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The two are unrelated. They could spend all their cash on buybacks and the earnings would be the same.
by losty 10y ago
The two are unrelated. They could spend all their cash on buybacks and the earnings would be the same.
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- ucha 10y agoEarnings are reported per share so stock buybacks are actually a pretty common way to make earnings look better. Of course, it doesn't change the total earnings but the number reported by techcrunch would indeed change.
- jonknee 10y agoThe analysts making EPS estimates know about the buybacks too and increase the EPS to compensate.
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- randomname2 10y agoBy earnings I meant EPS