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Wipro (MEX:WIT N) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 1.60% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Wipro 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. Wipro's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 1.60%.

MEX:WIT N's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
94.62% of 1971 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -2.6 vs MEX:WIT N: 1.60

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Wipro'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.


Wipro's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Wipro's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wipro's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


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Wipro 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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Wipro (MEX:WIT 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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Wipro Business Description

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Sarjapur Road, Doddakannelli, Bangalore, KA, IND, 560035
Wipro is a leading global IT services provider, with about 234,000 employees. Based in Bengaluru, this India IT services firm leverages its offshore outsourcing model to derive a significant portion of its revenue from North America. The company offers traditional IT services offerings: consulting, managed services, and cloud infrastructure services as well as business process outsourcing as a service.

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