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Data Update 9 for 2025: Dividends and Buybacks - Inertia and Me-tooism!

Musings on Markets

In my ninth (and last) data post for 2025, I look at cash returned by businesses across the world, looking at both the magnitude and the form of that return. I also look at a clear and discernible shift away from dividends to stock buybacks, especially in the US, and examine both good and bad reasons for this shift.

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United Rentals to Acquire H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

Benzinga

14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- United Rentals, Inc. d/b/a H&E Rentals (NASDAQ: HEES ) ("H&E") today announced their entry into a definitive agreement under which United Rentals will acquire H&E for $92 per share in cash, reflecting a total enterprise value of approximately $4.8 billion of net debt. STAMFORD, Conn.