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Buybacks for Etsy (ETSY)

TTM repurchases $732.95M · 5Y diluted share change -9.4% · SBC coverage 3.03×.

Analysis
Capital Return

Buyback yield (TTM)

15.24%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

15.24%

5Y share count change

-9.4%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$732.95M

Key takeaways

  • Etsy (ETSY) repurchased about $732.95M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is down 9.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 3.03× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
  • Cash buyback spend has compounded at +23.7% per year over the latest 5-year window.
  • TTM repurchases used about 109% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Etsy (ETSY)

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 Etsy (ETSY)

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 Etsy (ETSY)

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 Etsy (ETSY)

Latest: $776.90M

Overview

The 2025 reading of Etsy (ETSY) buyback spend is $776.90M – grew 7.3% year-over-year.

Across 2020–2025 (5 years), Etsy buyback spend produced a CAGR of +23.7% – sustaining 9 straight years of year-over-year growth.

2025 marks the peak buyback spend at $776.90M, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2014.

Etsy Buyback Spend 2025: $776.90M

Etsy posted buyback spend of $776.90M in 2025, grew 7.3% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Etsy Buyback Spend 2024: $723.90M

In 2024, Etsy reported buyback spend of $723.90M, grew 25.5% from 2023.

Etsy Buyback Spend 2023: $576.97M

Etsy buyback spend in 2023 was $576.97M, surged 35.5% from 2022.

Etsy Buyback Spend 2022: $425.73M

2022's buyback spend for Etsy came in at $425.73M, surged 40.6% from 2021.

Etsy Buyback Spend 2021: $302.77M

Etsy buyback spend in 2021 was $302.77M.

See more financial history for Etsy (ETSY).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.

  • 2025$776.90M
  • 2024$723.90M
  • 2023$576.97M
  • 2022$425.73M
  • 2021$302.77M
  • 2020$268.65M
  • 2019$176.99M
  • 2018$134.65M
  • 2017$10.30M
  • 2016$0.00
  • 2015$0.00
  • 2014$0.00
  • 2013$188.00K
  • 2012$60.00K

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Etsy (ETSY)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 3.03×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Etsy (ETSY)

How Etsy splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Etsy, ranked by their latest buyback spend.

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.

TTM buybacks vs headroom (FCF − dividends, TTM)100% of headroom

Headroom $672.64M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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