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Sampo Oyj (OSTO:SAMPO SDB) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 1.50% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Sampo Oyj 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. Sampo Oyj's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 1.50%.

OSTO:SAMPO SDB's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
79.72% of 286 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: -0.4 vs OSTO:SAMPO SDB: 1.50

Competitive Comparison of Sampo Oyj's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Sampo Oyj'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.


Sampo Oyj's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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


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Sampo Oyj 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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Sampo Oyj (OSTO:SAMPO SDB) 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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Sampo Oyj Business Description

Address
Fabianinkatu 27, Helsinki, FIN, 00100
Sampo is a leading Nordics-based insurer headquartered in Finland and listed in Helsinki. The company has operations in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, and the United Kingdom. Sampo has four subsidiaries that mainly sell personal lines of insurance to retail customers. If is the largest property and casualty insurer in the Nordics. Headquartered in Sweden If also sells insurance in Denmark, Norway, and Finland. Topdanmark is a Danish property and casualty insurer also focussing on personal lines insurance as well as agriculture and small and medium-sized enterprises. Hastings is a digital insurer that focuses on car, van, bike, and home insurance in the United Kingdom. Mandatum, a life insurer and wealth and asset manager, was divested in 2023.

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