Buyback yield (TTM)
2.65%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
2.80%
5Y share count change
-18.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$880.70M
Cumulative buybacks
$2.98B
Key takeaways
- EMCOR Group (EME) repurchased about $880.70M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 18.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 22.12× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +39.1% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 86% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for EMCOR Group (EME)
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 EMCOR Group (EME)
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 EMCOR Group (EME)
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 EMCOR Group (EME)
Latest: $586.26M
Overview
The 2025 reading of EMCOR Group (EME) buyback spend is $586.26M – grew 19.7% year-over-year.
EMCOR Group buyback spend compound annual growth for the 2020–2025 (5 years) window is +39.1%, sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
EMCOR Group buyback spend declined from $660.61M in 2022 to $586.26M in 2025, a 11.3% drawdown.
2022 marks the peak buyback spend at $660.61M, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 1994.
EMCOR Group Buyback Spend 2025: $586.26M
EMCOR Group posted buyback spend of $586.26M in 2025, grew 19.7% from 2024.
EMCOR Group Buyback Spend 2024: $489.82M
In 2024, EMCOR Group reported buyback spend of $489.82M, surged 283.5% from 2023.
EMCOR Group Buyback Spend 2023: $127.71M
EMCOR Group buyback spend in 2023 was $127.71M, plunged 80.7% below 2022.
EMCOR Group Buyback Spend 2022: $660.61M
2022's buyback spend for EMCOR Group came in at $660.61M, surged 237.8% from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
EMCOR Group Buyback Spend 2021: $195.55M
EMCOR Group buyback spend in 2021 was $195.55M.
See more financial history for EMCOR Group (EME).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $586.26M | $5.01M | $581.25M | 2.13% | 0.05B | -3.8% | |
| 2024 | $489.82M | $19.98M | $469.84M | 2.35% | 0.05B | -1.6% | |
| 2023 | $127.71M | $13.74M | $113.97M | 1.26% | 0.05B | -5.1% | |
| 2022 | $660.61M | $12.13M | $648.48M | 9.35% | 0.05B | -7.7% | |
| 2021 | $195.55M | $11.11M | $184.44M | 2.87% | 0.05B | -1.9% | |
| 2020 | $112.55M | $11.15M | $101.40M | 2.24% | 0.06B | -1.9% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $11.39M | −$11.39M | — | 0.06B | -3.3% | |
| 2018 | $216.24M | $11.03M | $205.21M | 6.33% | 0.06B | -2.0% | |
| 2017 | $93.17M | $9.94M | $83.23M | 1.93% | 0.06B | -2.6% | |
| 2016 | $94.22M | $8.90M | $85.32M | 2.20% | 0.06B | -3.3% | |
| 2015 | $104.33M | $8.80M | $95.53M | 3.48% | 0.06B | -5.6% | |
| 2014 | $201.99M | $8.12M | $193.87M | 6.97% | 0.07B | -1.5% | |
| 2013 | $26.07M | $6.94M | $19.13M | 0.92% | 0.07B | +0.5% | |
| 2012 | $23.91M | $6.77M | $17.15M | 1.04% | 0.07B | -0.9% | |
| 2011 | $27.52M | $5.45M | $22.08M | 1.54% | 0.07B | +3.0% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $5.74M | −$5.74M | — | 0.07B | -1.6% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $7.45M | −$7.45M | — | 0.07B | +0.5% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $5.91M | −$5.91M | — | 0.07B | +0.6% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | +1.7% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | +3.1% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.06B | +2.3% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.06B | -0.4% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.06B | +1.3% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.06B | +4.8% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.06B | +8.2% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.05B | +8.0% | |
| 1999 | $2.90M | $0.00 | $2.90M | — | 0.05B | +13.5% | |
| 1998 | $14.00M | $0.00 | $14.00M | — | 0.04B | +7.9% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | +3.8% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.04B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$586.26M
- 2024$489.82M
- 2023$127.71M
- 2022$660.61M
- 2021$195.55M
- 2020$112.55M
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$216.24M
- 2017$93.17M
- 2016$94.22M
- 2015$104.33M
- 2014$201.99M
- 2013$26.07M
- 2012$23.91M
- 2011$27.52M
- 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$2.90M
- 1998$14.00M
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for EMCOR Group (EME)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 22.12×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for EMCOR Group (EME)
How EMCOR Group splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
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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 $1.03B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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