Roche Holding AG (XSWX:RO) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 1.60% (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Roche Holding AG 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. Roche Holding AG's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 1.60%.

XSWX:RO's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
95.92% of 711 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: -2.9 vs XSWX:RO: 1.60

Competitive Comparison of Roche Holding AG's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Roche Holding AG's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:

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Roche Holding AG's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Roche Holding AG's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Roche Holding AG 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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Roche Holding AG (XSWX:RO) 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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Roche Holding AG Business Description

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Grenzacherstrasse 124, Basel, CHE, 4070

Website

https://www.roche.com

Roche is a Swiss biopharmaceutical and diagnostic company. The firm's bestselling pharmaceutical products include a variety of oncology therapies from acquired partner Genentech, and its diagnostics group was bolstered by the acquisition of Ventana in 2008. Oncology products account for 50% of pharmaceutical sales, and centralized and point-of-care diagnostics for more than half of diagnostic-related sales.

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