Optiva (TSX:OPT) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -0.20% (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Optiva 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. Optiva's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.20%.

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

TSX:OPT' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -24.5 Med: -6.45 Max: -0.2
Current: -0.2

During the past 13 years, Optiva's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.20%. The lowest was -24.50%. And the median was -6.45%.

TSX:OPT's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
74.94% of 2087 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -2.5 vs TSX:OPT: -0.20

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

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Optiva'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.

Optiva's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Optiva's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

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Optiva 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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Optiva (TSX:OPT) 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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Address

2233 Argentia Road, Suite 302, East Tower, Mississauga, ON, CAN, L5N 2X7

Website

https://www.optiva.com

Optiva Inc is engaged in offering software products to the telecommunications software market. The company's portfolio of products enables real-time billing, charging, policy management and user experience that are critical to customers' growth and performance. The company earns revenue from sale of software licenses, including initial perpetual licenses, term licenses, subscription licenses, capacity upgrades, professional services and managed services; third-party hardware and software components and customer support contracts. Some of the company's products include Optiva BSS Platform, Optiva Charging Engine, Optiva Partner Monetization among others. Geographically, the majority of the revenue for the company is generated from Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

Executives

John Meyer	Director
Anuroop Duggal	Director
Barry Alan Symons	Director
Joseph Lee Grant Matheson	Director
Robert Stabile	Director, Senior Officer
John Giere	Senior Officer
Ashish Kumar Joshi	Senior Officer
Dinesh Sharma	Senior Officer