Buyback yield (TTM)
15.91%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
15.91%
5Y share count change
-28.2%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$1.65B
Cumulative buybacks
$15.53B
Key takeaways
- DaVita (DVA) repurchased about $1.65B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 28.2% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 11.91× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +4.2% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 110% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for DaVita (DVA)
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 DaVita (DVA)
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 DaVita (DVA)
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 DaVita (DVA)
Latest: $1.79B
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, DaVita (DVA) reported buyback spend of $1.79B – grew 29.4% year-over-year.
DaVita buyback spend has grown for 2 consecutive years, with a +4.2% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
DaVita buyback spend peaked at $2.38B in 2019; the latest annual figure is $1.79B in 2025 (24.8% below peak).
The highest annual buyback spend of $2.38B was reported in 2019. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 1994.
DaVita Buyback Spend 2025: $1.79B
DaVita posted buyback spend of $1.79B in 2025, grew 29.4% from 2024.
DaVita Buyback Spend 2024: $1.39B
In 2024, DaVita reported buyback spend of $1.39B, surged 409.1% from 2023.
DaVita Buyback Spend 2023: $272.22M
DaVita buyback spend in 2023 was $272.22M, plunged 66.1% below 2022.
DaVita Buyback Spend 2022: $802.23M
2022's buyback spend for DaVita came in at $802.23M, plunged 49.8% below 2021.
DaVita Buyback Spend 2021: $1.60B
DaVita buyback spend in 2021 was $1.60B.
See more financial history for DaVita (DVA).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.79B | $139.95M | $1.65B | 18.33% | 0.09B | +0.9% | |
| 2024 | $1.39B | $102.79M | $1.28B | 11.35% | 0.09B | -6.3% | |
| 2023 | $272.22M | $112.38M | $159.84M | 2.88% | 0.09B | -2.8% | |
| 2022 | $802.23M | $95.43M | $706.80M | 11.92% | 0.10B | -12.8% | |
| 2021 | $1.60B | $102.21M | $1.50B | 13.93% | 0.11B | -10.3% | |
| 2020 | $1.46B | $91.46M | $1.37B | 11.13% | 0.12B | -20.3% | |
| 2019 | $2.38B | $67.85M | $2.32B | 24.54% | 0.15B | -10.8% | |
| 2018 | $1.16B | $73.06M | $1.09B | 13.60% | 0.17B | -9.9% | |
| 2017 | $802.95M | $35.09M | $767.86M | 6.10% | 0.19B | -6.6% | |
| 2016 | $1.10B | $38.34M | $1.06B | 8.81% | 0.20B | -5.2% | |
| 2015 | $549.93M | $56.66M | $493.27M | 3.78% | 0.22B | -0.3% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $54.97M | −$54.97M | — | 0.22B | +1.0% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $60.00M | −$60.00M | — | 0.21B | +9.6% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $45.38M | −$45.38M | — | 0.20B | +1.5% | |
| 2011 | $323.35M | $48.72M | $274.63M | 4.56% | 0.19B | -6.3% | |
| 2010 | $618.50M | $45.55M | $572.95M | 9.25% | 0.21B | -1.1% | |
| 2009 | $153.50M | $44.42M | $109.07M | 2.54% | 0.21B | -1.7% | |
| 2008 | $257.12M | $41.23M | $215.89M | 4.99% | 0.21B | -1.4% | |
| 2007 | $6.35M | $34.15M | −$27.80M | 0.11% | 0.21B | +1.5% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $26.39M | −$26.39M | — | 0.21B | +1.7% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $21.66M | −$21.66M | — | 0.21B | +1.2% | |
| 2004 | $96.54M | $5.82M | $90.72M | 2.49% | 0.21B | -9.6% | |
| 2003 | $107.16M | $5.82M | $101.34M | 4.28% | 0.23B | -16.2% | |
| 2002 | $642.17M | $6.84M | $635.33M | 43.40% | 0.27B | -2.6% | |
| 2001 | $20.36M | $17.99M | $2.37M | 1.00% | 0.28B | +11.8% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.25B | +2.5% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.24B | -0.7% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.25B | +17.6% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.21B | 0.0% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.21B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$1.79B
- 2024$1.39B
- 2023$272.22M
- 2022$802.23M
- 2021$1.60B
- 2020$1.46B
- 2019$2.38B
- 2018$1.16B
- 2017$802.95M
- 2016$1.10B
- 2015$549.93M
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$323.35M
- 2010$618.50M
- 2009$153.50M
- 2008$257.12M
- 2007$6.35M
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$96.54M
- 2003$107.16M
- 2002$642.17M
- 2001$20.36M
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for DaVita (DVA)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 11.91×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for DaVita (DVA)
How DaVita splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as DaVita, 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
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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 $1.49B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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