What is Equity Residential 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?
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. Equity Residential's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.30%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Equity Residential's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
EQR'
s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -51.9 Med: -1.9 Max: 2
Current: -0.3
During the past 13 years, Equity Residential's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 2.00. The lowest was -51.90. And the median was -1.90.
EQR's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than 76.8% of 625
companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: -3.3
vs EQR: -0.30
Competitive Comparison of Equity Residential's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio
For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Equity Residential'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.
Equity Residential's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the REITs Industry
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Equity Residential's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Equity Residential's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.
Equity Residential 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 year annual data of Shares Outstanding (EOP).
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Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) 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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Equity Residential owns a portfolio of 311 apartment communities with around 84,000 units and is developing two additional properties with 655 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., New York, Seattle, and Boston.
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