Buying back stock...
The more they buy back, the more of the company we end up owning
Company
Shares 2002
Shares 2009
% of shares
bought back
since 2002
Home Depot
2.29 billion
1.69 billion
26%
Allstate
702 million
536 million
24%
Nokia
4.78 billion
3.70 billion
23%
Cisco Systems
7.30 billion
5.78 billion
21%
Darden Restaurants
172 million
139 million
19%
Illinois Tool Works
613 million
499 million
19%
Target
910 million
753 million
17%
Microsoft
10,718 billion
8,908 billion
17%
Intel
6,570 billion
5,500 billion
16%
McDonalds
1.27 billion
1.07 billion
15%
