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Swedbank AB (OSTO:SWED A) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -0.10% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Swedbank 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. Swedbank AB's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.10%.

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

OSTO:SWED A' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -15.2   Med: -0.3   Max: 0.8
Current: -0.1

During the past 13 years, Swedbank AB's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.80%. The lowest was -15.20%. And the median was -0.30%.

OSTO:SWED A's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
57.53% of 1083 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: -0.3 vs OSTO:SWED A: -0.10

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

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Swedbank 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.


Swedbank AB's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Swedbank AB's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Swedbank 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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Swedbank AB (OSTO:SWED A) 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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Swedbank AB Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Landsvagen 40, Sundbyberg, Stockholm, SWE, 172 63
Swedbank is one of the oldest banks in Sweden, where it derives the lion's share of its income. The bank is the result of merging savings and union banks in Sweden in the aftermath of the financial crisis in the early 1990s in Sweden. The remaining independent savings banks in Sweden remain in close collaboration with Swedbank, acting as an additional product distribution channel to Swedbank and sharing Swedbank's IT systems and part of its development costs. In addition, the bank operates in the three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Swedbank has a market-leading position in the Baltics, with share ranging from 20% to 55% in retail banking, where it generates 16% of revenue.

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