Buyback yield (TTM)
10.09%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
10.09%
5Y share count change
-19.3%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$1.11B
Cumulative buybacks
$6.75B
Key takeaways
- GoDaddy (GDDY) repurchased about $1.11B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 19.3% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 3.57× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +24.2% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 68% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for GoDaddy (GDDY)
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 GoDaddy (GDDY)
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 GoDaddy (GDDY)
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 GoDaddy (GDDY)
Latest: $1.60B
Overview
In 2025, GoDaddy (GDDY) buyback spend totalled $1.60B – surged 136.8% year-over-year.
Over 2020–2025 (5 years), GoDaddy buyback spend expanded at a +24.2% compound annual rate, with mixed annual results across the window.
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $1.60B in 2025 and its low of $21.90K in 2018.
GoDaddy Buyback Spend 2025: $1.60B
2025's buyback spend for GoDaddy came in at $1.60B, surged 136.8% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
GoDaddy Buyback Spend 2024: $676.50M
GoDaddy posted buyback spend of $676.50M in 2024, plunged 46.7% below 2023.
GoDaddy Buyback Spend 2023: $1.27B
In 2023, GoDaddy reported buyback spend of $1.27B, edged down 1.9% below 2022.
GoDaddy Buyback Spend 2022: $1.29B
GoDaddy buyback spend in 2022 was $1.29B, surged 146.1% from 2021.
GoDaddy Buyback Spend 2021: $526.00M
GoDaddy buyback spend in 2021 was $526.00M.
See more financial history for GoDaddy (GDDY).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.60B | $317.80M | $1.28B | 9.53% | 0.14B | -6.3% | |
| 2024 | $676.50M | $299.90M | $376.60M | 2.42% | 0.15B | -4.1% | |
| 2023 | $1.27B | $296.30M | $973.90M | 8.46% | 0.15B | -6.2% | |
| 2022 | $1.29B | $264.40M | $1.03B | 11.18% | 0.16B | -5.6% | |
| 2021 | $526.00M | $207.90M | $318.10M | 3.72% | 0.17B | +1.5% | |
| 2020 | $541.70M | $191.50M | $350.20M | 3.88% | 0.17B | -7.2% | |
| 2019 | $458.60M | $147.00M | $311.60M | 3.93% | 0.18B | +0.2% | |
| 2018 | $21.90K | $125.50M | −$125.48M | 0.00% | 0.18B | +2.4% | |
| 2017 | $285.00M | $76.40M | $208.60M | 4.41% | 0.18B | +121.8% | |
| 2016 | $18.80M | $56.80M | −$38.00M | 0.61% | 0.08B | +36.1% | |
| 2015 | $800.00K | $40.40M | −$39.60M | 0.04% | 0.06B | -54.4% | |
| 2014 | $1.80M | $30.18M | −$28.39M | 0.07% | 0.13B | 0.0% | |
| 2013 | $356.00K | $16.45M | −$16.09M | 0.01% | 0.13B | +2.0% | |
| 2012 | $18.39M | $11.68M | $6.71M | — | 0.13B | -1.9% | |
| 2011 | $57.69M | $259.29M | −$201.60M | — | 0.13B | — |
- 2025$1.60B
- 2024$676.50M
- 2023$1.27B
- 2022$1.29B
- 2021$526.00M
- 2020$541.70M
- 2019$458.60M
- 2018$21.90K
- 2017$285.00M
- 2016$18.80M
- 2015$800.00K
- 2014$1.80M
- 2013$356.00K
- 2012$18.39M
- 2011$57.69M
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for GoDaddy (GDDY)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 3.57×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for GoDaddy (GDDY)
How GoDaddy splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as GoDaddy, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $90.71B | |
| $40.09B | |
| $18.42B | |
| $6.65B | |
| $6.31B | |
| $1.32B | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $90.71B
- $40.09B
- $18.42B
- $6.65B
- $6.31B
- $1.32B
- $0.00
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 $1.64B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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