Buyback Scorecard
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The table below ranks the 305 companies in the S&P 500 that bought back at least 4 percent or more than $1 billion of their shares from June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2016. The companies are ranked according to their return on investment from these repurchases. As calculated by Fortuna Advisors, a New York City-based consultancy that compiled the data for Institutional Investor, buyback ROI measures the overall rate of return of buybacks, based on the internal rate of return of the cash flows associated with them. Buyback strategy tracks the performance of the underlying stock in terms of annualized total shareholder return. Once Fortuna determines buyback ROI and buyback strategy, buyback effectiveness can then be calculated as simply the difference between the two, determined as compounded return.
How the S&P 500 Stack Up as Stock Repurchasers 1—50 | 51—100 | 101—150 | 151—200 | 201—250 | 251—300 | 301—305 | ||||||||
Company | Industry | Market Capitalization | $ Total Buyback | $ Total Buyback / Market Cap | Buyback Strategy | Buyback Effectiveness | Buyback ROI | |
Average | $45,780 | $3,582 | 10.6% | 5.1% | -3.3% | 1.7% | ||
Median | $20,113 | $1,700 | 7.7% | 5.4% | -2.2% | 1.8% | ||
201 | The AES Corp. | Utilities | 8,224 | 565 | 6.9 | -8.8 | 4.8 | -4.4 |
202 | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | Energy | 57,708 | 1,532 | 2.7 | -7.5 | 3.3 | -4.5 |
203 | Monsanto Co. | Materials | 45,250 | 10,004 | 22.1 | -6.2 | 1.4 | -4.9 |
204 | Fifth Third Bancorp | Banks | 13,504 | 1,520 | 11.3 | -5.5 | 0.7 | -4.9 |
205 | Wells Fargo & Co. | Banks | 240,297 | 18,375 | 7.6 | 1.3 | -6.3 | -5.1 |
206 | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Materials | 31,757 | 9,059 | 28.5 | -3.9 | -1.3 | -5.1 |
207 | Dover Corp. | Capital Goods | 10,755 | 884 | 8.2 | -10.1 | 5.5 | -5.2 |
208 | Huntington Bancshares | Banks | 7,142 | 341 | 4.8 | 4.6 | -9.4 | -5.2 |
209 | Best Buy Co. | Retailing | 9,876 | 1,326 | 13.4 | 12.3 | -15.6 | -5.2 |
210 | PulteGroup | Consumer Durables and Apparel | 6,744 | 693 | 10.3 | -0.2 | -5.2 | -5.4 |
211 | F5 Networks | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 7,625 | 1,307 | 17.1 | -0.1 | -5.5 | -5.6 |
212 | Johnson Controls | Automobiles and Components | 28,697 | 1,887 | 6.6 | -3.7 | -2.5 | -6.0 |
213 | Fluor Corp. | Capital Goods | 6,861 | 1,102 | 16.1 | -16.2 | 11.9 | -6.2 |
214 | International Paper Co. | Materials | 17,426 | 943 | 5.4 | -1.4 | -4.9 | -6.3 |
215 | Chevron Corp. | Energy | 197,573 | 2,393 | 1.2 | -6.2 | -0.1 | -6.3 |
216 | Twenty-First Century Fox | Media | 51,399 | 10,843 | 21.1 | -5.2 | -1.2 | -6.3 |
217 | Pentair | Capital Goods | 10,534 | 905 | 8.6 | -10.7 | 4.6 | -6.6 |
218 | Pitney Bowes | Commercial and Professional Services | 3,357 | 387 | 11.5 | -12.0 | 6.0 | -6.7 |
219 | V.F. Corp. | Consumer Durables and Apparel | 25,642 | 1,570 | 6.1 | 2.8 | -9.3 | -6.8 |
220 | Michael Kors Holdings | Consumer Durables and Apparel | 8,731 | 2,051 | 23.5 | -26.9 | 27.1 | -7.0 |
221 | Norfolk Southern Corp. | Transportation | 25,176 | 1,693 | 6.7 | -4.5 | -2.7 | -7.1 |
222 | Marriott International | Consumer Services | 16,896 | 3,019 | 17.9 | 7.7 | -14.0 | -7.4 |
223 | Apple | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 523,642 | 75,949 | 14.5 | 10.1 | -16.1 | -7.6 |
224 | Ametek | Capital Goods | 10,791 | 814 | 7.5 | -3.7 | -4.3 | -7.8 |
225 | Celgene Corp. | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | 76,399 | 5,766 | 7.5 | 16.6 | -21.1 | -7.9 |
226 | Skyworks Solutions | Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment | 12,038 | 740 | 6.1 | 28.4 | -28.6 | -8.4 |
227 | Ford Motor Co. | Automobiles and Components | 49,938 | 1,376 | 2.8 | -5.4 | -3.2 | -8.4 |
228 | Capital One Financial Corp. | Diversified Financials | 32,523 | 5,105 | 15.7 | -3.6 | -5.0 | -8.4 |
229 | Express Scripts Holding Co. | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 47,966 | 10,653 | 22.2 | 2.2 | -10.8 | -8.8 |
230 | Wyndham Worldwide Corp. | Consumer Services | 7,974 | 1,315 | 16.5 | 0.8 | -9.7 | -8.9 |
231 | McKesson Corp. | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 42,126 | 1,674 | 4.0 | -0.2 | -8.9 | -9.1 |
232 | Abbott Laboratories | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 57,752 | 2,759 | 4.8 | 2.9 | -12.3 | -9.7 |
233 | Scripps Networks Interactive | Media | 8,030 | 937 | 11.7 | -7.4 | -2.7 | -9.9 |
234 | Flowserve Corp. | Capital Goods | 5,889 | 397 | 6.7 | -20.4 | 12.8 | -10.2 |
235 | MetLife | Insurance | 43,760 | 2,996 | 6.8 | -6.0 | -4.5 | -10.2 |
236 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 25,201 | 3,217 | 12.8 | -2.6 | -8.0 | -10.4 |
237 | Caterpillar | Capital Goods | 44,265 | 4,526 | 10.2 | -12.4 | 2.2 | -10.5 |
238 | Principal Financial Group | Insurance | 11,916 | 583 | 4.9 | -2.5 | -8.4 | -10.6 |
239 | KeyCorp. | Banks | 9,308 | 577 | 6.2 | -5.1 | -6.0 | -10.7 |
240 | CSX Corp. | Transportation | 24,929 | 1,579 | 6.3 | -3.3 | -7.8 | -10.8 |
241 | CarMax | Retailing | 9,438 | 1,891 | 20.0 | 6.3 | -16.2 | -10.9 |
242 | Union Pacific Corp. | Transportation | 73,380 | 6,492 | 8.8 | -4.5 | -7.2 | -11.3 |
243 | Host Hotels & Resorts | Real Estate | 12,114 | 837 | 6.9 | -10.8 | -0.6 | -11.4 |
244 | HP | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 21,468 | 4,792 | 22.3 | -6.6 | -5.6 | -11.9 |
245 | Xerox Corp. | Software and Services | 9,613 | 1,894 | 19.7 | -6.9 | -5.5 | -12.0 |
246 | Gilead Sciences | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | 111,101 | 22,702 | 20.4 | 7.7 | -18.3 | -12.0 |
247 | Whole Foods Market | Food and Staples Retailing | 10,279 | 1,542 | 15.0 | -14.4 | 2.5 | -12.3 |
248 | AutoNation | Retailing | 4,844 | 965 | 19.9 | -6.9 | -5.9 | -12.3 |
249 | The Goldman Sachs Group | Diversified Financials | 64,959 | 9,929 | 15.3 | -0.3 | -12.3 | -12.6 |
250 | Quanta Services | Capital Goods | 3,492 | 1,655 | 47.4 | -18.3 | 6.4 | -13.1 |
Source: Fortuna Advisors Analysis using data from the Capital IQ database. Financial Data from June 2014 to June 2016. Includes the 487 members of the current S&P 500 that were public for the full period. Market Capitalization as of: 6/30/2016. Companies included here if $ Total Buyback / Market Capitalization is greater than 4% or if $ Total Buyback is greater than $1 billion. |