Saab AB (OSTO:SAAB B) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -1.60% (As of Jun. 2025)

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What is Saab 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. Saab AB's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -1.60%.

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

OSTO:SAAB B' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -62.9 Med: -1.1 Max: 37.4
Current: -1.6

During the past 13 years, Saab AB's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 37.40%. The lowest was -62.90%. And the median was -1.10%.

OSTO:SAAB B's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
55.67% of 203 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: -3 vs OSTO:SAAB B: -1.60

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

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Saab 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.

Saab AB's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Saab AB's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Saab 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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Saab AB (OSTO:SAAB 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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Address

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Website

https://www.saab.com

Saab supplies products and services for military, defense, and civil security. The company operates in four segments: aeronautics, dynamics, surveillance, and Kockums. Aeronautics involves the manufacturing and support of defense and commercial aerial systems. Dynamics produces combat weapons and defense training and management systems. Surveillance supplies security services, and creates traffic management technology and aviation parts. Kockums offers solutions for naval missions. Over three fourths of Saab's sales are from the defense sector. The company sells to multiple geographic regions, but over half of its sales come from Europe.

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