Viaplay Group AB (OSTO:VPLAY A) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -161.70% (As of Jun. 2025)

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What is Viaplay Group 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. Viaplay Group AB's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -161.70%.

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

OSTO:VPLAY A' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -161.7 Med: -5.15 Max: -5
Current: -161.7

During the past 9 years, Viaplay Group AB's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -5.00%. The lowest was -161.70%. And the median was -5.15%.

OSTO:VPLAY A's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
98.11% of 635 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: -1.5 vs OSTO:VPLAY A: -161.70

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

For the Entertainment subindustry, Viaplay Group 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.

Viaplay Group AB's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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Viaplay Group 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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Viaplay Group AB (OSTO:VPLAY 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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Viaplay Group AB Business Description

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NENTF:USA VPLAY B:Sweden NEB:Germany

Address

Ringvagen 52, P.O. Box 2094, Stockholm, SWE, SE-103 13

Website

https://www.viaplaygroup.com

Viaplay Group AB is a Sweden-based company that offers television channels and radio stations, broadcasting and production services. The company generates revenue from Viaplay, Linear Subscription & others, and Advertising. The company's operating segment includes Core operations and Non-core operations. The Core operations include the Group's operations related to the Viaplay streaming service available in all Nordic countries and the Netherlands, pay-TV channels in all Nordic countries except Iceland, commercial free-TV channels in Sweden, Denmark and Norway; and commercial radio networks and audio streaming services in Sweden and Norway. The non-core includes the international markets the Group is exiting, ie. Poland, the UK and Baltics.

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