shares
Example Sentences
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By repurchasing their own stock, companies reduce the number of publicly available shares, driving up the earnings per share as a way to increase their stock price and return money to shareholders.
Speaking in four different languages, Pepe shares its impressions about being uprooted from its African homeland and on the power dynamics among the hippos once in South America.
From Los Angeles Times
But it is a revocable trust, which means that the Ellisons can pull the shares out any time they like, and that made Warner management nervous.
From Barron's
But after trading as high $263 in its first few days on the market, shares recently changed hands at about $88.
From Barron's
He rates shares Buy and has a $830 price target for the stock.
From Barron's
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