What Happened?
Shares of shipping and mailing solutions provider Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) jumped 9.9% in the afternoon session after the company appointed sitting director Kurt Wolf as its Chief Executive Officer.
It also announced a $150 million share buyback program, given its strong cash flow outlook, and was exploring ways to raise its dividends.
Management also provided some color on the strength of the balance sheet noting that the business was on track to achieve its 3.0x adjusted leverage ratio target by the end of the second quarter, a quarter sooner than previously announced and without needing to retire additional debt.
As a reminder, a stock buyback reduces the number of outstanding shares, ensuring that more profits accrue to existing shareholders.
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What The Market Is Telling Us
Pitney Bowes’s shares are very volatile and have had 20 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
Pitney Bowes is up 37.6% since the beginning of the year, and at $9.94 per share, it is trading close to its 52-week high of $10.86 from February 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Pitney Bowes’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $4,246.
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