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BLDP (Ballard Power Systems) 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -9.00% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Ballard Power Systems 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

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

10-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past ten years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from ten 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. Ballard Power Systems's current 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -9.00%.

BLDP's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
85.95% of 1765 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: -1.7 vs BLDP: -9.00

Competitive Comparison of Ballard Power Systems's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Ballard Power Systems's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 10-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.


Ballard Power Systems's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Ballard Power Systems's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ballard Power Systems's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


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Ballard Power Systems 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

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

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Ballard Power Systems (NAS:BLDP) 10-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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Ballard Power Systems Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9000 Glenlyon Parkway, Legal Department, Burnaby, BC, CAN, V5J 5J8
Ballard Power Systems Inc is engaged in design, development, manufacture, sale and service of proton exchange membrane ("PEM") fuel cell products for a variety of applications, focusing on power products for bus, truck, rail, marine, stationary and emerging market (material handling, off-road and other) applications, as well as the delivery of services, including technology solutions, after sales services and training. A fuel cell is an environmentally clean electrochemical device that combines hydrogen fuel with oxygen (from the air) to produce electricity. Key geographical revenue is derived from Poland followed by United States, United Kingdom, and other countries.