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 47 names · from SEC filings + live price
#TickerBuyback yieldRepurchasesYears
1ADBE11.2%$11.28B10 of 102WFC6.4%$17.52B10 of 103CRM6.2%$12.60B4 of 104HON5.9%$3.80B10 of 105BAC4.9%$21.43B10 of 106QCOM4.6%$8.79B10 of 107GS4.1%$12.36B10 of 108JPM3.3%$31.59B10 of 109XOM2.9%$20.27B10 of 1010CVX2.9%$12.08B10 of 1011NFLX2.8%$9.13B4 of 1012AXP2.7%$5.81B9 of 1013GE2.2%$7.55B6 of 1014DIS1.9%$3.50B5 of 1015SNDK1.9%$4.52B1 of 416AAPL1.9%$90.71B10 of 1017UNH1.6%$5.54B10 of 1018META1.6%$26.25B9 of 1019BA1.6%$2.65B6 of 1020PG1.5%$5.03B10 of 1021MRK1.4%$5.08B9 of 1022CSCO1.4%$6.11B10 of 1023CAT1.4%$5.19B8 of 1024TMO1.3%$3.00B10 of 1025BLK1.2%$1.93B3 of 426MCD1.2%$2.06B10 of 1027GOOG1.1%$45.71B10 of 1028GOOGL1.1%$45.71B10 of 1029MRVL1.0%$2.04B6 of 730WMT1.0%$8.09B10 of 1031JNJ0.9%$5.95B10 of 1032NVDA0.8%$40.09B7 of 1033MSFT0.6%$22.27B10 of 1034TXN0.6%$1.48B10 of 1035BABA0.5%$1.11B8 of 1036PEP0.5%$1.00B10 of 1037ABT0.5%$893.00M10 of 1038LLY0.4%$4.11B10 of 1039COST0.2%$903.00M10 of 1040ABBV0.2%$980.00M10 of 1041KO0.2%$746.00M10 of 1042NBIS0.2%$93.80M4 of 1043AMD0.2%$1.32B5 of 1044AVGO0.1%$2.45B6 of 1045GLW0.1%$163.00M9 of 1046AXTI0.1%$2.29M1 of 1047PONY0.0%$994.0K1 of 4Buyback 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