Gen Digital (STU:SYM) Buyback Yield %

: 1.06 (As of Today)

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Buyback yield is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. It is a measure of shareholder return.

Gen Digital's current buyback yield was 1.06%.

Gen Digital Buyback Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gen Digital's Buyback Yield % 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.

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Gen Digital Annual Data

Trend

Mar14

Mar15

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Mar17

Mar18

Mar19

Mar20

Mar21

Mar22

Mar23

Buyback Yield %

1.61

13.70

2.46

8.35

Gen Digital Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Buyback Yield %																15.08	-	1.40	-	2.80

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Gen Digital's Buyback Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Buyback Yield % 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.

Gen Digital Buyback Yield % Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Gen Digital's Buyback Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gen Digital's Buyback Yield % falls into.

Gen Digital Buyback Yield % Calculation

Buyback yield is a measure of shareholder return.

Gen Digital's Buyback Yield for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Buyback Yield	=	Net Issuance of Stock			/	Market Cap
	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock)	/	Market Cap
	=	- (-844.336	+	0)	/	10110.72
	=	8.35%

Gen Digital's annualized Buyback Yield for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Buyback Yield	=	Net Issuance of Stock		(Annualized)			/	Market Cap
	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock)	*	Annualized Factor	/	Market Cap
	=	- (-91.7	+	0)	*	4	/	13122.2
	=	2.80%

In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the Repurchase of Stock and Issuance of Stock data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

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