| Buyback ScorecardThe Risk in No-Risk Stock BuybacksBest & Worst CompaniesIndustry Comparisons |
| How the S&P 500 Stack Up as Stock Repurchasers 1—50 | 51—100 | 101—150 | 151—200 | 201—250 | 251—299 | ||||||||
| Company | Industry | Market Capitalization | $ Total Buyback | $ Total Buyback / Market Cap | Buyback Strategy | Buyback Effectiveness | Buyback ROI | |
| Average | $48,969 | $3,699 | 9.2% | 20.8% | -3.9% | 16.3% | ||
| Median | $24,408 | $1,949 | 7.7% | 20.1% | -3.6% | 16.5% | ||
| 201 | Nordstrom | Retailing | 9,158 | 1,802 | 19.7 | 5.7 | -10.9 | -5.8 |
| 202 | Comerica | Banks | 7,393 | 500 | 6.8 | 1.4 | -7.3 | -6.0 |
| 203 | JB Hunt Transport Services | Transportation | 8,407 | 436 | 5.2 | 1.4 | -7.3 | -6.0 |
| 204 | Varian Medical Systems | Healthcare Equipment and Services | 7,756 | 1,086 | 14.0 | 1.8 | -8.1 | -6.4 |
| 205 | The Hershey Co. | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 19,353 | 1,159 | 6.0 | -1.3 | -5.3 | -6.5 |
| 206 | Ford Motor Co. | Automobiles and Components | 55,918 | 2,093 | 3.7 | -3.7 | -2.9 | -6.6 |
| 207 | F5 Networks | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 6,824 | 1,257 | 18.4 | 12.7 | -17.7 | -7.3 |
| 208 | Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide | Consumer Services | 11,687 | 2,007 | 17.2 | 2.8 | -10.3 | -7.8 |
| 209 | Rockwell Automation | Capital Goods | 13,523 | 1,102 | 8.1 | -0.7 | -7.3 | -8.0 |
| 210 | Eastman Chemical Co. | Materials | 10,032 | 523 | 5.2 | -3.2 | -5.3 | -8.3 |
| 211 | PulteGroup | Consumer Durables and Apparel | 6,222 | 696 | 11.2 | 3.9 | -11.9 | -8.4 |
| 212 | Johnson Controls | Automobiles and Components | 25,586 | 1,412 | 5.5 | -2.2 | -6.7 | -8.7 |
| 213 | Pitney Bowes | Commercial and Professional Services | 4,069 | 192 | 4.7 | 1.2 | -10.4 | -9.3 |
| 214 | Duke Energy Corp. | Utilities | 49,140 | 1,500 | 3.1 | 4.6 | -13.4 | -9.4 |
| 215 | Jacobs Engineering Group | Capital Goods | 5,163 | 543 | 10.5 | -16.8 | 8.6 | -9.6 |
| 216 | SanDisk Corp. | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 15,253 | 2,550 | 16.7 | 5.6 | -14.6 | -9.7 |
| 217 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | Energy | 324,501 | 17,222 | 5.3 | -4.2 | -6.1 | -10.0 |
| 218 | Twenty-First Century Fox | Media | 53,541 | 11,178 | 20.9 | -5.3 | -4.9 | -10.0 |
| 219 | Loews Corp. | Insurance | 13,607 | 1,887 | 13.9 | -11.2 | 1.3 | -10.0 |
| 220 | Target Corp. | Retailing | 44,732 | 3,438 | 7.7 | 11.3 | -19.2 | -10.1 |
| 221 | Deere & Co. | Capital Goods | 24,155 | 5,132 | 21.2 | -1.8 | -8.5 | -10.1 |
| 222 | Praxair | Materials | 29,168 | 1,587 | 5.4 | -4.4 | -6.3 | -10.5 |
| 223 | Invesco | Diversified Financials | 14,191 | 818 | 5.8 | 0.9 | -11.3 | -10.5 |
| 224 | Best Buy Co. | Retailing | 10,436 | 1,055 | 10.1 | -7.5 | -3.4 | -10.6 |
| 225 | Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. | Food, Beverage and Tobacco | 15,564 | 1,521 | 9.8 | 0.1 | -11.0 | -10.9 |
| 226 | FLIR Systems | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 3,877 | 262 | 6.8 | -0.6 | -10.6 | -11.1 |
| 227 | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | Energy | 51,636 | 3,093 | 6.0 | -8.3 | -3.3 | -11.3 |
| 228 | Applied Materials | Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment | 21,454 | 1,950 | 9.1 | 1.9 | -13.1 | -11.50 |
| 229 | CenturyLink | Telecommunication Services | 13,813 | 1,469 | 10.6 | -2.4 | -9.5 | -11.7 |
| 230 | WestRock Co. | Materials | 11,617 | 616 | 5.3 | 1.9 | -14.2 | -12.5 |
| 231 | CSX Corp. | Transportation | 25,300 | 1,321 | 5.2 | 2.8 | -15.0 | -12.6 |
| 232 | HP | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 21,215 | 5,843 | 27.5 | 8.5 | -19.5 | -12.6 |
| 233 | Legg Mason | Diversified Financials | 4,226 | 630 | 14.9 | 6.5 | -17.9 | -12.6 |
| 234 | International Paper Co. | Materials | 15,629 | 1,199 | 7.7 | -2.2 | -11.1 | -13.1 |
| 235 | International Business Machines Corp. | Software and Services | 133,507 | 16,531 | 12.4 | -9.3 | -4.8 | -13.7 |
| 236 | American Express Co. | Diversified Financials | 68,454 | 8,909 | 13.0 | -4.7 | -9.6 | -13.8 |
| 237 | Schlumberger | Energy | 87,962 | 4,832 | 5.5 | -7.1 | -7.3 | -13.9 |
| 238 | Xerox Corp. | Software and Services | 10,762 | 2,373 | 22.1 | -1.3 | -13.2 | -14.3 |
| 239 | AbbVie | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences | 96,842 | 8,220 | 8.5 | 11.8 | -23.4 | -14.4 |
| 240 | Dover Corp. | Capital Goods | 9,501 | 1,201 | 12.6 | -7.3 | -7.7 | -14.4 |
| 241 | Yahoo! | Software and Services | 31,409 | 4,367 | 13.9 | -3.6 | -11.4 | -14.6 |
| 242 | Tyco International | Commercial and Professional Services | 13,482 | 2,000 | 14.8 | -1.3 | -13.5 | -14.7 |
| 243 | Monsanto Co. | Materials | 43,375 | 10,356 | 23.9 | -5.7 | -9.6 | -14.7 |
| 244 | Union Pacific Corp. | Transportation | 66,792 | 6,690 | 10.0 | 6.2 | -19.7 | -14.8 |
| 245 | NetApp | Technology Hardware and Equipment | 7,756 | 2,238 | 28.9 | -10.6 | -5.0 | -15.1 |
| 246 | CBS Corp. | Media | 22,223 | 5,625 | 25.3 | -9.8 | -6.3 | -15.5 |
| 247 | Chevron Corp. | Energy | 169,308 | 4,412 | 2.6 | -10.2 | -5.9 | -15.5 |
| 248 | Norfolk Southern Corp. | Transportation | 25,256 | 1,393 | 5.5 | 2.3 | -17.5 | -15.6 |
| 249 | Parker-Hannifin Corp. | Capital Goods | 13,187 | 1,899 | 14.4 | -4.8 | -12.0 | -16.2 |
| 250 | Bed Bath & Beyond | Retailing | 8,053 | 3,556 | 44.2 | -15.3 | -1.3 | -16.4 |
| * Company has yet to report latest quarter. Source: Fortuna Advisors Analysis using data from the Capital IQ database. Financial Data from December 2013 to December 2015. Includes the 485 members of the current S&P 500 that were public for the full period. Market Capitalization as of: 12/31/2015. Companies Included here if $ Total Buyback / Market Capitalization is greater than 4% or if $ Total Buyback is greater than $1 billion. | ||||||||
