KDDI (KDDIF) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 2.30% (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is KDDI 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. KDDI's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 2.30%.

KDDIF's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
92.03% of 251 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: -0.7 vs KDDIF: 2.30

Competitive Comparison of KDDI's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Telecom Services subindustry, KDDI's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-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.

KDDI's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, KDDI's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where KDDI's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.

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KDDI 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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KDDI (OTCPK:KDDIF) 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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KDDIY:USA 9433:Japan DIP:Germany

Address

Garden Air Tower, 10-10, Iidabashi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 102-8460

Website

http://www.kddi.com

KDDI is Japan's second-largest wireless operator (31% market share), the largest pay-TV operator (53% market share) and the second-largest provider of fibre-to-the-home broadband (12% market share). It has grown through acquisition and is focusing on increasing the number of customers who subscribe to more than one telecommunication service. It is also looking to grow its Life Design business which includes commerce, energy, and finance and had over 48 million Internet of Things connections by the end of December 2024.