Is Apple's share buyback and dividend program enough?

0. phoneArena posted on 19 Mar 2012, 09:20

$45 billion will be given by Apple over the course of three years to investors, which is almost half of the company's current cash reserves. Is it enough?...

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1. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 19 Mar 2012, 09:34 1 0

If you became an Apple shareholder even just a few years ago, then you have already made a freaking ton of money compared to most of the rest of the market. This isn't about making current shareholders whole... this is about cleaning out the common shareholding riff-raff with incentives to sell shares back to Apple now, decreasing accountability to common shareholders, and incentivizing elite investors and fund managers to invest more through increased rewards.

I was one of the common shareholding riff-raff once upon a time... but I owned just a very little Motorola and a little more Nokia, so I lost all of it eventually. I got cleaned out of the market by a slightly different method.

12. squallz506 posted on 19 Mar 2012, 15:00 0 0

moto bought back my shares.

2. shamataa posted on 19 Mar 2012, 10:15 1 3

LOL! That's how much we don't give a crap about Apple period.

3. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 19 Mar 2012, 10:28 3 2

Right now or wait until the new iPhone comes out might be a good time to get rid of the any Apple stock. Apple is buying them back so there is some huge money to be made. Their dividend programs are huge but it only happened after share holder backlash.

I really don't pretend to know why Apple is doing this but if there was no backlash from their share holders Apple would not be doing this!

10. stealthd posted on 19 Mar 2012, 14:39 1 2

"I really don't pretend to know why Apple is doing this"

"it only happened after share holder backlash."

Lolwut? Conflict much?

20. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 20 Mar 2012, 07:33 1 0

lol My point was that I really don't know what Apple's true intentions are. If there was no share holder backlash Apple wouldn't have done this.

I really think Apple wants all the money for themselves but are doing this to save face!

4. PAPINYC (limited) 2 days ago posted on 19 Mar 2012, 10:34 2 1

This entire dividend program and share buy back is in line with Apple's hiStoriCal hardware upgrades: margiNal, very margiNal.

11. stealthd posted on 19 Mar 2012, 14:45 1 2

Right, $45 billion is marginal.

18. Lucas777 posted on 20 Mar 2012, 00:13 0 0

when u create a company that affords to chip 45 billions into dividends please let us know

5. AbsentbebniM posted on 19 Mar 2012, 12:45 4 2

hi, i'm @PAPINYC. the only way i can get any attentiOn here iS to wriTe iN a made up form of Apple-centriC camelcase. please don't miNd me. i have nothiNg of value to add. i wriTe siMply to iMpress myself that i can capiTaliZe letters at just the riGht tiMe.

6. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 19 Mar 2012, 14:03 2 1

There goes that "@" again. You say that abbreviations are teenage girl text-speak but you continue to do it. Man you really have no shame. You can call out someone for using "&" for and but you insist in using "@" for at?

So which one is it AbsentbebniM? I really don't think you are in any shape to be criticizing anyone! ESPECIALLY PAPINYC! Unless your goal is to use teenage girl text-speak as you call it. lol

Man you look like a fool!

8. PAPINYC (limited) 2 days ago posted on 19 Mar 2012, 14:12 2 2

That's iOk, i4giVe her. She is probably just @that menstruAtiVe time of the month or could just be iRregulariTy.

9. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 19 Mar 2012, 14:12 2 3

Hey, whaddaya know? Two thumbs up on Absent's comment again... could it be that taco's two alter-ego profiles both did that again?

7. aztaxia12295 posted on 19 Mar 2012, 14:10 4 1

Charity won't hurt? A billion will killya to help people who are dying? Screw you apple, just a bunch of heartless sobs.

17. lsutigers posted on 19 Mar 2012, 18:46 0 0

I read somewhere they were considering buying Sprint. Any truth to this?

19. Lucas777 posted on 20 Mar 2012, 00:14 0 0

i would say no.. apple doesnt need to buy sprint… i see no leverage they could gain from it.. in fact it might even hurt them as att and verizon leave…

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