Know what's cool about share buybacks? By buying a bunch of your own stock with your own money, you get to set your own price on the market. If KBCorp is swirling the bowl and heading towards $3 a share, I can say "hey Hubskibank can I borrow $3 million" and instead of the shares hitting $3, they hit $6 because I'ma buy 500,000 shares at $6.
Know what else is cool about share buybacks? If there are 1 million shares of KBCorp that should be paying KBCorp investors 3 cents a share, and I buy half the outstanding shares, earnings per share doubles from 3 cents to 6 cents.
Know what sucks about share buybacks? They're the corporate financial equivalent of taking out a loan on your house to paint it so your neighbors don't think it's shabby. They don't add value, they don't change your fundamental position, but they give you a payment (with interest) you have to make every month.
Corporate buybacks are a sign CFOS believe the market is looking for a reason to sell their stock which causes their value to plummet which often triggers clauses in the loans they hold which causes things to get complicated.
Fuckers are probably selling their own shares to the company too.