Hennes & Mauritz AB (OSTO:HM B) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 0.70% (As of May. 2025)

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What is Hennes & Mauritz AB 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. Hennes & Mauritz AB's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.70%.

OSTO:HM B's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
84.9% of 510 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: -1.3 vs OSTO:HM B: 0.70

Competitive Comparison of Hennes & Mauritz AB's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Apparel Manufacturing subindustry, Hennes & Mauritz AB'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.

Hennes & Mauritz AB's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Hennes & Mauritz AB's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Hennes & Mauritz AB 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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Hennes & Mauritz AB (OSTO:HM B) 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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Hennes & Mauritz AB Business Description

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Address

Master Samuelsgatan 46A, Stockholm, SWE, SE-106 38

Website

https://www.hmgroup.com

Hennes & Mauritz is a global multibrand fashion conglomerate that was founded in 1947. Its flagship H&M brand accounts for most of revenue, but the newer brands (COS, &Other Stories, Monki, Weekday, and Arket) are growing a bit faster. H&M commands low-single-digit market share in a fragmented global apparel market. Around 66% of revenue is generated in Europe and Africa, 12% in Asia and Oceania, and 22% in North and South America. The company operates around 4,200 stores globally of which 3,777 are H&M-branded stores.

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