Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Virgin Media's shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2013 was 270 Mil.
Virgin Media's quarterly shares outstanding
declined
from Dec. 2012 (325 Mil) to Mar. 2013 (270 Mil).
It means Virgin Mediabought back shares from Dec. 2012 to Mar. 2013 .
Virgin Media's annual shares outstanding
increased
from Dec. 2011 (310 Mil) to Dec. 2012 (331 Mil).
It means Virgin Mediaissued new shares from Dec. 2011 to Dec. 2012 .
Virgin Media Shares Outstanding (EOP) Historical Data
The historical data trend for Virgin Media's Shares Outstanding (EOP) can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Virgin Media's Shares Outstanding (EOP)
For the Broadcasting subindustry, Virgin Media's Shares Outstanding (EOP), along with its competitors' market caps and Shares Outstanding (EOP) 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.
Virgin Media's Shares Outstanding (EOP) Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry
For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Virgin Media's Shares Outstanding (EOP) distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Virgin Media's Shares Outstanding (EOP) falls into.
Virgin Media Shares Outstanding (EOP) Calculation
Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares. They should be distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, having no exercisable rights.
Shares outstanding can be calculated as either basic or fully diluted. The fully diluted shares outstanding count includes diluting securities, such as options, warrants or convertibles.
Virgin Media (FRA:N5T) Shares Outstanding (EOP) Explanation
A company may buy back shares or issue shares in any fiscal period. If a company buys back shares, we should observe that the total number of shares decline. If the company issues new shares, the number of shares outstanding increases.
Usually the presence of treasury shares and a history of buyback are good indicators that company has competitive advantage. But studies have shown that companies usually buy back at wrong time. Buying back shares below its intrinsic value increases value for remaining shareholders. Buying back overvalued shares destroys value for existing shareholders.
Be Aware
Warren Buffett looks for consistency and upward long term trend. Because of share repurchase it is possible for net earnings trend to differ from EPS trend. He preferred net income over EPS. The companies with durable competitive advantage companies report higher % net earnings to total revenues.
Important: If a company is showing net earnings history greater than 20% on total revenues, it is probably benefiting from a long term competitive advantage.
If net earnings is less than 10%, likely to be in a highly competitive business.
Virgin Media Shares Outstanding (EOP) Related Terms
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Virgin Media Inc is engaged in the entertainment and communications business, being a quad-play provider of broadband internet, television, mobile telephony and fixed line telephony services that offer a variety of entertainment and communications services to residential and commercial customers throughout the U.K. The group is a provider of residential broadband internet, pay television and fixed line telephony services by number of customers. In addition, it provides a complete portfolio of voice, data and internet solutions to businesses, public sector organizations and service providers in the U.K. through Virgin Media Business. Its two reporting segments are Consumer and Business. Consumer segment includes the distribution of television programming over the cable network and the provision of broadband and fixed line telephone services to residential consumers, both on and off the cable network. The Consumer segment faces competition from BT, British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, or BSkyB, TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC, or TalkTalk, Vodafone, EE and O2. Business segment includes the voice and data telecommunication and internet solutions services that provide through its cable network and third party networks to businesses, public sector organizations and service providers. The Business segment is managed through Virgin Media Business offers a broad portfolio of voice, data and internet solutions to commercial and public sector organizations in the U.K., ranging from analog telephony to managed data networks and applications. Virgin Media Business competes primarily with traditional network operators such as BT and C&W. It also competes with regional providers, such as COLTTelecom Group PLC.
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