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FN (Fabrinet) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 0.40% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Fabrinet 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. Fabrinet's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.40%.

FN's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
87.29% of 1802 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: -2.1 vs FN: 0.40

Competitive Comparison of Fabrinet's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Fabrinet'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.


Fabrinet's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Fabrinet's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fabrinet's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.


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Fabrinet 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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Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) 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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Fabrinet Business Description

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C/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited, One Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, CYM, KY1-9005
Fabrinet provides advanced optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, such as optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers, automotive components, medical devices, and sensors. The company offers a broad range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, complex printed circuit board assembly, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly, and testing. The company generates the majority of its revenue from North America and Asia-Pacific, with the rest from Europe.
Executives
Rollance E. Olson director 3736 FALLON ROAD #428, DUBLIN CA 94568
Edward T. Archer officer: EVP, Sales & Marketing 3736 FALLON ROAD #428, DUBLIN CA 94568
Csaba Sverha officer: Chief Financial Officer 3736 FALLON ROAD #428, DUBLIN CA 94568
Seamus Grady director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3736 FALLON ROAD #428, DUBLIN CA 94568
Frank H Levinson director 3736 FALLON ROAD #428, DUBLIN CA 94568
Thomas F Kelly director 57 STEVENSON LANE, ATHERTON CA 94027
Harpal Gill officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer 3736 FALLON ROAD #428, DUBLIN CA 94568
Homa Bahrami director 4900 PATRICK HENRY DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
David T. Mitchell director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO & President 3736 FALLON ROAD #428, DUBLIN CA 94568
Darlene S. Knight director 4900 PATRICK HENRY DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Toh-seng Ng officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 3736 FALLON ROAD #428, DUBLIN CA 94568
Greg Dougherty director 40919 ENCYCLOPEDIA CIRCLE, FREMONT CA 94538
Hong Q Hou officer: EVP & Chief Technical Officer
John Marchetti officer: Chief Strategy Officer 3736 FALLON ROAD #428, DUBLIN CA 94568
Paul Kalivas officer: Secretary & General Counsel 4104 24TH STREET #345, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114