CGI (TSX:GIB.A) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 2.80% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is CGI 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. CGI's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 2.80%.

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

TSX:GIB.A' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -50.8 Med: 0.6 Max: 11.3
Current: 2.8

During the past 13 years, CGI's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 11.30%. The lowest was -50.80%. And the median was 0.60%.

TSX:GIB.A's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
95.78% of 2085 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -1.8 vs TSX:GIB.A: 2.80

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, CGI'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.

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

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

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CGI 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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CGI (TSX:GIB.A) 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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1350 Rene-Levesque Boulevard West, 25th Floor, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3G 1T4

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CGI is a Canada-based IT-services provider with an embedded position in North America and Europe. The company generates more than CAD 14 billion in annual revenue, employs over 90,000 personnel, and operates across 400 offices in 40 countries. CGI offers a broad portfolio of services such as consulting, systems integration, application maintenance, and business process services. Its largest vertical market is government, which contributes more than a third of group revenue.

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