In yesterday's article, I showed that a strategy that has owned an equal-weighting of the one-hundred S&P 500 (SPY) constituents with the highest trailing share buyback ratio has produced considerable historical outperformance. The S&P 500 Buyback Index, now replicated by the SPDR S&P 500 Buyback ETF (SPYB), has generated more than 4% annual excess returns versus the capitalization-weighted index.
Source: Bloomberg
In this article, I wanted to drill down into the current details of the S&P 500 Buyback Index and see if there were any broad takeaways for U.S. equity