Stock Buybacks (Quarterly) Chart

Historical Stock Buybacks (Quarterly) Data

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Date Value
December 31, 2020 1.216B
September 30, 2020 -708.64M
June 30, 2020 708.64M
March 31, 2020
Date Value
December 31, 2019 659.73M
September 30, 2019 -260.04M
June 30, 2019 260.04M

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

-708.64M
Minimum
Sep 2020
1.216B
Maximum
Dec 2020
312.63M
Average
459.89M
Median

Stock Buybacks (Quarterly) Benchmarks