| Buyback Scorecard The Most and Least Effective Stock Buyback Programs Best and Worst Programs Industry Comparisons |
| How the S&P 500 Stack Up as Stock Repurchasers 1—50 | 51—100 | 101—150 | 151—200 | 201—250 | 251—268 | ||||||||
| Company | Industry | Market Capitalization | $ Total Buyback | $ Total Buyback / Market Cap | Buyback Strategy | Buyback Effectiveness | Buyback ROI | |
| Average | $38,681 | $2,912 | 9.3% | 13.5% | 10.4% | 25.0% | ||
| Median | $15,858 | $1,350 | 8.1% | 13.5% | 9.7% | 24.1% | ||
| 151 | VeriSign | Software and Services | $6,732 | $1,043 | 15.5% | 16.0% | 5.2% | 22.0% |
| 152 | Covidien | Healthcare Equipment and Services | $29,565 | $2,238 | 7.6% | 11.5% | 9.1% | 21.7% |
| 153 | The Procter & Gamble Co. | Household and Personal Products | $211,012 | $10,010 | 4.7% | 13.8% | 6.9% | 21.7% |
| 154 | Murphy Oil Corp. | Energy | $11,628 | $500 | 4.3% | -0.6% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| 155 | Republic Services | Commercial and Professional Services | $12,283 | $659 | 5.4% | 7.8% | 12.2% | 21.0% |
| 156 | Stanley Black & Decker | Capital Goods | $12,516 | $1,099 | 8.8% | 6.5% | 13.5% | 20.9% |
| 157 | L-3 Communications | Capital Goods | $7,716 | $1,460 | 18.9% | 6.6% | 13.4% | 20.9% |
| 158 | Motorola Solutions | Technology Hardware and Equipment | $15,683 | $4,455 | 28.4% | 15.4% | 4.6% | 20.7% |
| 159 | Reynolds American | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | $26,463 | $1,858 | 7.0% | 18.6% | 1.3% | 20.1% |
| 160 | Rockwell Automation | Capital Goods | $11,611 | $655 | 5.6% | 2.9% | 16.8% | 20.1% |
| 161 | Prudential Financial | Insurance | $34,032 | $1,886 | 5.5% | 6.1% | 12.8% | 19.7% |
| 162 | Hasbro | Consumer Durables and Apparel | $5,800 | $405 | 7.0% | 3.5% | 15.4% | 19.4% |
| 163 | Iron Mountain | Commercial and Professional Services | $5,074 | $762 | 15.0% | 12.8% | 5.7% | 19.3% |
| 164 | Sysco Corp. | Food and Staples Retailing | $20,273 | $994 | 4.9% | 10.4% | 7.8% | 19.0% |
| 165 | PetSmart | Retailing | $6,921 | $808 | 11.7% | 26.0% | -5.6% | 19.0% |
| 166 | KLA-Tencor Corp. | Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment | $9,245 | $537 | 5.8% | 17.4% | 1.4% | 19.0% |
| 167 | Microsoft Corp. | Software and Services | $288,489 | $10,389 | 3.6% | 17.6% | 1.2% | 19.0% |
| 168 | Dr Pepper Snapple Group | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | $9,372 | $723 | 7.7% | 12.5% | 5.6% | 18.8% |
| 169 | Safeway | Food and Staples Retailing | $5,704 | $2,294 | 40.2% | 4.6% | 13.5% | 18.7% |
| 170 | UnitedHealth Group | Healthcare Equipment and Services | $66,790 | $6,157 | 9.2% | 14.9% | 3.3% | 18.6% |
| 171 | Patterson Companies | Healthcare Equipment and Services | $3,954 | $482 | 12.2% | 8.0% | 9.7% | 18.4% |
| 172 | United Parcel Service | Transportation | $81,667 | $5,101 | 6.2% | 12.0% | 5.5% | 18.2% |
| 173 | Rockwell Collins | Capital Goods | $8,603 | $1,238 | 14.4% | 3.7% | 13.9% | 18.1% |
| 174 | Philip Morris International | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | $141,668 | $12,003 | 8.5% | 21.6% | -3.1% | 17.9% |
| 175 | Airgas | Materials | $6,990 | $600 | 8.6% | 22.8% | -4.1% | 17.8% |
| 176 | Parker-Hannifin Corp. | Capital Goods | $14,239 | $693 | 4.9% | 4.1% | 13.0% | 17.7% |
| 177 | Eli Lilly and Co. | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | $53,720 | $1,919 | 3.6% | 26.5% | -7.0% | 17.7% |
| 178 | AutoNation | Retailing | $5,264 | $3,489 | 5.2% | 19.3% | -1.7% | 17.3% |
| 179 | U.S. Bancorp | Banks | $66,865 | $18,663 | 9.3% | 17.8% | -5.2% | 11.6% |
| 180 | Xerox Corp. | Technology Hardware and Equipment | $11,137 | $1,763 | 15.8% | -4.6% | 22.8% | 17.2% |
| 181 | Chevron Corp. | Energy | $229,403 | $8,477 | 3.7% | 11.6% | 5.0% | 17.1% |
| 182 | WellPoint | Healthcare Equipment and Services | $24,582 | $4,696 | 19.1% | 1.2% | 15.6% | 17.0% |
| 183 | The Coca-Cola Co. | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | $178,640 | $10,679 | 6.0% | 14.4% | 1.9% | 16.6% |
| 184 | Ralph Lauren Corp. | Consumer Durables and Apparel | $15,793 | $843 | 5.3% | 18.5% | -1.8% | 16.4% |
| 185 | Dollar Tree. | Retailing | $11,380 | $958 | 8.4% | 26.9% | -8.6% | 15.9% |
| 186 | AT&T. | Telecommunication Services | $190,452 | $21,969 | 11.5% | 15.0% | .07% | 15.9% |
| 187 | Lorillard | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | $16,500 | $1,531 | 9.3% | 15.4% | 0.3% | 15.8% |
| 188 | People's United Financial | Banks | $4,778 | $709 | 14.8% | 7.2% | 7.9% | 15.7% |
| 189 | AutoZone | Retailing | $15,050 | $2,624 | 17.4% | 19.6% | -3.4% | 15.5% |
| 190 | Denbury Resources | Energy | $6,446 | $560 | 8.7% | -8.0% | 25.6% | 15.5% |
| 191 | E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. | Materials | $48,324 | $1,800 | 3.7% | 3.5% | 11.4% | 15.4% |
| 192 | Emerson Electric Co. | Capital Goods | $39,207 | $1,810 | 4.6% | 4.0% | 10.9% | 15.3% |
| 193 | United Technologies Corp. | Capital Goods | $85,440 | $1,345 | 1.6% | 7.1% | 7.5% | 15.2% |
| 194 | Nordstrom. | Retailing | $11,728 | $1,312 | 11.2% | 14.7% | 0.3% | 15.1% |
| 195 | Harris Corp. | Technology Hardware and Equipment | $5,397 | $888 | 16.5% | 2.1% | 12.1% | 14.4% |
| 196 | General Dynamics Corp. | Capital Goods | $27,665 | $1,096 | 4.0% | 4.2% | 9.8% | 14.4% |
| 197 | CA Technologies | Software and Services | $12,963 | $1,442 | 11.1% | 10.6% | 3.3% | 14.2% |
| 198 | International Game Technology | Consumer Services | $4,351 | $581 | 13.4% | 2.2% | 11.7% | 14.2% |
| 199 | ConocoPhillips | Energy | $73,971 | $11,449 | 15.5% | 7.6% | 5.8% | 13.8% |
| 200 | Dollar General Corp. | Retailing | $16,511 | $876 | 5.3% | 25.7% | -9.7% | 13.5% |
| 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: 06/30/2013. Companies Included here if $ Total Buyback / Market Capitalization is greater than 4% or if $ Total Buyback is greater than $1 Billion. | ||||||||
