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Shareholder ExtractionApplied to wireless, broadband, and integrated communications carriers. COGS captures network cost of services; OpEx is dominated by SG&A and depreciation on enormous capital plants. Markup ratios understate the picture because the capital base isn't in COGS — Operational Markup…
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Shareholder Extraction in Telecom

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These companies are in the Telecom cohort but don't have a Shareholder Extraction computed for FY . Either the underlying inputs aren't tagged in their XBRL filings, the DEF 14A pay-ratio narrative didn't parse cleanly, or this fiscal year hasn't been ingested for them yet.

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Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.

Ratio
Shareholder Extraction
Sector
Telecom
Methodology version
v1.0.0
Formula
(Buybacks + Dividends) / R&DExpense
Sector context

Applied to wireless, broadband, and integrated communications carriers. COGS captures network cost of services; OpEx is dominated by SG&A and depreciation on enormous capital plants. Markup ratios understate the picture because the capital base isn't in COGS — Operational Markup is the more honest gross indicator. Shareholder Extraction is structurally high in this sector because mature carriers run large dividends.

Whether the company invests in future productive capacity or extracts current value to shareholders. A ratio above 3.0 typically indicates an extraction-dominant capital allocation policy. A ratio below 1.0 indicates the company is investing more in its future than returning to shareholders.

Source data: PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock, PaymentsOfDividends, ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense (us-gaap) or equivalents in IFRS.