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PSAPI.PFD (Public Storage) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -0.10% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Public Storage 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. Public Storage's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.10%.

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

PSApI.PFD' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -72.7   Med: -0.7   Max: 2.6
Current: -0.1

During the past 13 years, Public Storage's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 2.60%. The lowest was -72.70%. And the median was -0.70%.

PSApI.PFD's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
83.54% of 638 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: -3.3 vs PSApI.PFD: -0.10

Competitive Comparison of Public Storage's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the REIT - Industrial subindustry, Public Storage'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.


Public Storage's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Public Storage's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Public Storage 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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Public Storage (NYSE:PSApI.PFD) 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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Public Storage Business Description

Industry
Address
701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA, USA, 91201-2349
Public Storage is the largest owner of self-storage facilities in the US, with more than 3,300 self-storage facilities in 40 states and approximately 245 million square feet of rentable space. Through equity interests, it also has exposure to the European self-storage market through Shurgard Self Storage. The company also has a merchandise business, a third-party property management business, and an insurance business that offers products to cover losses for the goods in self-storage facilities.