Stock Buybacks (Quarterly) Chart

Historical Stock Buybacks (Quarterly) Data

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Date Value
December 31, 2023 2.488B
September 30, 2023 2.64B
June 30, 2023 3.099B
March 31, 2023 2.15B
December 31, 2022 2.343B
September 30, 2022 1.99B
June 30, 2022 1.239B
March 31, 2022 1.049B
December 31, 2021 4.00M
September 30, 2021 9.00M
June 30, 2021 13.00M
March 31, 2021 137.00M
December 31, 2020 4.00M
September 30, 2020 5.00M
June 30, 2020 13.00M
March 31, 2020 1.281B
December 31, 2019 1.347B
September 30, 2019 1.349B
June 30, 2019 2.718B
March 31, 2019 2.773B
December 31, 2018 1.861B
September 30, 2018 2.205B
June 30, 2018 1.187B
March 31, 2018 718.00M
December 31, 2017 704.90M
Date Value
September 30, 2017 567.85M
June 30, 2017 345.45M
March 31, 2017 209.80M
December 31, 2016 257.66M
September 30, 2016 233.78M
June 30, 2016 278.85M
March 31, 2016 241.72M
December 31, 2015 821.46M
September 30, 2015 1.281B
June 30, 2015 677.96M
March 31, 2015 308.62M
December 31, 2014 504.92M
September 30, 2014 148.13M
June 30, 2014 0.666M
March 31, 2014 96.66M
December 31, 2013 0.507M
September 30, 2013 459.72M
June 30, 2013 346.90M
March 31, 2013 76.38M
December 31, 2012 1.624M
September 30, 2012 0.229M
June 30, 2012 0.943M
March 31, 2012 254.22M
December 31, 2011 0.802M
September 30, 2011 3.678M

Stock Buyback Definition

Stock buybacks are when companies buy back their own stock, removing it from the marketplace. Stock buybacks increase the value of the remaining shares because there is now less common stock outstanding and company earnings are split among fewer shares.

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Stock Buybacks (Quarterly) Range, Past 5 Years

4.00M
Minimum
Dec 2020
3.099B
Maximum
Jun 2023
1.257B
Average
1.281B
Median
Mar 2020

Stock Buybacks (Quarterly) Benchmarks