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Akzo Nobel NV

AKZA#130 of 134 by buybacks

AS · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · Netherlands

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Buybacks · FY2025—≈ — · reported in EUR
Buyback yield—repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · FY2025€339Mdividend yield 3.4%
Shareholder yield3.4%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−3.5%171M shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flown/anot meaningful for this company
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in EUR. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 3.5% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in EUR. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in EUR. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025—€339M€606M
FY2024Dec 2024€0€385M€362M
FY2023Dec 2023€182M€343M€834M
FY2022Dec 2022€669M€350M−€29.0M
FY2021Dec 2021€1.14B€364M€317M
FY2020Dec 2020€555M€366M€962M
FY2019Dec 2019€4.52B€1.42B−€181M

About Akzo Nobel NV

Akzo Nobel N.V. produces and sells paints and coatings worldwide. It operates through Decorative Paints and Performance Coatings segments. The company offers decorative paints, including paints, enamels, varnishes, and surface preparation products; and a range of mixing machines, color concepts and advice, and training for applicators. It also provides performance coatings that produces engineered coatings designed to deliver functional properties, such as corrosion and fouling control, anti-scratch performance, an…

Market cap
€9.89B
P/E (trailing)
15.6×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
NL0013267909
Reporting currency
EUR
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026