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SmartPay Holdings (ASX:SMP) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -0.50% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is SmartPay Holdings 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. SmartPay Holdings's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.50%.

The historical rank and industry rank for SmartPay Holdings's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:SMP' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -144.4   Med: -22.2   Max: 17.1
Current: -0.5

During the past 13 years, SmartPay Holdings's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 17.10%. The lowest was -144.40%. And the median was -22.20%.

ASX:SMP's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
66.49% of 2086 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -1.7 vs ASX:SMP: -0.50

Competitive Comparison of SmartPay Holdings's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, SmartPay Holdings'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.


SmartPay Holdings's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, SmartPay Holdings's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SmartPay Holdings's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


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SmartPay Holdings 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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SmartPay Holdings (ASX:SMP) 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.


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SmartPay Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
205-209 Wairau Road, Wairau Valley, Auckland, NZL, 0627
SmartPay Holdings Ltd is engaged in the provision of payment solutions. It offers an electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS) system. Its products include EFTPOS applications, Smartpay Labs, EFTPOS terminals, and mobile EFTPOS machines. The company designs develops and implements payment solutions for customers in New Zealand and Australia. It also licenses its technologies to third parties. The firm's majority of revenue comes from New Zealand.