Western Forest Products (FRA:NWF) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 1.20% (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Western Forest Products 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. Western Forest Products's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 1.20%.

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

FRA:NWF' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -99.8 Med: 1.45 Max: 5.8
Current: 1.2

During the past 13 years, Western Forest Products's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 5.80%. The lowest was -99.80%. And the median was 1.45%.

FRA:NWF's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
83.33% of 132 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: -0.45 vs FRA:NWF: 1.20

Competitive Comparison of Western Forest Products's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Western Forest Products'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.

Western Forest Products's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Western Forest Products's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Western Forest Products 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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Western Forest Products (FRA:NWF) 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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Western Forest Products Business Description

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Address

1055 West Georgia Street, Suite 800, P.O. Box 11122, Royal Centre Building, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3P3

Website

https://www.westernforest.com

Western Forest Products Inc is a Canada-based softwood forest products company. The company's principal business activities include sale of lumber and logs, which includes timber harvesting, sawmilling logs into specialty lumber, value-added lumber and glue-laminated timber (glulam) remanufacturing, and lumber purchase and wholesaling activities. The Company manages its business as a single operating segment, with the majority of Western's property, plant and equipment, biological assets and timber license located in Canada. The company operates in United States, Canada, Japan, China, Europe and Other countries. It derives maximum revenue from Canada.

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