What is Rackspace Hosting Shares Outstanding (EOP)?
Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Rackspace Hosting's shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 126 Mil.
Rackspace Hosting's quarterly shares outstanding
increased
from Jun. 2016 (126 Mil) to Sep. 2016 (126 Mil).
It means Rackspace Hostingissued new shares from Jun. 2016 to Sep. 2016 .
Rackspace Hosting's annual shares outstanding
declined
from Dec. 2014 (141 Mil) to Dec. 2015 (131 Mil).
It means Rackspace Hostingbought back shares from Dec. 2014 to Dec. 2015 .
Rackspace Hosting Shares Outstanding (EOP) Historical Data
The historical data trend for Rackspace Hosting's Shares Outstanding (EOP) can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Rackspace Hosting's Shares Outstanding (EOP)
For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Rackspace Hosting's Shares Outstanding (EOP), along with its competitors' market caps and Shares Outstanding (EOP) data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Rackspace Hosting's Shares Outstanding (EOP) Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Rackspace Hosting's Shares Outstanding (EOP) distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Rackspace Hosting's Shares Outstanding (EOP) falls into.
Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares. They should be distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, having no exercisable rights.
Shares outstanding can be calculated as either basic or fully diluted. The fully diluted shares outstanding count includes diluting securities, such as options, warrants or convertibles.
A company may buy back shares or issue shares in any fiscal period. If a company buys back shares, we should observe that the total number of shares decline. If the company issues new shares, the number of shares outstanding increases.
Usually the presence of treasury shares and a history of buyback are good indicators that company has competitive advantage. But studies have shown that companies usually buy back at wrong time. Buying back shares below its intrinsic value increases value for remaining shareholders. Buying back overvalued shares destroys value for existing shareholders.
Be Aware
Warren Buffett looks for consistency and upward long term trend. Because of share repurchase it is possible for net earnings trend to differ from EPS trend. He preferred net income over EPS. The companies with durable competitive advantage companies report higher % net earnings to total revenues.
Important: If a company is showing net earnings history greater than 20% on total revenues, it is probably benefiting from a long term competitive advantage.
If net earnings is less than 10%, likely to be in a highly competitive business.
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Rackspace Hosting (Rackspace Hosting) Business Description
Rackspace Hosting Inc was incorporated in Delaware in March 2000. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, is a provider of cloud computing services, managing web-based IT systems for small and medium-sized businesses as well as large enterprises. It offers a portfolio of integrated IT solutions for common business needs, including for ecommerce, web content management, website hosting, data services, office mail and collaboration, and private clouds. It also offers advisory services for technology strategy, security and compliance, application assessment and migration, and DevOps automation. It offers its solutions across a variety of IT form factors, including multi-tenant public cloud, dedicated single-tenant servers, private cloud, and hybrid cloud - all delivered with a commitment to open and standard technologies. Its marketing activities include web-based paid and natural search, participation in technology trade shows, conferences and customer events, advertisements in traditional and electronic (web and email-based) media, and targeted regional public relations activities. Its trademark includes Rackspace, Fanatical Support, and RackConnect. The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax and various state, local, and international income taxes in numerous jurisdictions.
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