An article from MarketBeat about recent stock buybacks and share repurchase plans by large-cap companies such as Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and FedEx (NYSE:FDX) got me thinking about the best stock buybacks of 2024. According to S&P Dow Jones Indices, there were $236.8 billion in stock buybacks for S&P 500 companies in 2024’s first quarter, up 8.1% from Q4 2023, and 9.9% from Q1 2023. Of the hundreds of companies in the index, 352 reported at least $5 million in share repurchases during the first quarter, down fro ...