Coles Group (ASX:COL) Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) : 1,334 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Coles Group Shares Outstanding (Basic Average)?

Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Coles Group's average basic shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1,334 Mil.

Coles Group Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Coles Group's Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) can be seen below:

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Coles Group Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) Chart

Coles Group Annual Data

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1,333.90

1,334.00

1,330.00

1,334.00

Coles Group Semi-Annual Data
	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Shares Outstanding (Basic Average)	Get a 7-Day Free Trial						1,335.00	1,325.00	1,332.00	1,336.00	1,334.00

Coles Group Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) Calculation

Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares. They should be distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, having no exercisable rights.

Shares outstanding can be calculated as either basic or fully diluted. The fully diluted shares outstanding count includes diluting securities, such as options, warrants or convertibles.

Please note: GuruFocus named Shares Outstanding (EOP) is the shares for that exact time point. It is usually used to calculate balance sheet related items, such as Book Value per Share, etc. While Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) and Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) are the weighted average shares over a period of time (a year, a quarter, or so). They are usually used to calculate income statement or cashflow statement related items, such as Earnings per Share (Diluted), etc.

Coles Group (ASX:COL) Shares Outstanding (Basic Average) Explanation

A company may buy back shares or issue shares in any fiscal period. If a company buys back shares, we should observe that the total number of shares decline. If the company issues new shares, the number of shares outstanding increases.

Be Aware

Usually the presence of treasury shares and a history of buyback are good indicators that company has competitive advantage. But studies have shown that companies usually buy back at wrong time. Buying back shares below its intrinsic value increases value for remaining shareholders. Buying back overvalued shares destroys value for existing shareholders.

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Address

800-838 Toorak Road, Hawthorn East, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3123

Website

https://www.colesgroup.com.au

Coles Group Limited is one of Australia's largest retailers, operating the second-largest supermarket chain behind market leader Woolworths, and is the country's third-largest liquor retailer. The group has an extensive store network of about 2,500 store outlets and roughly 80% of Australian live within a 10-minute drive from their nearest Coles store. The retailer employs some 110,000 people, who process over 20 million individual customer transactions a week. This compares with Woolworths processing almost 30 million customer transactions per week from Australia's population of 25 million.