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How the S&P 500 Stack Up as Stock Repurchasers 1—50 | 51—100 | 101—150 | 151—200 | 201—250 | 251—270 | ||||||||
Company | Industry | Market Capitalization | $ Total Buyback | $ Total Buyback / Market Cap | Buyback Strategy | Buyback Effectiveness | Buyback ROI | |
Average | $46,040 | $3,349 | 8.6% | 22.3% | 4.3% | 27.5% | ||
Median | $21,057 | $1,530 | 7.2% | 22.4% | 3.4% | 27.4% | ||
201 | General Growth Properties | Real Estate | 19,439 | 1,123 | 5.8 | 17.5 | -2.8 | 14.2 |
202 | CarMax | Retailing | 10,447 | 525 | 5.0 | 21.0 | -5.7 | 14.1 |
203 | NetApp | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 12,224 | 2,472 | 20.2 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 13.9 |
204 | General Mills | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 31,843 | 2,449 | 7.7 | 15.7 | -1.7 | 13.8 |
205 | Sysco Corp. | Food and Staples Retailing | 21,135 | 1,054 | 5.0 | 13.8 | -0.3 | 13.5 |
206 | The Travelers Cos. | Insurance | 29,983 | 4,286 | 14.3 | 22.5 | -7.6 | 13.2 |
207 | Republic Services | Commercial and Professional Services | 12,250 | 663 | 5.4 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 13.0 |
208 | XL Group | Insurance | 8,648 | 1,155 | 13.4 | 22.6 | -7.9 | 12.9 |
209 | Eli Lilly and Co. | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | 62,792 | 2,474 | 3.9 | 23.5 | -8.7 | 12.8 |
210 | ConAgra Foods | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 13,045 | 597 | 4.6 | 11.3 | 1.2 | 12.7 |
211 | Symantec Corp. | Software and Services | 13,810 | 1,326 | 9.6 | 12.0 | 0.4 | 12.5 |
212 | Stanley Black & Decker | Capital Goods | 12,652 | 1,122 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 12.2 |
213 | The Estée Lauder Cos. | Household and Personal Products | 25,899 | 1,031 | 4.0 | 10.3 | 1.6 | 12.1 |
214 | Altria Group | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 74,593 | 1,587 | 2.1 | 17.0 | -4.2 | 12.1 |
215 | Ross Stores | Retailing | 15,381 | 1,100 | 7.1 | 16.5 | -3.9 | 11.9 |
216 | W.W. Grainger | Capital Goods | 17,348 | 868 | 5.0 | 12.1 | -0.2 | 11.9 |
217 | Kimco Realty Corp. | Real Estate | 8,982 | 607 | 6.8 | 12.0 | -0.3 | 11.7 |
218 | Pepsico | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 128,268 | 7,327 | 5.7 | 15.3 | -3.2 | 11.6 |
219 | The Procter & Gamble Co. | Household and Personal Products | 218,539 | 11,492 | 5.3 | 12.9 | -1.7 | 10.9 |
220 | eBay | Software and Services | 69,991 | 3,812 | 5.4 | 27.1 | -12.8 | 10.8 |
221 | Dollar General Corp. | Retailing | 17,398 | 1,792 | 10.3 | 16.6 | -5.0 | 10.8 |
222 | Baxter International | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 39,802 | 2,068 | 5.2 | 13.7 | -3.0 | 10.3 |
223 | Nordstrom | Retailing | 11,846 | 1,390 | 11.7 | 9.9 | 0.3 | 10.3 |
224 | Cameron International Corp. | Energy | 13,391 | 2,452 | 18.3 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 10.2 |
225 | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | Energy | 75,289 | 2,457 | 3.3 | -1.0 | 11.2 | 10.1 |
226 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | Energy | 422,099 | 35,222 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 1.7 | 10.0 |
227 | Leggett & Platt | Consumer Durables and Apparel | 4,528 | 243 | 5.4 | 22.3 | -10.2 | 9.8 |
228 | Kohl's Corp. | Retailing | 11,846 | 1.961 | 16.6 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 9.5 |
229 | The Chubb Corp. | Insurance | 21,893 | 2,337 | 10.7 | 15.3 | -5.0 | 9.5 |
230 | The AES Corp. | Utilities | 10,338 | 623 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 9.4 |
231 | Deere & Co. | Capital Goods | 33,569 | 3,466 | 10.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 8.8 |
232 | Yum! Brands | Consumer Services | 33,318 | 1,781 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 0.2 | 8.3 |
233 | EMC Corp. | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 55,571 | 4,090 | 7.4 | -0.3 | 8.4 | 8.1 |
234 | Intel Corp. | Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment | 128,347 | 6,603 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 |
235 | The J. M. Smucker Co. | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 10,083 | 591 | 5.9 | 14.3 | -5.5 | 8.0 |
236 | Cisco Systems | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 115,466 | 13,305 | 11.5 | 8.2 | -0.3 | 7.9 |
237 | Citigroup | Banks | 144,627 | 2,159 | 1.5 | 23.2 | -12.6 | 7.8 |
238 | The Western Union Co. | Software and Services | 8,964 | 1,205 | 13.4 | -2.7 | 10.4 | 7.4 |
239 | Wal-Mart Stores | Food and Staples Retailing | 246,806 | 11,610 | 4.7 | 14.3 | -6.2 | 7.2 |
240 | Chevron Corp. | Energy | 227,015 | 8,830 | 3.9 | 7.5 | -2.1 | 5.2 |
241 | McDonald's Corp. | Consumer Services | 97,038 | 4,020 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
242 | Dollar Tree | Retailing | 10,761 | 1,448 | 13.5 | 9.7 | -4.4 | 4.8 |
243 | Expeditors International of Washington | Transportation | 7,968 | 769 | 9.7 | -2.0 | 6.6 | 4.4 |
244 | Hess Corp. | Energy | 26,116 | 2,536 | 9.7 | 715.1 | -9.8 | 3.7 |
245 | Altera Corp. | Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment | 11,507 | 642 | 5.6 | -5.0 | 8.1 | 2.7 |
246 | The Coca-Cola Co. | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 170,332 | 9,187 | 5.4 | 8.7 | -5.8 | 2.4 |
247 | Staples | Retailing | 7,379 | 683 | 9.3 | -5.0 | 7.2 | 1.9 |
248 | Bed Bath & Beyond | Retailing | 14,649 | 2,285 | 15.6 | 4.5 | -2.7 | 1.7 |
249 | Ralph Lauren Corp. | Consumer Durables and Apparel | 14,417 | 1,105 | 7.7 | 0.0 | -0.5 | -0.4 |
250 | AT&T | Telecommunication Services | 182,604 | 24,951 | 13.7 | 7.2 | -7.4 | -0.8 |
Source: Fortuna Advisors Analysis using data from the Capital IQ database. Financial Data from March 2012 to March 2014. Includes the 490 members of the current S&P 500 that were public for the full period. Market Capitalization as of: 03/31/2014. Companies Included here if $ Total Buyback / Market Capitalization is greater than 4% or if $ Total Buyback is greater than $1 Billion. |