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SNOW (Snowflake) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -2.20% (As of Apr. 2025)


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What is Snowflake 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. Snowflake's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -2.20%.

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

SNOW' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.1   Med: -4.5   Max: -2.2
Current: -2.2

During the past 7 years, Snowflake's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -2.20%. The lowest was -5.10%. And the median was -4.50%.

SNOW's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
52.7% of 2072 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -1.7 vs SNOW: -2.20

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Snowflake'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.


Snowflake's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Snowflake's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Snowflake 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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Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) 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.


Snowflake 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Related Terms

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Snowflake Business Description

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106 East Babcock Street, Suite 3A, Bozeman, MT, USA, 59715
Founded in 2012, Snowflake is a fully managed platform that consolidates data hosted on different public clouds for centralized analytics and governance. Snowflake's cloud-native architecture allows users to independently scale the compute and storage layers, providing customers with optimized performance at lower costs. The company's data lake and data warehouse products support a variety of use cases, including business analytics, data engineering, and artificial intelligence. Snowflake is widely used by Fortune 2000 companies in financial services, media, and retail sectors.
Executives
Michael Scarpelli 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Financial Officer 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET, SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Mark Garrett director 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Jeremy Burton director C/O SNOWFLAKE INC., 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Benoit Dageville director, 10 percent owner, officer: President of Products 450 CONCAR DRIVE, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Michael L Speiser director, 10 percent owner 755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200, PALO ALTO CA 94304-1005
Christian Kleinerman officer: SVP, Product Management 106 E. BABCOCK STREET, SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Frank Slootman director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and Chairman 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET, SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Christopher William Degnan officer: Chief Revenue Officer 450 CONCAR DRIVE, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Teresa Briggs director 2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Grzegorz Czajkowski officer: SVP, Engineering and Support 106 E. BABCOCK STREET, SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Mark D Mclaughlin director C/O PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC., 4401 GREAT AMERICA PKWY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
John Dennis Mcmahon director C/O BLADELOGIC, INC., 10 MAGUIRE STREET, BUILDING 3, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Stephen B Burke director 41 CENTRAL PARK WEST - APT 11A, NEW YORK NY 10023
Sequoia Grove Manager, Llc 10 percent owner SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Sequoia Grove Ii, Llc 10 percent owner SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025