COUNTERPOINT · SBC × BUYBACKS — Issue little, retire much — and win
Buyback quadrants — Issue little, retire much — those firms returned the most.
Russell 3000 (revenue ≥$1B) in four SBC × buyback quadrants: low SBC + high buyback returned 13.7% a year in 2021–2023; high SBC + low buyback, -0.1%.
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Russell 3000 (revenue ≥$1B) in four SBC × buyback quadrants: low SBC + high buyback returned 13.7% a year in 2021–2023; high SBC + low buyback, -0.1%. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
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Exchange closing prices · Company filings · Robert Shiller · FRED · NBER.
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