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Ananda PharmaAQSE:ANA +14.58% Shareholder Yield % is 16.98% as of Jul. 2025. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 971 Drug Manufacturers companies, Ananda Pharma ranks better than 95.26% on this metric.
Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. It is a measure of shareholder return.
As of today, Ananda Pharma's Shareholder Yield % was 16.98%.
Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. The term was coined by William W. Priest of Epoch Investment Partners in a paper in 2005 entitled The Case for Shareholder Yield as a Dominant Driver of Future Equity Returns. William Priest indicated that "shareholder yield is a term that we came up with to reflect the various ways dividends can be paid to owners of a business in a publicly-traded company."
Dividend Yield % shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its stock price, which is most obvious form of shareholder return.
Buyback Yield % is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. Shares repurchases also increase shareholder value by returning the money back to shareholders.
Net Debt Paydown Yield % is the change in average of four quarters of company's total debt over a company's market cap. Assuming the total value of a company remains that same, shareholder value is increased as debt is reduced.
Ananda Pharma Shareholder Yield % Related Terms
Ananda Pharma Shareholder Yield % Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Ananda Pharma's Shareholder 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.
AQSE:ANA vs ZTS, UTHR, VTRS: Shareholder Yield % Comparison
For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Ananda Pharma's Shareholder Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Shareholder 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.
Ananda Pharma Shareholder Yield % vs Drug Manufacturers Industry
For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Ananda Pharma's Shareholder Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ananda Pharma's Shareholder Yield % falls into.
* 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.
* All the data are calculated by TTM values. Note that if a companies is traded in several exchanges, then we calculate the company level data for Shareholder Yield % using the primary share class stock data. The calculation result in definition page is for demonstration purpose only, and it's showing the share class level data. Therefore, the numbers in the calculation may differ from elsewhere if the stock is not a primary share.
Ananda Pharma (AQSE:ANA) has a Shareholder Yield % of 16.98% as of Jul. 2025. Shareholder Yield is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. View historical data on Ananda Pharma and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Ananda Pharma ranks #46 out of 971 companies in the Drug Manufacturers industry, placing it in the top 4.7%.
Is Ananda Pharma's Shareholder Yield % too high?
Ananda Pharma's current Shareholder Yield % is 16.98%. The Drug Manufacturers industry median Shareholder Yield % is 0.28. Ananda Pharma's value of 16.98% is 5964.3% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Ananda Pharma ranks #46 out of 971 companies in the Drug Manufacturers industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers.
How does Ananda Pharma's Shareholder Yield % compare to ZTS and UTHR?
According to the Drug Manufacturers industry distribution chart, Ananda Pharma ranks #46 out of 971 companies for Shareholder Yield %. This places Ananda Pharma in the top 5% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Shareholder Yield % is 0.28. Ananda Pharma's value of 16.98% is 5964.3% above this benchmark. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Shareholder Yield % for a Drug Manufacturers company?
The median Shareholder Yield % among Drug Manufacturers companies is 0.28, based on 971 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Shareholder Yield % significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Shareholder Yield % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Ananda Pharma's current Shareholder Yield % of 16.98% is 5964.3% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Shareholder Yield % mean?
A high Shareholder Yield % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Shareholder Yield is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. View historical data on Ananda Pharma and its competitors. For the Drug Manufacturers industry, the median Shareholder Yield % is 0.28 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Ananda Pharma's current Shareholder Yield % is 16.98%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Ananda Pharma stock overvalued right now?
Ananda Pharma (AQSE:ANA) has a current Shareholder Yield % of 16.98%. The current Shareholder Yield % is 16.98% and 5964.3% above the Drug Manufacturers industry median of 0.28. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Shareholder Yield % calculated?
Shareholder Yield % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Ananda Pharma (AQSE:ANA), the current Shareholder Yield % is 16.98% as of Jul. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Ananda Pharma PLC is a UK-based biopharmaceutical company developing regulatory-approved, cannabidiol medicines to treat complex, chronic conditions, including endometriosis (funded by NHS Scotland) and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (funded by NIHR).
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