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Advanced Micro Devices (BSP:A1MD34) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -10.40% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Advanced Micro Devices 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three 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. Advanced Micro Devices's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -10.40%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Advanced Micro Devices's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:A1MD34' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16   Med: -7   Max: -1.7
Current: -10.4

During the past 13 years, Advanced Micro Devices's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -1.70%. The lowest was -16.00%. And the median was -7.00%.

BSP:A1MD34's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
88.22% of 730 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: -1.9 vs BSP:A1MD34: -10.40

Competitive Comparison of Advanced Micro Devices's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Advanced Micro Devices's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-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.


Advanced Micro Devices's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Advanced Micro Devices's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Advanced Micro Devices's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


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Advanced Micro Devices 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Advanced Micro Devices (BSP:A1MD34) 3-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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Advanced Micro Devices Business Description

Address
2485 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Advanced Micro Devices designs a variety of digital semiconductors for markets such as PCs, gaming consoles, data centers, industrial, and automotive applications. AMD's traditional strength was in central processing units and graphics processing units used in PCs and data centers. Additionally, the firm supplies the chips found in prominent game consoles such as the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox. In 2022, the firm acquired field-programmable gate array leader Xilinx to diversify its business and augment its opportunities in key end markets such as data center and automotive.

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