Micro-Cap Buys Back $10M of its own Stock

Here are three stock buybacks for the week You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Behind the Markets. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please [unsubscribe]( here.  Dear Fellow Investor, Targeting stocks with recently announced buyback programs can be beneficial for investors. Buyback programs can be seen as a signal of confidence by the company's management in the future prospects of the business. When a company announces a buyback program, it indicates that it believes its stock is undervalued and that it has excess cash available to repurchase shares, which can be interpreted as a positive sign for investors. Buybacks can also potentially increase the value of the remaining shares by reducing the total number of shares outstanding, which could lead to higher earnings per share and potentially higher stock prices. Here are three stock buybacks for the week - GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd. – SYM: GHG Recent Price: $4.35 Buyback Action: The Board of Directors approved a new $10 million share repurchase program, equal to around 2.21% of its market cap at announcement. Description: GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, develops leased-and-operated, and franchised-and-managed hotels under the GreenTree Inns brand in the People's Republic of China. It also engages in investment holding activities; and provision of information technology services. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. === [Federal Gov't Adopts Radical New Tech – Forecast Growth 24,290%](The Federal Reserve, White House and US Treasury are in the middle of a nationwide technology rollout. 41 American banks are already involved. But that number could soon snowball by 24,290%. [Here are three ways to capitalize on this wave of adoption…]( === Phillips 66 – SYM: PSX Recent Price: $111.41 [Get Buyback Action Here ]( Description: Phillips 66 operates as an energy manufacturing and logistics company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties (M&S). The Midstream segment transports crude oil and other feedstocks; delivers refined petroleum products to market; provides terminaling and storage services for crude oil and refined petroleum products; transports, stores, fractionates, exports, and markets natural gas liquids; provides other fee-based processing services; and gathers, processes, transports, and markets natural gas. The Chemicals segment produces and markets ethylene and other olefin products; aromatics and styrenics products, such as benzene, cyclohexane, styrene, and polystyrene; and various specialty chemical products, including organosulfur chemicals, solvents, catalysts, and chemicals used in drilling and mining. The Refining segment refines crude oil and other feedstocks into petroleum products, such as gasolines, distillates, aviation, and renewable. The M&S segment purchases for resale and markets refined petroleum products, including gasolines, distillates, and aviation fuels. This segment also manufactures and markets specialty products, such as base oils and lubricants. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. === [URGENT: “Second wave” of A.I. investments ready to pop]( [robot hand]( A "second wave" window of A.I. investments is closing soon…With 100X the potential of any gains we've witnessed so far. And if you take the right steps today, you could turn every $100 into $1,000 and every $10,000 into $100,000…and beyond. TradeSmith has created an algorithm so powerful that hedge funds and institutional clients pay up to $750,000 a year for access to the proprietary data, but we've put together this special presentation that is available to anyone interested in making a fortune in A.I. But the "second wave" window is closing soon. [Click here to watch our urgent presentation.]( === Align Technology, Inc. – SYM: ALGN Recent Price: $190.02 [Get Buyback Action Here ]( Description: Align Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets Invisalign clear aligners, and iTero intraoral scanners and services for orthodontists and general practitioner dentists in the United States, Switzerland, China, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Clear Aligner; and Imaging Systems and CAD/CAM Services (Systems and Services). The Clear Aligner segment offers comprehensive products, including Invisalign comprehensive package that addresses the orthodontic needs of teenage patients, such as mandibular advancement, compliance indicators, and compensation for tooth eruption; and Invisalign First Phase I and Invisalign First Comprehensive Phase 2 package for younger patients generally between the ages of seven and ten years, which is a mixture of primary/baby and permanent teeth. This segment's non-comprehensive products comprise Invisalign moderate, lite and express packages, and Invisalign go and Invisalign Go Plus; and non-case products that include retention products, Invisalign training, and adjusting tools used by dental professionals during the course of treatment. The Systems and Services segment offers iTero intraoral scanning system, a single hardware platform with software options for restorative or orthodontic procedures; restorative software for general practitioner dentists, prosthodontists, periodontists, and oral surgeons; and software for orthodontists for digital records storage, orthodontic diagnosis, and for the fabrication of printed models and retainers. This segment also provides Invisalign outcome simulator, a chair-side and cloud-based application for the iTero scanner; Invisalign progress assessment tool; and TimeLapse technology, which allows doctors or practitioners to compare a patient's historic 3D scans to the present-day scan, as well as subscription software, disposables, rentals, leases, and pay per scan services Align Technology, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. === [[Free Copy] Hedge Fund Black Book]( Hedge fund manager, venture capitalist and professional trader, David Prince, exposes the edge these institutions have and the #1 weekly options strategy to take advantage of it. See how he tracks down his favorite stock of the week and how he selects the best option contract. 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