Why has the share count actually gone up over the last 10 years after they spent billions of dollars buying back shares?
with 8 billion outstanding, it wouldn't make a dent
5 billion dollars would buy back over 4% of the total outstanding shares at today's price.
$ 5 billion could pay a special one time dividend of almost $ 3.00 per share.
Indeed, 8.35 BILLION shares are outstanding. You. I verified it
Fake gutboy is a LIAR. There are 8.35 billion shares outstanding. You can find it on YHOO finance.
I checked it & you are correct
1.72B boc ou can find it on YHOO finance
Sentiment: Strong Buy
8.35 billion outstanding
wrong faker boy. You really are a fool. its 1.72B shares outstanding. The key statistics section in yahoo doesnt lie like you do MORON. Im glad im not you dim wit.
about 8 billion
wrong as usual - Shares Outstanding: 1.72B
Cisco did the same thing for years and nobody questioned them. Cisco's share count actually goes down now.
I sent an e-mail to investor relations asking them to explain why the share count has actually gone up after spending billions of dollars on buy backs. Well, they must be busy, because they haven't got back to me.