Buyback yield (TTM)
1.41%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
4.53%
5Y share count change
-16.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$172.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$16.54B
Key takeaways
- Ally Financial (ALLY) repurchased about $172.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 16.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -11.1% per year over the latest 5-year window.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Ally Financial (ALLY)
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 Ally Financial (ALLY)
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 Ally Financial (ALLY)
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 Ally Financial (ALLY)
Latest: $59.00M
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for Ally Financial (ALLY) came in at $59.00M – surged 55.3% year-over-year.
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Ally Financial buyback spend compounded at -11.1% per year, sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
Between 2013 and 2025, Ally Financial buyback spend plunged 99.0%, falling from $5.92B to $59.00M.
$5.92B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2013, against a low of $0.00 during 1998.
Ally Financial Buyback Spend 2025: $59.00M
Ally Financial posted buyback spend of $59.00M in 2025, surged 55.3% from 2024.
Ally Financial Buyback Spend 2024: $38.00M
In 2024, Ally Financial reported buyback spend of $38.00M, grew 15.2% from 2023.
Ally Financial Buyback Spend 2023: $33.00M
Ally Financial buyback spend in 2023 was $33.00M, plunged 98.0% below 2022.
Ally Financial Buyback Spend 2022: $1.65B
2022's buyback spend for Ally Financial came in at $1.65B, declined 17.3% below 2021.
Ally Financial Buyback Spend 2021: $1.99B
Ally Financial buyback spend in 2021 was $1.99B.
See more financial history for Ally Financial (ALLY).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $59.00M | $0.00 | $59.00M | 0.42% | 0.31B | +1.3% | |
| 2024 | $38.00M | $0.00 | $38.00M | 0.34% | 0.31B | +1.6% | |
| 2023 | $33.00M | $0.00 | $33.00M | 0.31% | 0.31B | -4.2% | |
| 2022 | $1.65B | $0.00 | $1.65B | 22.40% | 0.32B | -12.7% | |
| 2021 | $1.99B | $0.00 | $1.99B | 12.11% | 0.37B | -3.2% | |
| 2020 | $106.00M | $0.00 | $106.00M | 0.79% | 0.38B | -4.6% | |
| 2019 | $1.04B | $0.00 | $1.04B | 8.96% | 0.40B | -7.5% | |
| 2018 | $939.00M | $0.00 | $939.00M | 10.01% | 0.43B | -6.1% | |
| 2017 | $753.00M | $0.00 | $753.00M | 5.80% | 0.46B | -5.6% | |
| 2016 | $1.04B | $0.00 | $1.04B | 11.54% | 0.48B | -0.1% | |
| 2015 | $16.00M | $0.00 | $16.00M | 0.18% | 0.48B | -0.0% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.48B | +0.7% | |
| 2013 | $5.92B | $0.00 | $5.92B | 47.55% | 0.48B | +16.3% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.41B | -14.0% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.48B | +93.3% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.25B | +0.2% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.25B | 0.0% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.25B | 0.0% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.25B | 0.0% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.25B | 0.0% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.25B | 0.0% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.25B | 0.0% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.25B | +50.9% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.16B | 0.0% | |
| 2001 | $500.00M | $0.00 | $500.00M | — | 0.16B | 0.0% | |
| 2000 | $2.45B | $0.00 | $2.45B | — | 0.16B | 0.0% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.16B | 0.0% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.16B | — |
- 2025$59.00M
- 2024$38.00M
- 2023$33.00M
- 2022$1.65B
- 2021$1.99B
- 2020$106.00M
- 2019$1.04B
- 2018$939.00M
- 2017$753.00M
- 2016$1.04B
- 2015$16.00M
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$5.92B
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$500.00M
- 2000$2.45B
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Ally Financial (ALLY)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: N/A.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Ally Financial (ALLY)
How Ally Financial splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Ally Financial, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.59B | |
| $24.10B | |
| $19.52B | |
| $13.39B | |
| $12.36B | |
| $11.73B | |
| $5.83B | |
| $0.00 |
- $34.59B
- $24.10B
- $19.52B
- $13.39B
- $12.36B
- $11.73B
- $5.83B
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 $0.00 (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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