Rankings

Share buybacks, ranked

134 large listed companies across the United States, the Netherlands and Europe. Figures are from company cash-flow statements, latest period ending Aug 2026, converted to US dollars for comparison.

Showing 31 of 134 companies in Europe, sorted by buybacks (latest 12 months).

#	Company	Sector
1	BNP Paribas SA BNPPAEU	Financial Services	$15.0B €13.3B · FY2025	13.5%	16.5%	$39.9B	Share count change −11.0%
2	Equinor ASA EQNROLEU	Energy	$11.8B TTM	11.4%	21.6%	$21.2B	Share count change −16.7%
3	HSBC Holdings PLC HSBALSEEU	Financial Services	$9.09B FY2025	—	—	$37.6B	Share count change −14.4%
4	Novartis AG NOVNSWEU	Healthcare	$6.76B TTM	2.5%	5.9%	$40.4B	Share count change −15.0%
5	TotalEnergies SE TTEPAEU	Energy	$6.09B TTM	3.1%	7.5%	$34.7B	Share count change −15.3%
6	SAP SE SAPXETRAEU	Technology	$5.42B €4.84B · TTM	2.2%	6.0%	$4.11B	Share count change −1.8%
7	London Stock Exchange Group PLC LSEGLSEEU	Financial Services	$5.18B £3.92B · TTM	—	—	$6.45B	Share count change −10.9%
8	Banco Santander S.A. SANMCEU	Financial Services	$4.57B €4.08B · FY2025	2.3%	4.3%	$17.6B	Share count change −15.2%
9	UBS Group AG UBSGSWEU	Financial Services	$4.11B FY2025	2.8%	4.3%	$19.2B	Share count change −9.6%
10	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft SIEXETRAEU	Industrials	$3.89B €3.47B · TTM	1.7%	5.6%	$10.9B	Share count change −4.1%
11	NatWest Group PLC NWGLSEEU	Financial Services	$3.39B £2.56B · FY2025	—	—	$15.3B	Share count change −24.0%
12	BP PLC BPLSEEU	Energy	$3.32B TTM	—	—	$32.7B	Share count change −21.5%
13	Relx PLC RELLSEEU	Industrials	$3.06B £2.31B · TTM	—	—	$5.36B	Share count change −7.0%
14	Barclays PLC BARCLSEEU	Financial Services	$2.91B £2.20B · FY2025	—	—	$11.1B	Share count change −19.5%
15	Mercedes-Benz Group AG MBGXETRAEU	Consumer Cyclical	$2.40B €2.14B · TTM	5.7%	36.6%	$8.20B	Share count change −10.5%
16	Deutsche Telekom AG DTEXETRAEU	Communication Services	$2.36B €2.11B · TTM	1.8%	7.6%	$4.45B	Share count change +0.3%
17	LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton MCPAEU	Consumer Cyclical	$2.31B €2.06B · TTM	1.1%	4.7%	$6.40B	Share count change −1.8%
18	Lloyds Banking Group PLC LLOYLSEEU	Financial Services	$2.26B £1.71B · FY2025	—	—	$11.4B	Share count change −18.1%
19	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA BBVAMCEU	Financial Services	$2.24B €2.00B · FY2025	1.6%	4.9%	$10.9B	Share count change −15.8%
20	Allianz SE VNA O.N. ALVXETRAEU	Financial Services	$2.23B €1.99B · FY2025	1.3%	5.3%	$400M	Share count change −7.2%
21	Münchener Rück AG MUV2XETRAEU	Financial Services	$2.10B €1.88B · FY2025	2.8%	6.8%	$5.56B	Share count change −9.7%
22	British American Tobacco PLC BATSLSEEU	Consumer Defensive	$1.87B £1.41B · TTM	—	—	$5.62B	Share count change −5.3%
23	Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft BMWXETRAEU	Consumer Cyclical	$1.41B €1.25B · FY2025	3.9%	12.2%	−$246B	Share count change −8.8%
24	Roche Holding AG ROGSWEU	Healthcare	$1.19B CHF 987M · FY2025	0.4%	3.7%	$28.3B	Share count change −7.0%
25	Glencore PLC GLENLSEEU	Basic Materials	$892M TTM	—	—	$9.18B	Share count change −10.2%
26	Novo Nordisk A/S NOVO-BCOEU	Healthcare	$884M DKK 5.90B · TTM	0.5%	5.1%	$14.2B	Share count change −3.2%
27	Zurich Insurance Group AG ZURNSWEU	Financial Services	$667M TTM	0.6%	9.2%	$5.03B	Share count change −1.3%
28	Nestle S.A. NESNSWEU	Consumer Defensive	$153M CHF 127M · TTM	0.1%	8.2%	$33.0B	Share count change −7.6%
29	Stellantis NV STLAPPAEU	Consumer Cyclical	−$54.9M −€49.0M · FY2025	−0.4%	16.4%	$6.80B	Share count change −6.9%
30	Industria de Diseno Textil SA ITXMCEU	Consumer Cyclical	— — · FY2026	—	3.1%	$148M	Share count change +0.1%
31	Rio Tinto PLC RIOLSEEU	Basic Materials	— FY2025	—	—	$0	Share count change +0.7%

Buybacks is cash spent on repurchases in the latest four reported quarters when all four are available and non-negative, otherwise the latest fiscal year (labelled FY). A negative value means the company issued more shares than it bought.

Buyback yield divides that figure by today's market capitalisation. Shares 5-yr compares the latest reported share count with the count roughly five years earlier. Dataset generated October 10, 2026.