Buyback yield

Cash spent repurchasing shares over the year, as a percentage of market value.

How to use it

Shareholder return beyond the dividend.

Limitations

Gross of the shares issued to employees.

In Kereon

Investing · company. Repurchases in the latest annual cash-flow statement ÷ today's market cap.

Also called: buyback yield.

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