RE:LovehockeyYou don't need to be a genous to know that currently buyback would have been a better choice over divs for Gear. I already shared my conclusions: with the current environment buyback is more beneficial for share prices than regular dividends. Athabasca Oil skyrocketed from $1 to $5 where Gear declined from $1 to $0.65 in the same time frame.
In any case Gear should be fine - it just become more of hold long term stock.