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RWE AG (CHIX:RWED) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -3.00% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is RWE AG 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. RWE AG's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -3.00%.

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

CHIX:RWEd' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.5   Med: -3   Max: 2.2
Current: -3

During the past 13 years, RWE AG's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 2.20%. The lowest was -5.50%. And the median was -3.00%.

CHIX:RWEd's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
62.34% of 231 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: -1.7 vs CHIX:RWEd: -3.00

Competitive Comparison of RWE AG's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, RWE AG'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.


RWE AG's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, RWE AG's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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RWE AG 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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RWE AG (CHIX:RWEd) 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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RWE AG Business Description

Address
RWE Platz 1, Essen, NW, DEU, 45141
Since the deal with E.On, RWE is refocused on power generation, mostly in Europe. It owns 38 gigawatts of power generation capacity: 17% from lignite and hard coal plants, 36% from gas plants, 40% from renewables including pumped storage and batteries. Besides Germany, RWE's power plants are chiefly located in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United States for many onshore wind farms.

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