Dividends, Share repurchase and Debt schedules
In ER, how do analysts project dividends, share repurchases if the company has made no public announcement. For a dividend, I think you can estimate if the company is using payout ratios or has a fixed dividend policy but how will you go about share repurchases if nothing is available (or if the company just says we'll buy $10b of shares over the next 5 years-do you just take average for the next 3 years?)
Similarly with interest expense, do you make a full debt schedule estimating the company's debt at every year after andatory debt repayment (and some optional prep-payments)?
