Apple’s (AAPL -0.06%) stock buybacks
- 12-month stock buyback (as of March 31, 2025): $106.880 billion
- 12-month stock buyback as a percentage of market cap (as of March 31, 2025): 3.2%
- 5-year stock buybacks: $459.378 billion
- 10-year stock buybacks: $735.413 billion
Apple is one of the largest companies by market cap, and it consistently repurchases more stock than any other company. Over the last 12 months, it was responsible for more than 10% of all stock buybacks among companies in the S&P 500.
Alphabet's (GOOG +0.16%) (GOOGL +0.11%) stock buybacks
- 12-month stock buybacks (as of March 31, 2025): $61.594 billion
- 12-month stock buyback as a percentage of market cap (as of March 31, 2025): 3.2%
- 5-year stock buybacks: $271.017 billion
- 10-year stock buybacks: $317.303 billion
Alphabet, which owns Google, has repurchased more than $15 billion in shares every quarter for over a year. In April 2025, its board of directors authorized up to $70 billion in stock repurchases.
Nvidia's (NVDA -3.68%) stock buybacks
- 12-month stock buybacks (as of March 31, 2025): $46.771 billion
- 12-month stock buyback as a percentage of market cap (as of March 31, 2025): 1.8%
- 5-year stock buybacks: $82.717 billion
- 10-year stock buybacks: $89.071 billion
Nvidia has ridden the artificial intelligence (AI) wave to become the most valuable company in the world and the first to reach a market cap of $4 trillion. Its stock buyback rate is lower than most of the top 10, possibly because of how quickly its share price has risen.
Meta Platforms (META -2.71%) stock buybacks
- 12-month stock buybacks (as of March 31, 2025): $43.362 billion
- 12-month stock buyback as a percentage of market cap (as of March 31, 2025): 3.0%
- 5-year stock buybacks: $177.817 billion
- 10-year stock buybacks: $207.611 billion
Meta is the company that owns Facebook, and it spent over $17 billion on stock buybacks in the first quarter of 2025. Its buyback numbers have fluctuated quite a bit from quarter to quarter -- it only repurchased $3.9 billion in shares during the last three months of 2024.
JPMorgan Chase's (JPM +0.56%) stock buybacks
- 12-month stock buybacks (as of March 31, 2025): $23.526 billion
- 12-month stock buyback as a percentage of market cap (as of March 31, 2025): 3.4%
- 5-year stock buybacks: $57.752 billion
- 10-year stock buybacks: $136.461 billion
JPMorgan Chase has been ramping up its stock buybacks. In July 2025, its board authorized a share repurchase program of $50 billion, up from the $30 billion it approved in 2024.
Exxon Mobil's (XOM +0.69%) stock buybacks
- 12-month stock buybacks (as of March 31, 2025): $21.422 billion
- 12-month stock buyback as a percentage of market cap (as of March 31, 2025): 4.2%
- 5-year stock buybacks: $57.591 billion
- 10-year stock buybacks: $63.099 billion
One of the leading oil companies, Exxon Mobil has also been a leader in stock buybacks with a target of $20 billion per year through 2026.
Visa's (V -0.91%) stock buybacks
- 12-month stock buybacks (as of March 31, 2025): $19.251 billion
- 12-month stock buyback as a percentage of market cap (as of March 31, 2025): 2.8%
- 5-year stock buybacks: $61.146 billion
- 10-year stock buybacks: $98.081 billion
Visa has a dominant share of the payment processing market, with $13.2 trillion in payments volume during 2024. In recent years, it has bet big on its growth prospects by repurchasing its stock. In April 2025, the board authorized buybacks of $30 billion spread over multiple years.
Microsoft's (MSFT -1.99%) stock buybacks
- 12-month stock buybacks (as of March 31, 2025): $18.084 billion
- 12-month stock buyback as a percentage of market cap (as of March 31, 2025): 0.6%
- 5-year stock buybacks: $119.245 billion
- 10-year stock buybacks: $198.722 billion
Microsoft hasn't bought back as much of its shares as some of its tech rivals. However, that could change in the near future, as its board of directors has authorized up to $60 billion in share repurchases.
Wells Fargo's (WFC -1.05%) stock buybacks
- 12-month stock buybacks (as of March 31, 2025): $16.947 billion
- 12-month stock buyback as a percentage of market cap (as of March 31, 2025): 7.2%
- 5-year stock buybacks: $55.834 billion
- 10-year stock buybacks: $130.362 billion
Wells Fargo has slowed down its stock buybacks, from $6.0 billion in the first quarter of 2024 to $3.5 billion a year later. However, in April 2025, it announced board approval of a $40 billion stock repurchase program.
Chevron's (CVX +0.18%) stock buybacks
- 12-month stock buybacks (as of March 31, 2025): $15.852 billion
- 12-month stock buyback as a percentage of market cap (as of March 31, 2025): 5.4%
- 5-year stock buybacks: $42.842 billion
- 10-year stock buybacks: $48.962 billion
Chevron has been paying out quite a bit of money to shareholders lately, with a high stock buyback rate and a dividend yield above 4%.
Which sectors make the largest stock buybacks?
The sectors with the largest stock buybacks are the information technology, financial, communication services, healthcare, and industrial sectors. Here's a closer look at share buyback numbers in each of them.
