What is Costco Wholesale 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?
Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.
3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three 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. Costco Wholesale's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.10%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Costco Wholesale's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
COST'
s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -28 Med: -0.3 Max: 3.3
Current: -0.1
During the past 13 years, Costco Wholesale's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 3.30%. The lowest was -28.00%. And the median was -0.30%.
COST's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than 61.11% of 180
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: -0.3
vs COST: -0.10
Competitive Comparison of Costco Wholesale's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio
For the Discount Stores subindustry, Costco Wholesale's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-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.
Costco Wholesale's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Costco Wholesale's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Costco Wholesale's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.
Costco Wholesale 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation
This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).
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Costco Wholesale (NAS:COST) 3-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.
Costco Wholesale 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Related Terms
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Costco operates a membership-based, no-frills retail model predicated on offering a select product assortment in bulk quantities at bargain prices. The firm avoids maintaining costly product displays by keeping inventory on pallets and limits distribution expenses by storing its inventory at point of sale in the warehouse. Given its frugal cost structure, the firm is able to price its merchandise below that of competing retailers, driving high sales volume per warehouse and generating strong profits on thin margins. Costco operates over 600 warehouses in the United States and has over 60% share in the domestic warehouse club industry. Internationally, Costco operates another 280 warehouses, primarily in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the UK.
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