Amid buyback backlash, what else can slow-growing companies do?
At some point in the latest phase of the half-decade-long corporate stock-buyback binge, general opinion of the practice turned from approval to exasperation. The strain of commentary toward heavy stock repurchasers has gone from, “Well, at least they won’t do much harm,” to “Stop eating yourselves alive and do something to feed the rest of the world.”
Amid buyback backlash, what else can slow-growing companies do?
At some point in the latest phase of the half-decade-long corporate stock-buyback binge, general opinion of the practice turned from approval to exasperation. The strain of commentary toward heavy stock repurchasers has gone from, “Well, at least they won’t do much harm,” to “Stop eating yourselves alive and do something to feed the rest of the world.”