Buyback yield (TTM)
12.30%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
14.14%
5Y share count change
-42.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$455.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$6.13B
Key takeaways
- Assured Guaranty (AGO) repurchased about $455.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 42.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 75.83× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +2.3% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 155% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Assured Guaranty (AGO)
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 Assured Guaranty (AGO)
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 Assured Guaranty (AGO)
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 Assured Guaranty (AGO)
Latest: $500.00M
Overview
In 2025, Assured Guaranty (AGO) buyback spend totalled $500.00M – edged down 0.4% year-over-year.
Assured Guaranty buyback spend has grown on net over the period, with a +2.3% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Assured Guaranty buyback spend declined from $590.00M in 2014 to $500.00M in 2025, a 15.3% drawdown.
The record annual buyback spend stands at $590.00M, reached in 2014; the historical low of $0.00 was recorded in 2003.
Assured Guaranty Buyback Spend 2025: $500.00M
2025's buyback spend for Assured Guaranty came in at $500.00M, edged down 0.4% below 2024.
Assured Guaranty Buyback Spend 2024: $502.00M
Assured Guaranty posted buyback spend of $502.00M in 2024, surged 152.3% from 2023.
Assured Guaranty Buyback Spend 2023: $199.00M
In 2023, Assured Guaranty reported buyback spend of $199.00M, plunged 60.2% below 2022.
Assured Guaranty Buyback Spend 2022: $500.00M
Assured Guaranty buyback spend in 2022 was $500.00M, edged up 0.8% from 2021.
Assured Guaranty Buyback Spend 2021: $496.00M
Assured Guaranty buyback spend in 2021 was $496.00M.
See more financial history for Assured Guaranty (AGO).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $500.00M | $34.00M | $466.00M | 11.38% | 0.05B | -9.0% | |
| 2024 | $502.00M | $0.00 | $502.00M | 11.04% | 0.05B | -8.9% | |
| 2023 | $199.00M | $0.00 | $199.00M | 4.67% | 0.06B | -6.7% | |
| 2022 | $500.00M | $39.00M | $461.00M | 13.43% | 0.06B | -14.0% | |
| 2021 | $496.00M | $27.00M | $469.00M | 14.63% | 0.07B | -13.8% | |
| 2020 | $446.00M | $25.00M | $421.00M | 18.47% | 0.09B | -14.0% | |
| 2019 | $500.00M | $21.00M | $479.00M | 10.94% | 0.10B | -10.0% | |
| 2018 | $500.00M | $19.00M | $481.00M | 12.42% | 0.11B | -9.0% | |
| 2017 | $501.00M | $16.00M | $485.00M | 12.63% | 0.12B | -8.8% | |
| 2016 | $308.00M | $13.00M | $295.00M | 6.27% | 0.13B | -10.0% | |
| 2015 | $562.00M | $10.00M | $552.00M | 15.13% | 0.15B | -14.2% | |
| 2014 | $590.00M | $10.00M | $580.00M | 14.07% | 0.17B | -7.5% | |
| 2013 | $264.00M | $8.00M | $256.00M | 6.15% | 0.19B | -1.6% | |
| 2012 | $24.00M | $7.00M | $17.00M | 0.87% | 0.19B | +2.8% | |
| 2011 | $23.00M | $0.00 | $23.00M | 0.96% | 0.19B | -1.8% | |
| 2010 | $10.00M | $0.00 | $10.00M | 0.31% | 0.19B | +46.3% | |
| 2009 | $3.68M | $0.00 | $3.68M | 0.09% | 0.13B | +46.6% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.09B | +29.4% | |
| 2007 | $9.35M | $0.00 | $9.35M | 0.44% | 0.07B | -8.4% | |
| 2006 | $171.06M | $0.00 | $171.06M | 9.58% | 0.07B | -0.3% | |
| 2005 | $19.01M | $0.00 | $19.01M | 1.02% | 0.07B | -0.6% | |
| 2004 | $5.99M | $0.00 | $5.99M | 0.41% | 0.07B | -0.1% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | — |
- 2025$500.00M
- 2024$502.00M
- 2023$199.00M
- 2022$500.00M
- 2021$496.00M
- 2020$446.00M
- 2019$500.00M
- 2018$500.00M
- 2017$501.00M
- 2016$308.00M
- 2015$562.00M
- 2014$590.00M
- 2013$264.00M
- 2012$24.00M
- 2011$23.00M
- 2010$10.00M
- 2009$3.68M
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$9.35M
- 2006$171.06M
- 2005$19.01M
- 2004$5.99M
- 2003$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Assured Guaranty (AGO)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 75.83×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Assured Guaranty (AGO)
How Assured Guaranty splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Assured Guaranty, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.59B | |
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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 $294.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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