Buyback yield (TTM)
5.57%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
5.57%
5Y share count change
4.9%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$4.21B
Cumulative buybacks
$10.97B
Key takeaways
- Airbnb (ABNB) repurchased about $4.21B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 4.9% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 2.56× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- TTM repurchases used about 92% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Airbnb (ABNB)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Airbnb (ABNB)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Airbnb (ABNB)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Airbnb (ABNB)
Latest: $3.79B
Overview
Airbnb (ABNB) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $3.79B (2025) – grew 10.5% year-over-year.
The highest annual buyback spend of $3.79B was reported in 2025. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2017.
Airbnb Buyback Spend 2025: $3.79B
2025's buyback spend for Airbnb came in at $3.79B, grew 10.5% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Airbnb Buyback Spend 2024: $3.43B
Airbnb posted buyback spend of $3.43B in 2024, surged 52.3% from 2023.
Airbnb Buyback Spend 2023: $2.25B
In 2023, Airbnb reported buyback spend of $2.25B, surged 50.1% from 2022.
Airbnb Buyback Spend 2022: $1.50B
Airbnb buyback spend in 2022 was $1.50B.
Airbnb Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Airbnb buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Airbnb (ABNB).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $3.79B | $1.59B | $2.20B | 4.55% | 0.62B | -3.4% | |
| 2024 | $3.43B | $1.41B | $2.02B | 4.19% | 0.65B | -2.6% | |
| 2023 | $2.25B | $1.12B | $1.13B | 2.59% | 0.66B | -2.6% | |
| 2022 | $1.50B | $930.00M | $570.00M | 2.77% | 0.68B | +10.4% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.62B | +3.7% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $3.00B | −$3.00B | — | 0.59B | +11.9% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $97.55M | −$97.55M | — | 0.53B | 0.0% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $53.89M | −$53.89M | — | 0.53B | +1.8% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $38.36M | −$38.36M | — | 0.52B | — |
- 2025$3.79B
- 2024$3.43B
- 2023$2.25B
- 2022$1.50B
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Airbnb (ABNB)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 2.56×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Airbnb (ABNB)
How Airbnb splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Airbnb, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $6.44B | |
| $2.52B | |
| $2.06B | |
| $1.10B | |
| $211.00M | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $6.44B
- $2.52B
- $2.06B
- $1.10B
- $211.00M
- $0.00
- $0.00
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $4.55B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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