Buyback yield (TTM)
N/A
Shareholder yield (TTM)
9.21%
5Y share count change
34.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
N/A
Cumulative buybacks
$1.78B
Key takeaways
- Diluted share count is up 34.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM repurchases used about 0% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE)
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 Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE)
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 Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE)
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 Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE)
Latest: $208.19M
Overview
The 2025 reading of Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) buyback spend is $208.19M – surged 315.5% year-over-year.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities buyback spend plunged from $1.10B in 2008 to $208.19M in 2025, a 81.1% drawdown.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $1.10B in 2008 and its low of $0.00 in 1996.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Buyback Spend 2025: $208.19M
2025's buyback spend for Alexandria Real Estate Equities came in at $208.19M, surged 315.5% from 2024.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Buyback Spend 2024: $50.11M
Alexandria Real Estate Equities buyback spend in 2024 was $50.11M.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
Alexandria Real Estate Equities buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
Alexandria Real Estate Equities buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Alexandria Real Estate Equities buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $208.19M | $41.12M | $167.07M | 2.50% | 0.17B | -1.0% | |
| 2024 | $50.11M | $59.63M | −$9.53M | 0.30% | 0.17B | +0.7% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $82.86M | −$82.86M | — | 0.17B | +5.7% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $57.74M | −$57.74M | — | 0.16B | +9.6% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $48.67M | −$48.67M | — | 0.15B | +16.6% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $43.50M | −$43.50M | — | 0.13B | +12.4% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $43.64M | −$43.64M | — | 0.11B | +8.9% | |
| 2018 | $13.98M | $35.02M | −$21.04M | 0.12% | 0.10B | +12.2% | |
| 2017 | $148.28M | $25.61M | $122.67M | 1.14% | 0.09B | +21.0% | |
| 2016 | $206.83M | $25.43M | $181.39M | 2.11% | 0.08B | +6.4% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $17.51M | −$17.51M | — | 0.07B | +0.5% | |
| 2014 | $14.41M | $14.00M | $418.00K | 0.23% | 0.07B | +4.6% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $15.55M | −$15.55M | — | 0.07B | +9.5% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $14.16M | −$14.16M | — | 0.06B | +5.2% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $11.76M | −$11.76M | — | 0.06B | +22.0% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $10.82M | −$10.82M | — | 0.05B | +25.4% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $14.05M | −$14.05M | — | 0.04B | +21.0% | |
| 2008 | $1.10B | $13.68M | $1.09B | 56.21% | 0.03B | +6.3% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $11.18M | −$11.18M | — | 0.03B | +17.8% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.03B | +19.6% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +4.3% | |
| 2004 | $38.59M | $0.00 | $38.59M | 2.66% | 0.02B | +6.1% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +7.8% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +10.2% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +10.3% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +7.5% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +11.1% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +52.4% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +121.7% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.00B | — |
- 2025$208.19M
- 2024$50.11M
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$13.98M
- 2017$148.28M
- 2016$206.83M
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$14.41M
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$1.10B
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$38.59M
- 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 Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE)
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 Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE)
How Alexandria Real Estate Equities splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Alexandria Real Estate Equities, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
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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 $597.51M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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