But it's just in time for the autumn refresh of my Canadian large-cap screen. With a fair bit of help, I've managed to get all the numbers together. And I'll be doing the refresh in a few days.
One of the inputs to the screen is the % of shares bought back over the previous year. I thought some of you would be interested in who's buying back shares.
The table below shows the % reduction in shares outstanding for the two previous six-month periods for the selected companies. I copied the shares outstanding from the Sep05 and Mar06 issues of TSX e-Review magazine. The Sep06 numbers are from www.TSX.com
If companies have multiple share classes, I either added the numbers together or weighted the classes by the trading price. Some classes appear to be unlisted. In that case, I either copied the additional number of shares from the quarterly report or just used the one class listed.
I multiplied the Sep05 and Mar06 numbers by 0.915 for BCE.
Suggestions/corrections are appreciated.
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Symbol Name Sep/06 Mar/06
OCX-T Onex Corporation 5.5 1.3
ECA-T EnCana Corp. 4.9 0.2
BCE-T BCE Inc. 3.7 0.0
CNR-T Canadian National Railway 2.8 2.1
T-T TELUS 2.6 1.7
IMO-T Imperial Oil 2.4 2.3
MFC-T Manulife Financial 2.2 0.5
PCA-T Petro-Canada 2.1 1.2
IAG-T Industrial Alliance Ins & Fin 2.1 -2.4
IPS-T IPSCO Inc. 1.9 -0.4
CP-T Canadian Pacific Railway 1.5 -0.6
SLF-T Sun Life Financial Inc. 1.4 0.4
ACO.X-T ATCO Ltd. 1.3 -0.1
CU-T Canadian Utilities 1.1 0.0
NA-T National Bank of Canada 1.0 0.8
TOC-T Thomson Corporation 0.9 1.0
SAP-T Saputo Inc. 0.5 0.7
RY-T Royal Bank of Canada 0.5 0.6
BMO-T Bank of Montreal 0.5 -0.4
TLM-T Talisman Energy 0.3 0.3
SNC-T SNC-Lavalin Group 0.1 -0.1
ATD.B-T Alimentation Couche-Tard 0.0 0.0
CNQ-T Canadian Natural Resources 0.0 0.0
EMP.A-T Empire Company 0.0 0.0
WN-T George Weston Ltd. 0.0 0.0
GWO-T Great-West Lifeco 0.0 0.0
HSE-T Husky Energy 0.0 0.0
IGM-T IGM Financial 0.0 0.0
IIC-T ING Canada 0.0 0.0
PJC.A-T Jean Coutu Group 0.0 0.0
L-T Loblaw Companies 0.0 0.0
NVL-T Novelis 0.0 0.0
PWF-T Power Financial Corp. 0.0 0.0
SHC-T Shell Canada 0.0 0.0
BAM.A-T Brookfield Asset Management -0.1 1.3
BNS-T Bank of Nova Scotia -0.1 0.7
ABX-T Barrick Gold Corp. -0.1 -60.7
GNA-T Gerdau AmeriSteel -0.2 -0.1
TRP-T TransCanada Corp. -0.2 -0.1
SBY-T Sobeys Inc. -0.2 -0.2
POW-T Power Corp of Canada -0.2 -0.3
SU-T Suncor Energy -0.2 -0.3
POT-T Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan -0.3 3.6
MG.A-T Magna International -0.3 -0.1
MRU.A-T Metro Inc. -0.3 -0.1
SC-T Shoppers Drug Mart -0.3 -0.2
CM-T CIBC -0.3 -0.3
NXY-T Nexen -0.3 -0.3
CTC.A-T Canadian Tire Corporation -0.4 0.8
ENB-T Enbridge -0.5 -0.3
AGU-T Agrium -0.6 2.1
AL-T Alcan Inc. -0.6 -0.9
TD-T TD Bank -0.8 -0.9
TA-T TransAlta Corp. -0.9 -1.0
FTT-T Finning International -1.1 0.0
TCK.B-T Teck Cominco Ltd. -5.8 -0.4