Bajaj Auto defers share buyback proposal, stock down 7 percent
Published On: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | By: Team KnowMyStock
Shares of India's leading two-and-three-wheeler company Bajaj Auto declined 7 percent to Rs 3,603.75 on the BSE in Tuesday's intra-day trade after the board deferred a decision on the share buyback proposal. The announcement came after the Board of Directors met earlier today,i.e. 14 June 2022 wherein it was decided that further deliberations are required in order to make a decision on the proposal of buyback, and accordingly deferred the matter, Baja Auto informed in a regulatory filing. Over the past four days, the stock of Bajaj Auto gained 5.5 percent after the company, on June 9, 2022, said that its board will consider a buyback proposal on June 14, 2022. If the board would have approved the proposal, this would have been the first share buyback to be made by the two-wheeler major in the last 22 years.
The primary objective of a share buyback program is to arrest the fall in the value of a stock by reducing the supply of the stock, which essentially pushes up the share price through a better price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple.The reasons for buyback are to improve earnings per share; to improve return on capital, return on net worth and to enhance the long-term shareholder value; to provide an additional exit route to shareholders when shares are under-valued or are thinly traded; to enhance consolidation of stake in the company; to prevent unwelcome takeover bids; to return surplus cash to shareholders; to achieve optimum capital structure; to support share price during periods of sluggish market conditions and to service the equity more efficiently.
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