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Alpha Generation Through Share Buybacks in Korea: Bi-Monthly (Mar and Apr 2024)

Alpha Generation Through Share Buybacks in Korea: Bi-Monthly (Mar and Apr 2024)

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May 03, 2024
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Alpha Generation Through Share Buybacks in Korea: Bi-Monthly (Mar and Apr 2024)
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  • In this insight, we discuss the alpha generation through companies that announced share buybacks in Korea in March and April 2024.

  • We provide a list of 30 stocks in the Korean stock market that have announced share buyback programs in the past two months.

  • Major companies that have announced share buybacks in Korea in the past two months include Krafton (259960 KS), Celltrion Inc (068270 KS), and Woori Financial Group (316140 KS).

In this insight, we discuss the alpha generation through companies that have been buying back their shares in the Korean stock market in March and April 2024. The table below provides a list of 30 stocks in the Korean stock market (of which 7 of them have market caps of more than 500 billion won) that have announced share buyback programs in March and April 2024. On average, the share buyback announcements represented 2.1% of outstanding shares.

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