News (BSP:N1WS35) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 1.20% (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is News 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. News's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 1.20%.

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

BSP:N1WS35' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.4 Med: -0.2 Max: 1.2
Current: 1.2

During the past 13 years, News's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 1.20%. The lowest was -0.40%. And the median was -0.20%.

BSP:N1WS35's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
87.6% of 637 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: -1.8 vs BSP:N1WS35: 1.20

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

For the Entertainment subindustry, News'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.

News's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, News's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

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News 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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News (BSP:N1WS35) 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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1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036

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https://www.newscorp.com

News Corporation is a diversified media conglomerate with significant presence in the us, the UK, and Australia. Key mastheads include The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, New York Post, The Times, The Sun, The Australian, Herald Sun, and The Daily Telegraph. Its 61%-owned REA Group is the dominant property listings business in Australia. In addition, it owns Harper Collins, one of the largest book publishers in the world, and has a sizable us digital property advertising business, Move. An agreement has been reached to sell Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV and streaming provider in which News Corp has a 65% shareholding. The sale to global sports streaming platform, DAZN, is struck at more than 7 times Foxtel's fiscal 2024 EBITDA, equating to enterprise value of AUD 3.4.

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