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 42 names · from SEC filings + live price
#TickerBuyback yieldRepurchasesYears
1ADBE12.0%$11.28B10 of 102CRM9.0%$12.60B4 of 103WFC6.5%$17.52B10 of 104BAC4.9%$21.43B10 of 105QCOM4.9%$8.79B10 of 106GS3.9%$12.36B10 of 107JPM3.5%$31.59B10 of 108CVX3.2%$12.08B10 of 109NFLX3.2%$9.13B5 of 1010HON2.7%$3.80B10 of 1011AXP2.4%$5.81B10 of 1012GE2.1%$7.55B10 of 1013DIS2.1%$3.50B5 of 1014PG1.9%$6.50B10 of 1015AAPL1.9%$90.71B10 of 1016MRK1.6%$5.08B9 of 1017META1.6%$26.25B9 of 1018BA1.6%$2.65B10 of 1019TMO1.5%$3.00B10 of 1020UNH1.4%$5.54B10 of 1021CSCO1.4%$6.00B10 of 1022CAT1.3%$5.19B8 of 1023BLK1.2%$1.93B3 of 424GOOGL1.1%$45.71B10 of 1025MCD1.1%$2.06B10 of 1026JNJ1.0%$5.95B10 of 1027WMT0.9%$8.09B10 of 1028NVDA0.8%$40.09B7 of 1029MSFT0.6%$18.42B10 of 1030TXN0.6%$1.48B10 of 1031PEP0.5%$1.00B10 of 1032BABA0.5%$1.11B10 of 1033ABT0.5%$893.00M10 of 1034LLY0.4%$4.11B10 of 1035ABBV0.2%$980.00M10 of 1036COST0.2%$903.00M10 of 1037KO0.2%$746.00M10 of 1038MS0.2%$691.00M7 of 839AMD0.2%$1.32B5 of 1040AVGO0.1%$2.45B6 of 1041PONY0.0%$994.0K1 of 442ORCL0.0%$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