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 9 of 134 companies · Communication Services, sorted by buybacks (latest 12 months).

#	Company	Sector
1	Alphabet Inc Class A GOOGLNASDAQ	Communication Services	$32.1B TTM	0.7%	1.0%	$279B	Share count change −8.5%
2	T-Mobile US Inc TMUSNASDAQ	Communication Services	$12.1B TTM	7.6%	10.3%	$37.6B	Share count change −13.7%
3	Meta Platforms Inc. METANASDAQ	Communication Services	$12.0B TTM	0.7%	0.9%	$149B	Share count change −8.3%
4	Netflix Inc NFLXNASDAQ	Communication Services	$9.92B TTM	3.4%	3.4%	$22.0B	Share count change −6.5%
5	Walt Disney Company DISNYSE	Communication Services	$8.25B TTM	4.4%	5.6%	$5.88B	Share count change −4.6%
6	Comcast Corp CMCSANASDAQ	Communication Services	$5.60B TTM	7.6%	14.3%	$45.5B	Share count change −22.6%
7	Applovin Corp APPNASDAQ	Communication Services	$2.45B TTM	2.6%	2.6%	$4.66B	Share count change −1.4%
8	Deutsche Telekom AG DTEXETRAEU	Communication Services	$2.36B €2.11B · TTM	1.8%	7.6%	$4.45B	Share count change +0.3%
9	Koninklijke KPN NV KPNASNL	Communication Services	$280M €250M · FY2025	1.7%	6.3%	$1.40B	Share count change −8.7%

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.