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LAB (Standard BioTools) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -69.90% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Standard BioTools 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. Standard BioTools's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -69.90%.

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

LAB' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -69.9   Med: -10.9   Max: -2.3
Current: -69.9

During the past 13 years, Standard BioTools's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -2.30%. The lowest was -69.90%. And the median was -10.90%.

LAB's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
93.67% of 648 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: -2.9 vs LAB: -69.90

Competitive Comparison of Standard BioTools's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Standard BioTools'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.


Standard BioTools's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Standard BioTools's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Standard BioTools 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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Standard BioTools (NAS:LAB) 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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Standard BioTools Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Tower Place, Suite 2000, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Standard BioTools Inc develops, manufactures, and sells technologies that help biomedical researchers in their search for developing medicines faster. Its tools provide insights into health and disease using proprietary mass cytometry and microfluidics technologies, which serve applications in proteomics and genomics, respectively. Its segments include Proteomics and Genomics. It generates maximum revenue from the Proteomics segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the Americas.
Executives
Hanjoon Alex Kim officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O FLUIDIGM CORPORATION, 2 TOWER PLACE, SUITE 2000, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Michael Egholm director, officer: President & CEO 1 FRANKLIN STREET, UNIT 3104, BOSTON MA 02110
Casdin Partners Master Fund, L.p. director, 10 percent owner WALKER HOUSE, 87 MARY STREET, GEORGE TOWN E9 KY1-9001
Martin D Madaus director 290 CONCORD ROAD, BILLERICA MA 01821
Jeffrey G. Black officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer 4955 DIRECTORS PLACE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Eli Casdin director, 10 percent owner 1350 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 1140, NEW YORK NY 10019
Casdin Partners Fo1-msv, Lp director C/O CASDIN PARTNERS GP, LLC, 1350 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10019
Casdin Private Growth Equity Fund Ii Gp, Llc director 1350 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10019
Casdin Partners Gp, Llc director, 10 percent owner 1350 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 1140, NEW YORK NY 10019
Casdin Capital, Llc director, 10 percent owner 1350 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10019
Casdin Private Growth Equity Fund Ii, L.p. director 1350 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10019
Fenel M Eloi director C/O INTERLEUKIN GENETICS INC, 135 BEAVER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02452
Caligan Partners Lp 10 percent owner 515 MADISON AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Frank Witney director 940 WINTER STREET, C/O PERKINELMER, WALTHAM MA 02451
Jeremy Steven Davis officer: SVP Chief Commercial Officer C/O FLUIDIGM CORPORATION, 2 TOWER PLACE, SUITE 2000, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080