Gap (BSP:GPSI34) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -0.30% (As of Apr. 2025)

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What is Gap 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. Gap's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.30%.

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

BSP:GPSI34' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.9 Med: 1.5 Max: 11.9
Current: -0.3

During the past 13 years, Gap's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 11.90%. The lowest was -1.90%. And the median was 1.50%.

BSP:GPSI34's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
53.16% of 681 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: -0.4 vs BSP:GPSI34: -0.30

Competitive Comparison of Gap's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Gap'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.

Gap's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Gap's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

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Gap 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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Gap (BSP:GPSI34) 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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Two Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105

Website

https://www.gapinc.com

Gap retails apparel, accessories, and personal-care products under the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Old Navy generates more than half of Gap's sales. The firm also operates e-commerce sites, outlet stores, and specialty stores under various Gap names. Gap operates approximately 2,500 stores in North America, Europe, and Asia and franchises about 1,000 more in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and other regions. Gap was founded in 1969 and is based in San Francisco.

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