ATST (Alliance Trust) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : -1.60% (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Alliance Trust 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. Alliance Trust's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -1.60%.

ATST's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than
51.5% of 1200 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: -1.3 vs ATST: -1.60

Competitive Comparison of Alliance Trust's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Alliance Trust's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-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.

Alliance Trust's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Alliance Trust's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Alliance Trust 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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Alliance Trust (GREY:ATST) 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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5 West Victoria Dock Road, Dundee, GBR, DD1 3JT

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Alliance Witan PLC is an investment management company. The company helps investors to Seek opportunities for returns by managing risk. The company aims to be an equity holding for investors that delivers a real return over the long term through a combination of capital growth and a rising dividend. The Company invests in world-wide equities across a wide range of different sectors and industries to achieve its objective.