Stock repurchases and securityholder returns: a case study of Teledyne

This study examines securityholder returns around nine major repurchase announcements and 10 other repurchase‐related announcements by the Teledyne Corporation between 1972 and 1984. Statistically significant positive excess returns to common stock and convertible preferred stockholders are documented. Contrary to prior research that investigated the average response to repurchase announcements, however, there is a wealth transfer from bondholders to stockholders. Bondholder returns around the repurchase announcements are significantly negative. These returns are examined for each announcement and each bond issue.