OVTZ (Oculus) 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio: -9.60% (As of Jun. 2026)

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What is Oculus 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Oculus OVTZ +0.29% 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is -9.60 as of Jun. 2026. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review. Among 1,367 Software companies, Oculus ranks worse than 75.71% on this metric.

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

10-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past ten years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from ten years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Oculus's current 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -9.60%.

OVTZ's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
75.71% of 1367 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -2.7 vs OVTZ: -9.60

Oculus (OTCPK:OVTZ) 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

Oculus 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Related Terms

OVTZ vs IPSI, GRHI, DROP: 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Oculus's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio 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.

Oculus 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Oculus's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oculus's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


Oculus 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from ten years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with least-square regression based on the eleven years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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What does a 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio of -9.60 mean?
Oculus (OVTZ) has a 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio of -9.60 as of Jun. 2026. The 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past ten years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from ten years ago to the current year. View historical data for Oculus and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Oculus ranks #1035 out of 1367 companies in the Software industry, placing it in the top 75.7%.
Is Oculus' 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio too high?
Oculus' current 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is -9.60. Based on the distribution chart, Oculus ranks #1035 out of 1367 companies in the Software industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers.
How does Oculus' 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio compare to IPSI and GRHI?
According to the Software industry distribution chart, Oculus ranks #1035 out of 1367 companies for 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio. This places Oculus in the lower half of its industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio for a Software company?
A good 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio depends on the Software industry context. However, 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio mean?
A high 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past ten years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from ten years ago to the current year. View historical data for Oculus and its competitors. Oculus's current 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is -9.60. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Oculus stock overvalued right now?
Oculus (OVTZ) has a current 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio of -9.60. The current 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is -9.60. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio calculated?
10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Oculus (OVTZ), the current 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is -9.60 as of Jun. 2026. 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.

Oculus Business Description

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Address 837 West Hastings Street, Suite 507, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 3N6
Oculus Inc is a Canadian-based development-stage technology company focused on cybersecurity, data privacy and data protection solutions for Enterprise business customers. Its Forget-Me-Yes data privacy product is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform developed to specifically address the Right-to-be-Forgotten and Right-of-Erase data subject deletion request legal compliance components. Its Cloud Document Protection System (Cloud-DPS) technology leverages digital watermarking technology enabling it to offer a SaaS-based document management platform for tamper-proof document authentication and protection.