Buyback yield (TTM)
N/A
Shareholder yield (TTM)
8.28%
5Y share count change
-4.1%
Buyback spend (TTM)
N/A
Cumulative buybacks
$7.15B
Key takeaways
- Diluted share count is down 4.1% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -100.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Dow (DOW)
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 Dow (DOW)
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 Dow (DOW)
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 Dow (DOW)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
Dow (DOW) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $0.00 (2025) – plunged 100.0% year-over-year.
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Dow buyback spend compounded at -100.0% per year, with a net decline across the window.
Dow buyback spend peaked at $2.33B in 2022; the latest annual figure is $0.00 in 2025 (100.0% below peak).
The highest annual buyback spend of $2.33B was reported in 2022. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2017.
Dow Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
2025's buyback spend for Dow came in at $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2024.
Dow Buyback Spend 2024: $494.00M
Dow posted buyback spend of $494.00M in 2024, declined 21.0% below 2023.
Dow Buyback Spend 2023: $625.00M
In 2023, Dow reported buyback spend of $625.00M, plunged 73.1% below 2022.
Dow Buyback Spend 2022: $2.33B
Dow buyback spend in 2022 was $2.33B, surged 132.5% from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Dow Buyback Spend 2021: $1.00B
Dow buyback spend in 2021 was $1.00B.
See more financial history for Dow (DOW).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.71B | +0.9% | |
| 2024 | $494.00M | $0.00 | $494.00M | 1.75% | 0.71B | -0.6% | |
| 2023 | $625.00M | $0.00 | $625.00M | 1.62% | 0.71B | -2.3% | |
| 2022 | $2.33B | $0.00 | $2.33B | 6.51% | 0.73B | -3.1% | |
| 2021 | $1.00B | $0.00 | $1.00B | 2.39% | 0.75B | +0.9% | |
| 2020 | $125.00M | $0.00 | $125.00M | 0.30% | 0.74B | -0.0% | |
| 2019 | $500.00M | $0.00 | $500.00M | 1.23% | 0.74B | -1.0% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.75B | 0.0% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.75B | 0.0% | |
| 2016 | $916.00M | $0.00 | $916.00M | — | 0.75B | 0.0% | |
| 2015 | $1.17B | $0.00 | $1.17B | — | 0.75B | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$494.00M
- 2023$625.00M
- 2022$2.33B
- 2021$1.00B
- 2020$125.00M
- 2019$500.00M
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$916.00M
- 2015$1.17B
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Dow (DOW)
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 Dow (DOW)
How Dow splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Dow, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $4.60B | |
| $2.30B | |
| $1.66B | |
| $1.18B | |
| $783.80M | |
| $682.89M | |
| $107.00M | |
| $0.00 |
- $4.60B
- $2.30B
- $1.66B
- $1.18B
- $783.80M
- $682.89M
- $107.00M
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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