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Buybacks for Arm (ARM)

TTM repurchases $287.00M · 5Y diluted share change +4.1% · SBC coverage 0.27×.

Analysis
Capital Return

Buyback yield (TTM)

0.18%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

0.18%

5Y share count change

4.1%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$287.00M

Key takeaways

  • Arm (ARM) repurchased about $287.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is up 4.1% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.27× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
  • TTM repurchases used about 30% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Arm (ARM)

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 Arm (ARM)

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 Arm (ARM)

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 Arm (ARM)

Latest: $0.00

Overview

In 2026, Arm (ARM) buyback spend totalled $0.00.

Arm Buyback Spend 2026: $0.00

Arm buyback spend in 2026 was $0.00.

Arm Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00

Arm buyback spend in 2025 was $0.00.

Arm Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00

Arm buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00.

Arm Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00

Arm buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.

Arm Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00

Arm buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.

See more financial history for Arm (ARM).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.

  • 2026$0.00
  • 2025$0.00
  • 2024$0.00
  • 2023$0.00
  • 2022$0.00
  • 2021$0.00

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Arm (ARM)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.27×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Arm (ARM)

How Arm splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Arm, ranked by their latest buyback spend.

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.

TTM buybacks vs headroom (FCF − dividends, TTM)30% of headroom

Headroom $951.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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