Mumbai: India Inc, which rushed to announce share buybacks as stocks initially fell due to covid-19, is now expected to go slow with an eye on conserving cash at a time when business continues to be impacted by the nationwide lockdown.
Mint reported on 19 March that several cash rich companies and their promoters were planning to announce share buybacks as a way to arrest falling stock prices by signalling to the markets that they feel their stocks are undervalued.
Buybacks offer a premium over the prevailing market price thus making them attractive for existing shareholders to sell their shares in such an offering.
Several companies such as Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Dalmia Bharat Cement Ltd, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd, Emami Ltd