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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. That is not true, since that action just transfers value from shareholders who sell back (at the too low a price) to the shareholders who hold on to their shares.

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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.