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Open Market Repurchases: The Value From Buying Shares At A Discount

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  • Gary E. Porter
  • Rodney L. Roenfeldt
  • Neil W. Sicherman

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This article shows that share repurchase announcements create value for shareholders when the shares of the industrial firm sell at a discount from the value of the underlying assets, even when shareholders and managers share full information about the firm's prospects and the firm's operating performance is not expected to improve. The value created by capturing the discount on the repurchased shares is a function of only two variables: the percentage discount prior to the announcement and the proportion of shares to be repurchased. For a sample of 100 companies selling below net asset value, the authors report that the excess stock returns surrounding their announcements of open market repurchases are (significantly) positively associated with the authors' estimates of the value captured from buying shares at a discount. Moreover, the stock market's response to repurchase announcements by companies that are selling at a discount is considerably more positive than to announcements by firms selling at a premium.

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  • Gary E. Porter & Rodney L. Roenfeldt & Neil W. Sicherman, 2000. "Open Market Repurchases: The Value From Buying Shares At A Discount," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 13(1), pages 122-127, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jacrfn:v:13:y:2000:i:1:p:122-127
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6622.2000.tb00047.x
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    1. Stehle, Richard & Seifert, Udo, 2003. "Stock Performance around Share Repurchase Announcements in Germany," SFB 373 Discussion Papers 2003,48, Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes.

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