MSFT (Microsoft) 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 0.90% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Microsoft 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. Microsoft's current 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.90%.

MSFT's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
92.88% of 1292 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -2.75 vs MSFT: 0.90

Competitive Comparison of Microsoft's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Microsoft'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.

Microsoft's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Microsoft's 10-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Microsoft 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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Microsoft (NAS:MSFT) 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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Address

One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA, USA, 98052-6399

Website

https://www.microsoft.com

Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. The company is organized into three equally sized broad segments: productivity and business processes (legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, Dynamics), intelligence cloud (infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings Azure, Windows Server OS, SQL Server), and more personal computing (Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops).

Executives

Kathleen T Hogan	officer: EVP, Human Resources	C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052-6399
Judson Althoff	officer: EVP, Chief Commercial Officer	MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052
Bradford L Smith	officer: Executive Vice President	MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052-6399
Christopher David Young	officer: EVP, Business Development	C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052-6399
Amy Hood	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052-6399
Satya Nadella	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052-6399
Teri List	director	2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Christopher C Capossela	officer: EVP, Chief Marketing Officer	C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052-6399
Emma N Walmsley	director	C/O MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA 98052-6399
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