Imperial Brands (CHIX:IMBL) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 3.60% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Imperial Brands 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. Imperial Brands's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 3.60%.

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

CHIX:IMBl' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.2 Med: 0.25 Max: 3.6
Current: 3.6

During the past 13 years, Imperial Brands's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 3.60%. The lowest was -9.20%. And the median was 0.25%.

CHIX:IMBl's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
89.29% of 28 companies
in the Tobacco Products industry
Industry Median: -0.85 vs CHIX:IMBl: 3.60

Competitive Comparison of Imperial Brands's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Tobacco subindustry, Imperial Brands'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.

Imperial Brands's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry

For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Imperial Brands's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

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Imperial Brands 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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Imperial Brands (CHIX:IMBl) 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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Imperial Brands Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

IMBBY:USA IMBBF:USA IMB N:Mexico IMB:UK ITBA:Germany ITB:Germany ITB:Germany ITBA:Germany ITB:Germany

Address

121 Winterstoke Road, Bristol, GBR, BS3 2LL

Website

https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com

Imperial Brands is the world's fourth-largest international tobacco company (excluding China National Tobacco), with total fiscal 2024 volume of 190 billion cigarettes sold in more than 120 countries. Its largest and most important markets are the US (where it sits as the third-largest manufacturer, following its acquisition of the Winston and Blu brands), Germany, the UK, Spain, and Australia. The firm also holds a leading global position in the fine-cut tobacco and hand-rolling paper categories. It has a logistics platform in Western Europe, Altadis.

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