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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—274 | ||||||||
Company | Industry | Market Capitalization | $ Total Buyback | $ Total Buyback / Market Cap | Buyback Strategy | Buyback Effectiveness | Buyback ROI | |
Average | $47,210 | $3,341 | 8.5% | 24.7% | 0.0% | 24.5% | ||
Median | $21,878 | $1,619 | 7.4% | 24.9% | 0.1% | 24.0% | ||
51 | Rockwell Automation | Capital Goods | 17,328 | 839 | 4.8 | 32.1 | 4.8 | 38.5 |
52 | Lam Research Corp. | Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment | 10,957 | 1,201 | 11.0 | 23.0 | 12.6 | 38.5 |
53 | Celgene Corp. | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | 68,776 | 6,264 | 9.1 | 46.8 | -5.8 | 38.2 |
54 | O'Reilly Automotive | Retailing | 15,975 | 2,084 | 13.0 | 23.4 | 11.4 | 37.4 |
55 | The Walt Disney Co. | Media | 148,488 | 10,147 | 6.8 | 37.2 | 0.1 | 37.3 |
56 | Time Warner Cable | Media | 41,039 | 3,831 | 9.3 | 37.1 | 0.1 | 37.2 |
57 | Pentair | Capital Goods | 14,042 | 1,501 | 10.7 | 36.9 | -0.1 | 36.7 |
58 | Union Pacific Corp. | Transportation | 90,421 | 4,309 | 4.8 | 34.5 | 1.7 | 36.7 |
59 | CVS Caremark Corp. | Food and Staples Retailing | 88,409 | 8,309 | 9.4 | 31.8 | 3.3 | 36.2 |
60 | Aon | Insurance | 26,711 | 3,127 | 11.7 | 36.0 | 0.1 | 36.1 |
61 | AmerisourceBergen Corp. | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 16,410 | 1,055 | 6.4 | 37.7 | -1.3 | 35.9 |
62 | Schlumberger Limited | Energy | 153,399 | 4,320 | 2.8 | 25.7 | 7.9 | 35.7 |
63 | The Interpublic Group of Cos. | Media | 8,265 | 820 | 9.9 | 31.9 | 2.8 | 35.6 |
64 | Hess Corp. | Energy | 31,072 | 3,228 | 10.4 | 37.6 | -1.5 | 35.6 |
65 | Texas Instruments | Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment | 51,582 | 5,531 | 10.7 | 28.3 | 5.4 | 35.2 |
66 | Caterpillar | Capital Goods | 67,836 | 3,738 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 25.2 | 35.2 |
67 | E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. | Materials | 60,097 | 2,061 | 3.4 | 19.2 | 13.0 | 34.7 |
68 | Unum Group | Insurance | 8,948 | 716 | 8.0 | 29.3 | 3.8 | 34.3 |
69 | Tyco International | Commercial and Professional Services | 21,034 | 1,106 | 5.3 | 29.5 | 3.5 | 33.9 |
70 | KeyCorp | Banks | 12,658 | 879 | 6.9 | 36.6 | -2.0 | 33.9 |
71 | Fidelity National Information Services | Software and Services | 15,754 | 1,031 | 6.5 | 30.6 | 2.4 | 33.8 |
72 | Robert Half International | Commercial and Professional Services | 6,564 | 309 | 4.7 | 27.0 | 5.2 | 33.7 |
73 | Macy's | Retailing | 20,912 | 2,872 | 13.7 | 26.2 | 5.8 | 33.6 |
74 | Comerica | Banks | 9,113 | 615 | 6.7 | 28.6 | 3.8 | 33.5 |
75 | Computer Sciences Corp. | Software and Services | 9,201 | 952 | 10.3 | 55.0 | -14.0 | 33.4 |
76 | Ingersoll-Rand | Capital Goods | 16,872 | 3,031 | 18.0 | 36.9 | -2.7 | 33.3 |
77 | Wells Fargo & Co. | Banks | 276,837 | 11,152 | 4.0 | 27.7 | 3.8 | 32.5 |
78 | Amphenol Corp. | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 15,139 | 754 | 5.0 | 31.9 | 0.0 | 31.9 |
79 | Safeway | Food and Staples Retailing | 7,909 | 664 | 8.4 | 44.9 | -9.0 | 31.9 |
80 | Fiserv | Software and Services | 15,033 | 1,344 | 8.9 | 31.6 | 0.1 | 31.7 |
81 | American International Group | Insurance | 78,958 | 10,446 | 13.2 | 30.6 | 0.8 | 31.6 |
82 | 3M Co. | Capital Goods | 93,719 | 9,387 | 10.0 | 30.4 | 0.9 | 31.6 |
83 | American Express Co. | Diversified Financials | 100,430 | 8,077 | 8.0 | 27.0 | 3.4 | 31.4 |
84 | Cintas Corp. | Commercial and Professional Services | 7,637 | 586 | 7.7 | 28.3 | 2.1 | 30.9 |
85 | Norfolk Southern Corp. | Transportation | 31,903 | 1,165 | 3.7 | 22.9 | 6.4 | 30.7 |
86 | Zimmer | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 17,430 | 1,357 | 7.8 | 28.4 | 1.7 | 30.7 |
87 | GameStop Corp. | Retailing | 4,608 | 474 | 10.3 | 44.0 | -9.4 | 30.6 |
88 | Becton, Dickinson and Co. | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 22,856 | 1,101 | 4.8 | 27.1 | 2.7 | 30.5 |
89 | Discover Financial Services | Diversified Financials | 28,900 | 2,216 | 7.7 | 34.9 | -3.3 | 30.4 |
90 | Autodesk | Software and Services | 12,847 | 849 | 6.6 | 18.6 | 9.8 | 30.2 |
91 | Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide | Consumer Services | 15,517 | 745 | 4.8 | 23.9 | 4.8 | 29.9 |
92 | Microsoft Corp. | Software and Services | 344,459 | 12,676 | 3.7 | 18.7 | 9.3 | 29.8 |
93 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | 80,390 | 2,024 | 2.5 | 25.5 | 3.7 | 29.8 |
94 | Harley-Davidson | Automobiles and Components | 15,253 | 842 | 5.5 | 21.8 | 6.4 | 29.6 |
95 | Coca-Cola Enterprises | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 12,013 | 1,999 | 16.6 | 31.4 | -1.6 | 29.3 |
96 | General Growth Properties | Real Estate | 20,821 | 1,123 | 5.4 | 19.1 | 8.5 | 29.2 |
97 | Covidien | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 40,687 | 2,450 | 6.0 | 26.2 | 2.3 | 29.2 |
98 | Torchmark Corp. | Insurance | 7,193 | 901 | 12.5 | 29.3 | -0.4 | 28.8 |
99 | Illinois Tool Works | Capital Goods | 36,126 | 4,566 | 12.6 | 27.5 | 0.9 | 28.6 |
100 | PPG Industries | Materials | 29,055 | 1,300 | 4.5 | 41.9 | -9.4 | 28.6 |
Source: Fortuna Advisors Analysis using data from the Capital IQ database. Financial Data from June 2012 to June 2014. Includes the 490 members of the current S&P 500 that were public for the full period. Market Capitalization as of: 06/01/2014. Companies Included here if $ Total Buyback / Market Capitalization is greater than 4% or if $ Total Buyback is greater than $1 Billion. |