Fingerprint Cards AB (OSTO:FING B) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -66.30% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Fingerprint Cards AB 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. Fingerprint Cards AB's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -66.30%.

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

OSTO:FING B' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1465.7 Med: -7.5 Max: 95.8
Current: -66.3

During the past 13 years, Fingerprint Cards AB's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 95.80%. The lowest was -1465.70%. And the median was -7.50%.

OSTO:FING B's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
97.38% of 1601 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: -1.5 vs OSTO:FING B: -66.30

Competitive Comparison of Fingerprint Cards AB's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Fingerprint Cards AB'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.

Fingerprint Cards AB's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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Fingerprint Cards AB 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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Fingerprint Cards AB (OSTO:FING B) 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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Fingerprint Cards AB Business Description

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Address

P.O. Box 2412, Gothenburg, SWE, SE-403 16

Website

https://www.fingerprints.com

Fingerprint Cards AB is a Sweden-based company that is principally engaged in offering a broad range of biometric solutions. The company's products include fingerprint touch sensors, fingerprint swipe sensors, fingerprint area sensors, biometric modules, development kits, solutions, and others. The company targets the smartphone/tablet market and vertical markets where it can integrate its products; smartcards, the automotive industry, and the Internet of Things are prioritized markets. on.

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