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Hoya (HOCPY) 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio : 0.89% (As of Dec. 2024 )


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What is Hoya 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio?

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

6-Month Share Buyback Ratio measures the proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past six months, calculated as the percentage change in shares outstanding from two quarters ago to the current quarter. A positive ratio may indicates share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio suggests no buybacks or potential share issuance. Hoya's current 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio was 0.89%.


Competitive Comparison of Hoya's 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Hoya's 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 6-Month 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.


Hoya's 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Hoya's 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hoya's 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


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Hoya 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

Hoya's 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

6-Month Share Buyback Ratio=(Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Jun. 2024 ) - Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Dec. 2024 )) / Shares Outstanding (EOP) (Jun. 2024 )
=(349.209 - 346.099) / 349.209
=0.89%

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Hoya  (OTCPK:HOCPY) 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A positive ratio may indicates share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio suggests no buybacks or potential share issuance.


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.


Hoya 6-Month Share Buyback Ratio Related Terms


Hoya Business Description

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20th Floor Nishi-Shinjuku Building, 6-10-1, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 160-8347
Founded in 1941 in Tokyo as an optical glass production plant, Hoya is one of the largest eyeglass lens manufacturers in the world. Leveraging its technology know-how in glass manufacturing, Hoya entered the mask blanks business in 1974. Now although its life care business accounts for 67% of its total revenue, almost half of its profit before tax comes from its higher-margin IT business.

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