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. QS Energy's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -6.70%.
QSEP's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than 54.92% of 721
companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: -5.1
vs QSEP: -6.70
Competitive Comparison of QS Energy's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio
For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, QS Energy'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.
QS Energy's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, QS Energy's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where QS Energy's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.
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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QS Energy (OTCPK:QSEP) 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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QS Energy Inc develops and commercializes energy efficiency technologies that assist in increased energy demands, improvement in the economics of oil extraction and transport, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Its primary technology is Applied Oil Technology (AOT), which is a commercial-grade crude oil pipeline transportation flow assurance product. The company's oil and gas market is segmented into three primary categories, namely Upstream Producers, Midstream Transporters, and Downstream Refiners. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas. The Midstream companies transport oil and gas to markets via pipelines, rail, and shipping and provide storage in the field and the Downstream sector refines oil and gas into finished products.
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