Capital Allocation

What is Shareholder Returns?

Cash handed back to shareholders through buybacks and dividends combined.

How it is calculated

Share repurchases plus dividends paid.

How to read it

Compare with free cash flow. Returns that exceed free cash flow for several years are funded by debt or cash reserves.

Where the numbers come from

Scrutar computes Shareholder Returns from the figures each company reports to the SEC in its annual and quarterly filings, using the XBRL data attached to those filings.

More Capital Allocation metrics

Share RepurchasesCash spent buying back the company’s own shares, which shrinks the share count and lifts per-share figures.How to read it →Dividends PaidCash paid out to shareholders as dividends.How to read it →Stock-based CompensationThe value of shares and options granted to employees. It is a real cost paid in ownership rather than cash, so it dilutes existing holders.How to read it →AcquisitionsCash paid to buy other businesses, net of the cash acquired with them where the company reports it that way.How to read it →Debt RepaidCash used to pay down borrowings during the period.How to read it →Debt IssuedCash raised from new borrowings during the period.How to read it →

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Ten years of Shareholder Returns and every other metric on this page, for every company Scrutar covers, computed from SEC filings.

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