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New buyback, same old corporate magic
Logitech International just rolled out a fresh three-year $1.4 billion share buyback program, and it kicks off on May 8th. That’s a pretty loud way of saying, “We like our own stock more than a pile of cash sitting around collecting digital dust.”
Why investors should care
Buybacks aren’t flashy like a new product launch, but they can be very shareholder-friendly. When a company repurchases its own shares, the share count can shrink, which can help boost earnings per share over time even if revenue is just trudging along in the background.
For Logitech, the move also hints that management sees enough balance-sheet breathing room to return cash instead of hoarding it. In other words: less corporate rainy-day fund, more money back in the hands of shareholders.
The big picture
A buyback program doesn’t guarantee the stock will sprint higher tomorrow. But it does give Logitech another lever to support its shares, especially if the market is being moody and treating peripheral makers like they’re all one bad quarter away from exile.
Big picture: Logitech is signaling confidence, and in markets, confidence with a checkbook attached tends to get noticed.