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? 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 Using a portion of cash flows from operations to repurchase shares of common stock on a regular basis to help grow EPS Increasing annual dividend payments to shareholders most every year Increasing the amount of earnings generated by the business which can result in higher earnings per share and return on average equity Building the company's brand reputation; a strong, widely-known brand reputation is the biggest factor that drives the company's stock price upward