The companies buying back the most stock.
buybacks.guru ranks share repurchases across the United States, the Netherlands and Europe, turns them into buyback yield, and explains what a shrinking share count means for the shares you own.
- Repurchased, 12 months
- $843B
- Dividends paid
- $626B
- Markets
- US · NL · EU
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Who is retiring the most shares
Cash spent on share repurchases over the latest twelve reported months, converted to US dollars. Click a company for its full buyback history.
| # | Company | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Apple Inc. AAPLNASDAQ | $82.2B TTM | 1.7% |
| 2 |  NVIDIA Corporation NVDANASDAQ | $57.4B TTM | 1.0% |
| 3 |  Alphabet Inc Class A GOOGLNASDAQ | $32.1B TTM | 0.7% |
| 4 |  JPMorgan Chase & Co JPMNYSE | $31.7B TTM | 3.6% |
| 5 |  Bank of America Corp BACNYSE | $24.9B TTM | 6.5% |
| 6 |  Microsoft Corporation MSFTNASDAQ | $22.3B TTM | 0.6% |
| 7 |  Visa Inc. Class A VNYSE | $21.4B TTM | 3.0% |
| 8 |  Citigroup Inc. CNYSE | $21.3B TTM | 9.8% |
| 9 |  Exxon Mobil Corp XOMNYSE | $20.5B TTM | 3.0% |
| 10 |  Wells Fargo & Company WFCNYSE | $18.0B TTM | 7.1% |
Beyond the headline number
Three ways to read a buyback
Size alone says little. Yield puts repurchases next to the price paid, share count shows whether they stuck, and the sector mix shows where the cash is coming from.
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Buybacks, explained properly
Short, honest guides. No jargon left undefined, no cheerleading. Start with the basics or jump to how to judge a programme.
What is a stock buyback?
A plain-language explanation of share repurchases: what happens, why companies do it, how big the market is, and what it changes for you as a shareholder.
7 min read 02Buyback yield, explained
The single most useful buyback number: what buyback yield is, how to calculate it, what counts as high, and the traps that make it misleading.
6 min read 03Buybacks vs dividends
Both return cash to shareholders. They differ in tax, flexibility, signalling and who ends up owning the company. Here is how to think about the trade-off.
7 min read 04How to evaluate a buyback programme
An eight-point checklist for judging whether a company's repurchases are creating value or quietly destroying it, with the numbers to look for on each company page.
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Repurchase figures are taken from company cash-flow statements as reported, summed over the latest four quarters where available and otherwise the latest fiscal year. Non-USD amounts use spot rates from October 10, 2026. Dataset generated October 10, 2026.