Buyback yield (TTM)
N/A
Shareholder yield (TTM)
N/A
5Y share count change
6.1%
Buyback spend (TTM)
N/A
Cumulative buybacks
$7.84B
Key takeaways
- Diluted share count is up 6.1% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Amazon (AMZN)
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 Amazon (AMZN)
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 Amazon (AMZN)
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 Amazon (AMZN)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
The 2025 reading of Amazon (AMZN) buyback spend is $0.00.
Amazon buyback spend peaked at $6.00B in 2022; the latest annual figure is $0.00 in 2025 (100.0% below peak).
The record annual buyback spend stands at $6.00B, reached in 2022; the historical low of $0.00 was recorded in 1996.
Amazon Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
Amazon buyback spend in 2025 was $0.00.
Amazon Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
Amazon buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00.
Amazon Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
In 2023, Amazon reported buyback spend of $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2022.
Amazon Buyback Spend 2022: $6.00B
Amazon buyback spend in 2022 was $6.00B.
Amazon Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Amazon buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Amazon (AMZN).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $19.47B | −$19.47B | — | 10.83B | +1.0% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $22.01B | −$22.01B | — | 10.72B | +2.2% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $24.02B | −$24.02B | — | 10.49B | +3.0% | |
| 2022 | $6.00B | $19.62B | −$13.62B | 0.70% | 10.19B | -1.1% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $12.76B | −$12.76B | — | 10.30B | +1.0% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $9.21B | −$9.21B | — | 10.20B | +1.2% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $6.86B | −$6.86B | — | 10.08B | +0.8% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $5.42B | −$5.42B | — | 10.00B | +1.4% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $4.21B | −$4.21B | — | 9.86B | +1.9% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $2.98B | −$2.98B | — | 9.68B | +1.5% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $2.12B | −$2.12B | — | 9.54B | +3.2% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $1.50B | −$1.50B | — | 9.24B | -0.6% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $1.13B | −$1.13B | — | 9.30B | +2.6% | |
| 2012 | $960.00M | $833.00M | $127.00M | 0.84% | 9.06B | -1.7% | |
| 2011 | $277.00M | $557.00M | −$280.00M | 0.35% | 9.22B | +1.1% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $424.00M | −$424.00M | — | 9.12B | +3.2% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $341.00M | −$341.00M | — | 8.84B | +2.3% | |
| 2008 | $100.00M | $275.00M | −$175.00M | 0.46% | 8.64B | +1.9% | |
| 2007 | $248.00M | $185.00M | $63.00M | 0.64% | 8.48B | 0.0% | |
| 2006 | $252.00M | $101.00M | $151.00M | 1.55% | 8.48B | -0.5% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $87.00M | −$87.00M | — | 8.52B | +0.2% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $58.00M | −$58.00M | — | 8.50B | +1.4% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $88.00M | −$88.00M | — | 8.38B | +10.7% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $68.93M | −$68.93M | — | 7.57B | +3.9% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $4.64M | −$4.64M | — | 7.28B | +3.8% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $24.80M | −$24.80M | — | 7.02B | +7.4% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $30.62M | −$30.62M | — | 6.54B | +10.3% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $2.39M | −$2.39M | — | 5.93B | +13.7% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $1.35M | −$1.35M | — | 5.21B | +49.0% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 3.50B | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$6.00B
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$960.00M
- 2011$277.00M
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$100.00M
- 2007$248.00M
- 2006$252.00M
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Amazon (AMZN)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.00×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Amazon (AMZN)
How Amazon splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Amazon, 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 $0.00 (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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