What is Accelerate Diagnostics 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio?
Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.
5-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past five years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from five 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. Accelerate Diagnostics's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -36.10%.
AXDXQ's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than 88.7% of 655
companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: -3.8
vs AXDXQ: -36.10
Competitive Comparison of Accelerate Diagnostics's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio
For the Medical Devices subindustry, Accelerate Diagnostics's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-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.
Accelerate Diagnostics's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Accelerate Diagnostics's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Accelerate Diagnostics's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.
Accelerate Diagnostics 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation
This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from five years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with least-square regression based on the latest six years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).
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Accelerate Diagnostics (OTCPK:AXDXQ) 5-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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Accelerate Diagnostics Inc is an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions that improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs through the rapid diagnosis of serious infections. Its Clinical Microbiology products include Accelerate Pheno system, Accelerate PhenoTest BC Kit, and Accelerate Arc module & BC kit. The company earns the majority of its revenue from the domestic market. The group operates as one operating segment, deriving instrument, consumable, and service revenues from customers engaged in healthcare diagnostics within the United States. Product revenue is derived from the sale or rental of instruments and sales of related consumable products. Service revenue is derived from the sale of extended service agreements.
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