### Comment:
Calm down, I can't be bothered to determine who is and is not a socialist by reviewing previous posts.  I just assume everyone is until they hastily deny it. 
  
 But, as a shareholder, why would I care if a stock gains 10% from bottom line growth vs just buy backs?  Serious question. 
  


### REPLY:
Haha sorry man I was a little stressed out earlier today. Because stock buybacks come with an opportunity cost versus organic eps growth. Either you have cash and are potentially foregoing higher roi investments (hopefully not the case if mgmt incentives are written properly) or you’re funding with debt I.e. levering up your company.

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