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 4 of 134 companies · Basic Materials, sorted by buybacks (latest 12 months).

#	Company	Sector
1	Linde plc Ordinary Shares LINNASDAQ	Basic Materials	$4.06B TTM	1.8%	3.1%	$22.8B	Share count change −10.0%
2	Glencore PLC GLENLSEEU	Basic Materials	$892M TTM	—	—	$9.18B	Share count change −10.2%
3	Akzo Nobel NV AKZAASNL	Basic Materials	— — · FY2025	—	3.4%	$2.23B	Share count change −3.5%
4	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.