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 16 of 134 companies in Netherlands, sorted by buybacks (latest 12 months).

#	Company	Sector
1	Shell PLC SHELLASNL	Energy	$14.1B TTM	4.9%	7.8%	$67.9B	Share count change −27.2%
2	Prosus N.V. PRXASNL	Consumer Cyclical	$7.39B TTM	8.8%	9.4%	$38.6B	Share count change −75.1%
3	ASML Holding N.V. ASMLASNL	Technology	$4.43B €3.95B · TTM	0.6%	1.1%	$23.1B	Share count change −4.8%
4	ING Groep NV INGAASNL	Financial Services	$4.15B €3.71B · FY2025	4.4%	9.1%	$16.1B	Share count change −24.0%
5	Unilever PLC UNAASNL	Consumer Defensive	$1.76B €1.57B · TTM	1.3%	5.0%	$10.1B	Share count change −15.8%
6	Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV ADASNL	Consumer Defensive	$1.28B €1.15B · TTM	4.1%	8.0%	$5.60B	Share count change −8.0%
7	EXO Exor N.V. EXOASNL	Financial Services	$1.12B €1.00B · FY2025	4.4%	4.8%	$1.76B	Share count change −3.3%
8	Heineken HEIAASNL	Consumer Defensive	$1.01B €899M · TTM	2.3%	5.5%	−$110M	Share count change −4.8%
9	Wolters Kluwer N.V. WKLASNL	Industrials	$899M €802M · TTM	4.8%	8.2%	$5.05B	Share count change −13.7%
10	Aegon NV AGNASNL	Financial Services	$700M €625M · TTM	5.7%	11.5%	$3.78B	Share count change −38.6%
11	NN Group NV NNASNL	Financial Services	$332M €296M · TTM	1.5%	7.3%	$3.80B	Share count change −15.2%
12	ASR Nederland NV ASRNLASNL	Financial Services	$327M €292M · TTM	2.0%	6.8%	$554M	Share count change +38.2%
13	ABN Amro Group NV ABNASNL	Financial Services	$280M €250M · FY2025	0.8%	4.0%	$1.96B	Share count change −17.1%
14	Koninklijke KPN NV KPNASNL	Communication Services	$280M €250M · FY2025	1.7%	6.3%	$1.40B	Share count change −8.7%
15	Koninklijke Philips NV PHIAASNL	Healthcare	$0 €0 · FY2025	0.0%	1.5%	$3.25B	Share count change +8.3%
16	Akzo Nobel NV AKZAASNL	Basic Materials	— — · FY2025	—	3.4%	$2.23B	Share count change −3.5%

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.