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Buybacks for Fox (FOXA)

TTM repurchases $2.15B · 5Y diluted share change -25.2% · SBC coverage 22.40×.

Analysis

Buyback yield (TTM)

8.68%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

9.83%

5Y share count change

-25.2%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$2.15B

Key takeaways

  • Fox (FOXA) repurchased about $2.15B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is down 25.2% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 22.40× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
  • Cash buyback spend has compounded at +10.8% per year over the latest 5-year window.
  • TTM repurchases used about 104% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Fox (FOXA)

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 Fox (FOXA)

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 Fox (FOXA)

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 Fox (FOXA)

Latest: $1.00B

Overview

Fox (FOXA) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $1.00B (2025) – edged up 0.0% year-over-year.

Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Fox buyback spend compounded at +10.8% per year, with mixed annual results across the window.

Fox buyback spend peaked at $2.00B in 2023; the latest annual figure is $1.00B in 2025 (50.0% below peak).

2023 marks the peak buyback spend at $2.00B, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2016.

Fox Buyback Spend 2025: $1.00B

Fox buyback spend in 2025 was $1.00B, edged up 0.0% from 2024.

Fox Buyback Spend 2024: $1.00B

2024's buyback spend for Fox came in at $1.00B, plunged 50.0% below 2023.

Fox Buyback Spend 2023: $2.00B

Fox posted buyback spend of $2.00B in 2023, surged 100.0% from 2022. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Fox Buyback Spend 2022: $1.00B

In 2022, Fox reported buyback spend of $1.00B, edged down 0.1% below 2021.

Fox Buyback Spend 2021: $1.00B

Fox buyback spend in 2021 was $1.00B.

See more financial history for Fox (FOXA).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

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

  • 2025$1.00B
  • 2024$1.00B
  • 2023$2.00B
  • 2022$1.00B
  • 2021$1.00B
  • 2020$600.00M
  • 2019$0.00
  • 2018$0.00
  • 2017$0.00
  • 2016$0.00

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Fox (FOXA)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 22.40×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Fox (FOXA)

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

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Fox, 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 $2.08B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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