Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Cepheid's shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 73.0 Mil.
Cepheid's quarterly shares outstanding
increased
from Jun. 2016 (73.0 Mil) to Sep. 2016 (73.0 Mil).
It means Cepheidissued new shares from Jun. 2016 to Sep. 2016 .
Cepheid's annual shares outstanding
increased
from Dec. 2014 (70.9 Mil) to Dec. 2015 (72.4 Mil).
It means Cepheidissued new shares from Dec. 2014 to Dec. 2015 .
Cepheid Shares Outstanding (EOP) Historical Data
The historical data trend for Cepheid'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 Cepheid's Shares Outstanding (EOP)
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Cepheid'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.
Cepheid's Shares Outstanding (EOP) Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Cepheid's Shares Outstanding (EOP) distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cepheid's Shares Outstanding (EOP) falls into.
Cepheid Shares Outstanding (EOP) Calculation
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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Cepheid was incorporated in the State of California on March 4, 1996. The Company is a molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures and markets integrated systems for testing in the clinical market, as well as for application in its non-clinical markets. The Company's systems enable molecular testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases by automating otherwise complex manual laboratory procedures. The Company's product portfolio consists of tests, reagents and systems for the clinical and non-clinical markets. The Company's two systems are the GeneXpert and SmartCycler. The GeneXpert system, offers services in the clinical market, integrates sample preparation in addition to DNA amplification and detection. The GeneXpert system is designed for user types ranging from reference laboratories and hospital central laboratories to satellite testing locations, such as emergency departments and intensive care units within hospitals and doctors' offices. The SmartCycler system integrates DNA amplification and detection to allow rapid analysis of a sample. Company faces competition from a number of companies that offer products to its target markets. Company has patents covering technologies of its own and has licensed technologies from others. In addition to patents, it rely on a combination of trade secrets, copyright and trademark laws, nondisclosure agreements, licenses and other contractual provisions and technical measures to maintain and develop its competitive position with respect to intellectual property. In the Clinical market, its products are regulated as medical device products by the FDA and comparable agencies in other countries. For the Non-Clinical market, all of its products are being produced under ISO 13485 and Quality System Regulations.
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