Sage Group (The) (FRA:SGK1) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 2.10% (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Sage Group (The) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

5-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past five years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from five 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. Sage Group (The)'s current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 2.10%.

FRA:SGK1's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
95.81% of 1957 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -2.9 vs FRA:SGK1: 2.10

Competitive Comparison of Sage Group (The)'s 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sage Group (The)'s 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:

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Sage Group (The)'s 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sage Group (The)'s 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Sage Group (The) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from five years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with least-square regression based on the latest six years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Sage Group (The) (FRA:SGK1) 5-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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Sage Group (The) Business Description

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C23 - 5 & 6 Cobalt Park Way, Cobalt Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, GBR, NE28 9EJ

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The Sage Group is a U.K.-based provider of accounting and enterprise resource planning, or ERP, software, predominantly to customers in the U.S. and Europe. The company was founded in 1981 and historically sold on-premises software products with perpetual software licenses. However, the company is transitioning toward cloud connected and cloud native products, sold via software-as-a-service, or SaaS, contracts. Sage's main cloud native products include Sage Accounting, for small businesses, and Sage Intacct, which Sage acquired in 2017, for midsize businesses.

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