital Goods | $1,149,837 | $54,137 | 4.7% | 10.8% | 12.1% | 24.2% | |||
Household and Personal Products | $347,374 | $16,981 | 4.9% | 17.5% | 5.1% | 23.4% | |||
Commercial and Professional Services | $97,744 | $4,965 | 5.1% | 13.6% | 8.5% | 23.3% | |||
Food, Beverage and Tobacco | $864,420 | $45,650 | 5.3% | 18.2% | 3.9% | 22.8% | |||
Healthcare Equipment and Services | $624,955 | $47,613 | 7.6% | 11.0% | 10.6% | 22.8% | |||
Consumer Services | $281,174 | $14,545 | 5.2% | 18.0% | 3.2% | 21.8% | |||
Consumer Durables and Apparel | $200,281 | $7,733 | 3.9% | 18.7% | 1.7% | 20.7% | |||
Materials | $499,930 | $14,880 | 3.0% | 13.7% | 5.2% | 19.6% | |||
Transportation | $272,551 | $15,375 | 5.6% | 10.2% | 7.4% | 18.4% | |||
Software and Services | $1,535,346 | $89,651 | 5.8% | 14.2% | 3.7% | 18.4% | |||
Technology Hardware and Equipment | $903,863 | $57,462 | 6.4% | 11.1% | 6.4% | 18.2% | |||
Utilities | $477,300 | $2,984 | 0.6% | 15.0% | 1.4% | 16.6% | |||
Telecommunication Services | $385,668 | $23,273 | 6.0% | 14.7% | 1.3% | 16.3% | |||
Energy | $1,470,991 | $71,125 | 4.8% | 6.8% | 4.4% | 11.5% | |||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment | $301,004 | $25,884 | 8.6% | 5.3% | 4.6% | 10.1% | |||
S&P 500 | $14,680,805 | $818,915 | 5.6% | 15.9% | 8.3% | 25.5% | |||
Source: Fortuna Advisors Analysis using data from the Capital IQ database. Financial Data from June 2011 to June 2013. Includes the 487 members of the current S&P 500 that were public for the full period. Market Capitalization as of: 6/30/2013. |