Which of the following is not an action company co-managers can take to help meet or beat the investor-expected increases in the company's stock price in upcoming years?

Increasing the amount of earnings retained in the business, thereby boosting the amount of cash held in the company's retained earnings account on its Balance Sheet

Pursuing efforts to increase total operating profits in all four geographic regions -- the resulting growth in operating profits will improve total net profit and help raise the EPS, driving the company's stock price upward

Increasing annual dividend payments to shareholders most every year

Taking actions that are successful in increasing the company's earnings per share and return on equity; it is widely-known that these are important factors that drive the company's stock price

Using a portion of cash flows from operations to repurchase shares of common stock on a regular basis