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These 3 Companies Have Collectively Repurchased $1.07 Trillion of Their Own Stock Since the Start of 2013

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billion S&P 500 companies collectively spent on share repurchases on a trailing-12-month basis, as of Sept. The reason public companies enact share repurchase programs is threefold: For companies with steady or growing net income, a steady reduction in the number of outstanding shares can increase earnings per share (EPS) over time.

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Apple's Mammoth $700 Billion Investment Since 2013 Can't Fix Its Biggest Problem

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It became the first public company to reach a $1 trillion market cap in August 2018, and was the first to top $3 trillion in June 2023. But the unmistakable investment that's played the biggest role in Apple's success is the roughly $700 billion it's apportioned to share repurchases since the start of 2013.

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Billionaire Warren Buffett Sold 56% of Berkshire's Stake in Apple and Is Piling Into Wall Street's Most Prominent Reverse Stock Split of 2024

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1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, Berkshire's stake in Apple declined by more than 515 million shares , or 56%, to precisely 400 million shares. He's overseeing a multiyear transformation designed to promote Apple's higher-margin Services segment, and has spearheaded the largest share buyback program of any public company.

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62% of Warren Buffett's $313 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in These 4 Magnificent Stocks

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But the factor that doesn't get nearly enough credit for Berkshire Hathaway's continued long-term outperformance is Buffett's decision to concentrate his company's investment portfolio. Despite holding stakes in 43 stocks and two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) , approximately 62% ($192.7 American Express: $40.9 billion (13.1%

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Apple Has Spent $183 Billion on R&D in Less Than 12 Years -- but It's the $674 Billion Apportioned to This "Investment" That's Turning Heads

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Apple's history of research and development (R&D) spending demonstrates Cook's desire to see his company grow. billion on R&D since fiscal 2013 began. However, its commitment to R&D is dwarfed by another "investment" that no other public company has come close to matching. 2013 : $22.95

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Will Dell Technologies Be a Trillion-Dollar Stock by 2040?

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From 2000 to 2013, Dell's PC sales slowed, it "di-worsified" its business with expensive acquisitions, and missed the shift toward mobile devices. In late 2013, Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners took the company private for $25 billion. That seemed to mark the end of Dell as a public company.

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71% of Warren Buffett's $358 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in Only 4 Stocks

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of invested assets) Although Buffett's company entered the new year holding stakes in 49 stocks , it's plainly evident that portfolio concentration in top ideas is a key strategy. public companies ($15 billion/year), and it's repurchased around $600 billion worth of its common stock since the start of 2013.