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 10 of 134 companies · Consumer Defensive, sorted by buybacks (latest 12 months).

#	Company	Sector
1	Walmart Inc. WMTNASDAQ	Consumer Defensive	$6.99B TTM	0.8%	1.7%	$35.1B	Share count change −4.9%
2	Procter & Gamble Company PGNYSE	Consumer Defensive	$5.03B TTM	1.4%	4.3%	$33.9B	Share count change −4.8%
3	British American Tobacco PLC BATSLSEEU	Consumer Defensive	$1.87B £1.41B · TTM	—	—	$5.62B	Share count change −5.3%
4	Unilever PLC UNAASNL	Consumer Defensive	$1.76B €1.57B · TTM	1.3%	5.0%	$10.1B	Share count change −15.8%
5	Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV ADASNL	Consumer Defensive	$1.28B €1.15B · TTM	4.1%	8.0%	$5.60B	Share count change −8.0%
6	Heineken HEIAASNL	Consumer Defensive	$1.01B €899M · TTM	2.3%	5.5%	−$110M	Share count change −4.8%
7	Mondelez International Inc MDLZNASDAQ	Consumer Defensive	$944M TTM	1.2%	4.5%	$10.4B	Share count change −8.0%
8	Altria Group MONYSE	Consumer Defensive	$903M TTM	0.8%	6.5%	$8.90B	Share count change −8.7%
9	Nestle S.A. NESNSWEU	Consumer Defensive	$153M CHF 127M · TTM	0.1%	8.2%	$33.0B	Share count change −7.6%
10	Philip Morris International Inc PMNYSE	Consumer Defensive	— FY2025	—	2.8%	$984M	Share count change +0.4%

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.