“Worth far less than $3 trillion, this phone maker's sales have crawled 1% a year while it pays nearly 30 times earnings buying back its own stock at the top.”
“By paying multiples pushing 30x earnings (a 3.33% earnings yield), you don't get as much bang for the buck. Spending three-fourths of cash flow retired the share count by 2.7% a year from 2021 to 2023.”
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