Apple announcing what it plans to do with its' 97 billion cash on hand!

Quote from blowingup2012:

Im sure Steve Jobs had made a very detailed plan before he passed away and hand chose Tim Cook to carry out that plan. Im sure there were detailed discussions and even written out plans on how to handle that pile of money.

I will put my two cents in on this issue. I think the analysts want a dividend, but Tim Cook will not give them one. Instead, they will use that money to develop more products. Why give away a dividend when you dont really need to?
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Great logic. What co is forced to pay a dividend (excluding REITs)? I'd bet they have enough in R&D, genius. A dividend and/or share buy-back. Probably on the order of 1-2% on both (div-yield and total share repurchase).

There is no way that Cook is going to pay a multiple of LIBOR. Div of 2% or less.
 
Quote from atticus:

$10B over three years and $2.65 dividend? hyoooge!
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But the 10B does not go into shareholders pocket. Its a backdoor payment for insiders because Apple stated that the 10B will just be used to neutralize stock dilution due to issuance of stocks to top insiders.


You only get the dividend.
 
Quote from noob_trad3r:

But the 10B does not go into shareholders pocket. Its a backdoor payment for insiders because Apple stated that the 10B will just be used to neutralize stock dilution due to issuance of stocks to top insiders.


You only get the dividend.
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You missed the sarcasm. The buy-back is a negative.
 
Quote from ForexForex:
03-18-12 08:51 PM

Perhaps buy back some AAPL shares.
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Apple rewards investors with dividend, share buyback.

"SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, moving swiftly after taking over from the late Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, fulfilled a longstanding desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45 billion over three years.

The world's most valuable technology company will start paying its first dividends since 1995 -- a regular quarterly payout of $2.65 a share -- in July, and buy back up to $10 billion of its stock beginning in the next fiscal year."


:)
 
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