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POET Technologies (TSXV:PTK) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -18.40% (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is POET Technologies 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. POET Technologies's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -18.40%.

TSXV:PTK's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
90.4% of 729 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: -3.2 vs TSXV:PTK: -18.40

Competitive Comparison of POET Technologies's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Semiconductors subindustry, POET Technologies'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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POET Technologies's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, POET Technologies's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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POET Technologies 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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POET Technologies (TSXV:PTK) 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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POET Technologies Business Description

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Address
120 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 1107, Toronto, ON, CAN, M4P 1E2
Website
https://www.poet-technologies.com
POET Technologies Inc is a design and development company offering high-speed optical engines, light source products, and custom optical modules to the artificial intelligence systems market and hyperscale data centers. Its integration solutions are based on the POET Optical Interposer, a novel, patented platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single chip using wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques. POET's Optical Interposer platform also solves device integration challenges across a broad range of communication, computing, and sensing applications. The company operates geographically in the United States, Canada, Singapore and China.
Executives
Vivek Rajgarhia Senior Officer
James Lee Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Glen Riley Director
Kevin Barnes Senior Officer
Thomas Mika Senior Officer
Suresh Venkatesan Director, Senior Officer
Chris Tsiofas Director
Mohandas Warrior Director
Yee Loy Lam Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)