S&P 500 Q2 Stock Buybacks Fall 20.1% Sequentially, 13.7% YoY
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S&P 500 buybacks decline significantly in Q2 2019; expenditures still remain higher than the pre-2018 levels
September 16, 2019 11:30 AM EDTNEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI") announced today that preliminary Q2 2019 S&P 500® stock buybacks, or share repurchases, were $164.5 billion. This was the second consecutive quarterly decline after four consecutive quarters of record buybacks. Q2 2019 buybacks were 20.1% lower than Q1 2019's $205.6 billion, 13.7% lower year-over-year from Q2 2018's $190.6 billion, and 26.2% lower than the Q4 2018 record expenditure of $223.0 billion. Â
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