Air China (FRA:AD2) 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -2.40% (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Air China 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

10-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past ten years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from ten 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. Air China's current 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -2.40%.

FRA:AD2's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
51.37% of 547 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: -2.2 vs FRA:AD2: -2.40

Competitive Comparison of Air China's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Airlines subindustry, Air China's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 10-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.

Air China's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Air China's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Air China 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from ten years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with least-square regression based on the eleven years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Air China (FRA:AD2) 10-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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Air China Business Description

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AIRYY:USA AICAF:USA 00753:Hong Kong AD2:Germany 601111:China AD2:Austria

Address

12 Tung Fai Road, 5th Floor, CNAC House, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

http://www.airchina.com.cn

Air China is based in Beijing. It is one of the largest state-owned airlines and the flag carrier in China. The group operated a fleet of 905 aircraft as of 2023 and carried more than 115 million passengers in prepandemic 2019. It runs a spoke-and-hub model under which it gathers and distributes passengers from air hubs such as Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai.

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