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3 Stocks Flashing Buy Signals With $8.5 Billion in Buybacks
Written by Leo Miller. Published 11/3/2025.
Key Points
- MSCI authorized a $3 billion buyback, with its CEO openly stating that the company is undervalued.
- Down 30%, AICD leader Zebra Technologies announced a $500 million buyback, double its historical average.
- Carrier Global launched a $5 billion buyback amid weak residential HVAC sales but soaring demand from data centers.
Buybacks often serve as a vote of confidence from a company's management, especially when the share price has lagged expectations.
After experiencing share price weakness, three notable companies have announced major stock buyback programs, indicating they view the weakness not as a risk but as an opportunity to create long-term shareholder value.
MSCI CEO Sends a Clear Message: This Stock Is Undervalued
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First up is one of the biggest names in global investing, MSCI (NYSE: MSCI).
Like S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), MSCI maintains some of the world’s most important market indexes. MSCI's indexes benchmark over $18.3 trillion in assets, which compared with the roughly $20 trillion benchmarked to the S&P 500 Index at the end of 2024 underscores the company's significance.
However, MSCI shares haven’t performed well so far in 2025, delivering a year-to-date decline of about 1%. Accordingly, the company recently authorized a $3 billion share buyback program, equivalent to around 6.8% of the company’s market capitalization.
On its recent earnings call, MSCI CEO Henry Fernandez said, “We love MSCI, and we love it even more when it's an undervalued franchise." He emphasized that perceived undervaluation has increased over the last couple of years and that the company intends to act aggressively to capitalize on this opportunity.
While buybacks are often implicit signals that a company values its shares, it is somewhat unusual for management to state this so plainly. That candor, combined with MSCI’s stature in investment management, makes the stock particularly interesting to watch.
Zebra Technologies: Plans to Double Buyback Spending
Next is Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ: ZBRA). This $13.6 billion tech stock is a global leader in Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) technology, including barcode scanners and mobile computers used for inventory management.
Zebra shares are down about 30% in 2025. The company recently announced a $500 million buyback program, equal to roughly 3.7% of its market capitalization.
The firm says it plans to deploy this capacity over the next 12 months, which would be more than double its average 12-month buyback spending over the past five years. It also exceeds the $315 million Zebra spent over the past 12 months, reinforcing that this is not merely a return-of-capital move but a strategic signal that management sees opportunity in current prices.
Although Zebra did not explicitly call its stock undervalued, the scale and timing of the authorization strongly suggest the company is looking to capitalize on price weakness.
Carrier Global: Bets on Data Center Growth With a $5 Billion Buyback
Last is Carrier Global (NYSE: CARR), a major supplier of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) products with a market value of about $50.1 billion. The stock has delivered a 52-week total return of -18% and is down roughly 12% so far in 2025.
Much of Carrier’s business centers on residential HVAC, which has been in a downturn. Residential sales in its Climate Solutions America segment were down 30% last quarter. By contrast, demand from data centers has been a bright spot, with sales up 250% last quarter.
Given this mix, Carrier could present an attractive opportunity if residential sales recover.
Notably, Carrier just authorized a $5 billion share buyback program — about 10% of its market cap. The company expects this authorization to extend into 2028 and estimates annual buyback spending of roughly $1.7 billion under the new plan.
Although that annual figure is lower than the roughly $3 billion Carrier anticipated spending on buybacks in 2025, the commitment to continued repurchases at a meaningful pace indicates management still sees value in the shares.
Buybacks Send a Unified Signal: Value Opportunity Ahead
Overall, these three companies are signaling that they believe the market may be undervaluing their shares. While buyback authorizations are just one of many indicators investors should consider, the recent actions by MSCI, Zebra, and Carrier make each stock worth watching.
