Friday's Buybacks: Cato for 2 Million Shares

Here's a list of companies that have recently announced buybacks. The following are stock buybacks announced over the past 30 days.

(Interested in learning more about buybacks and why they're important? Check out this article.)

COMPANY	SYMBOL	AMOUNT	NOTES
8/31/2007
Cato Corporation	CTR	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
8/30/2007
Accuray	ARAY	$25 mln	53.8 mln shares outstanding
Argon ST	STST	2 mln shares	over 1 year
Chicago Mercantile Exchange	CME	1.6 mln shares	tender offer
Essex Property Trust	ESS	$200 mln	27.9 mln shares outstanding
Kulicke & Soffa Industries	KLIC	$6 mln	prior plan complete
MetroCorp Bancshares	MCBI	500,000 shares
Steel Dynamics	STLD	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
8/29/2007
American Bancorp of New Jersey	ABNJ	5% of outstanding	prior plan complete
Bank of Commerce Holdings	BOCH	2.2% of outstanding	8.9 mln shares outstanding
Compuware	CPWR	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
DaimlerChrysler	DAI	$10.2 bln	over 1 year
Ditech Networks	DITC	9.1 mln shares	dutch auction
Ensco International	ESV	$500 mln	prior plan complete
Exar	EXAR	$100 mln	over 12 months
Frontier Oil	FTO	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Medicis	MRX	$200 mln
8/28/2007
Aware	AWRE	$5 mln	over 16 months
Dycom Industries	DY	$15 mln	over 18 months
Earthlink	ELNK	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
LandAmerica Financial Group	LFG	9% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
Mattel	MAT	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
MoSys	MOSY	$19.5 mln	over 12 months
Republic Airways Holdings	RJET	$100 mln	over 1 year
TriCo Bancshares	TCBK	500,000 shares	prior plan complete
8/27/2007
Atmel	ATML	$250 mln	10% of outstanding
Enterprise Financial Services Corporation	EFSC	5% of outstanding	replaces prior plan
Linclon Park Bancorp	LPBC	5% of outstanding	41,780 shares
Manpower Inc.	MAN	5 mln shares	prior plan complete
Oplink Communications	OPLK	$40 mln	replaces prior plan
8/24/2007
American Woodmark Corporation	AMWD	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Provident New York Bancorp	PBNY	2 mln shares	upon completion of current plan
Rock-Tenn	RKT	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Tessera Technologies	TSRA	$100 mln
8/23/2007
Gap	GPS	$1.5 bln	adds to prior plan
Herbalife	HLF	$150 mln	adds to prior plan
LaBarge	LB	1 mln shares	over 12 months
OneBeacon Insurance Group	OB	$200 mln	98 mln shares outstanding
Sussex Bancorp	SBBX	100,000 shares	adds to prior plan
The First of Long Island Corporation	FLIC	200,000 shares	continues prior plan
Westamerica Bancorporation	WABC	2 mln shares	through 8/2008
Candela	CLZR	1 mln shares	replaces prior plan
8/22/2007
City Holding Company	CHCO	1 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Genlyte Group	GLYT	5% of outstanding	1.45 mln shares
Greene County Bancorp	GCBC	5% of outstanding	92,346 shares
Lancaster Colony Corporation	LANC	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
LCA-Vision	LCAV	$50 mln	prior plan complete
Legacy Bancorp	LEGC	486,366 shares	5% of outstanding
Men's Wearhouse	MW	$90.3 mln	adds to prior plan
Univest	UVSP	5% of outstanding	replaces prior plan
8/21/2007
American National Bankshares	AMNB	125,000 shares	over 1 year
Brooklyn Federal Bancorp	BFSB	$2 bln	prior plan complete
CenturyTel	CTL	$750 mln	through 9/2009
Evans Bancorp	EVBN	100,000 shares	over 2 years
FieldPoint Petroleum	FPP	$225,000
First Place Finanical Corporation	FPFC	500,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Illinois Tool Works	ITW	$3 bln	adds to prior plan
MTS Systems Corporation	MTSC	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Nordstrom	JWN	$1.5 bln	prior plan complete
TriCo Bancshares	TCBK	500,000 shares	prior plan complete
Wyndham Worldwide	WYN	$200 mln
8/20/2007
Assisted Living Concepts	ALC	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
Exterran Holdings	EXH	$200 mln	through 8/2009
First United Corporation	FUNC	5% of outstanding	307,500 shares
GeoPharma	GORX	1 mln shares
Grainger	GWW	10 mln shares	includes prior plan
Guaranty Federal Bancshares	GFED	350,000 shares	prior plan complete
LSI Corporation	LSI	$500 mln
Peoples Financial Corporation	PFBX	2.5% of outstanding	136,000 shares
Spak Networks	LOV	500,000 shares	prior plan complete
Standard Motor Products	SMP	$3.3 mln	adds to prior plan
SumTotal Systems	SUMT	$15 mln
8/17/2007
Access National	ANCX	500,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Delta Apparel	DLA	$4 mln	adds to prior plan
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp	KFFB	150,000 shares	over 1 year
Old Line Bancshares	OLBK	300,000 shares
ProCentury Corporation	PROS	$10 mln	over 1 year
State Auto Financial Corporation	STFC	4 mln shares	through 2009
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	VSEA	100 mln	adds to prior plan
8/16/2007
American Financial Group	AFG	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
American Physicians Capital	ACAP	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
Belden	BDC	$100 mln	45.1 mln shares outstanding
Chicopee Bancorp	CBNK	371,968 shares	5% of outstanding
First National Lincoln Corporation	FNLC	300,000 shares	3.1% of outstanding
Lakeland Bancorp	LBAI	500,000 shares	over 12 months
Parker Hannifin	PH	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
The South Financial Group	TSFG	$100 mln	through 6/2008
Twin Disc	TWIN	200,000 shares	prior plan complete
Zygo	ZIGO	$25 mln
8/15/2007
CompX International	CIX	500,000 shares
Ixia	XXIA	$50 mln
James Hardie Industries	JHX		10% of outstanding
Jones Lang LaSalle	JLL	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Martin Marietta Materials	MLM	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Network Appliance	NTAP	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
PetSmart	PETM	$300 mln	over 2 years
Prudential Bancorp of Pennsylvania	PBIP	230,500 shares	over 12 months
Summit State Bank	SSBI	100,000 shares	2% of outstanding
United Stationers	USTR	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
VeriSign	VRSN	$1.1 bln
8/14/2007
Acuity Brands	AYI	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
American Commercial Lines	ACLI	$150 mln	prior plan complete
Asbury Automotive Group	ABG	2 mln shares	through 2/2008
Cogent Communications Group	CCOI	$50 mln	through 2008
Convergys	CVG	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Integrated Silicon Solution	ISSI	$30 mln	dutch auction tender offer
MPS Group	MPS	$75 mln	adds to prior plan
U.S. Home Systems	USHS	$5 mln
Walter Industries	WLT	$25 mln
8/13/2007
Cascade Bancorp	CACB	5% of outstanding	over 2 years
FirstFed Financial	FED	1.35 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Forest Laboratories	FRX	35 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Hot Topic	HOTT	$40 mln	through 2/2008
Mace Security International	MACE	$2 mln
Molex	MOLX	$200 mln	replaces prior plan
Palomar Medical Technologies	PMTI	1 mln shares
Sears Holdings	SHLD	$1.5 bln	adds to prior plan
Taylor Capital Group	TAYC	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
8/10/2007
Polo Ralph Lauren	RL	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Tekelec	TKLC	$50 mln	71.3 mln shares outstanding
8/09/2007
Advance Auto Parts	AAP	$500 mln	replaces prior plan
Emmis Communications	EMMS	$50 mln
Grant Prideco	GRP	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
KLA-Tencor	KLAC	10 mln shares
Mobile Mini	MINI	$50 mln	over 6 months
The Pantry	PTRY	$50 mln	thru 9/25/08
Pinnacle Airlines	PNCL	$30 mln	prior plan complete
Roma Financial	ROMA	981,956 shares	10% of outstanding
Seaboard Corp.	SEB	$50 mln	thru 8/31/09
8/08/2007
Cardinal Health	CAH	$2 bln	over 2 years
ChoicePoint	CPS	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
Crystal River Capital	CRZ	2 mln shares
Group 1 Automotive	GPI	$30 mln	prior plan complete
Security Bank	SBKC	1.2 mln shares	6.3% of outstanding
Service Corp. Int'l	SCI	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
The Dixie Group	DXYN	$10 mln
Viad	VVI	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
West Pharmaceutical Services	WST	1 mln shares	over 1 year
WMS Industries	WMS	$50 mln	over 2 years
8/07/2007
Charlotte Russe Holding	CHIC	$25 mln	over 1 year
City National	CYN	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
GenTek	GETI	$30 mln	over 3 years
Heritage Commerce	HTBK	$30 mln	over 2 years
Marsh & McLennan	MMC	$1.5 bln	prior plan complete
PeopleSupport	PSPT	$25 mln
Steve Madden	SHOO	$37 mln	adds to prior plan
8/06/2007
AvalonBay Communities	AVB	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
Hauppauge Digital	HAUP	1.2 mln	increases prior plan
Houston Wire & Cable	HWCC	$30 mln
Liberty Bancorp	LBCP	476,119 shares	10% of outstanding
8/03/2007
Hasbro Inc.	HAS	$500 mln	prior plan complete
Liberty Global	LBTY	11.36 mln shares	dutch auction tender offer
Procter & Gamble	PG	$30 bln	over 3 years
Safety Insurance Group	SAFT	$30 mln
Sciele Pharma	SCRX	$40 mln	over 1 year
8/02/2007
Alliance Bankshares	ABVA	250,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Bemis	BMS	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
CBL & Associates Properties	CBL	$100 mln	over 12 months
Dover Corporation	DOV	10 mln shares	5% of outstanding
Eastern Insurance Holdings	EIHI	478,980 shares	adds to prior plan
First Community Bancorp	FCBP	$150 mln	over 12 months
Lufkin Industries	LUFK	$30 mln	15.1 mln shares outstanding
Marriot International	MAR	40 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Patterson-UTI Energy	PTEN	$250 mln	156.7 mln shares outstanding
Pool Corporation	POOL	$100 mln	includes prior plan
Sonic Corporation	SONC	$75 mln	adds to prior plan
Vineyard National Bancorp	VNBC	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
Zebra Technologies	ZBRA	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
8/01/2007
CKE Restaurants	CKR	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Community Bankshares	SCB	500,000 shares
FirstFed Financial	FED	1.5 mln shares	10% of outstanding
Genesee & Wyoming	GWR	4 mln shares	through 2007
Harleysville Group	HGIC	1.6 mln shares	over 2 years
Medical Properties Trust	MPW	3 mln shares	over 1 year
Moody's	MCO	$2 bln	upon completion of current plan
Nanometrics	NANO	$4 mln
Safeco	SAF	$750 mln	replaces prior plan
THQ Incorporated	THQI	$25 mln	adds to prior plan
Time Warner	TWX	$5 bln	prior plan complete
7/31/2007
Forward Air Corporation	FWRD	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Masco Corporation	MAS	50 mln shares
Nalco Holding	NLC	$300 mln	8% of outstanding
NVR	NVR	$300 mln
Oriental Financial Group	OFG	$15 mln	replaces prior plan
Twin Disc	TWIN	200,000 shares	replaces prior plan
USANA Health Services	USNA	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
VCG Holding Corporation	PTT	1.6 mln shares	10% of outstanding
7/30/2007
American Community Bancshares	ACBA	275,000 shares	adds to prior plan
BMC Software	BMC	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Centrue Financial Corporation	TRUE	500,000 shares	adds to prior plan
First Financial Bancorp	FFBC	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
First Regional Bancorp	FRGB	1 mln shares	8% of outstanding
Gymboree Corporation	GYMB	$50 mln	over 1 year
KVH Industries	KVHI	1 mln shares	6.7% of outstanding
Max Capital Group	MXGL	$70 mln	adds to prior plan
Sandy Spring Bancorp	SASR	5% of outstanding	replaces prior plan
Trico Marine Services	TRMA	$100 mln
ValueClick	VCLK	$34 mln	adds to prior plan
7/27/2007
Blue River Bancshares	BRBI	200,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Stewart Information Services	STC	1.5% of outstanding
Teche Holding Company	TSH	3% of outstanding	66,000 shares
World Acceptance Corporation	WRLD	$10 mln	adds to prior plan
7/26/2007
Banner	BANR	750,000 shares	5% of outstanding
Benchmark Electronics	BHE	$125 mln
Cisco Systems	CSCO	$5 bln	adds to prior plan
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group	FBR	36 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Financial Institutions	FISI	$5 mln	replaces prior plan
Flow International	FLOW	$45 mln
Foundry Networks	FDRY	$200 mln
Janus Capital Group	JNS	$500 mln	upon completion of current plan
National Instruments	NATI	2.4 mln shares	adds to prior plan
PMI Group	PMI	$150 mln	adds to prior plan
Provident Financial Services	PFS	5% of outstanding	3.2 mln shares
Republic Services	RSG	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Resource America	REXI	$50 mln	replaces prior plan
Simon Properety Group	SPG	$1 bln	over 24 months
Spartan Motors	SPAR	1 mln shares	over 12 months
Steris	STE	$300 mln	replaces prior plan
SVB Financial Group	SIVB	$250 mln	replaces prior plan
Tollgrade Communications	TLGD	1 mln shares	through 2007
Wilshire Bancorp	WIBC	$10 mln	over 1 year
7/25/2007
Central Pacific Financial	CPF	1.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Community Bancorp	CBON	5% of outstanding	over 12 months
GlaxoSmithKline	GSK	$24.7 bln	over 2 years
Heritage Financial Corporation	HFWA	5% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
Hudson City Bancorp	HCBK	51.4 mln shares	10% of outstanding
International Flavors & Fragrances	IFF	$750 mln	replaces prior plan
Lennox International	LII	$500 mln	22% of outstanding
PFF Bancorp	PFB	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Praxair	PX	$1 bln
Rimage	RIMG	500,000 shares	replaces prior plan
SEI Investments	SEIC	$75 mln	adds to prior plan
Southcoast Financial Corporation	SOCB	10% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
UnionBanCal	UB	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
7/24/2007
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.	AJG	7 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin	ABCW	5% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
Becton, Dickinson and Company	BDX	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Devcon International	DEVC	$5 mln	through 2008
Ethan Allen Interiors	ETH	1.793 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Firstbank Corporation	FBMI	$5 mln	adds to prior plan
RAIT Financial Trust	RAS	$75 mln
7/23/2007
Ableauctions.com	AAC	no specific amount
CN	CNI	33 mln shares	prior plan complete
Hercules	HPC	$200 mln	over 2 years
Nexity Financial Corporation	NXTY	800,000 shares	prior plan complete
Temecula Valley Bancorp	TMCV	$10 mln	over 6 months
Volterra Semiconductor	VLtr	$15 mln
7/20/2007
Heritage Oaks Bancorp	HEOP	100,000 shares	over 1 year
Williams Cos.	WMB	$1 bln	600 mln shares outstanding
7/19/2007
Brookline Bancorp	BRKL	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
CoBiz	COBZ	5% of outstanding	over 1 year
Farmers Capital Bank Corporation	FFKT	550,000 shares	dutch auction tender offer
Legg Mason	LM	5 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Monarch Financial Holdings	MNRK	250,000 shares
People's United Financial	PBCT	5% of outstanding	if approved by OTS
Sun Bancorp	SNBC	5% of outstanding	1 mln shares
Tempur-Pedic International	TPX	$200 mln	prior plan complete
Textron	TXT	24 mln shares	replaces prior plan
7/18/2007
C&F Financial Corporation	CFFI	150,000 shares	replaces prior plan
Chemical Financial Corporation	CHFC	500,000 shares	24.8 mln shares outstanding
Corning	GLW	$500 mln	through 2008
Knight Capital Group	NITE	$505 mln	adds to prior plan
Sysco Corp.	SYY	20 mln shares	upon completion of current plan
S.Y. Bancorp	SYBT	550,000 shares	adds to prior plan
7/17/2007
Leesport Financial Corporation	FLPB	150,000 shares	includes prior plan
7/16/2007
Adtran	ADTN	5 mln shares	upon completion of current plan
Newport Bancorp	NFSB	243,917 shares	5% of outstanding
Park National Corp.	PRK	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Rohm & Haas	ROH	$2 bln	upon completion of current plan
Tidewater	TDW	$200 mln	prior plan expired
7/13/2007
Amgen	AMGN	$5 bln	adds to prior plan
General Electric	GE	$14 bln	increases prior plan
7/12/2007
Eaton Vance	EV	8 mln shares
Fastenal	FAST	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Halliburton	HAL	$2 bln	adds to prior plan
H.B. Fuller	FUL	$100 mln
Industrial Enterprises	IEAM	$25 mln	adds to prior plan
Intervoice	INTV	2 mln shares	over 2 years
Paychex	PAYX	$1 bln
Ruby Tuesday	RT	6.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
7/11/2007
First Clover Leaf Financial	FCLF	5% of shares
International Speedway	ISCA	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
7/09/2007
ConocoPhillips	COP	$15 bln	thru 2008
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	$10 bln
7/05/2007
Cognos	COGN	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
Healthways	HWAY	$100 mln	over 2 years
7/02/2007
CTS Corp.	CTS	2 mln shares	6% of outstanding
Devon Energy	DVN	annual program	adds to prior plan
Mayflower Bancorp	MFLR	104,792 shares	5% of outstanding
MB Financial	MBFI	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
NetEase.com	NTES	$120 mln	over 12 months
Charles Schwab	SCHW	$2.3 bln	modified auction
U.S. Energy Corporation	USEG	$5 mln
Winnebago Industries	WGO	$60 mln	adds to prior plan
6/29/2007
North Central Bancshares	FFFD	75,000 shares	upon completion of current plan
Steel Dynamics	STLD	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
6/28/2007
Apollo Group	APOL	$500 mln
Community Bank Shares of Indiana	CBIN	$5 mln	3.3 mln shares outstanding
Developers Diversified	DDR	$500 mln	over 2 years
Dominion Resources	D	55 mln shares	dutch auction tender offer
6/27/2007
Best Buy	BBY	$5.5 bln	replaces prior plan
U-Store-It Trust	YSI	3 mln shares
6/26/2007
Camden National	CAC	750,000 shares	over 1 year
Clarcor	CLC	$250 mln	over 3 years
Kroger	KR	$1 bln	replaces prior plan
Provident Financial Holdings	PROV	5% of shares
Tektronix	TEK	$350 mln	adds to prior plan
6/25/2007
AMREIT	AMY	$5 mln
Harvest Natural	HNR	$50 mln
Liberty Property Trust	LRY	$50 mln	accelerated buyback
Source: The Online Investor