(www.reuters.com/business/energy/baker-hughes-buyback-shares-worth-2-billion-2021-07-30/)
Buy back stock while laying people off and having negative net income. Great decision!
Big three will become big two, I am waiting for the day to come.
Sell your stock, you know who is buying.
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Stock buybacks occur generally when the company realizes that there are no other higher or best use for their free cash. Sooooo, Mo money, Mo money, Mo money for those lucky few chosen ones who will be compensated with more free stock.
The rest of you "No soup for you!"
Executives prepping those golden parachutes
They own your as--s wake up and smell the roses
They’re buying back the stock so executives get their extra bonus money. This is at the risk of long term employment and imposes risks to the long term health of the company.
Short answer: the executives don’t believe in the companies future. And they aren’t buying back the stock with their own money. Using company’s free cash flow. You know, the thing that keeps everyone employed!
Umm…
Stock buybacks enrich the bosses even when business sags
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-buybacks-pay/
Looks like these guys are desperate. They’ll do anything to try to create money. I wonder where the $2B is coming from? You guys may want to make sure it’s not coming from your retirements.