Buyback Cannibals — Biggest Share Repurchasers by Yield
US stocks ranked by buyback yield (latest-fiscal-year cash spent on share repurchases ÷ market cap) — the companies steadily retiring their own shares. Repurchases are cash spent as reported in SEC filings, not net of issuance. A descriptive as-filed statistic, not investment advice.
Ranked across 41 names · from SEC filings + live price
#TickerBuyback yieldRepurchasesYears
1ADBE11.1%$11.28B10 of 102CRM8.3%$12.60B4 of 103WFC6.6%$17.52B10 of 104QCOM5.2%$8.79B10 of 105HON5.0%$3.80B10 of 106BAC4.9%$21.43B10 of 107GS4.0%$12.36B10 of 108JPM3.3%$31.59B10 of 109CVX3.2%$12.08B10 of 1010XOM3.2%$20.27B10 of 1011NFLX3.0%$9.13B4 of 1012AXP2.5%$5.81B9 of 1013DIS2.0%$3.50B5 of 1014GE1.9%$7.55B6 of 1015META1.8%$26.25B9 of 1016MRK1.6%$5.08B9 of 1017UNH1.5%$5.54B10 of 1018PG1.5%$5.03B10 of 1019BA1.4%$2.65B6 of 1020TMO1.4%$3.00B10 of 1021CAT1.3%$5.19B8 of 1022CSCO1.3%$6.00B10 of 1023BLK1.1%$1.93B3 of 424MCD1.1%$2.06B10 of 1025GOOGL1.0%$45.71B10 of 1026JNJ1.0%$5.95B10 of 1027WMT0.9%$8.09B10 of 1028NVDA0.8%$40.09B7 of 1029MSFT0.6%$22.27B10 of 1030TXN0.6%$1.48B10 of 1031PEP0.5%$1.00B10 of 1032ABT0.5%$893.00M10 of 1033BABA0.5%$1.11B8 of 1034LLY0.4%$4.11B10 of 1035ABBV0.2%$980.00M10 of 1036COST0.2%$903.00M10 of 1037KO0.2%$746.00M10 of 1038AMD0.2%$1.32B5 of 1039AVGO0.1%$2.45B6 of 1040PONY0.0%$994.0K1 of 441ORCL0.0%$95.00M10 of 10Buyback yield = latest-FY repurchase spend ÷ market cap · repurchases = cash spent as reported (not net of issuance) · share Δ = 1-year change in shares outstanding · suspected splits (±40%) excluded · as-filed · Not investment advice