Persistent free-cash-flow generation combined with a low effective tax rate (aided by earnings in lower-tax jurisdictions and deferred-tax benefits) lets management deploy roughly $4 billion per half-year toward buybacks, dividends, and M&A without issuing equity. This capital flexibility compounds per-share value independent of top-line acceleration. The thesis fails if debt rises faster than EBITDA or if free cash flow shrinks, forcing a pause in buybacks.
the thesis · admitted · the reason above is the thesis, not printed twice
no findingread · nothing bore on it
It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
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