What is Community West Bancshares 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. Community West Bancshares's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -16.80%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Community West Bancshares's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
CWBC'
s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.8 Med: -4.4 Max: 4.7
Current: -16.8
During the past 13 years, Community West Bancshares's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 4.70%. The lowest was -16.80%. And the median was -4.40%.
CWBC's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than 93.98% of 1080
companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: -0.3
vs CWBC: -16.80
Competitive Comparison of Community West Bancshares's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Community West Bancshares'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.
Community West Bancshares's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Community West Bancshares's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Community West Bancshares's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.
Community West Bancshares 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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Community West Bancshares (NAS:CWBC) 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.
Community West Bancshares 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Related Terms
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Community West Bancshares is a bank holding company whose principal business is to serve as the holding company for its wholly-owned subsidiary Community West Bank N.A. Through CWB, the Company provides a variety of financial products and full-service Banking Centers within California's Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, and Central Coast regions, that provide Commercial Lending, Real Estate, Agribusiness, Private Banking, and Cash Management Departments.
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