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Daily Brief ESG: Share Buyback Likely to Grow over Growth Investment Hoped for by Corporate Governance Code Revision and more

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  • Share Buyback Likely to Grow over Growth Investment Hoped for by Corporate Governance Code Revision


Share Buyback Likely to Grow over Growth Investment Hoped for by Corporate Governance Code Revision

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Since TSE’s request, many companies have introduced share buybacks as a measure, and as a result of investors demanding accountability for how these shares are used, share cancellations have increased.
  • Companies that frequently cancel treasury stock demonstrate superior capital profitability. Companies with high capital profitability also exhibit strong scores in growth strategy, cash holdings, dividend policy, and treasury stock cancellation.
  • More companies are expected to consider cash allocation within overall goal of enhancing corporate value, encompassing growth strategy, cash holding policy, and dividend policy, in order to improve capital profitability.

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