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United Parcel Service (WBO:UPSI) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 0.60% (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is United Parcel Service 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. United Parcel Service's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.60%.

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

WBO:UPSI' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.6   Med: 1.1   Max: 3.2
Current: 0.6

During the past 13 years, United Parcel Service's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 3.20%. The lowest was -0.60%. And the median was 1.10%.

WBO:UPSI's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
80.08% of 532 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: -0.75 vs WBO:UPSI: 0.60

Competitive Comparison of United Parcel Service's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, United Parcel Service'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.


United Parcel Service's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, United Parcel Service's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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


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United Parcel Service 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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United Parcel Service (WBO:UPSI) 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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United Parcel Service Business Description

Address
55 Glenlake Parkway, N.E. Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30328
As the world's largest parcel delivery company, UPS manages a massive fleet of more than 500 planes and 100,000 vehicles, along with many hundreds of sorting facilities, to deliver an average of about 22 million packages per day to residences and businesses across the globe. UPS' domestic US package operations generate around 65% of total revenue while international package makes up 20%. Air and ocean freight forwarding and contract logistics make up the remainder.

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