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Held by 204 of 2,417 reporting institutions (95th percentile) — extremely crowded.
Data as of Q3 2026
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Total shares institutions bought (green) vs sold (red) each quarter across all holders.
Inferred from quarter-over-quarter change in each fund's 13F position (new stakes count as buys, exits as sells). Not tick-level trades.
Top 40 institutional holders — bubble size is position value, color is the move since last quarter. Hover any holder for detail.
Drag any bubble to rearrange · size = dollar value of the position
A reverse discounted cash flow is not shown for a REIT.
Depreciation swamps reported earnings for a property owner — which is why FFO exists. EBITDA leverage and a net-income DCF both mislead here.
Classified from the filings: SIC code.
What the company returns to shareholders — and whether it's covered by cash.
The dividend exceeds free cash flow (107%) — funded from the balance sheet or debt, a red flag if it persists. Last year: $1.37B dividends + $149.5M buybacks = $1.52B returned on $1.29B FCF.
2 consecutive years of dividend increases · 9%/yr.
Yields use the latest fiscal-year dividends/buybacks over current market cap. Dividends and buybacks from the SEC cash-flow statement; payout coverage vs net income and free cash flow. Educational — not a recommendation.
How management deployed cash over 10 years — and what it earned on reinvestment.
A cash-return story — far more went to shareholders than back into the business (mature, low-reinvestment).
Reinvestment has been productive — operating income grew well per dollar put in. Current ROIC on all capital: 7%. Rough measure (includes maintenance capex).
Cash uses aggregated from the SEC cash-flow statement over 10 fiscal years. "Return on reinvestment" is a rough proxy — operating-income change ÷ cumulative CapEx + M&A — and includes maintenance capex. Educational — not a recommendation.
EOD close · as of 2026-10-30
How a revenue dollar becomes profit — FY2025
Dividends and buybacks are cash paid out, shown here against the same year's profit for scale — not funded from it. This year they exceeded net income, so the ribbons are capped at earnings and understate what was actually returned.
Each value shows its share of revenue below it (common-size).
| Line Item | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.38B 100.0% | $3.26B 100.0% | $2.56B 100.0% | $1.92B 100.0% | $1.58B 100.0% | $1.36B 100.0% | $1.31B 100.0% | $1.20B 100.0% | $1.11B 100.0% | $991.9M 100.0% |
| Cost of Revenue | $918.1M 27.2% | $831.6M 25.5% | $612.0M 23.9% | $435.3M 22.6% | $368.6M 23.4% | $360.6M 26.6% | $336.1M 25.7% | $291.7M 24.4% | $272.0M 24.6% | $250.0M 25.2% |
| Selling, General & Admin | $186.3M 5.5% | $167.4M 5.1% | $146.4M 5.7% | $129.3M 6.7% | $102.2M 6.5% | $96.6M 7.1% | $89.4M 6.8% | $81.3M 6.8% | $79.0M 7.1% | $81.8M 8.2% |
| Total Operating Expenses | $1.89B 55.9% | $1.86B 57.0% | $1.39B 54.3% | $888.0M 46.2% | $742.2M 47.1% | $708.1M 52.2% | $674.7M 51.6% | $607.7M 50.8% | $563.4M 51.0% | $542.0M 54.6% |
| Operating Income | $1.41B 41.8% | $1.32B 40.6% | $1.17B 45.7% | $1.05B 54.6% | $976.0M 61.9% | $666.1M 49.1% | $635.0M 48.5% | $619.7M 51.8% | $654.4M 59.2% | $458.3M 46.2% |
| Interest Expense | — | — | $419.0M 16.4% | $219.2M 11.4% | $166.2M 10.5% | $17.2M 1.3% | $22.7M 1.7% | $178.4M 14.9% | $153.5M 13.9% | $133.5M 13.5% |
| Interest & Investment Income | $163.2M 4.8% | $124.4M 3.8% | $84.9M 3.3% | $69.4M 3.6% | $49.7M 3.2% | $15.2M 1.1% | $7.5M 0.6% | $5.3M 0.4% | $6.7M 0.6% | $11.0M 1.1% |
| Pretax Income | $940.8M 27.9% | $852.7M 26.2% | $817.2M 31.9% | $900.7M 46.8% | $859.5M 54.5% | $509.0M 37.5% | $451.2M 34.5% | $441.9M 36.9% | $502.5M 45.5% | $330.8M 33.4% |
| Income Tax Expense | $41.6M 1.2% | $33.5M 1.0% | $21.6M 0.8% | $20.9M 1.1% | $20.3M 1.3% | $13.8M 1.0% | $11.3M 0.9% | $9.2M 0.8% | $3.6M 0.3% | $15.8M 1.6% |
| Net Income | $974.0M 28.8% | $854.7M 26.2% | $803.2M 31.4% | $860.7M 44.7% | $827.6M 52.5% | $481.8M 35.5% | $420.0M 32.1% | $415.3M 34.7% | $479.0M 43.3% | $366.1M 36.9% |
| Per Share | ||||||||||
| EPS (Basic) | $4.59 | $4.03 | $4.74 | $6.41 | $6.20 | $3.71 | $3.27 | $3.29 | $3.79 | $2.92 |
| EPS (Diluted) | $4.59 | $4.03 | $4.74 | $6.41 | $6.19 | $3.71 | $3.24 | $3.27 | $3.76 | $2.91 |
| Weighted Avg Shares (Basic) | 211.9M | 211.6M | 169.2M | 134.1M | 133.4M | 129.5M | 128.2M | 126.1M | 126.0M | 125.1M |
| Weighted Avg Shares (Diluted) | 211.9M | 211.6M | 169.2M | 141.7M | 140.0M | 129.6M | 136.4M | 133.2M | 134.2M | 125.9M |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (annual, fiscal year). Quarterly flow items are derived from cumulative filings; balance-sheet figures are as-of each period end. Ratios and margins are computed, not reported.
Leverage ratios is not shown for a REIT.
Depreciation swamps reported earnings for a property owner — which is why FFO exists. EBITDA leverage and a net-income DCF both mislead here.
Classified from the filings: SIC code.
How much the company owes, how it's trended, and how comfortably it's serviced.
Cash of $55.7M is below the $210.1M due within a year — relies on refinancing or operating cash flow. Scheduled principal only (excludes interest & revolver draws). As of 2017-12-31 (10-K).
Coverage is adequate but not comfortable. Interest last disclosed in FY2023 (no longer broken out).
Cash vs short-term debt unavailable.
Short-term / long-term split not separately reported.
Debt, cash, interest and equity from the SEC balance sheet & income statement. Effective rate = interest ÷ average debt. Maturity ladder from the SEC long-term-debt repayment schedule. Educational — not a recommendation.
Ranked against 31 sector peers with collected financials. Valuation from latest close × latest fiscal-year fundamentals; 13F conviction as of 2026-09-30.
Percentile is “goodness” within the peer set (100 = best). For valuation and leverage that means cheaper / less-levered ranks higher.
| Company | Mkt cap ▼ | P/E | EV/EBITDA | P/S | Rev gr | Gross | Net | ROE | ROIC | Net D/EBITDA | 13F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELL | $172.1B | 168.8× | — | 15.9× | 35.6% | 40.1% | 8.9% | 2.3% | 1.6% | — | 501 |
| PLD | $121.6B | 36.0× | — | 13.8× | 7.2% | — | 37.9% | 6.3% | 3.8% | — | 505 |
| EQIX | $100.3B | 73.7× | 25.6× | 10.9× | 5.4% | 51.1% | 14.6% | 9.5% | 8.7% | -0.1× | 381 |
| AMT | $87.1B | 34.8× | 20.7× | 8.2× | 5.1% | — | 24.7% | 72.0% | 6.4% | 6.0× | 536 |
| SPG | $70.5B | 15.4× | — | 11.1× | 6.7% | — | 84.3% | 103% | 15.9% | — | 400 |
| DLR | $67.0B | 50.5× | — | 11.0× | 10.0% | — | 21.4% | 5.7% | 5.7% | — | — |
| PSA | $60.7B | 36.0× | — | 12.6× | 2.7% | — | 37.0% | 19.3% | 9.1% | — | 335 |
| O | $53.9B | 48.7× | — | 9.4× | 9.1% | — | 18.4% | 2.7% | 2.7% | — | 459 |
| VTR | $44.8B | 157.0× | — | 7.7× | 18.5% | — | 4.5% | 2.1% | 1.0% | — | 256 |
| CCI | $37.7B | 87.8× | 25.3× | 8.8× | -4.4% | 97.3% | 10.4% | -27.2% | 1.7% | 10.5× | 240 |
| IRM | $34.7B | 237.9× | 23.3× | 5.0× | 12.2% | — | 2.2% | -15.5% | 1.0% | 7.4× | 348 |
| EXR | $32.0B | 33.0× | 15.0× | 9.5× | 3.7% | 72.8% | 28.8% | 7.3% | 7.3% | -0.1× | 204 |
| AVB | $27.1B | 25.6× | 12.3× | 8.9× | 4.4% | — | 34.7% | 9.1% | 5.0% | 3.1× | 1 |
| VICI | $26.9B | 9.4× | — | 6.7× | 4.1% | 99.3% | 69.3% | 10.0% | 6.2% | — | 233 |
| SBAC | $19.9B | 19.1× | 22.0× | 7.0× | 5.1% | 75.5% | 37.4% | -21.7% | 13.1% | 8.6× | 151 |
| HST | $17.3B | 23.0× | — | 2.8× | 7.6% | — | 12.5% | 11.7% | 9.8% | — | 196 |
| ESS | $17.0B | 25.4× | 11.2× | 9.0× | 6.4% | 69.9% | 37.2% | 12.7% | 12.7% | -0.1× | 148 |
| KIM | $16.3B | — | 17.0× | 7.6× | 5.1% | — | 27.3% | 5.6% | 3.2% | 5.4× | 174 |
| LAMR | $16.0B | 27.3× | — | 7.1× | 2.7% | 67.0% | 25.9% | 57.3% | 13.2% | — | 205 |
| WY | $14.7B | 45.2× | 15.9× | 2.1× | -3.1% | 14.8% | 4.7% | 3.4% | 2.2% | 4.1× | 239 |
| OHI | $14.2B | 24.2× | 22.3× | 12.0× | 13.2% | — | 49.6% | 11.4% | 6.3% | 5.1× | 219 |
| SUI | $13.8B | 10.4× | 113.4× | 6.0× | 2.0% | — | 61.3% | 20.3% | 20.3% | -4.9× | 114 |
| REG | $13.7B | — | 12.0× | 8.8× | 6.9% | — | 34.0% | 7.6% | 4.5% | 3.1× | — |
| MAA | $13.6B | 31.0× | 12.0× | 6.2× | 0.8% | — | 20.2% | 7.9% | 7.9% | -0.1× | 172 |
| DOC | $13.1B | 190.3× | — | 4.7× | 4.5% | — | 2.5% | 1.0% | 0.4% | — | 216 |
Peers = companies sharing EXR's sector (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with collected SEC financials. Multiples use the most recent end-of-day close and latest fiscal-year fundamentals (trailing, not forward). Missing cells mean the peer never reported that line item, has no collected price, or has a non-positive denominator. Not investment advice.
Total return (dividends reinvested) vs the market, from quarter-end prices.
Above 0 = ahead of the S&P 500 since the window start; below 0 = behind. Rising means it's pulling ahead.
How far the stock fell below its prior peak. Deeper, longer drawdowns = a rougher ride to the same return.
Quarter-end, dividend-adjusted (total return). Beta & volatility from quarterly returns (annualized). Benchmark is the S&P 500 (SPY total return). Annual returns compound the quarters ending in each calendar year; the first and last years in a window may be partial. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Last reported position per insider, carried forward. Steps can be a holding disclosed for the first time rather than a trade.
| Date | Insider | What it was | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 2 co-filers Chief Executive Officer | Giftindirect | 13,503 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 2 co-filers Chief Executive Officer | Giftindirect | 13,503 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-07-01 | Norman Jeffrey Jay Executive VP and CFO | Tax withholding | 735 | $147.29 | $108k |
| 2026-07-01 | Dickens Zachary T EVP, Chief Investment Officer | Tax withholding | 164 | $147.29 |
Every row is classified by what it MEANT, not by its SEC code. A code is not a meaning: code P (“purchase”) also covers dividend reinvestment and employee stock purchase plans, and code S (“sale”) also covers 10b5-1 plan sales scheduled months earlier and option exercises sold the same day.
Across 30 days of all filings, $5.08bn of insider selling contained $3.50bn of plan sales and $0.46bn of exercise-and-sell. Only 29% was discretionary. Reading an unclassified feed badly overstates how much insiders decided.
Buys and sales are counted separately and never netted. They are different decisions by different people; a company where one officer bought while another sold is not “neutral”.
The holding line carries each insider's last reported position forward, so it shows the total held rather than a sawtooth of whoever traded that day. It covers only insiders who filed in the window.
“Filed late” counts calendar days past the two-business-day deadline with five days' grace, so a Thursday or Friday trade crossing a weekend is never flagged. It describes the company's filing discipline, not the trade.
Insider activity is descriptive. Nothing here is investment advice.
| $24k |
| 2026-07-01 | Springer William N President | Tax withholding | 138 | $147.29 | $20k |
| 2026-06-11 | Mcneal Gwyn Goodson EVP/Chief Legal Officer | Open-market sale | 3,300 | $150.00 | $495k |
| 2026-05-14 | Vander Ploeg Julia Director | Grant | 1,407 | $142.19 | $200k |
| 2026-05-14 | Saffire Joseph Director | Grant | 1,407 | $142.19 | $200k |
| 2026-05-14 | Crittenden Gary L Director | Grant | 1,407 | $142.19 | $200k |
| 2026-05-14 | Barberio Mark G Director | Grant | 1,407 | $142.19 | $200k |
| 2026-05-14 | Woolley Kenneth M. Director | Grant | 1,407 | $142.19 | $200k |
| 2026-05-14 | Pittman Raymond J Director | Grant | 1,407 | $142.19 | $200k |
| 2026-05-14 | Maggelet Crystal Call Director | Grant | 1,407 | $142.19 | $200k |
| 2026-05-14 | Harnett Sue Director | Grant | 1,407 | $142.19 | $200k |
| 2026-05-14 | Bonner Joseph J Director | Grant | 1,407 | $142.19 | $200k |
| 2026-04-01 | Kunde Grace CAO | Tax withholding | 276 | $132.49 | $37k |
| 2026-04-01 | Norman Jeffrey Jay Executive VP and CFO | Tax withholding | 375 | $132.49 | $50k |
| 2026-03-13 | 3 co-filers Chief Executive Officer | Open-market saleindirect | 7,500 | $142.08 | $1.1m |
| 2026-03-06 | 3 co-filers Chief Executive Officer | Gift5d late | 14,452 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-03-06 | 3 co-filers Chief Executive Officer | Giftindirect5d late | 14,452 | $0.00 | $0 |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers President | Grant | 2,262 | $151.03 | $342k |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers EVP & COO | Grant | 1,463 | $151.03 | $221k |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers EVP, Chief Investment Officer | Grant | 1,920 | $151.03 | $290k |
| 2026-03-01 | 7 co-filers EVP/Chief Legal Officer | Grant | 1,239 | $151.03 | $187k |
| 2026-03-01 | 2 co-filers CAO | Grant | 1,292 | $151.03 | $195k |
| 2026-03-01 | Norman Jeffrey Jay Executive VP and CFO | Grant | 3,443 | $151.03 | $520k |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers Executive VP and CDO | Grant | 1,929 | $151.03 | $291k |
| 2026-03-01 | 2 co-filers CAO | Tax withholding | 117 | $151.03 | $18k |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers President | Grant | 7,482 | $151.03 | $1.1m |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers Executive VP and CDO | Grant | 7,151 | $151.03 | $1.1m |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers EVP & COO | Grant | 6,290 | $151.03 | $950k |
| 2026-03-01 | 7 co-filers EVP/Chief Legal Officer | Grant | 3,609 | $151.03 | $545k |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers EVP, Chief Investment Officer | Grant | 7,018 | $151.03 | $1.1m |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers EVP, Chief Investment Officer | Tax withholding | 173 | $151.03 | $26k |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers President | Tax withholding | 145 | $151.03 | $22k |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers EVP & COO | Tax withholding | 155 | $151.03 | $23k |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers Executive VP and CDO | Tax withholding | 206 | $151.03 | $31k |
| 2026-03-01 | 7 co-filers EVP/Chief Legal Officer | Tax withholding | 112 | $151.03 | $17k |
| 2026-03-01 | 7 co-filers EVP/Chief Legal Officer | Tax withholding | 179 | $151.03 | $27k |
| 2026-03-01 | 6 co-filers EVP, Chief Investment Officer | Tax withholding | 351 | $151.03 | $53k |
EOD close · as of 2026-10-30
Where each multiple sits in its own 14-yr range · 68th pct blended
Dot = today · shaded = middle 50% · line = median. Lower percentile = cheaper vs its own 14-yr history.
Is the profit real, and how strong is the balance sheet?
FY2025 · every deduction from revenue to net income
DuPont — the three levers
ROE 7% against ROIC 7% — 0% of the return on equity comes from leverage and buybacks rather than from the operating business.
What the company owes vs. what it holds
This shows debt/cash structure and net leverage. The year-by-year maturity schedule is on the Debt & Leverage tab.
Latest year: profit growth vs revenue growth
High operating leverage: profit moved 1.8× as fast as sales — great in an upturn, painful in a downturn.
Each line as % of revenue — the trend in color
| % of revenue | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of Revenue | 24.4 | 25.7 | 26.6 | 23.4 | 22.6 | 23.9 | 25.5 | 27.2 |
| SG&A | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| Operating Income | 51.8 | 48.5 | 49.1 | 61.9 | 54.6 | 45.7 | 40.6 | 41.8 |
| Income Tax | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Net Income | 34.7 | 32.1 | 35.5 | 52.5 | 44.7 | 31.4 | 26.2 | 28.8 |
Green = margin-favorable vs the row's own range · red = unfavorable.
The metrics that matter, over time
A 30-second read on EXR: price, valuation and headline fundamentals from SEC filings. The four questions at the top of the page are where the judgements live.
Cost of capital cannot be computed, so the spread is unknown.
| Fiscal year | Gross margin | Operating margin | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 74.8% | 46.2% | 36.9% |
| FY2017 | 75.4% | 59.2% | 43.3% |
| FY2018 | 75.6% | 51.8% | 34.7% |
| FY2019 | 74.3% | 48.5% | 32.1% |
| FY2020 | 73.4% | 49.1% | 35.5% |
| FY2021 | 76.6% | 61.9% | 52.5% |
| FY2022 | 77.4% | 54.6% | 44.7% |
| FY2023 | 76.1% | 45.7% | 31.4% |
| FY2024 | 74.5% | 40.6% | 26.2% |
| FY2025 | 72.8% | 41.8% | 28.8% |
Return on equity (7%) and return on invested capital (7%) are within a couple of points in FY2025, so the headline return is the operating return — there is no meaningful leverage effect to strip out.
No material counter-signal in the checked set: ROIC vs WACC spread, 5-year spread history, gross margin trend, operating margin trend, net margin against 3 years ago, revenue growth, ROIC ex-goodwill gap.
Missing from our data, so excluded from this answer: wacc.
Converts 1.14x of reported profit into free cash flow over 5 years, with accruals negative.
Capex has been below depreciation for 3 consecutive years (1.21x on average over the last 5). Spending less than the asset base is consuming flatters free cash flow now and defers the cost — though depreciation also covers amortisation of acquired intangibles, which capex is not meant to replace.
Leverage is not measurable this way for a reit.
This schedule comes from a filing dated 2017-12-31, 3226 days old. Maturities are shown relative to that date, not to today.
Ladder as of 2017-12-31 (10-K); cash from the 2017-12-31 balance sheet; FCF from FY2017.
Balance sheet at 2017-12-31. Undrawn revolving credit is not shown: the tag is collected but not yet mapped through to the API.
Depreciation swamps reported earnings for a property owner — which is why FFO exists. EBITDA leverage and a net-income DCF both mislead here.
Missing from our data, so excluded from this answer: capital adequacy metrics for this archetype.
At $151.32, free cash flow must compound 10.24%/yr for 10 years. It has done 11.97%/yr over 6 years.
| Fiscal year | FCF growth | Price requires |
|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7.6% | 10.2% |
| FY2021 | 27.3% | 10.2% |
| FY2022 | −95.0% | 10.2% |
| FY2023 | 2723.0% | 10.2% |
| FY2024 | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| FY2025 | −8.5% | 10.2% |
The percentile ranks the FISCAL-YEAR point, because the distribution behind each strip is built from fiscal-year closes — ranking a TTM figure inside it would compare two different bases. TTM basis: TTM.
The cost of capital could not be computed for this company, so the requirement is solved at the published 10% default — a different rate would move it materially.
| Step | Amount | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| Net income | $974M | $974M |
| Share-based comp | $36M | $1.01B |
| Other non-cash & working capital | $841M | $1.85B |
| Operating cash flow | $1.85B | $1.85B |
| Capex | −$562M | $1.29B |
| Free cash flow | $1.29B | $1.29B |
| FCF after SBC | $1.25B | $1.25B |
| Fiscal year | Revenue growth | Receivables growth | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 3.6% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2021 | 16.3% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2022 | 22.0% | 3.5% | -18.5 points |
| FY2023 | 33.1% | 56.8% | 23.7 points |
| FY2024 | 27.2% | -3.7% | -30.9 points |
| FY2025 | 3.7% | 9.5% | 5.8 points |
| Fiscal year | DSO | DIO | DPO | Cash conversion cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | not reported | not reported | 121 days | not reported |
| FY2020 | not reported | not reported | 131.6 days | not reported |
| FY2021 | 19.2 days | not reported | 140.9 days | -121.7 days |
| FY2022 | 16.3 days | not reported | 143.9 days | -127.6 days |
| FY2023 | 19.2 days | not reported | 199.5 days | -180.3 days |
| FY2024 | 14.5 days | not reported | 152.1 days | -137.6 days |
| FY2025 | 15.4 days | not reported | 142.2 days | -126.8 days |
| Fiscal year | Accruals / assets |
|---|---|
| FY2019 | -3.4 percent |
| FY2020 | -3.1 percent |
| FY2021 | -1.2 percent |
| FY2022 | -3.1 percent |
| FY2023 | -2.2 percent |
| FY2024 | -3.6 percent |
| FY2025 | -3.0 percent |
Below the line, the asset base is being consumed faster than it is replaced.
Below the line for 3 consecutive years to the latest.
Depreciation here includes amortisation of acquired intangibles — goodwill written down over time, customer lists, acquired technology. Capex does not replace those and is not meant to, so an acquisitive or asset-light company sits below 1.0 permanently and correctly. The signal is cleanest for capital-intensive businesses, where the two measure the same physical base. For that reason this informs the earnings-quality verdict but never caps it.
SBC is added back inside operating cash flow, so reported free cash flow treats shares issued to employees as free. Percent of revenue says how expensive the payroll is; percent of operating cash flow says how much of the cash exists only because the charge was added back. The buyback offset is buybacks over SBC — below 1.0 the repurchase does not cover the shares issued.
Figures are the latest fiscal year (FY2025) from the company's own filings, not a trailing-twelve-month window — Q2 reads fiscal years throughout so the cash-conversion ratios and these share one basis. A blank is a line the filer did not report; it is never read as zero.