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Buybacks for Baker Hughes (BKR)

TTM repurchases $196.00M · 5Y diluted share change +47.3% · SBC coverage 0.99×.

Analysis

Buyback yield (TTM)

0.32%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

1.83%

5Y share count change

47.3%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$196.00M

Key takeaways

  • Baker Hughes (BKR) repurchased about $196.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is up 47.3% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.99× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
  • TTM repurchases used about 14% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Baker Hughes (BKR)

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 Baker Hughes (BKR)

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 Baker Hughes (BKR)

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 Baker Hughes (BKR)

Latest: $384.00M

Overview

Baker Hughes (BKR) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $384.00M (2025) – declined 20.7% year-over-year.

Baker Hughes buyback spend peaked at $2.49B in 2018; the latest annual figure is $384.00M in 2025 (84.6% below peak).

2018 marks the peak buyback spend at $2.49B, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2014.

Baker Hughes Buyback Spend 2025: $384.00M

Baker Hughes buyback spend in 2025 was $384.00M, declined 20.7% below 2024.

Baker Hughes Buyback Spend 2024: $484.00M

2024's buyback spend for Baker Hughes came in at $484.00M, declined 10.0% below 2023.

Baker Hughes Buyback Spend 2023: $538.00M

Baker Hughes posted buyback spend of $538.00M in 2023, plunged 35.0% below 2022.

Baker Hughes Buyback Spend 2022: $828.00M

In 2022, Baker Hughes reported buyback spend of $828.00M, surged 90.8% from 2021.

Baker Hughes Buyback Spend 2021: $434.00M

Baker Hughes buyback spend in 2021 was $434.00M.

See more financial history for Baker Hughes (BKR).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

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

  • 2025$384.00M
  • 2024$484.00M
  • 2023$538.00M
  • 2022$828.00M
  • 2021$434.00M
  • 2020$0.00
  • 2019$250.00M
  • 2018$2.49B
  • 2017$477.00M
  • 2016$0.00
  • 2015$0.00
  • 2014$0.00

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Baker Hughes (BKR)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.99×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Baker Hughes (BKR)

How Baker Hughes splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Baker Hughes, 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)14% of headroom

Headroom $1.38B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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