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By Dhirendra Tripathi
Investing.com – Dollar Tree stock (NASDAQ:) jumped 13% on Wednesday after the company expanded its share buyback program.
With a fresh approval for $1.05 billion, Dollar Tree is now willing to pump in $2.5 billion into buying back its own shares.
The discount retailer also said it would raise prices for some items to $1.25 or even $1.50 in some stores to account for higher costs.
As for the buyback, the aggregate amount includes around $1.45 billion available for repurchases under the board’s previous repurchase authorization approved on March 2, 2021.
Dollar Tree has repurchased shares amounting to $950 million in the ongoing financial year that runs through January.
Its equity base comprises 224.911 million shares and it had a market cap of $19.54 billion as of close Tuesday. At this price ($86.28) and commitment then — the buyback has the potential to reduce the share count by around 13%.
The company said it will buy back shares from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. There is no expiration date to the exercise.
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