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WSP Global (MEX:WSP N) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -4.00% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is WSP Global 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. WSP Global's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -4.00%.

MEX:WSP N's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
65.82% of 1018 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: -1.4 vs MEX:WSP N: -4.00

Competitive Comparison of WSP Global's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, WSP Global'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.


WSP Global's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, WSP Global's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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WSP Global 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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WSP Global (MEX:WSP 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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WSP Global Business Description

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Address
1600, Rene-Levesque Bouleverd West, 11th Floor, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3H 1P9
WSP Global Inc provides a professional services consulting firm offering technical expertise and advice to clients in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Earth & Environment, Property & Buildings, and Power & Energy sectors. The Corporation also offers specialized services in project and program delivery and advisory services. The firm operates through four reportable segments namely, Canada, Americas ( United States and Latin America), EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), and APAC (Asia Pacific, comprising Australia, New Zealand and Asia).

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