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Computershare launches buyback

The registry provider has announced a deal to buy back up to $140m of its shares.
By · 18 Aug 2015
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18 Aug 2015 · 1 min read
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Recommendation

Computershare Limited - CPU
Buy
below 12.00
Hold
up to 18.00
Sell
above 18.00
Buy Hold Sell Meter
BUY at $10.01
Current price
$27.92 at 16:40 (19 April 2024)

Price at review
$10.01 at (18 August 2015)

Max Portfolio Weighting
7%

Business Risk
Medium

Share Price Risk
Medium
All Prices are in AUD ($)

Computershare's share price has continued to feel the heat since last week's result, falling 8% since our upgrade in Computershare: Result 2015 on 12 Aug 15 (Buy – $10.55), to a close yesterday of $9.69. So it's good to see that we're not the only ones that see the stock as cheap, with the company announcing a share buyback this morning of up to $140m (around 2.5% of its market capitalisation at current prices). The program will run for 12 months starting on 1 September.

The stock has responded with a 3% bounce today to put it 5% below our recent upgrade and a comfortable 17% below our $12 Buy price. BUY.

Note: Our Growth and Income portfolios own shares in Computershare.

Disclosure: Staff members own shares in Computershare, but they don't include the author.

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