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Sony Group (MEX:SONY N) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 0.90% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Sony Group 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. Sony Group's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.90%.

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

MEX:SONY N' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.7   Med: -2.6   Max: 4.9
Current: 0.9

During the past 13 years, Sony Group's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 4.90%. The lowest was -7.70%. And the median was -2.60%.

MEX:SONY N's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
88.81% of 1599 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: -1.5 vs MEX:SONY N: 0.90

Competitive Comparison of Sony Group's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Sony Group'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.


Sony Group's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Sony Group's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Sony Group 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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Sony Group (MEX:SONY N) 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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Sony Group Business Description

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Sony Group is a conglomerate with consumer electronics roots, which not only designs, develops, produces, and sells electronic equipment and devices, but also is engaged in content businesses, such as console and mobile games, music, and movies. Sony is a global top company of CMOS image sensors, game consoles, professional broadcasting cameras, and music publishing, and is one of the top players on digital cameras, wireless earphones, recorded music, movies, and so on. Sony's business portfolio is well diversified with six major business segments.

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