Buyback yield (TTM)
24.28%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
25.30%
5Y share count change
2.8%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$37.21B
Cumulative buybacks
$32.22B
Key takeaways
- Salesforce (CRM) repurchased about $37.21B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 2.8% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 10.48× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- TTM repurchases used about 284% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Salesforce (CRM)
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 Salesforce (CRM)
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 Salesforce (CRM)
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 Salesforce (CRM)
Latest: $12.60B
Overview
Salesforce (CRM) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $12.60B (2026) – surged 60.9% year-over-year.
The highest annual buyback spend of $12.60B was reported in 2026. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2008.
Salesforce Buyback Spend 2026: $12.60B
In 2026, Salesforce reported buyback spend of $12.60B, surged 60.9% from 2025. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Salesforce Buyback Spend 2025: $7.83B
Salesforce buyback spend in 2025 was $7.83B, edged up 2.7% from 2024.
Salesforce Buyback Spend 2024: $7.62B
2024's buyback spend for Salesforce came in at $7.62B, surged 90.5% from 2023.
Salesforce Buyback Spend 2023: $4.00B
Salesforce buyback spend in 2023 was $4.00B.
Salesforce Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
Salesforce buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Salesforce (CRM).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2026 | $12.60B | $3.51B | $9.09B | 6.35% | 0.96B | -1.8% | |
| 2025 | $7.83B | $3.18B | $4.65B | 2.39% | 0.97B | -1.0% | |
| 2024 | $7.62B | $2.79B | $4.83B | 2.79% | 0.98B | -1.3% | |
| 2023 | $4.00B | $3.28B | $721.00M | 2.42% | 1.00B | +2.4% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $2.78B | −$2.78B | — | 0.97B | +4.7% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $2.19B | −$2.19B | — | 0.93B | +9.4% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $1.78B | −$1.78B | — | 0.85B | +9.7% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $1.28B | −$1.28B | — | 0.78B | +5.5% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $997.01M | −$997.01M | — | 0.73B | +4.9% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $820.37M | −$820.37M | — | 0.70B | +5.8% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $593.63M | −$593.63M | — | 0.66B | +6.0% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $564.76M | −$564.76M | — | 0.62B | +4.4% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $503.28M | −$503.28M | — | 0.60B | +5.8% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $379.35M | −$379.35M | — | 0.56B | +4.4% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $229.26M | −$229.26M | — | 0.54B | -1.4% | |
| 2011 | $171.96M | $120.43M | $51.53M | 1.02% | 0.55B | +7.1% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $88.89M | −$88.89M | — | 0.51B | +2.3% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.50B | +2.3% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.49B | +1.9% | |
| 2007 | $12.00K | $0.00 | $12.00K | 0.00% | 0.48B | +1.2% | |
| 2006 | $28.00K | $0.00 | $28.00K | 0.00% | 0.47B | +7.1% | |
| 2005 | $254.00K | $0.00 | $254.00K | 0.02% | 0.44B | +16.2% | |
| 2004 | $17.00K | $0.00 | $17.00K | 0.00% | 0.38B | +261.7% | |
| 2003 | $342.00K | $0.00 | $342.00K | — | 0.11B | — |
- 2026$12.60B
- 2025$7.83B
- 2024$7.62B
- 2023$4.00B
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$171.96M
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$12.00K
- 2006$28.00K
- 2005$254.00K
- 2004$17.00K
- 2003$342.00K
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Salesforce (CRM)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 10.48×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Salesforce (CRM)
How Salesforce splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Salesforce, 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 $13.11B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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