Buyback yield (TTM)
N/A
Shareholder yield (TTM)
N/A
5Y share count change
7.1%
Buyback spend (TTM)
N/A
Cumulative buybacks
$3.66M
Key takeaways
- Diluted share count is up 7.1% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for AXT (AXTI)
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 AXT (AXTI)
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 AXT (AXTI)
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 AXT (AXTI)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
The 2025 reading of AXT (AXTI) buyback spend is $0.00.
Over 2015–2025 (10 years), AXT buyback spend expanded at a -100.0% compound annual rate, with a net decline across the window.
AXT buyback spend peaked at $2.29M in 2015; the latest annual figure is $0.00 in 2025 (100.0% below peak).
The record annual buyback spend stands at $2.29M, reached in 2015; the historical low of $0.00 was recorded in 1998.
AXT Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
AXT buyback spend in 2025 was $0.00.
AXT Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
AXT buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00.
AXT Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
AXT buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.
AXT Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
AXT buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
AXT Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
AXT buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for AXT (AXTI).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +1.8% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $3.10M | −$3.10M | — | 0.04B | +1.2% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $3.54M | −$3.54M | — | 0.04B | -0.2% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $4.01M | −$4.01M | — | 0.04B | -0.0% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $4.52M | −$4.52M | — | 0.04B | +4.1% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $2.62M | −$2.62M | — | 0.04B | +3.9% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $2.35M | −$2.35M | — | 0.04B | -1.9% | |
| 2018 | $415.00K | $1.93M | −$1.51M | 0.24% | 0.04B | +3.3% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $1.41M | −$1.41M | — | 0.04B | +18.5% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $1.10M | −$1.10M | — | 0.03B | +2.2% | |
| 2015 | $2.29M | $1.35M | $938.00K | 2.89% | 0.03B | -0.8% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $1.13M | −$1.13M | — | 0.03B | -0.8% | |
| 2013 | $716.00K | $1.28M | −$561.00K | 0.84% | 0.03B | -0.5% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $1.22M | −$1.22M | — | 0.03B | -0.6% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $896.00K | −$896.00K | — | 0.03B | +1.7% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $655.00K | −$655.00K | — | 0.03B | +6.6% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $766.00K | −$766.00K | — | 0.03B | +0.3% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $634.00K | −$634.00K | — | 0.03B | -3.0% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $498.00K | −$498.00K | — | 0.03B | +27.4% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $822.00K | −$822.00K | — | 0.02B | +6.7% | |
| 2005 | $246.00K | $192.00K | $54.00K | 0.50% | 0.02B | -0.1% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $6.00K | −$6.00K | — | 0.02B | +1.2% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $28.00K | −$28.00K | — | 0.02B | +1.6% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | -2.2% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $107.00K | −$107.00K | — | 0.02B | +8.9% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +6.5% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | +21.1% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$415.00K
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$2.29M
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$716.00K
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$246.00K
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for AXT (AXTI)
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 AXT (AXTI)
How AXT splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as AXT, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $90.71B | |
| $40.09B | |
| $18.42B | |
| $6.65B | |
| $6.31B | |
| $1.32B | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $90.71B
- $40.09B
- $18.42B
- $6.65B
- $6.31B
- $1.32B
- $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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