dgoogle·Googlebydoodledup Google says will buy back $70 bln in shares, posts earnings beat | Reutershttps://archive.ph/MX5F3https://www.reuters.com/business/google-parent-alphabet-beats-quarterly-revenue-estimates-2025-04-24/Open linkView original on lemmy.world15Comments7
mmadeinthebackseat lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyKeep in mind stock buybacks used to be illegal, given the perverse incentives they create.11
ddoodledup replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesBuying back shares is Alphabet judging their own stock to be undervalued. Nobody knows whether that prediction is going to be correct or not. The "little guy" either does not care about this or joins the gamble.6
PPunkRockSportsFan replyfanaticus.social1Hide 1 replySo google stock is buying the dip like “the man” signaled to “his guys”2
RRestrictedAccount replylemmy.worldI must say that I’m not a Google person. I use their products as little as possible. The Man I think you are referring to is trying to break up alphabet at this moment. I don’t think there’s much love lost between them.1
Keep in mind stock buybacks used to be illegal, given the perverse incentives they create.
They are certainly manipulative (in the short term).
Is buying back shares the little guy winning?
Buying back shares is Alphabet judging their own stock to be undervalued. Nobody knows whether that prediction is going to be correct or not. The "little guy" either does not care about this or joins the gamble.
So google stock is buying the dip like “the man” signaled to “his guys”
I must say that I’m not a Google person. I use their products as little as possible.
The Man I think you are referring to is trying to break up alphabet at this moment.
I don’t think there’s much love lost between them.
What is your valuation of Alphabet?