When a company buys back its own stock, equity that owners have in the company is reduced -- stock outstanding is reduced. True False
Answer : True
Buy back is a process in which the company purchases its own share from the share holders. Under this circumstance the shares so bought back are cancelled by the company leading to decrease in stock holding which leads to decrease in equity holding in the company.
When a company buys back its own stock, equity that owners have in the company is...
Sometimes a company may buy back its own stock in order to reissue it to employees as part of compensation. True False
If a company buys back shares of their own stock at more than the intrinsic value per share they are A. investing at the shareholders' required rate of return B. destroying shareholder value for remaining shareholders C. adding shareholder value for remaining shareholders
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