Ford repurchase seeks to stabilize shares as GM buys more [Yahoo! Finance]
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The Dearborn automaker on Friday announced a plan to buy up to 31.7 million common shares of Ford stock. It's an anti-dilutive measure that seeks to minimize impact on its share price from the company's grant of stock awards as a part of compensation packages to executives and other employees. It's the first buyback Ford has issued since 2024, spokesperson Dave Tovar said. More: Ford hopes cost reduction efforts will steer different stock story When Ford pays out stock awards to employees, it increases the number of shares in the company. A greater supply of ownership pieces on the market can cause a decrease in the share price. By buying back stock in anticipation of this, Ford reduces the supply of shares, helping to keep up the stock price. Between 2021 and 2024, the company took similar actions. Ford CEO Jim Farley told white-collar employees in February that bonuses would be set to 130% after improvements in initial vehicle quality, according to Reuters. Quality results hu
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