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Is Nvidia\u2019s stock buyback plan a sign of a key\u00a0theme that could help drive the stock market?<\/p>\n

The chip maker on Wednesday announced plans to buy back $25 billion in stock when it posted blow-out earnings results. The goal looks achievable, too: Nvidia (ticker: NVDA) in the July quarter bought back almost $3.3 billion of stock, just over half of its free cash flow. Analysts now expect $34.4 billion in cash flow next year\u2014so if the company plans to return more than half of that in buybacks, repurchases would total close to $20 billion. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Buybacks can often be a key ingredient to stock market returns for investors. Some shareholders receive cash buy their selling shares back to the company, while others enjoy higher earnings per share because there are fewer shares outstanding.<\/p>\n

Nvidia is aggressively growing its profits, enabling it to return so much money to stockholders. To be sure, most companies\u2019 growth won\u2019t be as spectacular as Nvidia\u2019s\u2014but if they can see earnings growth after what\u2019s been a rocky 2023, buybacks should rise across the board, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the first half of the year, companies on the S&P 500 repurchased just over $400 billion of stock, according to Citi, so they\u2019re currently on pace to return just over $800 billion in 2023. That would be down about 11% year-over-year.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not a surprise, with
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Investors and companies alike should prepare for some tailwinds: Many economists\u00a0<\/strong>believe the Federal Reserve\u2019s work to raise interest rates and hurt demand is almost over since the rate of inflation has declined. Analysts expect aggregate free cash flow per share for S&P 500 to rise about 12% in 2024\u2014a number that starts with sales and profit growth and is aided by stock buybacks. <\/p>\n

For buybacks, \u201cthis year\u2019s pullback is not a concern,\u201d writes Citi strategist Scott Chronert. \u201cWe anticipate a positive inflection in free cash flow growth for the S&P 500 headed into 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soon enough, profits and buybacks should roll in. That\u2019s always a help to the stock market.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Write to Jacob Sonenshine at jacob.sonenshine@barrons.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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