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Apple (AAPL) adds $90 billion to stock buyback program & increases dividend

Apple (AAPL) has stated it intends to buy back another $90 billion in its stock, and plans to increase the quarterly dividend to shareholders.

Bill Lavoy

May 4, 2023 1:58 PM

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Apple (AAPL) reported its Q2 2023 earnings results today and included in the report was the company’s intention to add $90 billion to its stock buyback program and to increase dividends for investors.

The dividend increase will be a 4 percent bump from the $0.23 per share that Apple previously paid out to investors quarterly. The new dividend will be $0.24 per share, which will also be paid out quarterly. This is a modest increase but it’s better than nothing. In the first six months of fiscal year 2023, Apple has spent $7.4 billion on dividends, and $39 billion on repurchases of stock.

Apple had this to say about the dividend:

Regarding the $90 billion for share repurchases, Apple CFO Luca Maestri stated, “Given our confidence in Apple’s future and the value we see in our stock, our Board has authorized an additional $90 billion for share repurchases. We are also raising our quarterly dividend for the eleventh year in a row.”

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Bill Lavoy

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