Buyback yield (TTM)
2.91%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
2.91%
5Y share count change
0.9%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$357.50M
Cumulative buybacks
$1.05B
Key takeaways
- Cooper Companies (COO) repurchased about $357.50M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is roughly flat (0.9%) over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are offsetting dilution but not shrinking the float.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +43.4% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 63% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Cooper Companies (COO)
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 Cooper Companies (COO)
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 Cooper Companies (COO)
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 Cooper Companies (COO)
Latest: $290.10M
Overview
In 2025, Cooper Companies (COO) buyback spend totalled $290.10M.
Cooper Companies buyback spend compound annual growth for the 2020–2025 (5 years) window is +43.4%, with mixed annual results across the window.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $290.10M in 2025 and its low of $0.00 in 1989.
Cooper Companies Buyback Spend 2025: $290.10M
Cooper Companies buyback spend in 2025 was $290.10M.
Cooper Companies Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
Cooper Companies buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00.
Cooper Companies Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
Cooper Companies buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2022.
Cooper Companies Buyback Spend 2022: $78.50M
2022's buyback spend for Cooper Companies came in at $78.50M, surged 216.5% from 2021.
Cooper Companies Buyback Spend 2021: $24.80M
Cooper Companies buyback spend in 2021 was $24.80M.
See more financial history for Cooper Companies (COO).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $290.10M | $0.00 | $290.10M | 2.09% | 0.20B | -0.2% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.20B | +0.6% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.20B | +0.2% | |
| 2022 | $78.50M | $0.00 | $78.50M | 0.58% | 0.20B | -0.3% | |
| 2021 | $24.80M | $0.00 | $24.80M | 0.12% | 0.20B | +0.6% | |
| 2020 | $47.80M | $0.00 | $47.80M | 0.31% | 0.20B | -1.0% | |
| 2019 | $156.10M | $35.10M | $121.00M | 1.09% | 0.20B | +0.7% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $43.20M | −$43.20M | — | 0.20B | +0.2% | |
| 2017 | $55.00M | $37.20M | $17.80M | 0.47% | 0.20B | +1.2% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.20B | -0.4% | |
| 2015 | $72.12M | $0.00 | $72.12M | 0.98% | 0.20B | +0.5% | |
| 2014 | $75.78M | $0.00 | $75.78M | 0.96% | 0.20B | -1.5% | |
| 2013 | $167.33M | $0.00 | $167.33M | 2.70% | 0.20B | +1.1% | |
| 2012 | $71.15M | $0.00 | $71.15M | 1.53% | 0.20B | +1.7% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.19B | +3.9% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $9.64M | −$9.64M | — | 0.19B | +2.3% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $12.04M | −$12.04M | — | 0.18B | -2.9% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.19B | +4.8% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.18B | -6.0% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.19B | +5.8% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.18B | +25.5% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.14B | +7.8% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.13B | +6.6% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.12B | +2.3% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.12B | +5.1% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.12B | +1.4% | |
| 1999 | $7.30M | $0.00 | $7.30M | — | 0.11B | -6.3% | |
| 1998 | $8.00M | $0.00 | $8.00M | — | 0.12B | +18.1% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.10B | +9.8% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.09B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$290.10M
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$78.50M
- 2021$24.80M
- 2020$47.80M
- 2019$156.10M
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$55.00M
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$72.12M
- 2014$75.78M
- 2013$167.33M
- 2012$71.15M
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$7.30M
- 1998$8.00M
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
- 1993$0.00
- 1992$0.00
- 1991$0.00
- 1989$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Cooper Companies (COO)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: N/A.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Cooper Companies (COO)
How Cooper Companies splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Cooper Companies, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $5.95B | |
| $5.54B | |
| $5.08B | |
| $4.11B | |
| $980.00M | |
| $216.35M | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $5.95B
- $5.54B
- $5.08B
- $4.11B
- $980.00M
- $216.35M
- $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 $569.50M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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