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Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX:WPM) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -0.20% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Wheaton Precious Metals 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

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

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three 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. Wheaton Precious Metals's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.20%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wheaton Precious Metals's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:WPM' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.6   Med: -3.2   Max: -0.2
Current: -0.2

During the past 13 years, Wheaton Precious Metals's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -0.20%. The lowest was -16.60%. And the median was -3.20%.

TSX:WPM's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
94.71% of 2059 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -14.8 vs TSX:WPM: -0.20

Competitive Comparison of Wheaton Precious Metals's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Gold subindustry, Wheaton Precious Metals's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-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.


Wheaton Precious Metals's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Wheaton Precious Metals's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wheaton Precious Metals's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


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Wheaton Precious Metals 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX:WPM) 3-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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Wheaton Precious Metals Business Description

Address
1021 West Hastings Street, Suite 3500, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 0C3
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp is a precious metal streaming company. The company metal streaming company which generates its revenue primarily from the sale of precious metals (gold, silver and palladium) and cobalt. Its reportable segment includes: Gold, Silver, Palladium, Platinum, Cobalt, and Other.
Executives
Jeane Hull Director
George Leslie Brack Director
Chantal Gosselin Director
Gary Duncan Brown Senior Officer
Bill Koutsouras Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Curzio Domenico Bernardi Senior Officer
Randy Smallwood Senior Officer
Marilyn Joy Schonberner Director
Glenn Antony Ives Director
Patrick Eugene Drouin Senior Officer
Robert Peter Charles Gillin Director
Haytham Henry Hodaly Senior Officer
Anne Storie Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Bradley William Carpenter Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Nikola Tatarkin Senior Officer