What is Research Solutions 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. Research Solutions's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -6.80%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Research Solutions's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
RSSS'
s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -12 Med: -6.8 Max: -0.8
Current: -6.8
During the past 13 years, Research Solutions's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.80. The lowest was -12.00. And the median was -6.80.
RSSS's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than 67.94% of 2090
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -2.5
vs RSSS: -6.80
Competitive Comparison of Research Solutions's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio
For the Software - Application subindustry, Research Solutions'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.
Research Solutions's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Research Solutions's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Research Solutions's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.
Research Solutions 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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Research Solutions (NAS:RSSS) 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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Research Solutions Inc is a holding company. The company provides a cloud-based SaaS research intelligence platform consisting of proprietary software and Internet-based interfaces. Its platform also allows customers to find and download digital versions of STM articles. Platforms and Transactions are packaged as a single solution that enables life science and other research-intensive organizations to speed up research and development activities. The company platform allows customers to initiate orders, manage transactions, automate authentication, obtain reports, and connect seamlessly to corporate intranets.
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