Barclays (MEX:BCS N) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 3.90% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Barclays 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. Barclays's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 3.90%.

MEX:BCS N's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
96.52% of 1122 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: -0.4 vs MEX:BCS N: 3.90

Competitive Comparison of Barclays's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Banks - Diversified subindustry, Barclays'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.

Barclays's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Barclays's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Barclays 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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Barclays (MEX:BCS N) 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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Barclays Business Description

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Address

1 Churchill Place, London, GBR, E14 5HP

Website

https://www.barclays.com

Barclays is a universal bank headquartered in the United Kingdom. It operates via five principal segments; UK (retail), UK corporate bank, private bank and wealth management, investment bank, and US consumer bank. In its UK segment, the bank provides current accounts, mortgages, savings and investment management services, credit cards, and business banking services to retail clients and small and medium-size enterprises. The international segment includes a corporate bank offering banking solutions to large corporates, a bulge-bracket global investment bank, and a credit card and payments business.

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