Buyback yield (TTM)
2.39%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
2.78%
5Y share count change
-1.7%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$870.65M
Cumulative buybacks
$5.30B
Key takeaways
- Ferrovial (FER) repurchased about $870.65M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 1.7% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 61.62× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +14.4% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 101% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Ferrovial (FER)
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 Ferrovial (FER)
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 Ferrovial (FER)
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 Ferrovial (FER)
Latest: $584.37M
Overview
The 2025 reading of Ferrovial (FER) buyback spend is $501.00M – plunged 43.7% year-over-year.
Ferrovial buyback spend has grown on net over the period, with a +13.9% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Ferrovial buyback spend plunged from $1.04B in 2024 to $501.00M in 2025, a 51.7% drawdown.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $1.04B in 2024 and its low of $0.00 in 2004.
Ferrovial Buyback Spend 2025: $584.37M
In 2025, Ferrovial reported buyback spend of $584.37M, plunged 48.5% below 2024.
Ferrovial Buyback Spend 2024: $1.04B
Ferrovial buyback spend in 2024 was $1.04B, surged 753.5% from 2023. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Ferrovial Buyback Spend 2023: $122.70M
2023's buyback spend for Ferrovial came in at $122.70M, plunged 74.4% below 2022.
Ferrovial Buyback Spend 2022: $455.75M
Ferrovial posted buyback spend of $455.75M in 2022, edged up 3.2% from 2021.
Ferrovial Buyback Spend 2021: $493.87M
Ferrovial buyback spend in 2021 was $493.87M.
See more financial history for Ferrovial (FER).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $584.37M | $0.00 | $584.37M | 1.23% | 0.72B | -1.3% | |
| 2024 | $1.04B | $0.00 | $1.04B | 3.31% | 0.73B | +0.1% | |
| 2023 | $122.70M | $0.00 | $122.70M | 0.49% | 0.73B | +0.7% | |
| 2022 | $455.75M | $0.00 | $455.75M | 2.63% | 0.72B | -1.1% | |
| 2021 | $493.87M | $0.00 | $493.87M | 2.45% | 0.73B | -0.1% | |
| 2020 | $305.26M | $0.00 | $305.26M | 1.52% | 0.73B | +0.1% | |
| 2019 | $312.23M | $0.00 | $312.23M | 1.45% | 0.73B | -9.6% | |
| 2018 | $319.39M | $0.00 | $319.39M | 2.23% | 0.81B | +10.7% | |
| 2017 | $355.61M | $0.00 | $355.61M | 2.21% | 0.73B | -3.8% | |
| 2016 | $341.80M | $0.00 | $341.80M | 2.56% | 0.76B | +3.8% | |
| 2015 | $290.16M | $0.00 | $290.16M | 1.68% | 0.73B | -3.4% | |
| 2014 | $293.55M | $0.00 | $293.55M | 1.97% | 0.76B | +3.3% | |
| 2013 | $388.01M | $0.00 | $388.01M | 3.00% | 0.73B | 0.0% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.73B | 0.0% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.73B | 0.0% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.73B | +24.4% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.59B | +6.3% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.55B | +296.2% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.14B | -0.0% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.14B | -70.2% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.47B | — |
- 2025$584.37M
- 2024$1.04B
- 2023$122.70M
- 2022$455.75M
- 2021$493.87M
- 2020$305.26M
- 2019$312.23M
- 2018$319.39M
- 2017$355.61M
- 2016$341.80M
- 2015$290.16M
- 2014$293.55M
- 2013$388.01M
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2004$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Ferrovial (FER)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 61.62×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Ferrovial (FER)
How Ferrovial splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Ferrovial, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $7.55B | |
| $5.19B | |
| $2.68B | |
| $1.86B | |
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| $1.13B | |
| $50.00M | |
| $0.00 |
- $7.55B
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- $2.68B
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- $50.00M
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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 $861.92M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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