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. RENN Fund's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -2.60%.
The historical rank and industry rank for RENN Fund's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
RCG'
s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10.1 Med: -6.35 Max: -2.6
Current: -2.6
During the past 13 years, RENN Fund's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -2.60%. The lowest was -10.10%. And the median was -6.35%.
RCG's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than 59.5% of 1153
companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: -0.9
vs RCG: -2.60
Competitive Comparison of RENN Fund's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio
For the Asset Management subindustry, RENN Fund'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.
RENN Fund's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, RENN Fund's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where RENN Fund's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.
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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RENN Fund (AMEX:RCG) 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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RENN Fund Inc is active in the financial services domain. It is a a registered, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company formed to provide return through capital appreciation and income by a long-term, value-oriented investment process that invests in a wide variety of financial instruments, including but not limited to, common stocks, fixed-income securities including convertible and non-convertible debt securities or loans, distressed debt, warrants, and preferred stock, exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded notes, and other instruments. It invests in various industries, including communication services, surgical and medical instruments and apparatus, oil and gas, medical chemicals, botanical products, etc.
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