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Gilead Sciences Inc

GILD#97 of 134 by buybacks

NASDAQ · Healthcare · Drug Manufacturers - General · USA

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Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026$1.44Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield0.8%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026$4.07Bdividend yield 2.2%
Shareholder yield2.9%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−1.5%1.24B shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow11%payout incl. dividends 42%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 1.5% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

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

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025$1.92B$4.00B$9.46B
FY2024Dec 2024$1.15B$3.92B$10.3B
FY2023Dec 2023$1.00B$3.81B$7.42B
FY2022Dec 2022$1.40B$3.71B$8.34B
FY2021Dec 2021$546M$3.60B$10.8B
FY2020Dec 2020$1.58B$3.45B$7.52B
FY2019Dec 2019$1.75B$3.22B$8.32B

Repurchases in FY2025 were +67.1% versus the prior year.

About Gilead Sciences Inc

Gilead Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes medicines in the areas of unmet medical need in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company provides Biktarvy, Descovy, Genvoya, Odefsey, Sunlenca, Symtuza, and YeztugoFor the treatment of HIV-1 infection in patients. It also provides Epclusa, Livdelzi, and Vemlidy to treat chronic hepatitis C virus, primary biliary cholangitis, and chronic hepatitis B virus; Tecartus, a T-cell therapy for the treatment of ad…

Market cap
$187B
P/E (trailing)
—
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
US3755581036
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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