Buyback Scorecard As Stocks Edge Higher, Buyback Programs Get RiskierBest & Worst CompaniesIndustry Comparisons |
How the S&P 500 Stack Up as Stock Repurchasers 1—50 | 51—100 | 101—150 | 151—200 | 201—250 | 251—276 | ||||||||
Company | Industry | Market Capitalization | $ Total Buyback | $ Total Buyback / Market Cap | Buyback Strategy | Buyback Effectiveness | Buyback ROI | |
Average | $48,969 | $3,699 | 9.2% | 20.8% | -3.9% | 16.3% | ||
Median | $24,408 | $1,949 | 7.7% | 20.1% | -3.6% | 16.5% | ||
151 | The PNC Financial Services Group | Banks | 48,549 | 1,641 | 3.4 | 22.4 | -6.5 | 14.5 |
152 | SanDisk Corp. | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 13,552 | 3,625 | 26.8 | 28.5 | -10.9 | 14.5 |
153 | Northern Trust Corp. | Diversified Financials | 16,272 | 823 | 5.1 | 16.0 | -1.4 | 14.3 |
154 | The Chubb Corp. | Insurance | 23,306 | 2,864 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 14.1 |
155 | CenturyLink | Telecommunication Services | 19,572 | 2,024 | 10.3 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 14.0 |
156 | The Priceline Group | Retailing | 60,465 | 1,866 | 3.1 | 27.5 | -10.8 | 13.7 |
157 | U.S. Bancorp | Banks | 77,851 | 4,446 | 5.7 | 16.8 | -2.7 | 13.6 |
158 | Pfizer | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | 213,622 | 21,341 | 10.0 | 14.5 | -0.8 | 13.6 |
159 | United Technologies Corp. | Capital Goods | 106,470 | 5,365 | 5.0 | 17.6 | -3.6 | 13.4 |
160 | The Estée Lauder Cos. | Household and Personal Products | 31,440 | 1,318 | 4.2 | 12.6 | 0.5 | 13.2 |
161 | General Motors Co. | Automobiles and Components | 60,569 | 6,015 | 9.9 | 15.3 | -1.9 | 13.1 |
162 | The Goldman Sachs Group | Diversified Financials | 81,884 | 11,369 | 13.9 | 13.8 | -0.9 | 12.8 |
163 | Urban Outfitters | Retailing | 5,957 | 627 | 10.5 | -3.1 | 16.2 | 12.6 |
164 | DENTSPLY International | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 7,142 | 366 | 5.1 | 11.8 | 0.2 | 12.0 |
165 | Expeditors International of Washington | Transportation | 9,239 | 872 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 3.3 | 11.5 |
166 | KeyCorp. | Banks | 12,111 | 773 | 6.4 | 22.7 | -9.2 | 11.5 |
167 | Assurant | Insurance | 4,229 | 686 | 16.2 | 27.6 | -12.7 | 11.4 |
168 | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Household and Personal Products | 62,880 | 3,040 | 4.8 | 13.9 | -2.5 | 11.0 |
169 | State Street Corp. | Diversified Financials | 30,315 | 4,224 | 13.9 | 17.6 | -6.0 | 10.5 |
170 | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | Household and Personal Products | 39,117 | 2,660 | 6.8 | 16.3 | -5.0 | 10.4 |
171 | Ecolab | Materials | 34,011 | 1,127 | 3.3 | 21.7 | -9.3 | 10.4 |
172 | Wal-Mart Stores | Food and Staples Retailing | 265,107 | 5,732 | 2.2 | 12.2 | -1.6 | 10.4 |
173 | The Hershey Co. | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 22,284 | 985 | 4.4 | 16.0 | -5.0 | 10.2 |
174 | United Parcel Service | Transportation | 87,492 | 6,184 | 7.1 | 15.0 | -4.2 | 10.1 |
175 | Symantec Corp. | Software and Services | 15,944 | 1,000 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 10.1 |
176 | Motorola Solutions | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 14,446 | 3,986 | 27.6 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 9.9 |
177 | McCormick & Co. | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 9,860 | 426 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 9.8 |
178 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 29,812 | 1,850 | 6.2 | 27.1 | -13.9 | 9.4 |
179 | Target Corp. | Retailing | 52,668 | 1,518 | 2.9 | 13.4 | -3.6 | 9.3 |
180 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Banks | 225,013 | 8,871 | 3.9 | 14.1 | -4.4 | 9.0 |
181 | The Procter & Gamble Co. | Household and Personal Products | 221,280 | 10,259 | 4.6 | 10.7 | -1.5 | 9.0 |
182 | Cummins | Capital Goods | 25,136 | 1,188 | 4.7 | 12.6 | -3.4 | 8.8 |
183 | General Mills | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 33,739 | 3,207 | 9.5 | 13.4 | -4.2 | 8.7 |
184 | Mondelez International | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 59,181 | 3,993 | 6.7 | 15.7 | -6.2 | 8.6 |
185 | Discover Financial Services | Diversified Financials | 25,140 | 3,019 | 12.0 | 22.9 | -11.7 | 8.5 |
186 | Johnson Controls | Automobiles and Components | 33,154 | 2,234 | 6.7 | 25.1 | -13.3 | 8.5 |
187 | Torchmark Corp. | Insurance | 6,984 | 913 | 13.1 | 20.3 | -10.3 | 7.9 |
188 | People's United Financial | Banks | 4,562 | 321 | 7.0 | 12.3 | -4.0 | 7.8 |
189 | Johnson & Johnson | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | 279,717 | 12,860 | 4.6 | 19.3 | -9.8 | 7.5 |
190 | St. Jude Medical | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 18,320 | 1,200 | 6.6 | 30.1 | -17.4 | 7.5 |
191 | Monsanto Co. | Materials | 54,425 | 54,425 | 15.3 | 9.9 | -2.3 | 7.4 |
192 | Altera Corp. | Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment | 12,911 | 964 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 7.4 |
193 | Bank of America Corp. | Banks | 161,909 | 4,895 | 3.0 | 17.2 | -8.4 | 7.3 |
194 | Yum! Brands | Consumer Services | 34,117 | 1,616 | 4.7 | 9.1 | -1.8 | 7.1 |
195 | Phillips 66 | Energy | 42,627 | 4,545 | 10.7 | 12.1 | -4.5 | 7.0 |
196 | eBay | Software and Services | 69,946 | 6,525 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 6.8 |
197 | CA | Software and Services | 14,440 | 722 | 5.0 | 17.4 | -9.2 | 6.7 |
198 | EMC Corp. | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 50,528 | 7,007 | 13.9 | 8.1 | -1.4 | 6.5 |
199 | Coca-Cola Enterprises | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 10,297 | 1,944 | 18.9 | 13.8 | -6.9 | 5.9 |
200 | Rockwell Automation | Capital Goods | 15,710 | 970 | 6.2 | 15.2 | -8.0 | 5.9 |
Source: Fortuna Advisors Analysis using data from the Capital IQ database. Financial Data from March 2013 to March 2015. Includes the 492 members of the current S&P 500 that were public for the full period. Market Capitalization as of: 03/31/2015. Companies included here if $ Total Buyback / Market Capitalization is greater than 4% or if $ Total Buyback is greater than $1 billion.. |