Top 10 Companies by Buyback Yield (APOL, SWY, DTV, AIG, etc)

[Guest hellsten]

Top 10 companies by buyback yield:

http://i.imgur.com/rwA7gwL.png

 

Source: http://www.factset.com/websitefiles/PDFs/buyback/buyback_12.20.12

 

The list contains many interesting names.

 

Interesting to see how bad most companies are at buying back shares:

 

http://i.imgur.com/vMpdmwa.png

 

Source: http://lmcm.com/868300.pdf

 

The trend seems to continue:

 

http://i.imgur.com/8OfesEm.png

[cogitator99]

Useful post. Thanks much.

[Yours Truly]

Good to see DTV up there... it's still the largest non-Buffet holding in Berkshire's portfolio