Not all share repurchases are created equal. In this video, analyst Jay Hill explains why the price a company pays relative to intrinsic value is the difference between a buyback that builds wealth for shareholders and one that squanders it. And why, in the right circumstances, a buyback can be one of the most powerful capital allocation tools a company has.
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Past Performance does not guarantee future results.
All investing involves the risk of loss, including the loss of principal. The Fund’s buyback strategy is based, in part, on the premise that stocks of companies that engage in share buyback purchases are often anticipated to perform well because they typically are a signal that a company’s management believes its shares are undervalued. This positive signal from management may cause the value of such shares to rise. There is no certainty that management of a company undertook a buyback strategy because it believes its stock is undervalued; a company could be using buybacks to increase their price to earnings or other ratios, to alleviate excessive dilution, as a defensive measure, or to cut their own capital expenditures, thereby potentially limiting future growth.
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Value investing involves buying stocks that are out of favor and/or viewed as undervalued by the Adviser in comparison to their peers or their prospects for growth. Securities of companies with micro-, small- and mid-size capitalizations tend to be riskier than securities of companies with large capitalizations. This is because micro-, small- and mid-cap companies typically have smaller product lines and less access to liquidity than large cap companies, and are therefore more sensitive to economic downturns.
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GLOSSARY
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) is a term used to describe businesses combining through different types of transactions.
EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes and Amortization) is used to gauge a company’s operating profitability, adding back the non‐cash expenses of depreciation and amortization to a firm’s operating income (EBIT + depreciation + amortization expense).
