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Starbreeze AB (OSTO:STAR B) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -18.30% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Starbreeze 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. Starbreeze AB's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -18.30%.

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

OSTO:STAR B' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -123   Med: -15.3   Max: 30.5
Current: -18.3

During the past 13 years, Starbreeze AB's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 30.50%. The lowest was -123.00%. And the median was -15.30%.

OSTO:STAR B's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
85.81% of 437 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: -1.1 vs OSTO:STAR B: -18.30

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

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Starbreeze 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.


Starbreeze AB's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Starbreeze AB's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Starbreeze 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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Starbreeze AB (OSTO:STAR 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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Starbreeze AB Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Regeringsgatan 38, Box 7731, Stockholm, SWE, 10395
Starbreeze AB is a creator, publisher, and distributor of entertainment products. It mainly develops and publishes games for the Console, PC, and Mobile gaming markets. Its reportable segments are; game sales which generates key revenue, third-party publishing, licenses, and Others.

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