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Appen (ASX:APX) 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -23.30% (As of Dec. 2024 )


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What is Appen 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

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

1-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past year, calculated as the percentage change in shares outstanding from the previous year to the current year. A positive ratio may indicates share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio suggests no buybacks or potential share issuance. Appen's current 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -23.30%.

ASX:APX's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
83.01% of 1801 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -1.3 vs ASX:APX: -23.30

Competitive Comparison of Appen's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Appen's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 1-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.


Appen's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Appen's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Appen's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


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Appen 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

Appen's 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

1-Year Share Buyback Ratio=(Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Dec. 2023 ) - Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Dec. 2024 )) / Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Dec. 2023 )
=(211.467 - 260.735) / 211.467
=-23.3%

* 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.


Appen  (ASX:APX) 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A positive ratio may indicates share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio suggests no buybacks or potential share issuance.


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.


Appen 1-Year Share Buyback Ratio Related Terms


Appen Business Description

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9 Help Street, Level 6, Chatswood, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2067
Appen Ltd is engaged in the provision of quality data solutions and services for machine learning and artificial intelligence applications for technology companies, auto manufacturers, government agencies among others. The company's business segments are Global services and New markets. It generates maximum revenue from the Global services segment which represents the services that it provides to technology customers using the customers' data annotation platforms and tools. The majority of projects comprise large, at-scale deep learning (model evaluation) programs. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States of America.

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